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SEEMS TO BE A oKxERA1 rEE11Se
That the A. A. U. should Stop the Excel
Hence Medals and Give Team Trophies.

Hence Medals ana Give Team Trophies.
The following letter has been received from
James NJ. Glen OF Brooklyn. the well-known
amateur sprinter:
To rpr EpiroR or Tnr suS-sir! The A. A. L. in the
course Of its career has done much purify amateur
athletics hut. like every infallibe body. has also
made some mistakes one OF thess mistakes think.
was abolishing the team prize rule. and substituting
tnat OF individual excellence Tho working of the lat
ter has been farcca and the sooner s repealed the
better But granting that the Drst.nnmed rule was
abuscd-and do not think 1t was as much abused NJ
some othcrsthe cause of that abuse has now passed
away with the dissolution Of the Manhattan A c.
The intense rivalry between this club and tho New
York A. e. over tho b. y, and b. placque, and their
grabbing" Of athletes from the smaller and weaker
Gibbs, the ossnsbc treason for dropping the rule
though the ar' bali ot the reason given seems TO me
As to the second half hs repeating ofthe rule did not
10 ss n. oon 10 rcsSy FOR "'hse' were
Sow. as time has proved .ic mistake Of Ispssnns ling
club rVsiry 70 develop i.tens athletic talent proof
es ss note and a G ,ss
thriving for inc leadership in the Arebdccesan an CnSn
uss,s s ThsTs @ neenifys ana the
.ssfy winner "pSipss helped to secure .tTophy for
slory p and tho incidental excite; e
ss iSsss , Faf,s % and % he value p.ss SssS,s
az IN and p
fuse life into the present stasnant state OF
B.ookirx. Mnrchl7.
As far as the proposal to revive, the team
trophy is concerned, the A. A. u, CommititsI tisI
on Legislation would appear to have antlSi-
pated Mr.. Gien's sentiments. Secretary sulli-
van states that he received some time ago tho
which was submit;sd by ". B. Curtis. Chair
m9n OF the Committee on Legislation Me'ro-
No prizes shall be given bv any individual club com
othe! S
wreaths. diplomas banners, baIEes medals time @
pieces and nnnel ornnmen.s .. M sWsn
BY single clubs yrses may be offered the club whose
can events. In no other case shall any prize be offered
to or accepted ey IL. cup whIse m nrens
events. but suitab. team ana niiv,dusl prizes
SSt more sn sSr tree r,e. IN ali shall
n ,S psss . pIfs not
IN cos. s3S rs $50 for second and $40 for third
prize.
Secretary sullivan transmitted copies to tho
A. A. L. Board OF Governors and expects to an,
nounce the result next week., He says: ~
Of the proposed am DIM ont it will again legal
ize the giving Of banners for club competitions
in open handcar games This # Is StS
Ietics by increasing the number OF entries and
giving aleTeateri incentive for eoPppetition; p
games am W viii again be placed upon a paying
basis. and more clubs will be able to under
f he IL bs SaSsnsy of SsPf o s
nTi Union recently @ expended ss0S. Secretary sui:
the annual award had been received.
tc OF eoaeds at j. an
oughly impartial sx-champion said: The
twelve men recently decorated with the extra
the championship honors and prizes. Heap:
ing glory in this lavish, fashion on favored
fortunate majority, hope the subject will be
further ventilated"
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EVERY ONE A RACER.
WHAT THE NEW YACHTs LO0K LIKE
AND THEIR DIMENsIOHS

