The evening world., 1893-09-21
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Yale. Princeton and Harvard Now
in Active Football Work.
Judge Newton to Meet Mitchell to
Talk Matters Over.

Yale's, Harvard's and Princeton's foot
ball teams are back once more 10 their
respective Varsity grounds. and to-day
really begins the earnest work of round
| ing into shape for the annual contests.
which will decide the championship OF
the intercollegiate Football Association.
Ilinkcy and his forces began at the
training table yesterday, ana that means
that from now ON it will be hard
'srnd' at New Haven until the snow
] flies.
I phi King. who is to play half-hack in
| Princeton. has the zcbras in charge tent
porarily ON the field at Princeton. OWNS
! to capt. TrrnChari's compulsory ah-
Scnce from college in consequence of his
fathers illness.
! can't. Waters and his crimsun-hosed
cohorts. are at Cambridge disEing away
! right mcrrily. Daily evidences viii soon
be seen of the SiftinE-out process. aud
Il month hence AN altogether accurate
idea of the personnel of each team Will
1t is too soon by far, to attempt to
present Il list of the players who are
likely to go into the field. MS the repre-
sentative eleven of any of the 'Narsities
Training is hard work. and many of
the asprants for positions on the teams
fall by the waysidc. Thrl" places are
quickly filled. however, for there ar"
always three times AS many applicants
as there are places for them on every
college eleven.
, Either this afternoon or tomorrow
! conference will be held between Judge
Newton and Charley Mitchell. The only
topic they will discuss will probably be
as to Mitchell's intentions anent tn"
Concy Island Athletic Club offer of
$4,000 purse for the Corbett- Mitchell
contest. ~
That Is, the Corbett half. Mitchelrs
declarations to hold off from Coney ISL
and has again put all arrangements In
IA woful state of confusion.
No serious thought can be given to the
Columbian Athletic Club. of Chicago
OMallcy and the men associa tedwith him
will hardly dare to open negotiations IN
ments already hanging over their heads.
The Governor of Indiana has shown
that he is adamant In his opposition to
the Roby organization.
The word from New Orleans Is to the
effect that the Crescent city a. G. IL In
too debilitated a condition TO think OF
handling an international affair or this
kind, which calls for purse OF thou
sands of dollars where the Crescent
city has barely hundreds at their COM
A keen observer of things In the pugil-
istic line said to-day: The Coney island
Club can easily secure the match and
just let Mitchell have his little bonus,
win or lose. and he'll sign any articles
that Dick Newton offers him Such a
the English pugiiist has enlarged ideas
of his value as a drawing card.
What do you Imagine made him sign
so eagerly with O'Malley? It's moral
certainty the willy President of the Column
bian Athletic Club guaranteed Mitchell
a mighty fine slice of the proceeds of
the contest " 1t came off at Roby. or
else he was promised good big bundle
Of greenbacks before he stepped into
the ring"
All this has the ring OF truth about 1t.
MitchplIS
in holding out to box at either of two
, clubs which confessedly are not capa-
BILE of handling such a bout. Corbett
briefly summarizes the situation by
questioning the sincerity of n man who
) prefers fighting in Il bankrupt club in
to Wbcb as ase
paid up it's purses and always had its
contests take place without interfer-
ence, ! am simply going to keep It's
set to fight Mitchell. II he funks any
man in the world can take his place. bar
none. That is all l desire to say con-
corning the matter. The public can
judge for themselves"
No fault could be found with the
Coney Island people, If, upon finding
: termination tor ignore their offers. they
would quietly shelve. him and take on
r Peter jackson. Bob Fitzsimmons is
bett at the sa drop of AHA hat 30 Many Ia yot a
worse match might be made, for the
auburn haired Australian has a world
or admirers who fancy he can pummel
l any man In the ring to-uay. match
: with Jackson could hardly be held until
= late in the Spring OF 1894. as the col
ored fellow IL out on the road with his
show, with his dates booked up to late
in the season. Jackson already has
signed to meet Corbe,t In June next, but
( no club has as yet made any offer for
Johnny Van Hest defeated Hugh
. Napier In twenty-eight rounds last night
= at the Olympic Club New orleans, and
won the best end of a 5000 purse The
stipulated weight was 122 pounds, and
. both boys were under that figure. Van
Heest was scarcely regarded as high
class enough to defeat Napier, who
lowered above him by seven inches. but
the little fellows pile-driving blows told
the story. and the elongated Napier
succumbered as gracefully as he could
An Of which wifi tend to elevate Sol
ternity,. for Smith punched out Van
Heest In fourteen rounds, giving him
the worst Furnishing he ever got in his
life.
Thus day by day are evidences coming
to light that George Dixon has by nc
means the good thing at first predicted
when the Smith-DlXon affair was ar.
ranged. Smiths right is terriiier SC
all the boys say who have run VI
against 1t. If he can shoot II In on the
colored marvel at the proper time and
place there will be gloom in Thompson
street But Dixon Is crafty. a savage
tabber with his left hand and quick as
blue streak. He means to obliteratt
Smith II he can and should the Chanc,