The evening world., 1893-12-11
ATHLETIC PRIZES WITHHELD.
Scorers in the Seventh Regiment
Games Charged with Error.
The Three Corncred Billiard Match
Tonight Notes.

Col. Daniel Appleton. as referee OF the
Seventh Regiments games last Saturday
night. Is not at all satisfied with the
manner In which the two mile and one
mile safety bicycle races were run. He
has called meeting of the officials OF
the games for tomorrow night at the
armory, when the bicycle races will be
especially investigated.
! In the two-milc race, W. II. Pike, at
| los yards. won in the alleged time of
ON. IS. W. Armstrong, at lo5 yards, was
second. and l. ketcham, the scratch
man. was third During the race W. u.
Edwards, Company f., had made an en-
tire lap to the good, and was ahead of
all competitors. and Ectcham, at the fin
ish claimed second place. declaring that
| the only man ahead of him WAS Ed
wards and that the scorers had made a
mistake in overlooking the latter. Ed
| wards protested the decision OF the
Judges and claimed first place
In the mile race Edwards, at the 90
yard marx, won IN ) minutes seconds
armstrong, ut 10 yards, was second, and
Ike. at tne o5-yard marx, was third.
over lCO yards. After This finish Col
Appleton, as referee. came to the CON
clusion that there must have been an
| error In the previous race, and he there
fore forbade the bestowai of the prizes
until after to-morrow's meeting. Col
! Appieton's action was based on the
grounds that the time, minutes sec
/ borne out by Pixies efforts In the mile
race. All the seventies athletes are
watching the affair closely.
Even the bOokmakers are interested in
the big three billiard tournament which
begins ct Madison Square Garden Con-
cert Hall tonight. 'rney have not made
any books on il yet. but thcy have been
figuring out the odds they would lay il
books were made. 1t seems to be the
that Ives and schaefer have an even
chance, and that Slosson is the outsider,
although any betting that has been done
has been confined chiefly to mind wagers.
J There are not few, however, who
think that Slosson will be the surprise
Of the tournament. There is no doubt
that he has shown better form in prac-
tee than for several years past. But
this Is also true of Ives and Schaeter.
The Student hasn't shown any sucn re-
mar ably long runs In his preparatory
but he has been very steady. playing a
game fellow. and. Ike schaefer, is
never beaten until the game is finished.
the face of adversely.
Each OF the trio is confident. Ives. per
haps. more so than the others, He
will be smashed, and that he will be the
one to DO the trick. Schaefer says there
Is no limit to the odds against such a
beates. sosson called on Sehaefer last
night at the Coleman House. The
Wizard will reciprocate by playing at
Slosson's room this afternoon. SCISSOR
and Ives open the ball tonight.
English sporting papers just received
on this side contain full accounts of the
five-mile race between Sid Thomas and G..
Pearce, two of Englands best distance
Northampton, recently. About 5000 peo-
pie saw the race.
Thomas. as was generally expected. cut
went, Pearce kept at. his heels. and in
no part of the first four miles did the
gap exceed two yards At times Thomas
him. In the third mile Pearce for the
momentarily. as Thomas, nifty yards
tbs tb4 sain aet Sas 5 f foe
fourth Pearte did not settle down seri-
ously until the last lap was entered,
when he shot tt, to the front and led by
again led. Pearce, however, was not
to be denied, and gap of six yards, soon
separated them, and. going on in brilliant
style. Pearce reached the tape fifteen
yards in f,ont of his. opponent. The
time for the fourth mile was 2lm> los,
| anu MIN, EoHl
|
Jack Sheehnn says kid Hogan would
like to meet Danny Mcbride at ll6
| pounds for a purse before the Duval
Athletic Club. He thinks 1t would make
a good preliminary to the Corbett-
| Mitchell contest.
! The list OF events for the Twelfth
! Regiment games tomorrow night is:
| SiXty-yards run. half-mile novice run,
three-quarter mile run. one mile walk.
44O-yard run, obstacle race, heavy
marching order race and a two-mile
/ bicycle race.
|
Capt Davis has called for candidates
for the Varsity crew to go into training.
The Yale football management says
there Is no reason to crlticse the Uni
versity Athletic Club Committee for
burning the tickets after the Thanks
giving game.
Honest" John Kelly has been selected
to referee the Corbett-Mitchell contest.
|
A Constant Reader,-'Yale beat Prince
ton at the Polo Grounds June II last by
a score Of IA to Z.