The Three HerrrshoF singie stiekerr Ccus-
pared with the Boston Fla Keeis-The
Morgan Boet to Have n 1Oo-foot Room
and - Tremendous Spread OF Canvas.
Bosros. March 1a-The Herald to-day pub
fishes the sheer plans and midship sections OF
all the cup defenders now being built. and also
Of tho Carroll s4-footer Navahoe, which was
recently launched. Yachtsmen will see at
glance the wide difference in types Of the
Herreshoff boats. and Of the Boston boats as
well. Taking the Herreshofr boats In their
order. the Navahoe has tho longest overall
length OF tho three. being 1913 feet from tip to
tin. Her water line length is "a feet. and her
draught 1873 feet She has round stern. ending
in knife edge. and there is also little sweep
to her stom above the water. She 10 built OF
steel. her frames being 3x2hx y inches. spaced
about 20 inches on centres similar to those on
tho Alcaea Sho has plate centreboard. TX
inches thick. which weighs about tons. 1t is
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a CHALLENGE FROM SENAC
He Invites Prof Jncoby 10 Meet Him In d
Foil Contest.

He Invites Prof Jncoby 10 Meet Him In n
Foil Contest.
Judging from the appended challenge there
is a sharp rivalry between New York fencing
masters. and at least one OF them is anxious
to have the question Of superiority settled.
The proposal for a test Of skill is as follows:
I hereby notify rrof. Jacoby teacher OF fencing AZ
the New York Athletic club, that Louis Senac OF
l4&l broadway. New York city. challenge him. the
said Prof Jacoby. to meet me In friendly contest
SAID contest to be held IN public Tor the sum OF 5000
side the stakes to 20 to the winner rs per terms 10 10
drawn up later.
formation Of Mr. Jncoby that my theory In Fencing Is
TO touch and avoid getting touched IN return Hsre
how II carried out in practice ana await the
gentlemAn's answer Louis H. sEsAc
The challenger makes the additional state
ment that in 1889 his father. Regis Senac. in
vited Prof. Jacoby. then OF the fencers Club.
to u contest with the foils. but 1t was not nc
cepted. and now the son renews the PROPOSE
ton. The young man says that the teachers
in this city appear to be timid about exhibit
ence OF a few pupils. and he asks:
why should these teachers. these so-cnlled
cham pons. be SO jealous. so careMl OF their
boast ed dswordsmanship? Wonld It not be more
manly on their part. and would 1t not inspire
their pu pills with greater confidence and srect
their valor and skill? This ~ the custom in
European countries. where theso professors
came from. and where. IL they are really COM
petent to teach. they must haye made public
proof OF their right to claim the title OF Mas:
Ter Of. Arms No oswordsma1 can be accredited
diploma or brevet from the proper authorities
to that effect"
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Want to Play Games,

Among the many amateur seml.professionaL and
Junior baseball clubs in this city and surrounding
places the following are anxious to arrange games
All communications pertaining to this matter from
responsible clubs will be published. provided they
signed by an official:
Offering suitable guarantee the Orange a. g., Jener
son G. MGr,is.wn. rassae M ana r hrdsons &c on
so broadway. New York cry.
pelden. Jr, Baseball club Of Harlem Ready TO play
years. Their players are as foli,wsi Mcnonald.
nitsm.r: ,,orey .asher: Jsnny short step; William
SlA nr,t base: Murray ett iien; Water MeiSugl,:
M sa na. sd srss address Joseph
Hastings Baseball Club of High Bridge-Are anxious to
hear ssnsny ~ nd rsS
u. Leddy. Ciaremont avenue, High Bridge. New YORK
ns iss pfh
broadway. New York city.
Morris Athletic C!ub-wonld like to arrange games
MN DC Sn 'hs az
Eas E"s 4iss Street Ns@ York eisy '''
Franklin Clubs baseball club. Essex county. N. j.
Now prepared 20 arrange game; with nrsciass n ana
very strong team
Polio, Ga.ta, baseball team-ave reorganized and are
within twenty-five miles OF New York haylna, open
sams., Adlr.ss EaSnrd !. Gaf9sy. mansseI. care OF
Madison Athletic Club-would like 10 arrange games
their grounds with hrsi.cass amateur clubs They
WI T,ys suitable sSsran,se Have Gseofsion 6Ay
IL, sa and g address 4; LARSON. Madison.
asa,ss asdi.%p Fs..ais s.tsu = e. and NAH Roes: c
Y%s. Offering guS%Gantss gCm% a., &C., May 2EaI Jsne r.
manager. care OF Clark Thread Co.. Newark, N. J.
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Tho Auxiliary Yacht Intrepld.

