The evening world., 1893-11-04
SPORTING News ANO GOSSIP.
Only Ten Coaches to Be Allowed
at the Thanksgiving Game.
A Good story ON Jim Mitchell. OF
the N. Y. A. c,

The Thanksgiving Day football gnmc
will be devoid of one OF It's most attract
i've features his year. The University
Athletic club, which manages the game
AS n matter OF kindness only-hHs
elected to build n row of boxes along the
north side OF Manhattan Field. Behind
these will be spaces for only ten coaches
which will be the only vehicles allowed
on the field. and these will be for the
use OF students only.
This may be a means OF bringing more
money into the Golfers OF Yale and
Princeton. but 1t will do away largely
with the picturesqucness OF the
occasion.
The move Is not viewed kindly by all
New Workers.. AS II OF them put II
yesterday:
of the year in New Fork, 1t is a gala
event. 1t should be as gay as possible,
but with a long row of clearinghouse
like boxes in fun view Of the grand
its beauty. The management says that
the vehicles are a nuisance. That may
be so, but the management could AFFORD
- PVT up with q nuisance once a year
for the sake OF making the occasion
has made a mistake"
A. Yale man. who has much to do
with the eleven. is credited with say
ing the other day hat the team was
working or some new tricks this year.
but did not expect to use them. The
ordinary, everyday football, the tricks
to be called INTO use only when neces-
say. He added: yale does not expect
to rave to use her tricks This would
seem to mean that ale expects to
win.
A good story is told OF Jim Mitchell,
the big weight-thrower of the New York
Athletic Club, ,anent the metropolitan
Is known, Is almost without a peer In
the art OF handling weights. He has won
enough medals al. it-silver and ,gold-to
believe in monopoly in the medal-win-
ming line, and believes in giving some
body else a chance.
In the l6-pound hot event in the
Metropolitan championships, a fellow
clubman, Eugene Giannini, was entered.
Mitchell had the event at his mercy, but
he thought 1t would be only fair to let
Giannini carry or this prize. SO he
didn't extend himself unduly. But Clan,
min didn't win first prize. Along came
barrett. a Xavier man, and beat the
N. Y. A C. athlete out. Now Mitchell
deplores a lost opportunity.
There seems to be no limit to Mitchcll's
ability with the weights. His perform
ance with the 1G-pound hammer-li5 feet
IL the worlds record, but in reply to n
question the other day he said he had done
better than that in practice. 81 have
thrown the hammer Isl feet said the
big freshman.
New Jersey Central Bowling League
opened the season in Bayonne last night
with a game between the Newark Bay
Boat Club team and Bayonne Rowing
n Athletic Association on the latterIs
alleys and one between the Elizabeth
Athletic Clubs team and the New Jer.
alleys.
the score OF 1874 to 1.45i, and the New
Jerseys captured theirs with Last t,
their credit against the Elizabeth's lao
A proof OF the spread OF amateur
athletics throughout the United State!
gates to the annual meeting, of the Anna
teur Athletic Union, to be held Nov. 20
Will consider a proposed amendment Il
dncs s0n 70 ,amii of Of The he 4 sor A; T.; intro Mt :
Southern Association OF the Union Tht
Southern States have hitherto been in
Guided in the territory OF the Contra
and other cities have recently developed
SO much in amateur sport that a new
branch association has become neces
sary for Its proper control.
A rrlend OF champion zimmerman i
authority for the statement that "Zim
mie" will leave Hartford next week fol
a protracted Southern trip. The Jersey
crack will first go to Augusta to TAX,
part in races there. and thence to Allan
Ia and Nashville, where he is to try FOL
some moro records. Harry Wheeler will
accompany Zimmerman on his trip.
Pugilist George Dixon will open hi.
show in New York for a two weeks
engagement next Monday. The coloreC
snn Hn pnne,as NV baii cure op tbn ss sea
I'm full view of the audience" Dixon!
actions when he punches the bag ar,
Just the same as when he ia fighting
says Tom O'Rourke.
Billy Plimmer is in town this week