The evening world., 1893-12-08
SPORTING news AND GOSSIP
Selection Of Referee for the Billiard
Match Now in Order.
Manager Brady Interested in a Foot
ball Tournament.

Now that the three billiariists who will
play In the balk-lIne tournament at
Madison Square Garden Concert Hall
next week are IN town. the selection of
a referee Is In order Schaefer, Slosson
ana Ives may get together to-day and
discuss the matter, and possibly sur
prise the billiard fraternity. by agreeing
on referee without, much waste OF
time. 1t is the opinion OF billiard fol-
lowers hereabouts that II the experts
Will suppress their natural tendencies to
haggle and find fault with every sugges-
tion made by one OF the others they will
not have to go far TO get a competent
referee.
Two men, who have been mentioned,
are. DIR. Jennings, a well-known amateur
OF Brooklyn. aud Edward MCLAUGHLIN,
the Philadelphia professional. Both are
good men doubtless but a still better man
can be found and right in New York. I'm
Billy Sexton. Sexton doesn't mead mag
nifying glasses. and he Is impartial. He
showed by his work In the Ives Roberts
match. that he is n good referee, and he
biiiiarus than either of the others. 1t Is
to be hoped. however. that whoever Is
selected ,sn t!,,r the defeated ones will not get
so often think they do.
On form. 1t would seem as IL Frank
Ives We're g good thing" for the tour.
the like Of which was never seen before.
In the afternoon he ran 55J and in the
evening sos. Both Of these runs. as far
as is known, surp"s S. all performances at
wonderful because they were made by
open play, without the aid of the an
Sfer nurse rdI But the Nnpolson
ing too much billiards and, as he en-
, sore"
Jake scnaefer Will begin practice a,
lves's big runs. Its different in a tour
nament. After this tournament. the
hut very little of the Wizard. He is
thinking of going TO San Francisco to
live. Chicago. he says, is ''pium-busted.'
There are enough different events In
the Seventh Regiment games tomorrow
evening, to give nearly every athlete in
the Association n chance to win prize
The list of events and the order in which
they will be ruin on is as follows
.half-mile run, scratch, championship OF
o oaeat, mile walk, scratch; one mile
yard run. scratch; 22O-yard run, handi-
cap; 9S-yard run, scratch; one-half milo
walk. handicap; O-yard sack race,
scratch; putting l6.pound shot. scratch
22o;,yard hurdle race handicap; one-half
mile run, scratch. for officers cup; 40
yard run. handicap; one lap three
legged race, handicap; one-mile safety
bicycle race, handicap; l,OO0-yard run.
handicap, two laps obstacle race, scratch
running high jump. handicap.
Manager Brady has completed arrange
ments for a football tournament to be
held in Madison Square Garden Saturday
evening, Dec. 16. Two games will be
the Volunteers and the strong eleven OF
the Pastime Athletic Club, and the Va.
runa Boat Club and Dobbs Ferry teams.
The Volunteers will present the same
Cadets. The rivalry between the voiun.
teers and the Pastimes is very keen. The
Varunas and Dobbs Ferry boys are In
good form. The Brooklyn oarsmen will
be strengthened by the addition Of several
Crescent PLAYERS. while the Dobbs Ferry
Those pretty yellow leather suits which
shone SO brightly In the sun at Spring
field. and made the Harvard football
players look SO formidable, are the in
nocent cause Of a sensation at Cam
the athletic manager at Harvard. and
the football coaches have not had the
most harmonious relations with each
other. The coaches ordered the suits
ing Mr.. Whites authority and s!multa-
neously mourning an expense OF u, $50;
Mr.. White didn't know the suits had
been ordered until he saw the players
on the field in Hampden Park. Now he
has the bill and the tailor Is waiting