The evening world., 1893-11-08
SPORTING NEWS ANO GOSSIP.
Discussion of Yale's Showing in
Yesterdays Football Game.
The Negro Question May Trouble
tho l.. A. w.

The opinions Of the critics are divided
as to the kin of showing Yale made
at Manhattan Field yesterday. A good
deal depends on whether one is a Yale
sinypathizer or not. one Yale man,
who knows the game, stood on the lines
and remarked that 1t was the fastest
and hardest football seen on Manhattan
Field this year. The fastest 1t certainly
was, but no harder thar Harvard played
last Saturday.
King n Trenchard watched the
game closely, and there were no cxultant
smiles visible on their princetonian
faces. Whatever may have been their
innermost thoughts they wore very
sober expressions. 'They have good
ends and good tacklers," said Capt.
Trenchard. 'They play a fine offensive
game, as they always do, but the centre
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES smile on the coun-
tenance of, Jim Lee. the Harvard half
back. of three years ago, which may
not be there when night falls on the
saturday preceding Thanksgiving.
All the fine points Of football are evil
IDENTIFY instllled into the minds of the
Yale men, but, like the hangman who
adjusts the moose in the wrong, place,
there were down low and firm,y p,antei'
as they should have been, when New
York had the ball, but. somehow. the
men didn't break through the opposing
line sharply enough when their oppo-
nents had the ball, barring Beard and
motifs. These two men played an eX-
cellent game all through. and will worry
their rivals later On.
ON the offensive, Yale showed up well
The backs run low and hard and keer
gong until the last moment. 'Thorne is
quickly. Butterworth, despite his long
lay-off. struck the line with much Of his
oid-tlme powerful momentum. The run.
ning OF the backs. as well as the tackles.
was nearly always to good purpose. But
Few end runs were made, but Thorne had
no trouble In going around when he did
skirt the ends.
substitutes, compared favorably with
Princeton's or H~arvard's. With Hinkey
Greenway they are probably bet
Ter. taken altogether on the showing
friends have just as much reason to
hope as the others.
AS to the New York Athletic Club team,
1t Is difficult to see how 1t can expect to
defeat the superior drilled and more tried
crescent team.
The game at Orange yesterday morning
Is scarcely worth criticism. The Prince
ton understudies played a ~listless and
ngil game. A good many people
didn't a kindly to the idea of having
this make-shift team folsted on them.
The powers that be in the League of
American Wheelmen will probably have
another troublesome question, besides
pure amateurism, to decide for next
year-the negro question. The Southern
representative on the Racing Board is
expected to bring the matter up at the
next meeting and make a strong effort
TO have the word white inserted in
the constitution. thereby excluding the
negro.
Speaking Of his matter, a member OF
the Racing Board said: AT present there
are only about ten colored riders in the
L, a. W., and 1t strikes me that ouI
before they come to 1t. Personally, the
Northern members OF the Board have
no feeling in the matter, but II the
Southern members insist on 1t, the word
white stands a good chanc of being
inserted"
Our Southern membership Is very
large, and we don't want to lose it. !
am informed that the feeling is 50
man Is seen riding a wheel the make of
won't buy a wheel Of that kind"
The Pasttme Athletic Club is looking
around for a suitable hall for a boxing
show. The members in charge are ex-
periencing no little difficulty in finding
just what they want. When they see
a place that suits the proprietor either
wants too much rent or says a boxins
show would ruin the reputation of his
hail." 1t is explained to him that this
is to be a strictly amateur show, but he
can't see that that makes any differ
ence.
Last year the Pastlmes held a highly
successful amateur show at the Grand
Central Palace, Lexington avenue and
Forty-fourth street. That hall was COM
paratively, unknown then, and the Pas
year the proprietor wants $500. How
ever, the Pastimes expect to find a
place to suit them and also to find a
willing to box for gold medals: The
show will be brought Off in December, II
possible. The weights will be ITO, 120,
100. 14O n 1853 pounds.
w. F. Murphy started from scratch in
the Kings County Wheelmen road race,
complished the twenty-five miles in one
hour, fourteen minutes and nineteen and
q half seconds This is a new record
F.'s brother. held the previous record.
one hour. fifteen minutes and ten sec
onds
Tho news from independence Is that
Bicyclist Johnson lowered his alleged
mile record of .1.56 As to Loo 3-5 yester-
day, and, moreover, that he did II
twice. johnson, 1t is said, is not salts
fled. and thinks he can do still better.
The New York Athletic Club fencing
championships will be held Nov. 70, II
and Is. The annual team contest for
the challenge cup will be held in the
gymnasium Dec. 7. The cup was won
by the N. Y. A. C. team last year.
The latest from Jacksonville, Fla, is
tha a certified check for $780, 900 has been
allied to Richard h. Fox, as the stakes
for the Corbett-Mitchell fight. rIe Jack.
sonville people are said 20 be verY con-