The evening world., 1893-11-24
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Interest in Saturdays Football
Contest Is Very Great.
Pro-. VenSble. of tho U. N. c. , Tells
About the Team.

Football for the next few days. and
particularly to-day and tomorrow. will
| overshadow all other sports. The inter-
est manifested in to-morrow's game
at Springfield Is very great, and
! 1t Is no exaggeration to say that that in
| terest extends from Maine to California.
The final arrangements at Hampden
| Park are completed. The grand stands,
which have capacity of seating 20,liO
people, were inspected yesterday by city
| Engineer Slocum, Architect Jason Per-
kins, Inspector John l.. Knight, Con-
tractor George NJ. Burnham and Assist
ant Manager +. w. Moore, and only one
small defect was found, which was
quickly remedied. To-day State 1nspec-
tor Buxton will examine the stands.
The Yale eleven leaves New Haven at
tutes and half a score OF trainers and
| rubbers accompany the team. They will
stay at the rooms of the Young Mems
| Christian Association training school un-
til time. for the game. The Harvard
team will be located IN a private house
on Madison avenue. The team will ar
| rive from Boston at $50 O'clock
That there is more confidence at Cam
| bridge than ever before, IL shown by the
betting. The Harvard men have done
nearly all the offering this year, which
|
giving any odds though. There has
been no occasion to do 80, thus far, as
all even-money propositions have been
covered by Yale supporters. The Harvard
men are expected to flood the field with
money tomorrow, and the bulk of the
betting will probably be done just before
| the game.
Prof. ]. p. venable, of the University
of North Carolina, arrived in the city
yesterday In advance of the U; n. c.
Manhattan Field tomorrow. The boys
will come up here expecting to do their
best" said Prof. Venable.
about the comparative strength OF
knowing. but we are. confident that Le-
high will have to play all she knows
how IL she beats us Our eleven Is well
in tt team tns work scb and all the
wedge and the Woodruff interference.
The whole team averages about 175
pounds. The rush line will average
light, their average weight being about
$50 pounds. Football is having the same
phenomenal growth down South as ii
has elsewhere"
The men who will compete In the
mounted broadsword contests at Madi
! son Square Garden next week are dill.
them are here except Duncan Ross. He
is expected from Chicago to-day. Jim
Corbett is said to be training for the
event too; Gor6ett % Is to referee the
so he can get out of harms way.
The result at the end of the third
nights play of the Schaefer-Ives billiard
marked last night: II expect to see
Ives pass Schaefer tonight and II he
does he will probably beat Jake. Ives
physical condition and can stand the
| strain Of the wonderful billiards both
| are putting up better than Jake.
all along Coming back at him & with bis
runs, and on nervous fellow like
Schaefer this has its effect, Then again
does to Ives. Ives is young, and If he /.
beaten will have lots of time and op
portunity to retrieve himself. 1t mean.
more to Jake. financially. too, so you Sc,
| he Is more anxious to win and conse
quently under greater strain than IveSp'
Joe Ellingsworth, who Is to meet Fred
Morris at the Rockaway Beach A. c.
ing than ever before. A party OF friends
have raised $500 to back him against
some of the crack weiter-welghts, II he
wins The Scottish American A c. Is
looking after Joe Craig, and Will see that
he Is in good condition for his twenty.
round contest with Martin Flaherty.
|
Mitchell and Harry Darrln the runner
will leave in two weeks for Florida, tC
begin training.
George Schwegeler. II Is said. has ex
pressed his determination to compete ir
| the Seventh Regiment games, disquali
ncation or no disquaiincation. The
! A. A. L. man refers to the Seventh's
games.
|
The Faugh Ballagh A. c. is the nam,
| of an athletic organization Just formed
in the Fourth Ward. Among It's mem
| bers are such well-known performers
as Mike Sweeney, j. J. Mooney, Mike
| and Dan O'Sullivan.
| Nipper Peakes, the Australian feather
weight, who expects TO visit America, is