The evening world., 1893-11-08
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Discussion of Yale's Showing in
Yesterdays Football Game.
The Negro Question May Trouble
tho l.. A. w.

The opinions of tho critics are divided
~ to the kind OF showing Yale made
AT Manhattan Field yesterday. 4 good
deal depends on whether ono is a Yale
siny pathizer or not. one Yale man.
who knows the game, stood on the lines
ana remarked that 1t was the fastest
and hardest football seen on Manhattan
Field this year. The fastest it certainly
was. hut no harder than Harvard played
last Saturday.
ktnS and Trcnchard watched the
game closely. and there were no oXultant
smiles visible on their princctonian
faces. Whatever may have been their
mnermust thoughts they wore very
sober expressions. "Thcy have good
ends and good tacklcrs,' said capt.
Tr"nchar1. 'Thcy play a fine offensive
game, as they always do, but tn" centre
Is none too strong" There was an at
peace" with-thc-world smile on the Coun-
t%"nancc of Jim Lee, tn" Harvard half
PACK OF three years ago, which may
saturday preceding ThanksgivinE.
All the fine points of football are evil
IDENTIFY instilicl into the M nls of the
Al" mrn, but. like the hangman VINO
''l'f'N Wv W. III W. WINS I'lh'f.
thelr execution was faulty. Take the
contro. for Instance. The three men
there were down low AMI firm unnt"i.
as they should have been, when New
York had the ban, but, son. now. the
New Nurks went through. The Yale
men didn't break through the opposing
line sharply, enough when their oppo-
nents had the ban, barring Beard and
Morris. These. two men PLAYED an cX-
ceilent game all through, and will worry
their rivals later on.
IN tl, ,tf.nGtN4. En1n l-,-.. 49,. .--tt
The backs. run low and hard and keep
going until the last moment. Thorn is
a hara man to stop and he. starts
lay-off, struck the line with much of his
old-tim" powerful momentum. The run
ning of the backs, as well as the tackles.
was nearly always to good purpose. But
few end runs were made. hut Thorne had
no trouble in going around when he did
skirt the ends.
The Yale ends. even though they were
S|uDStltuteS. Ompare faVOrahly with
Princeton's or Harvard's. With Hinkey
and Grcenway they are probably bet
ter. Taken altogether on the showing
or the different teams here, Yale's
hope as the others.
AS to the New York Athletic Club team.
IT Is difficult to see how it can expect t.
ueleht the superior drilled and more tried
Crescent team.
The game at Orange Yesterday morning
Is scarcely worth criticism. The Prince
t"m mnderstudles played a ~listless and
G GipHnF;t'H take sf Hindly 4 to F the ,a man ny b pS yins
this make-shift team foisted on them.
The powers hat be in the League Of
American Wheelmen will probably have
another troublesome question, besides
year-the negro question. The Southern
representative on the Racing Board is
expected to bring the matter up at the
next meeting and make a strong effort
the constitution, thereby excluding the
negro.
Speaking OF this matter, a member of
the Racing Board said: AT present there
l.. a. W., and it strikes me that our
southern brothers are crossing a bridge
e%slTTs rheI m conn to 1T 1T; tb person2ily the
no feeling in the matter, but If the
Southern members insist on It, the word
white stands a good nance of bang
our Southern membership, is very
am informed that the feeling IS so
strong down South that when IA colored
the machine is noted and some riders
won't buy IA wheel of that kind
The .Pastime Athletic Club is looking
around for n suitable hall for a boxing
show. The members in charge are cX-
~perienCing no little difficulty in finding
just what they want When they see
u place that suits the proprietor either
wants toJ much. rent or says. IA boxing
shhw. would ruin the reputation of his
hail. 1t Is explained to him that this
IL to be Il strictly amateur show, but he
can't see that that makes any differ
enca.
Last year the Pastimes held a highly
successful amateur stow at the Grand
Central Palace, LeX!ngton avenue and
Forty-fourth street. That hall was COM
paratively unknown then, and the Pas
times paid but so a night for it. This
year the proprietor wants $500. How
place to suit them and also to find n
big lot of strictly amateurs, ready and
willing TO box for gold medals. The
show, viii be brought off in December. II
possible. The weights will be 10, l9O,
100, 40 and l5S pounds.
w. F. Murphy started from scratch in
the Kings County Wheelmen road race,
at Milburn, y. j., yesterday, and ac-
S S9mpiisnei the tMTrty-tiy I'VE miles IN one
for the course. charles Murphy, W.
F.'s brother. held tn" previous record,
one hour, fifteen minutes Il ten sec
Unds
The news from IndepenGcnre Is that
Bicyclist Johnson lowered his alleged
mile record of I ,G - II l.oG3I yrster-
twice Johnson, it is said, Is not salts
!iel, and thinks he can do still better.
The New York Athletic Club fencing
championships viii be held Nov. -, II
the challenge cup viii l., held in IN"
gymnasium Dec. :. The cup WIS won
by the n. Y. y. G. team last yelr.