The evening world., 1893-12-07
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Billiardist Frank Ives Showing
Winning Form in Practice.
Moro Trouble for seventh Regiment
Athletes.

II Frank Ives shows the form in the
big billiard tourney at Madison square
Garden Concert Hall next week that he
Is showing In his daily practice at Days
he ought to be mighty close to first place
at the finish. Ives has averaged around
the fifties since he has been here, and
yesterday he averaged 60 and SO respec-
lively in his two practice games. the
games being 600 points.
While the chances are tina such a high
average will hardly be reached during
the tournament, such a thing is not al
together improbable. Indeed. 1t would not
be a very great surprise II Nignaux's
record average of Is, which has stood for
n number of years, should be surpassed.
such is the fine form hat Ives. Schaefer
and Slosson are showing. AS for Ives,
iards daily. and it Is only a question
notch position in in the billiard World. Np
About the only opportunity New York
ers have had of seeing him, since he got
into the championship class was when
he played John Roberts here In the Fall.
There liz no comparison between his
playing then and at present. He plays
now with a speed and confidence totally
different from his play on the English
table. As al illustration of this, Ives
was asked yesterday II counting in the
American game didn't seem slow to him,
inasmuch as every carom counted two
verse" he relied. you can make them
SO much easier on the American table"
tickets for the night on which Schaefer
and Ives will meet. Manager DAILY Ia
unable to answer the question as to just
what night this will be-: Ives and Slosson
open Monday night. The winner plays
Schaefer Tuesday. night. II Ives loses
to slosson he win not meet Jake until
Scnaefer viii be here to-day. His
brother Charlie accompanied him. w. A.
Spinlls the California expert, Is now look
ing for a room in which Jake can prac-
tise.
The athletes of the Seventh Regiment
Athletic Association now have another
strong organization to contend, against.
The League of American Wheelmen has
Joined hands with the Amateur Athletic
Union, and announces that all who COM
pete in the bicycle races at the Sev-
suspended. Whether they will show the
same supreme Indifference to the action
OF the l.. A. w. as they always nave
to the A. a. L., remains to be seen.
The officials of the Seventh Regiment
A. A. profess to have no other feeling
than one of amusement at TIE l.. A; VS.
seventh Stick together, as they have
done, and regard the events of their own
games as the only ones worth winning, 1t
vii make little differences to them what
powerful and far-reaching body than the
A. A. IT,, and, as, bicycltsts, are more
they may not fancy the idea OF being
debarred from all other competitions.
Charles Ashinger. the professional ,cy-
clist, who will race twenty miles against
Jack Alexandra. the horseman, at Mad
ison Square Garden next Saturday night,
has had a checkered career. AS an ath-
lete and cyclist he has travelled all over
boomers made their celebrated rush for
Oklahoma. Ashinger was one OF the
cyclists who were among the first to
Publishing his claim for a quarter sec
ton of land admirably situated.
Since he laid claim to It 1t has become
ceiyed a letter from his lawyer, who is
Ohio girl had her case In the courts and
also sIso put snd in n a claim 70 biz his quarter ,nr eps sec.
sion. Immediately after his race with
Alexandra, Ashinger proposes to go to
o sn snna,d to III Try y,b and w reSever his IS LAND and,
poses to marry the young lady, pro-
vided. of course, she is willing.
At Yale they play more like profession
ais than any lot of amateur, baseball
= Ild III liz ~ anu III ltutul Y
of their work is always noticed by the
League teams. They never encourage rec
ord-playing at Yale, and their off-hand
hustling qualities is bound to .enthuse.
and eventually get a good position for
the team.
The twelfth annual report Of the Ath-
letic Association OF the University of
Pennsylvania is just out. The Treasu-
rer's report shows the receipts for the
year to have been $2S, ISL IS, and the ex-
penses $35. 1897. "a, leaving "A deficit of
81, 1855. 66, which. however, was partially
met by a Balance of s3.s5s.29 left over
the expenses SO, l64.54. The baseball re-
ceipts were $7,SiO.0l, and the expenses
So, $685. The rowing receipts were
81. l06.l7; expenses. 81, 1898 The track
athletic receipts were s726.6o; expenses,
81. $40. 40.
slsting Of Jerry Barnett, Charley. Kelly.
Batty Weldon. Barney Mullins and Char
ley Barnett. who will try to uphold the
reputation Of New York against Boston
boxers Saturday night, will leave for the
Hub via the Fall River boat tomorrow
night.
Count Glannini Is hard at work get
ting together a team OF gymnasts for
sYork Athletic Club. The members who
will take part In the gymnastic exhibit
lions are c. II. Enos, jr., f. NJ. Harris
horne, w. F. S. Hart, Joseph Ward, c. c.
Turner, Bob Hall. Lew Sharp and E. J.
Giannih'' .
The Metropolitan Association OF Cycling