The evening world., 1893-11-23
SPORTING NEWS ANU GOSSIP.
A Football Expert Talks About
the Great Yale Eleven.
Pqsce for Holding Skating Cham
pionships Not Yet Chosen.

While Yale men in this city are not
doing any boasting as to what their
team will do at Springfield Saturday.
,hey are not downoast over the pros
nects by any means. There is an under
current of confidence that Yale will not
he found wanting when she faces Har-
ward.
Betting on this game is just pure
gamble said a football expert yeSter-
day. Its just the loss of n coin IL
It falls heads take one college, If tails,
the other. Any team that beat such II
strong aggregation as Pennsylvania bJ
a score of II TO surely has u chance
with the strongest eleven that could be
nut on the field. Too much stress has
been laid upon the fact that Yale was
scored against by Pennsylvania. The
All America team the latter had Is
strong enough TO score against any
eleven. Speaking of the All America
team that suggests to me that It's an
odd thing that with al the criticism
has never been any suspicion OF profess
sionalism against her players. Charges
of professionalism against the other
teams are made, and yet Yale is ac-
,used of unsportsmanlike conduct when
she declines to play team so long as
that team sails under false colors, as
,nained in the football association;
"See how quickly Yale played the
Pennsylvanians when they withdresS
from the Assocaton 1t ont seems to re
understand the situation. case in
point as to Pennsylvania methods.
They have an oarsman on their crew
named Hancock. and 1t is notorious
fact that he is paid to row. This year.
/ understand, he is to resume his course
in classical study. Another oirsman
stroke of last years Atalanta crew.
don't know what course he Will pursue
but he Is fine stroke"
There are three competitors in thu
field for the place to hold the Nationa
skating championships this year. Th'
A. A. L. has received offers from Rec
Bank. N. j., Manhattan Field and Min
neapolis. Mimi All of them Q fer to fur
nish the prizes and bear the expense fo
the championships, but the A. A. u
will not decide until 1t find S out which
will hold out the best addit ional induce
the call, although no act ion whateve
has been taken. Both NJ Inhattan FielC
and Minneapolis have lis advantage
They can charge gate MOI ley, and none!
is not d factor to be overlooked jus
Joe Donoghue. the ex-champon, was
in town Yesterday, It is his intention
this year. He called ON MIR. Freedman
and they discussed the latter's scheme
to flood Manhattan Field. The idea
struck Donoghue fa';orably, The New
burg expert says he is ten pounds heav
Ter than he was last Winter. He expect:
10 skate johnson in January, and will
make a mighty effort to win back the
championship. Son iebody asked Donog
hue II he was goip g. to skate for medal
or for the "stuff'' this Winter. II dom
know yet" he replied. "If other people
are getting money, 1 don't see why
should be on the other side of the fence
These amateur Hcylists seem to do well
and ! don't like to get left"
George Dixon was arrested by Law
renee Mass, officer in Boston yesterda,
on a charge OF prizs-hghting. He knock
ed out q man named Hennessy Tuesda,
night
Another football player has been seri
ously hurt. His name Is Barger, an
he lives at Dobbs Ferry. The list is as
suming alarming proportions.
At a meeting of the Crescent Rowin
Club last night the following candidate
were nominated for 1894: President, +
Murphy; Vice-President w. Rotchford
Treasurer. j. J. O'Grady; Financial Sec
retary, f. Lyman; Secretary, J. A. Nc
Nulty; Commodore, C. Shirley; Captain