The evening world., 1894-05-01
ATHLETICS TO THE FRONT.
Many Events Scheduled for De-
oision in the Near Future.
Critics Hard Task at the Garden
Other Sporting Notes.

The We months Just ahead have much
In store for athletes. and for the next
sixty days the lightly clad youths will
engage a good share OF the sport-loving
public's attention. That the various
meets Will be well ~patronized Is very
probable. as all sorts OF sport seems to
be drawing we'll this spring and We have
heard so much OF baseball and boxing
that there are those who will welcome a
change, although. as far as that is con-
cerned. the three branches of sport each
has its own clintele, and athletics, as far
as quality Is concerned. would not suf-
fer by comparison.
Next Saturday come the games OF the
Interscholastic Athletic Association. on
the same day Harvard, Princeton and
Pennsylvania will hold games. The next
big event will be the intercollegiate
games, and then will come the big meet
Of the New Jersey A.. c. Other Import
ant meets scheduled are those OF the
c.. c. N. Y, Archdiocesan Union and
New York Athletic Club. The latter
games will be held at Travers Island
June Sand the following list OF events has
Just been announced: Handicap Events
Running high jump. mile run. 44O-yard
run. 75-yard rum. mile walk, Emile bi-
cycle race (class Az. 22o-yard hurdle.
Scratch E~vents-l-mile bicycle race
(class Al, 12O-yard run (on TURF, 800
yard run, 120-yard hurdle, mile team re-
lay race, pole vault, standing high jump,
running broad jump, throwing 16-pound
hammer. putting l6-pound shot.
No pugilist has been more talked OF
recently han young Critic, and now the
Australian proposes to favor the New
York public with an opportunity to
Judge of his fstic prowess. At Madison
Square Garden. May IL. Critic will un-
dertake what Jim Corbett succeeded In
doing once-outpointing three men with
out leaving the ring. II Critic Is as
clever as he is said to be and the oppo-
nents furnished him are as easy as those
Corbett had. there Is little doubt that
he will accomplish his task. However,
1t Is promised that good men will face
Critic on this occasion, In which case
his work cut out for him. There VIII bt
five other bouts.
The Baltimores are good ball players
but some of their tactics on the field
could just as well be dispensed with
ana yell: we'll welff!Hi' Bin. it's easy
money, old sport. He uhe .opposinl
oon n.s"er and other tHsi e Choice eea ex ap SSH i il
not calculated to make the game %attrac'
tive..that Is, attractive to the class OF
people whose patronage is desirable
Whatever else may be said of the New
Yorks, they generally conduct them
selves in a becoming manner, and they
are not one whit lower down In the per
centage figures for so doing.
be ready in a few days. is said to be q
masterpiece-the finest ever turned out
1t is 81 feet long, % inches wide, !
inches deep amidships,, 8 inches deep al
been used. The greatest saving in
weight a been made in the timbers OF
the seats. hangers and %outriggers: by
airy white oak The fastenings of the
shifting ~footboards will be of aluminium
im,tead Of the the S customary af brass rrs, ,ni The
and the planking will be Just a shade
thinner than the customary l-S inch, or
about LA inch, and will receive two
to l-s. 1t may be added that the great
est trouble ut Harvard has been to get
the right kind of men to manipulate the
shells on the Thames.
Jerry Barnett, the downtown fighter.
and Tom McGirr. OF the Pastime Ath-
letic Club, have been matched to box
six rounds at the West Side Athletic
Clubs tourney al. Grand Central Palace
next Saturday night. This makes the
ing: Frank Craig. the Harlem Coffee
Cooler" versus Jim Butler, OF Brooklyn.
six rounds at catch weights: Jack Fal-
vey, OF Providence, versus Jack Green.
Jim Holmes, Of Brooklyn, versus jim
Devlin. of New York, six rounds, at 1876
pounds; Joe Harmon, Of New York, YER
sus Mike McGrath, Of New York, six
Brooklyn, versus Marty McCue, Of New
York. six rounds at liz pounds Jerry
Barnett. OF New York. versus Tom NC
Cir, Pastime Athletic Club. six rounds
at lbs pounds.
ing as follows: Stroke, Simpson; No. Z
Bailey; No. 9, Patterson; No. s, Camp
Miller: bow, Wheelwright.
The supplementary finals Of the
tition will be held on Thursday, May g.
Mt the rooms of the Star A. c., Vernon
avenue and Ninth street, Long Island
City.
The following has been received at thi,
Sporting Editor Evening World"
Kindly publish the inclosed challenge in you,
paper:
ten rounds. or to q hnish. at 10 or 12 pounds
You can see me any evening at the club hous
Of the Jere b. Sullivan Association. Smith street