The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-21
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Yale, Princeton and Harvard Now
in Active Football Work.
Judge Newton to Meet Mitchell to
Talk Matters Over.

lales HarNard's and Princeton 5 foot
ball teams are back once more to their
|, respective Varsity grounds, and to-day
really begins the earnest work OF round
ing into shape for the annual contests,
which will decide the championship Of
the intercollegiate Football Association.
Hinkey and his forces began at the
training table yesterday. and that means
that from now on It will he a hard
grind at New Haven until the snow
flies.
Phil King. who Ia to play alf.back IN
Princeton, has tho zebras In charge TEN
porarily on the field at Princeton, owing
to capt Trenchard's compulsory alb.
sence from college In consequence OF his
ia Tiers illness.
Capt Waters and his crimson hosed
cohorts. are at Cambridge digging away
right merrily. Daily evidences will soon
month hence an altogether accurate
idea OF the personnel of each team will
be gained.
II is too soon by far to attempt to
likely to go into the field. as the repre-
sentative eleven of any of the Narsities.
Training is hard work. and many OF
the aspirants for positions on the teams
fall by the wayside. Their places are
quickly filled. however. for there are
| always three times ms many applicants
| as there are places for them ON every
college eleven.
Either this afternoon or tomorrow,
| conference will be- held between Judge
Newton and Charley Mitchell The only
topic they will discuss will probably be
as to Mitchelrs intentions anent the
Coney Island Athletic Clubs offer of
100000 purse for the corbett-Mitchcll
contest
The club has the match half ratified.
| declarations to hold off from toney Isl
and has again put nan a, arrangements In
No serious thought can be given TO the
Columbian Athletic club. Of chicago
O'Malley and the men associntedwith him
will hardly dare to open negotiations IN
any sincerity with u bundle of lndict-
ments already hanging over their heads
| The Governor of Indiana has shown
| that he Is adamant in his opposition to
| the Rohy organization.
The word from New Orleans is to the
| effect that the Crescent city A. G. is In
too debilitated condition TO think Of
handling an international affair OF this
kind. which calls for purse OF thou.
sands OF dollars where the Crescent
city has barely hundreds at their com
keen observer Of things ( in the ppEil a;
Cine Fan fa ard anS fast the Hg% VIM
just let Mitchell have his little bonus,
Win or lose and he'll sign any s sil
| "
the English pugilist has enlarged ideas
Of his value as a drawing card;
What do YOU im s,s, made de. him sign
certainty the Willy President of the Colum:
bian Athletic club guaranteed Mitchell
| else he was promised good big bundle
Of greenbacks before he stepped into
the ring"
| k,s .
| In view of Mitchells strange persistency
| in holding out to box at either Of two
clubs which confessedly are not capa
BILE Of handling such a bout. Corbett
questioning the sincerity of man who
prefers fighting in "A bankrupt club In
island organization, which has always
paid UP its purses and always had Its
contests take place without interfer-
training and viii WILDE be on hand at the date
set to fight Mitchell. II he funks any
man In the world can take his place bar
| none. That is all | desire to say con-
esessning the matter: The public can
No fault could be found with the
n0ney tstand people H. upon finding
termination to ignore their offers. they
would quietly shelve, him and take on
Peter jackson. Bob F'itzsmmons is
bett at the. drop of a hat Many n
worse match might be made, for the
auburn haired Australian has world
| Of admirers who fancy he can pumme
any man In the ring to-uay. A match
| with jackson could hardly be held until
late In the Spring OF 1894, as the COL
ored fellow is out on the road with his
show. with his dates booked up to late
In the season. jackson already has
signed to meet Corbetl in June next. but
no club has as yet made any offer for
the contest.
Johnny Van Hest defeated Hugh
Napier In twenty-eight rounds last night
at the Olympic Club. New Orleans, and
won the best end Of a $1,000 purse, The
stipulated weight was i22 pounds. and
Heest was scarcely regarded as high
class enough to defeat Napier. who
lowered aboye him by seven inches. but
the little fellows pile-driving blows told
the story. and the elongated Napier
succumbered as gracefully as he could.
All of which will tend to elevate Sol
Smith in the eyes Of the sporting fra
ternity for Smith punched out Van
Heest in fourteen rounds. giving him
the worst Furnishing he ever got In his
life.
Thus day by day are evidences coming
to light that George Dixon has by no
means the god thing" at first predicted
when the Sm!th-DiXon affair was ar
all the boys say who have ran up
against It. II he can shot it in on the
colored marvel at the proper time and
place there will be gloom in Thompson
street But Dixon Is crafty, a savage
| iaber with his left hand and quick as a