The evening world., 1893-12-07
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP,
Billiardist Frank Ives Showing
Winning Form in Practice.
More 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 nrst 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 900 points.
While the chances are that such Il 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 IL NignauX's
record average Of 70, which has stood for
a number of years, should be surpassed,
such is the fine form that Ives, SChaefer
and Slosson are showing. As for Ives.
iaris daily, ana it Is only a question
of time when he must be given the top
notch position In the billiard world.
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 is 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 an illustration of this, Ives
was asked yesterday II counting in, the
American game didn't sccm slow to him,
inasmuch as every carom counted two
verse he relied. You can make them
so much easter IN the American table
There has been an unusual demand for
tickets for the night on which Schacfer
and Ives. will meet. Manager DAILY is
unable to answer the question as to Just
what nigh, this viii be; Ives and slosson
Schaefer Tuesday night. If Ives loses
to Slosson he viii not meet Jake until
Wednesday night.
brother Charlie accompanied him. W. A..
Spinks the California expert, is now look
ing for Il room in which Jake can prac-
tise.
The athletes Of the Seventh Regiment
Athletic Association now have another
strong organization to contend against.
joined hands with the Amateur Athletic
Union, and announces hat all who COM
pete in the bicycle races at the Sev-
enth's games Saturday night will be
same supreme indifference to the action
of the l.. A. w. as they always have
to the a; a, T.. remains to be seen;
A. a. profess to have no other feeling
than one of amusement at the !" A.. WIS
course. As long as the athletes OF, the
Seventh stick together, as they have
done, and regard the events OF their own
games as the only ones worth winning, 1t
yin make little difference to them What
But the l.. A.. w. is a much more
powerful and far-reaching body han the
A.. A. IT,. and, as. bicyclists, are more
they may not fancy the idea of being
debarred from all other competitions.
Charles Ashinger, the professional cy-
clisl. who will race twenty miles against
Jack Alexandra. the horseman, at Mad
iSDn Spllarp 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 We're among the flrst to
ton OF land admirably situated.
since he laid claim to IT. 1t has become
ceived a letter from his lawyer, who is
at Perry. o. T., saying that "A pretty
Ohio girl had her case in the courts and
also put in a claim for his Quarter sec
sion. Immediately after his race with
Alexandra, Ashinger proposes to go to
Oklahoma to try and recover his land,
and. should all other ways fail, he pro-
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
| payers III lHe 'OlIltIN, anu lllS Z
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 Attn
letic Association of the University of
Pennsylvania is just out. The Treasu-
rer's report shows the receipts for the
year to haye been SOS, 5Sl rs. and the eX-
penses S3j, 337. "A, leaving a deficit of
s., 1855. 66, which, however, was partially
met by a balance of s~3.55s,29 left over
ceipts for the year were 81, 800. q, and
the expenses so, l6i.54. The baseball re-
ceipts We're 81, S40.Ol and the expenses
SO, COG. 81. The rowing receipts Were
81, lO6 II; expenses. s4.S6a. 81. The track
athletic receipts were s726.6O; expenses.
81, $40. 40.
John Eckhardrs team OF boxers, con-
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, viii leave for the
Hub via the Fall River boat tomorrow
night.
Count" Giannlni is hard at work get
ting together "A team of gymnasts for
York Athletic club. Tit members who
win take part in the gymnastlc exhibit
tions are c. II. Enos. jr., f.. NJ. Harris
horne. w. r. s. Hart. Joseph Ward, &. e.
Turner. Bob Hall. Lew Sharp and Il. j.
Glannini.
The Metropolitan Association OF Cycling