The evening world., 1893-09-12
sPORT|NG NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Zimmerman and Meintjes Break
Records on Their Wheels.
Roby's Athletic Club Appeals to .
Higher Court.

Records on the big. pneumatic-tired
wheels appear to be lowered every day.
Zimmerman, Windle and Meintjes. the
South African flyer, are engaged Just at
present in a triangular effort so to lower
the figures, for from one mile to FIVE.
that Father Time will be buried, SO TO
speak.
At Hampdcn Park. Springfield, yester-
day. Meintjes established a new record
for tive miles. covering the distance In
II min. 6 10 sec. this being exactly 81 20
seconds lower than Windle made at
Hampden Park Sept. .. 1892.
That was doing admirably, but zim-
norman started In afterwards to do a
little t~ime-paring IN his own account.
He flew In to do a mile quicker tina
anybody else on earth. on a regulation
track. n he succeeded. Jimmy made
the distance in 2.0l IS. However. that
time doesn't go on an Official record. as
Harry Wheeler. the professional. as
sisted In pacing Zimmerman in one of
the quarters. For all that. the speed
was astonishing. and the end OF record
breaking work doesn't seem to be out
The New York "a. A. L." special Chi
ago train reached the Windy City to-
a y with Secretary James f.. Sullivan
n enarEe q the delegation. The party
Secretary Sullivan looks for a few new
records to be established in the sprints,
and one-mile and five-nile runs.
The first Of the international contests
VIII be held tomorrow. and the events
VIII run through Saturday.
The Yale football team. which has
neen delayed in getting together, is at
MS IN " and to-day the sturdy
VIII remain until text week. when the
practise work will be continued at New
There ought to be plenty Of good foot.
ball seen In New York this season. If
me dates to be made for Manhattan
REID by Manager Freedman do not fall
s snrbSoddsh ne has Harvard and Cornell
An early despatch to-day from Indian.
apoliB says.
The legality OF the suppression of
Inc Inc PRIZE fiShts a. Roby Is disputed by
question will be settled in the Supreme
Court The matter has been brought up
ior me consideration Of the bench Of
on the part OF the Club to set aside the
receivership.
This document was filed in the office
OF me clerk Of the Supreme Court yes
fest error in the proceedings granting
the recelvership, and asks that the de-
cislon OF the lower court be reversed, on
the ground that the complaint OF the
appellees In the Former action does not
state facts sufficient to constitute n
cause OF action and that the court erred
n appointing ? re 'eiver IN said cause.
court will grant "A hearing directly after
converting In October"
And while the Columbian A. G.. is try
Ing to resurrect itself from the ashes Of
financial ruin the Coney Island A.. C.. is
making more engagements than ever. 1t
has a basketful OF contests OIL the tapis,
me chief ones being the Solly Smith
George Dixon affair Tor Sept. Is, and the
next.
Mitchell cannot expect. tina. he will be
abie to 40 sparring In Roby In view
events at Coney Island are the Leeds
Ernst match in October. with a ten
round go for az appetizer between Jim
sullivan and Charley Hammer.
Then there are negotiations In vogue
between George Godfrey and Steve
ODonnell. and Billy Smith and Tom
Tracy. The Coney Island people are
tiers, of Smith and Corbett at Asbury
Park were visited by a delegation OF
sporting writer's under Johnny Eek
hardt's guidance.
Lively sparring characterized the en-
t~ertainment of he tagg A. c.. in Brook
Ign last night. Fou bouts We're con-
tested. and in one of them Billy Ernst,
who vas %seconding Harry Lott. appears
to have so far forgotten himself as Ia
throw his mans adversary over the
ropes. The bout was given to Aikens.
Cleveland was the first club to give
the New Yorks n %trouncing or their last
trip West, Tebeau's men laying Wards
boys low 5 to 6.
This Is starting In poorly. and the
Giants will need to brace up materially
10 beat out Brooklyn in the race, as Il
will be seen by the following record
that there Is n small margin only be-
tween the two clubs:
Won. Last. Ire. Won. L.'L Arg.