The evening world., 1893-11-21
SPORTING NEWS AAO GOSSIP.
Columbia Oval May Be the Scene
of Football Gataes in '94.
Yale and Princeton Compared by
Pcnnsylvania.

Within the last few days there has
been some ak about Columbia oval as
the place for the football games in 1894.
Not much stock was taken in the story,
and 1t has hardly received more than a
passing consideration. Nevertheless, the
persons who are interested in the mat
ter are very much In earnest. A COM
nIitteG Of the Alumni Association of
Columbia College is the mover in the
project, and It Is laying its plans. 1t
isn't improbable that the University
Athletic club. il 1t has the management
of the Thanksgiving game another year,
would favor the scheme.
Mr.. Guy Richards, Of the University
\. G. Managing Committee, is also a
member of the m of the Column
Dia Alumni Associat ton. Mr.. Richards
advances these arguments in favor of
Columbia Oval: Seating capacity could
DE provided FOL 10000 people; the grounds
are good ina well situated two railroads
lines run from the Grand Central Depot
70 Wiluamsbridge, and could make the
jour- ey In sixteen minutes; the roads
wuu'j pLt IN extra tracks and trains for
the crowds, and the faculties OF the col
legf, would favor Columbia oval on ac-
count OF their growing desire to have the
hg collcse contests take place on college
AZ ounds.
i'nv ambition of the persons Interested
does not end at securing the football
match. IL - contemplated making the
oval the permanent place for all the big
college contests. for instance, the inter
collegia. e games and baseball matches.
4 sin liar plan is in vogue by the big
English universities, they say, and ,Ncw
lOI', wants something of the same kind.
1t al sounds a bit visionary.
An interesting comparison of the Yale
and Princeton eievcns comes from Phil
.adeiphia, and expresses the opinions of
the University Of Pennsylvania players.
m the relative strength of the Tigers
and the Blues. Az Penny has played
bOtf teams, her opinions should be worth
scratching.
IN the iirst place, the Quakers REGARD
Males backs. individually and collect
plvrly, superior to princeton :. buIoer-
w2rth' they think, is better thai any
while they do not regard Ward and
Morse in the same class witt Armstrong
and Thorne. King, while a better quar-
ter-baok than Morris, is less valuable to
princeton than Morris is to Yale. King
attempts too much, and hasn't the heart.
Although Stillman Is slow; he VIII DO
cred an Qverrated player. Wheeler is
considered a better man than HiClSok,
hut at the other guard position i rs
Tor. The tackles are considered about a
stand-of, and as regarding the ends the
odds, If anything, are in favor OF Prince
ton.
AS to the teams as a whole, Yale will
have the advantage of much superior
coaching. Princeton will have no good
Interference and no ground gamers.
a good line bucker. The consensus of
opinion at pennsylvania Is tnat lAie Will
win.
Thara laS boot, NO gp,oI la~,orl fn.
seats for the lehigh-tniversity of North
Carolina game at Manhattan Field next
Saturday. Although Lehigh is regarded
hereabouts as the fifth in strength OF
the college elevens, the Southerners have
great hopes Of winning this game. They
certainly show courage in coming go or 70)
The Carolina team have played together
for three years and ought to have team
work down to a nicely. They have made
Us p9ints this year to their opponents
while in the city:
For a man writing to a champion
Billy Plimmer's Letter to George Dixon
is rather dictatorial. In reply to DiXon's
offer to box him six rounds Plimmer
says:
/ have met you once in a iimited-round fight
fighter, but . hntshcr. SIX rounds would not con
whip YOU. Many good judges Of the game who
witnessed me best YOU at Madison Square Garden
want 10 see US nEht 10 a nnlsh.
Now, II you want to come fair and square to
the scratch with me, agree to go to a finish and
DO not bother me with those giN-round money
affairs which You and your manager seem to be
81 much interested in. ! never heard of the En-
pirc Athletic Club at Philadelphia. and don't pro-
pose to take chances with any new ry-by-night
clubs which come and q like the wind.
"D9 not bother me WITH these sin
ciOus!
The Duval Athletic Club, of Jackson
vile, hastens to rcasSure the pugilistic
world that the Corbett-Mitchell nsht will
come off despite opposition. Messrs:
should stop the match they would have
a claim for damages against him. But
even If they should, the question arises,
how would that allow the fight? The
their claim. What good is 1t to those in.
tereatrd in the match for Bowden and
Mason 10 nave a claim for damages. a
contest and not claims is wanted. But
this IS to be a scientific glove contest
and not a fight.
~ we come out all right every orphan
age in ms city will get 49," says Mr.,
Mason. 'IfH" Then there is a doubt.
Pat Cahill defeated Sim Robinson in
s.N rounds 1T The SCott"h-AmeriCark y.
{. show in Jersey CITY Last night. Chas.
foaon knocked out Dick Nolan in two
rounds.
Another man has been badly injured
IN a football game. John White, OF
Itrmington, Conn, had his neck twisted
sh"rmEHs will find MRS. MISUNDERSTANDING
elEr"the best remedy Tor their childrrn. @5c, -
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