New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01
OF INTEREST TO ATHLETES.
PROGRESS OF SPORTS DURING TIE YEAR-FoR
HOXING IN PHILADELPHIA.


Sports taken as whole have not. perhaps. made
material gain in the last some branches have
prOspered and have not. Baseball went back' Dut
prospects for next season are brighter Pnhc-hshtns
came to the front remarkable strides. and football
was more popular than The interest In bicycling
appears 20 be gaining while bowling cricket, Billiards
and rowing have kept up with the times. Iheie was
decided falling of in the interest In amateur atletcs ana
the promoters Of this kind of sport VIII have TO Try some
new devices to put athletics where thy properly
ho,onc Probably the Amateur Athletc Union officials
have ougrown their usefulness and rev set OF ieaurS
at least localities. might infuse new life INTO at
lotcs Club competitions should be encouraged anu '
wings OF the Manhattan and NewYoik Athletic cIuos
s,ouo he cpped 20 that the smaller clubs could have
chance
Tho stockholders Of the New-York Baseball Club are
going slow unit, they just where they stand There
is still some doubt who will succeed John b. DAY d.
president. good nan is needed, one VINO can give
almost his whole the management or The CRUZ
special meeting club will be held at Jersey Guy
next Friday to straighten tangles T. T. Powers VIII re-
main manager, unless tho stockholders shouid aecue W
import the veteran A. c. TO this city Just now
Arson would local baseball is uncertain lie up
nears to have lost his following in Chicago
The Affairs of the brooklyn Club. while In much oet'e'
condition than OF their NewIork rivals are sun lar
from satisfactory to some OF their friends The players
exrect an emphatic reduction in salary and their eApe
lions are ukely to be realized Few II any OF the payers
ara likely to receive than s20Co Tor heA' se'so
work. AS OF the men got close TO s''oco "s' sea-
son. there are likely TO be protests. Players ho"o''
uho ,efe tn sign contracts will be allowed To remain
,a,e IL is said that In John NJ. Ward remains man.
seer Of the club salary will also DO materially '
o,o.o will IN Gaelic football at walacc's Rdgcwood
pa, today and tomorrow afternoons This afternoon
there will be interesting game between the lnn'a"ef
leans and Emmets. Jersey Guys "a'n'' inc .''"
rocks and the Barrys will contest Tor supianaeS Oil ~
day.
rbo ANNA, competons for the boxing and wrestling
championship Of the Amateur Athletic Union OF tho o"
states will be held in Philadelphia next Thursday ana
saturday under the auspices Of the Philadelphia Amateur
Swimming Club Maxwell w. Moore OF the Nc"'io'
Athletic Club will be referee Heretofore these co!.''S
have been held NewYora, and generally az inc NcIO
rolItan Opera House that building has bceh de'
,,oro1 Inv nr, ne arena be found for this year
competitions say officials but many Of rhose oes' H.
formed Oh the subject believe that there are orer reasons
AZ the bottom of matter Last year. championships
were poorly paronized and as in many Other cases a"
tour boxing shows resulted in financial failure Ihe
New.Yor and Manhattan Athletic clubs have been han
aging monthly rrofc sioaal boxing shows WIN me fuS
and tho entertainments added TO hn contests "'h no"
Toxic rocc at Coney Island have taken attention from 'o
amateurs and they no longer popular IN Ne"'iV'A'
Tho contestants Will be divided classes follows:
Boxing 1O5 10 1876 1875 and 1853 pounds ana heaVy'
weight classes; wrestling 1O3. 10. 20 loo ana los
o,,d classes In all there are fifty entries for the box
inc championships and sixtytwo for inc wrestling Gun
tests Among the entries are few Ne"'iofA ne'' 'h'
great majority being from the Philadelphia clubs Among
tho organ7at ons represented are: Wynnewcot Athletic
Club PoAborough Athletic Club. Philadelphia Amateur
swimming Club Manayunk Boating Club. Neptune Bo'th'
Club Athletic Club OF the Sehuyikh Navy West una
delnhia Athletic Club Lank Clerks Athletic Association
and Century Whcelmcn, OF Philadelphia; Baltimore Atr
letlc Club Institute Athletic Club ana Nauoha iu'i
yeren Of Newark, n. j.; Brooklyn Athletic CLUB ana
Acorn Athletic Association, OF Dooklyn Nonpc Atheue
Club OF Trenton n. j.; Port Richmond Ahietc Cluo'
a, Staten Island; Warren Athletic Club. OF Wimingoh
No, Pastime Athletic Club. Manhattan Athletic CsuD,
St George Athletic Club, Columbia Athletic Ciuo' Turn
yeren and Lexington Athletic Club. OF New'foiX.
At tho New.York Athletic CLUB great preparations are
now being made celebrate the arrival oil the new year
dinner and entertainment will be given tomorrow from
I IN o'clock The chef Of the club has prepared some
elaborate pieces decorate the tables some oil them
representing noteworthy feas In athletics performed py
club members Tho club election January 10 Is likely
to be quiet spite Of the threatened powers Of NE
oppoton The TIL Regiment fght against the Amateur
Athletic Union will not play an important part IN the
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