One Of the handsomest of the new yachts now in
course Of construction the now steel auxiliary yacht
Intrepid. which Neaae LeAyy OF Philadelphia are
building for Lloyd Phunx OF New York She will DO
ready 20 into commission early n May The correct
dimensions OF the Intrepid 163 feet inches over
all l32 feet the water line 27 feet BEAM III feet ~
inches epib OF hold and l3feet inches draught of
water her gross tonnage Is 3ioh' and net lau.Ss.
she 10 rtgGed three-nasted fore-and aft schooner,
and has sail area OF 2O,U square ieet.
Ihe lntr-pids nizleninast. from deck to hounds 10
6b feet inches ma,nmast, Ol feet nches foremast
% feet inehes Her mizzentopnast Is %5 feet !
~ toeI 8 inches. The miz1en boom Is 6Oiest main
boom, 80 feet fore BOOM 80 feet The mizl.n gan 10
inches iisr squaresail boom 90 ise, Her bowsprit
~ ~ feet inches with 10 feet cupboard
She 10 ntted with mounted trlpleeNpanson engines
with cylinders w II, ANA 235t Inches IN diameter
and ~ inches slrOAe piston ier boiler leel
inches by 10 EesI inches The diameter of her wheel
10 Z feet.
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THE "soU1RE's" BoDr ON TIE WAT
.t4. HOME ~
Mitchell will GO Hack with Hts Ola Bneker'
but Hall II Beautiful


Mitchell will GO Hack with Hts Ola Bneher'
but Hnn is DoubtfuL
New ORLEANS, March 1o.-secretary Bailey
and Monk. the valet. did not accompany the
remains OF Squire" Arlington to New fork.
Possibly tho Englishm en- are superstitious.but,
in any event the remains are on one train ana
the escort on another Undertaken johnson
prepared the body for shipment and It was
placed aboard the train on the Queen ana
Crescent and went North via that line Bailey
and Monk left over the Piedmont air line.
They expect to get to New York ahead OF the
body. and will sail with 1t on "Wednesday.
They settled up all Of the "Souire's' accounts
before leaving. and took with them certiii-
cate Of DIR. Fitch as TO tho cause OF AbinRtons
death.
DR.. Fitch said that the esquire" was with
ont medical attention from Thursday night.
when he was first taken SICK until no
was called. The Doctor discovered at onco
that tho Squire" was suffering with pneu-
monia. and that he was dangerously ILL., He
had dissipated so much and so steadily re-
fused to eat any food that his constitution was
too weak to permit him to rally from the az
tack. which gradually increased in severity.
Tho Squire" was cheerful and did not think
he was seriously III. and nt the request OF Bailey
and Monk the Doctor kept away from him the
intelligence Of his condition. On Thursdny
DR.. Elliott. an eminent physician. was called
In, who said the aick man had even chance
for life. and on Friday when DR.. miis wny
added to the staff OF physicians. and ne haa
grown SO much worse. his life was regarded as
hanging by very frail thread. He sank rap
idly during Friday night and died uncon.
scious. DR.. Fitch says he passed away Without
having made will.
Tho death OF =" Squire Arlington was widely
discussed in this city yesterday; and many
ing of would have on the prospective matcn
between bet corbett and Mitchell The latter said
that while he had been acquainteh Win
Arlington for tho last seven years he was
never under any obligation TO him. -,
"lf the Squire didn't find any money ior
mo to hind my match with Corbett." Mitchell
said. II could have got the coin from my
father-in.law. Pony Moore. He was Wiling 70
post $1,000 for n side bet Of $4,000. How
In taking nbout tho offer Of Jim Corbett yes
terday. to fight him for the pnrse and cham
pionship. without any side bet. 4 necessary;
Mitchell smiled and said: g 1t is the only cood
thing have known Corhett TO do or say ~
course. fully appreciate 1t. HIS Sln1ness Is
keen. although this well. meant charity Is
little bit ipopportune." Mitchell added that
Jim Hall was ready to Hight Fitzsiinmons again
at the midhleweight II init. IN the same week
and before the same club that he fights hts Cor.
present. said that he VIII guarantee, to get the
that he will sail for England in the Majestic
Wednesday. Hall told . Sun reporter that he
didn't know whether ho would accompany
Mitchell or not.
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on the fact that Designer Herreshof7 has not
turned out purely 1n boat in one Of his three
oraeIs such questions, arc being frequently
asked by the most nteliRent yachtsmen. both
here and In New York, 1t. Is safe to cay
that, had Herreshon thought anyone else
would come Into the field with q fn boat. he
would have gotten up one.
The John b. Paine boat will be a centreboard
I'm. with small centrehoard forward to keep
her from falling OF in light winds The boat
is the most radical departure yet made In the
I'm tyne. She is close TO ia feet over ALL about
S4 feet load-water line. and 22.6 teet beam.
Her draught will be Just under IL feet. and
with tho board down. about six feet moro She
Is what might be called "skimminR dish
fln." as sho has light draught and on a
reach and run she should I've very fast;
She will be built OF steel. and her keel
plato was stretched yesterday in Iawley's
yard. She is well-turned boat with easy
diagonals and rather full water lines forward.
As In all fin boats, her section lines are easy.
she ts tons less displacem ent than any OF the
Herreshon productions and lacks the power
OF the Rogers and Morgan yachts.
The Boston syndicate boat 10 not very wide
from the Paine boat. SO far as the hoat herself
goes. The beam is quite foot more. and the
overall length is about l22 feet. Tho draught
Of the boat herself ia not far from feet and the
length OF tho Load water line is S5 feet. She
has more dead rise to her midship section
than the Paine On. and an easier bilge. So
lar as tho forms OF the two GO. the Stewart Il
Binney boat has the easier. She has good
The sun., 1893-03-20
Duriaud's Annual Horse show.

