The evening world., 1893-10-05
SPORTING news AND GOSSIP.
Rife Shooting Matches Being
Revived in New Jersey.
Ives-Roberts Contest IL Becoming
Interesting.

Quite a stir Is being made among the
shooting clubs of Eastern New Jersey.
to bring about a series Of matches. and
II the arrangements are carried out sue
c~essfully there ought to be lively times
for the handlers Of the ball and cart
ridge across the river.
The Puritan and Greenville Rife Clubs
are figuring on a series OF shoots. They
have met before and the Greenvilles
won. The Puritans believe they will OBJ
literate that defeat by an overwhelming
victory the next time they meet.
The Hudson X b. Of Jersey City.
has been challenged by the Greenvilles
for a 800 purse. The latter has called
upon its best shots to get themselves In
night next, and will undoubtedly vote
to accept the challenge.
Another contest Is on the cards, a
team match proposed by the p1ritsn
The latter will hold their annual shoot
Oct q. "a and %. and prizes run from -
A movement is said to be on foot to
bring about an interstate club match.
on the same plan as adopted by the trap
clubs. This Is an outline of the scheme:
Clubs who enter this contest VIII allow
score on the dates designated for the
matches; the opposing clubs will enter a
like number of scores. This VIII give a
and not a specially picked team of five
or ten men. One way to bring this
sport of the rife to a standard Is to give
every member OF the various clubs who
enters this tournament a chance to show
his ability.
There was quite a layout Of football
In different parts Of the East yesterday:
al Ar,n the big s sSlieE Ia. teams aos, elsys about e1ceR,
practice play at the home grounds.
Yale tackled Brown University and wal
loped her Is to O. Harvard had a per
Academy. Exeter. n. H.. a preparatory
school. The Reds piled up "a points. and
Exeter couldn't secure a mark except
a naught. Pennsylvania reeled on a
In our locality Stevens Institute de.
feated the Crescent A. c. eleven. OF
to Crescent. Amherst tMass.1 College
defeated Massachusetts, Agricultural
College 90 to 0. Andoyer won from
Bowdoin ls TO o and Williams defeated
Young Ives is now ahead in the bill
lard match with Roberts at the Lenox
hyssu% of IL Il last IS n sns AZ glay sending IxHs mf Sis
score UP 70 4,0oL, WINE ftooeItss to.a!
game. and should go a great way to-
wards making the gate receipts worth
playing for.
The mixed English and American pool
match between the Cuban. De Orc. and
Roberts will begin Monday. Oct. l6. and
run through the week.
The entries for The Metropolitan Asso-
citation championships at the N. J. A.
c. grounds. Saturday next. are closed.
and the list hat Secretary Sullivan
games are sure to be extremely excit-
Ing, and the best amateurs in the bust
ness will help to make 1t so.
| The annual picnic and games Of the
s NsT Hors are P9 SeiaR heia s% seIasy at Lion As;
Park. The crack athletes Of the De
partment have been training for weeks
for these events.
These are the dates arranged for tn.
and Brooklyn baseball teams: Oct. I
Polo Grounds: Oct. 10, Eastern Park.
Oct. II, Polo Grounds: Oct. IL. Eastern
Park; Oct. IA. Polo Grounds.
Another meeting tn. cljnch things anent
Jack. Dempsey n Dick Burge IL
scheduled for to-day at Richard K
Monday nights contest at Coney
Island ought to be OF interest to Jack
M Nsishts' Ernst ana " and as' Leeds Of o'h who Light at;
to spar twenty rounds or more, each says
he will challenge McAuliffe in case HI
wins. Ernst Is training at Rockawa,
Atlantic Citv with nop NcCo We,