The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21

JERSEY ATHLETES
In the Metropolitan Associ-
atoms Championships
Meet.
LEAGUE CRICKET CONTESTS
Games Scheduled for Today-Bi-
cycle Runs-Baseball and
Yachting Notes.
CRICKET CONTESTS

Yachting Notes.
The annual championships of the Metro
politan Athletic Association will be decided
this afternoon at Saratoga. The more en-
thusiastic of the officials predict record
breaking in several vents.
Last evening a large delegation of Jersey
athletes left on the Troy boat to witness the
sport. The party included James E. Sulli-
van, who win referee the competitions;
George Casey, H. Jaehne, h. j. Quinn, B.
G. Davis, E. W. Lcidler. w. C.. Banner, F.
c.. Puffer, s. A. Coombs, L. Leibgold, E. c.
Carter, S.. Leibold, John Eteil, John Divon,
H. R. Patterson, George Wood and E. Van
Tambacht.
The five mile run, in which are entered
"Willie" of Bayonne, Orton, JARVIS, Kill
patrick, Hollander and others, is expected
to prove the feature of the NEE tlng. The
handicappers figure thai Day and Orion
will be the ones fighting it out at the fms b.
Puffer, the lankey Jerseyman, who fairly
flies over the hurdles when in good form,
in which condition, is said to be in poor
form. in which case Golf and Rim may
have a chance, particularly in the 22O-yard
hurdles.
In the 1O0Lyard dash win be a number of
well known cracks, including Lee and Allen.
Rim and Sweeney, the champion high
jumper, are also entered in the sprint. John
Cosgrove of the Catholic Club OF Albany
will probably meet Puffer, New Jersey A
c.. in the 120-yard hurdle race. Baxter,
Casey and Fredericks should make an inter
esting contest in the pole vault, although the
former is considered a "sure thing"
Mitchell should be able to make a good
| showing in the hammer and weight contests.
Cricket.
For the second time this season a Philadel-
| phia club has cancelled its engagement with
| a New York team. The Belmonts were to
play the New Jersey Athletic Club at Ber-
gen Point today, but they have written that
they cannot come. The Philadelphia Cricket
Club disappointed the Staten Island Cricket
Club on Memorial Day, and there is no tell
ing now much further the thing will go.
There is an unusually large schedule of
| games arranged for the metropolitan cricket
clubs today, and there will be many battles
for the championships. At Prospect Park
the Victorias will meet the Brooklyns for
| second time, and the New Jersey and Kings
County second elevens will be opposed to
| each other in the second eleven section. The
Staten Island Cricket Club will play the
Patersons at Livingston, and the Staten
Island Athletic Club will play Morris Heights
at Berkeley Oval. The st. George Athletic
Club team will play the first League game
with the Columbias at the new grounds, at
Weehawken, while at Central Park the New.
Yorks meet the Harlems, the Victoria second
eleven plays the Brooklyn second, and the
New York and st. George second teams also
compete.
Diamond Chips.
The Seaview Athletic Club has organized
with the following players:-N. Miller, A.
Miller, J.. Mccarthy, B. Russell, E. thinner
man, G. Kelly, J.. Keegan, J. McKillop and
J. Crowley. They would like to arrange
games with teams whose players average
fifteen years of age. Address, B. Russell,
| No. re Ocean avenue.
Jersey City Y. M. G. A. team will play a
league game at home today against the
Eastern District team.
Greenville Y. M. c. A. nine will play at
Hasbrouck Heights this afternoon against
the Hasbrouck Heights Field Club.
Catholic Clubs min will meet the Y. NJ.
C. L. A. at Elizabeth today.
Jersey City and Puritan A. G, teams will
grounds.
l.. Hobokens and Murray Hills this afternoon
at the Cricket grounds, HoDoken.
A series of games will probably be ar
ranged between New York and Hudson
County reporter. Two games will settle the
| series, as the Workers have a strong team
and keep in form.
Wanser and Minkakwa teams will play at
Ocean and Claremont avenues this after
nooa.
Columbus A. C. team will play at Paterson
today against the Entire Nous team.
st. Peters Lyceum will play at Orange
tomorrow, and st. Lucy's team at Newark.
c. fapri ~ A will 71oD or p i'll oa tu0ad
tomorrow morning against the Columbia A.
c.. of Brooklyn.
Results of League games 'yesterday:-Bos-
ton, II; New York, J.. Brooklyn. 8; Phila-
delphia, 2. Louisville, Z; Cleveland, 4. Balti-
more, II; Washington, s. Cincinnati, z;
Pittsburgh, ..
Turn of the Wheel.
Peoples Palace bicyclists will have a run
this afternoon. They will assemble at the
Palace at half past one.
Catholic Club cyclers will go to White
stone, L. L., tomorrow. They start from the
clubhouse at nine A. NJ, sharp.
Palma Club Wheelmen will run to the
Island tomorrow.
At Cleveland Yesterday Titus added to his
fame and fortune. Sanger, johnson, Tay-
Tor, Graves and Coleman refused to ride on
the poorly banked, unsafe quarter-mile
track. Several of the competitors ran over
the bank, C. Murphy and Callahan going
over a dirt pile and into a bunch of wheel
trunks in the mile handicap.
The race meet at the Waltham bicycle
park, which was announced for this after
noon, has been postponed until Saturday,
July %, as Harry Tyler desired another
weeks training before he attempted to lower
Bliss record of "a As for a mile.
There is talk of O cycling track being built
in the metropolis that will eclipse any path
in the country.
An important event to the metropolitan
district riders will be the extra race on the
second day of the Good Roads Tournament
at Asbury Park for the two-hundred-dolla
cup offered by the American Wheelmen for
the metropolitan championship, open to
riders who reside within a radius of fifty
miles of the New York City Hall.
Yachting Notes.
Pavonia Yacht Club will have a hop this
evening at the lower clubhouse, Atlantic
Highlands.
All the sinar boats of the Pavonia Clubs
fleet will go to the Atlantic Highlands today,