The annual show Of saddle horses and hunt
ers will be hold at the Durland Riding Acsd-
emy. Fifty-ninth street an the Western Boule-
ward. this evening. to. morrow evening. and
Wedn nesday evening. Twenty-four Glasses will
be Judged. eight on each evening.
The classes for saddle horses have 325 en-
tries, those for hunters and high jumpers 100
entries. The best saddle horses ana Jumpers
In this vicinity sse Suffered The value OF she
iolrh Huntington Of the Clay stock Farm.
Gold Spring H.rbor, Long Island. will exhibit
mare In this country, and Clay Truth. a pure
bred American ,retting colt who has been
Ideal hackney conformation and action.
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A Bepent to Jack SIX ely.

Quite number OF sportsmen visited Jack Sicily At
his training quarters in Fabsh yesterday To and
all Jack stated that the light OF for the present at
least
lam willing to meet sddons for ten rounds as
stated in TuE Srs." said George Dixon, ''and il tho
Is made and the winner takes ALL will take tho
amount that win and match Jack Skely against Sid.
dons for y match at % pounds one month from
date provided that the Coney Island Ac. onersa purse
for the match but the winner must take all" This
generous offer was supplemented by skeiy with this
one;
II want a chance convince the sporting public that
am sincere, although ! am having dreadful luck.
will make a untch with Siddons and he have the
entire purse lose. less training expenses II
tho Coney Island A. c. will make new mattel for
only seek the chance to prove that am not hammns.
some OF my enemies aileRe.'
lnis morning skey Will break up his training quar-
tiers and III 20 home William. .burgh for few
days preparatory 10 short trip 10 the mountains for
recuperative EFFORT. -,
The Athletic Committee of the Arcadia Athletic As.
sociation have engaged the Criterion Theatre. BrooL.
lyn for Easter Monday night April 3 for beneht to
k.lly
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Yachting Gossip.

