The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-12-08
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Selection Of Referee for the Billiard
Match Now in Order.
Manager Brady Interested In Foot
ball Tournament.

Now that the three billiardists who will
play In the balk-line tournament at
Madison Square Garden Concert Hall
next week are In town the selection of
referee is In order Schaerer, Slossoh
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 If the experts
VIII suppress their natural tendencies to
haggle and find fault with every sugges-
ton made by one of the others they will
not have to go far to get competent
referee
Two men, who have been mentioned.
are DIR. Jennings, a well-known amateur
of Brooklyn, and Edward Mclaughlin,
the Philadelphia professional Both are
good men doubtless but a still better man
Billy Sexton Sexton doesn't need mag
nifying glasses. and he Is impartial. He
showed by his work In the lves-Roberts
match, that he is good referee, and he
mas mad more experience at balk-line
billiards. than either of the others. 1T Is
to be hoped, however. that whoever Is
selected Sell the defeated ones will not get
the worst of it," as billiard players
so often think they do.
On form. 1t would seem as Il Frank
Ives were q good thing for the tour
the like of which was never seen before.
In the afternoon he ran 555 and In the
evening sos. Both of these runs, as far
a; as is know, surp" SIS all performances at
wonderful because they were made by
open play. without the aid of the an
i Gtor r, nurse: But the hey, young, Napoleon
ing too much billiards, and. as he en-
sore"
the Jake eee ssanf Houy w io bssn P Ssbss
n nnr After this tournament, the
hut very little. of the Wizard. He is
thinking OF going 70 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 a chance to win a prize.
The list Of events and the order in which
they will be run off Is as follows
Ninety-thrce-yard run, scratch: one
half-mile run, scratch. championship of
the regimenU; 75-yard run, handicap;
one-half mile walk, scratch; one mile
run. handicap 9S-yard run, scratch; 40
yard run, scratch: 220-yard run, handi-
cap: 93.yard run. scracth: one half mile
scratch; putting 16-pound shot. scratch
two-mile safety bicycle race, handicap;
220-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: 1OOO-yard run.
handicap. two laps obstacle race, scratch
running high jump, handicap.
Manager Brady has completed arrange
bS il f1r to
evening. Dec. 16. Two games Will be
played. The contesting teams will be
the Volunteers and the strong eleven of
the Pastlme Athletic Club, and the Va.
| The Volunteers will present the same
players who defeated the West Poin;
| Cadets. The rivalry between the Nolun-
teers and the Pastimes is very keen. The
good form. The Brooklyn oarsmen will
| be strengthened by the addition of several
| Crescent players, while the Dobbs Ferry
team will play several college men.
! The mortgage on the Travers Island
property of the New York A. G. has
been further reduced by a payment of
| $4,000. leaving only $4,000 now unpaid.
| The Board of Governors was anxious Ia
| liquidate the entire mortgage, as the
erection of new clubhouse would be
facilitated by the possession of such a
valuable piece of unenCumbered property
but the mortgage was at the time UNI
willing to accept the payment in full
rendered by the Board.
Trenchard has been reelected Captain
of the Princeton football eleven.
Hinkey has announced his candidacy
| for the captnincy of next years Yale
| eleven.