AZ the meeting of tho Executive Committee Of the
New York Yacht Racing Associailnn heli Thursday
last NJ oHei. tue pToposliun VI the Audubon Yacht
Cub Of 1854 street, SoTh RIVER and the
club was duly elected 10 member.hip. making tue
association Ia being published by the secretary and
Will bs ready about May ]. IL Is to be a handsome
valuable to those interested IN arhting.
Articles Of incorporation have been tilsd in the once
Bayonne City farni Club u Bayonne. The incorpora.
the Board " 1TuEtees-Wiilanl ElBNOrt Ed
ward Van Bnskirk, Pnilip Mooney. Frank KlsaortG
and Philip Van Buskirk ihe club mas Its
dsesAtss bAvs been chosen 20 the New York and New
jersey Yacht RaeinR Association; Edwin II. Bennstt
Capt. Jessph EisWorth. and john oNslI
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DIXON and sIDDONS no FIGHT.
The COlored Lad Agrees tn Take Skeliy's
Place Tonight.

Place Tonight.
George Dixon has agreed to tako Jack
Skelly's place tonight at the Coney Island
Athletic Club. and will meet Siddons for
twenty rounds for u $4,000 purse offered by
the club. Arrangements to this end were con-
summated yesterday afternoon. Dixon affixed
his signature to the articles OF agreement.
with the stipulation that II he won ho wns to
received the biggest end OF the purse. $1,000.
and the loser the remaining $500
In order to meet Siddons. Dixon has CANCEL
afro for tonight. Although .ho is III pretty
good coIdl dltion now, he vii! devote the brief
hard training. Siddons will have an advan-
tage over MIN In this respect, as he has been
training assiduously for the last six weeks
In other respects they are evenly matched us
to height. weight reach. and strength.
The prelim minary bout tonight will be be-
tween Jack MCGEE OF Boston and Billy do
Carthy OF Australia, at l5S pounds. 1t will be
limited to ten rounds. Both men are of tho
hurricane order.
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ROYAL PHELPS cARRoIL's HAvAHoE.

II feet long and drops nearly 10 feet SO that
the boat will draw with the board down about
% feet. She is % feet beam. with slack bilee.
and the keel measures in It's widest part about
~ inches. She was launched few weeks ago.
and last week RiRger Dillman put her mast in
and set up part Of the rigging.
The second cup boat designed BY the Bristol
firm was for the Rogers syndicate. She 10 n
keel and measures 124 feet over all or four
feet less than the Navahoe. She is "a feet
The sun., 1893-03-20

overhanGs and easy ends. She will have n
deep I'm. with lead bub on the bottom. and
when afloRt she will draw 22 feet
As to displacement. thero Ia not much be-
tween the two nn boats. 1t Will be Il close
thing between the pair. and handling will
have considerable to do with the result.
big draught because they wanted to get
enough power to carry tho sail they intend
putting on. consequently they had to make
the lever long. and she will not have to carry
nsmuch lead ns she would IL she were shonler.
Like the Paine boat. she will be built Of steel.
Pusey L Jones OF Wilmington, Del, are
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Il BIG 1R4INING GROUND.
Manhattan Field VIII he Open to Athletes
Generally.

generally.
Receiver Andrew Freedman has definitely
decided to retain the lease Of Manhattan Field
and operate the same for the benefit OF the
creditors OF the club. Mr.. Freedman's idea Is
to turn the field into huge training ground
for the benefit OF the metropolitan athletes.
who will be charged a certain sum per month
for the use of the field and lockers. Jim Rob-
inson has been engaged as general supern-
tendent. and will give his personal attention
to the athletes who take advantage Of the
opportunity. Receiver Freedman will take the
lockers from the Madison avenue club house
and put them in the buildings on the grounds.
and this vii! give total locker accommoda-
tion Of 1000.
The field, which is now In splendid con-
dition. will be ready for business on April !.
Mr.. Freedman has already been beseged with
applications from, athletes, and dates are
ball teams en- route to Chicago. will stop in
this city and playa game at Manhattan Field:
Regarding the combination OF members OF
the NJ a. C. to resist Mr. Freedman's claim for
dues from Jan. to July l. the receiver said
that he had taken the counsel Of the best legal
talent in. New York. and was assured that he
could collect the same. Many Of the prominent
members have voluntarily paid the amount
due.
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and creates less friction. The boat measures
about the same as the Rogers boat over
all. and both are close to IS feet
on the water line. The line OF the coun.
ter aft has good sweep to it. thus
making q curve line aft. similar to that OF the
bow. The bottom OF the keels Of both the
Rogers and Morgan boats measure about 35
inches in their widest part. The overhan
forward in the Morgan boat 10 greatest Of the
three Herreshoff yachts. while the overhnng
aft is the shortest The keel OF the Navahoe is
the shortest with the Rogers boat next, tho
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THE ROGERS SYNDICATE KEEL BOAT.

built OF steel. her frames being similar to
those on the Navahoe. spaced 81 inches on
centres. She is now we'll along in the plating.
and the workmen arc on her every night until
. o'clock.
The Morgan syndicate boat is 26 3 feet beam
and has more draught than it was thought she
would have. being not far from 136 feet Her
under body will be plated with Tobin bronze.
the top sides with stsel This ia the first time
that Tobin bronze has been used on yacht.
The bottom is smoother. offers less resistance.
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going to build tho hull. The work Of laying
down the boat commenced some days ago
and the m olds are now being made
Mr.. Stewart is upon the ground and Is look
Ing after the details. The same firm built the
Volunteer. Tho boat will be built in secret
and she will be Just such a boat as tho above
cut represents. She will probably be towcd to
Boston and fitted out at Lawleys. Her spar
boats Her displacement is not lar from ninety
tons. and this will leave somewhere about
thirty tons for ballast There is considerable
hauled out but twice possibly for tho trial
races and the cup races The following ia Bile
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oArIruLArEp TO wALanoDE
The Te-ton win. Two Game. In Mastery
Sfx1e.


The nrst game in the set match. I'VE games
up. between c. A. Walbrodt. the Berlin expert.
and Charles A. EttlnGer. tho local amateur.
was played at tho Manhattan Chess Club yes
terday afternoon. The Prussian offered Ruy
Lopez. which was met on the part Of Ettlinger
with Anderssen's favorite defence. namely.
after o Kt takes X i TO establish centre by
P-QKt4. followed by P-Q and y XIX q
Subsequently tho New Yorker lost precious
time In shifting around his knights. and be-
fore fifteen moves had been made his pieces
were all hemmed in and his array OF pawns In
danger OF being broken UP. The advance Of
his queens bishop's ,pnWn Afforded him but
to return with his knight to the commanding
square at y l. Moreover. the intended al.
vance Of whites kings bishop's pawn necessi-
tated black to weaken his kings flank by
P-kt 3 on tho seventeenth move. Eight
moves later EttlinRer was unable to prevent
the loss of a most important pawn. which
formed the key to tho situation. EttlinRer
made the bost Of n poor case. but finally had
to capitulate on the thirty second move. The
The sun., 1893-03-20

Will tho team that asked the InyincibIe baseball
team of fordham College for the dates of April 4, d.
and please send their names and address to Mr..
White, fordham College.
LOUISVILLE. March l9--Fred PfeOer has permanently
retired from baseball lie said yesterday afternoon
lie you'd dispose OF his Interests here the the
month aud go TO Chicago where he and Col. Jack
Chinn, the kentucky turfmnn, viii engage in The
taulant business since Fiefer Is TO retire from the
team probable that Whistler will be play ed
ond base Manager Barnie teegrAphed that he would
reach Louisville tomorrow and would remain here
until the opening OF the season.