The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-01
SPORTING MISCELLANY.


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Manager Tom O'Rourke visited THE
Evening World" office yesterday and
laughed as he alluded to the proposition
made by Plimmer. Said he: Here's
bantam who allows Dixon to weigh M
at 11S pounds, and yet he wants match
with a man who can't get below 40.
Then there's the additionally peculiar
situation of Plimmer in claiming to
want a go with man who doesn't want
any more of Dixon, after twenty rounds,
with pounds over pounds of advantage.
a match with plimmer would suit
George and myself II anything like
terms satisfactory to Plimmer could be
arrived at As mater mater, OF iaet: ief non !
the disparity of weights is absolutely
preposterous.'
The Raphael Athletic club will hold a
series of members games on their new
| grounds in West Forty first street, near
the following events will be contested
4io-yard run sso-yard run. one-mile run.
running broad jump, one-mile walk;
putting the l2-pound shot sack race and
also granted the Raphael Guild, which
is composed Of small boys. the permits
sion to hold one-mle run one-mile
walk and half-mile run im n MC
| Evoy says he has received over lVo en-
tries so far for the games.
match has been arranged between
Charles Ahrens, of Bensonhurst. to swim
! half-mile race on Labor Day. start
ing from Shelds's, at Bath Beach
A number of young men in the Ninth
Ward will hold a meeting tonight
| pose of organizing under the title OF the
Acme Athletic club. At present over
twenty-five have signified their willing
ness to become member OF me new
| club, and the promoters expect the list
to be swelled up TO sevcnty-five at the
meeting tonight.
About twenty members Of the bicycle
section OF the St. George Athletic Club
will start from Fourteenth : rect and
| to Boynton Beach, New Jersey. where
they will spend the day in short races.
As usual the New York Yacht Racing
Associa ton regatta on Labor Day prom
! ises to be the biggest event OF the year
Of its kind In point of numbers. and in
! interest among the local small craft
owners. Not less than 100 yachts are
arranged under the rules without the
plus" The start in each class will be a
flying one, at II A. NJ from buoy 10,
near Oyster Island. The course for
cabin sloops down to tnirty-four feet.
will be to the Red Nun buoy and return,
twenty.,seven miles. Glasses G and H,
! ], 2, 4, and I, Cor cabin sloops thrty-twO
! feet and unde'. will sail to and around
the Swash Channel buoy. twenty-one
miles. Glasses 3, ), s and 8 will sail to
and around buoy 3, fifteen miles Glass
! 10: for cats seventeen feet and under,
Will turn buoy H. twelve miles.
The Douglaston Yacht Clubs consola-
on Labor Day. Yachts only are eligible
which have not won race this year.
Entries close at ll30 on the morning OF
| the race.
At Ridgewood tomorrow the Mitchells
| Will play the Garryow Ems an exhibition
game of football under Gaelic rules. The
action Of the Central Council OF Gaelic
Clubs In suspending the Barrys and
| Irish Americans for unbecoming CON
duct Is expected to have a salutary effect
and less wrangling and disputing on the
field may be locked for in the local
| games.
| me DTuSn on w euneSday evening
which proved the decided superiority Of
| Namoose over Now Then seems to have
brought Mr.. Morrill's flying white
streak reaSo very little nearer match with
board Namoose during the scrub, still
expresses a willingness for the contest.
but sticks to the original stipulation.
Wants to race n sha aSSSs Wate ae 5 NJ!
Morrill, is now in Philadelphia, trying
to arrange a ma,ch with Yankee Doc
die. The Mcbride brothers have fire.
measure their speedy craft against any
steam yacht afioat.
The fourteen clubs represented in the
Gaelic A. A. will hold a carnival OF
a large lumber OF Irish athletes have
entered for the several events.
Jerry Riedy announces his Willingness
| to t;ke on Jack Phinner at los pounds
for a. limited round bout. The same
oner Is made to Jack Levy or Jimmy
At Taunton yesterday A. w. Porter. of
Waitham. broke the mile and two-miie
track bicycle records, making the for
mer in 2.22 2-5, and the latter in $40.
A peculiar instance of British ruling
! was made manifest in yesterdays race
of the Royal Dart Yacht club There Is
no time limit to the races under the
Club rules. yet, although the Nigilant-
Satanita race was called off, the other
| events were given to the yachts which
| made the first round in the lead While
decision in the big match would not
have been altogether satisfactory TO
either contestant. the peculiar ruling
smacks of unfairness.
Peter Jackson reached Chicago yester-
day from New York. In discussing the
! offer of the Sioux City Athletic Club of
purse for himself and Corbett. he said
he would willingly negotiate with the
! Club when he learned who was behind
1t. Until he knew that, he would have
nothing to do with il.
A, brief prize-tight took place at an
early hour this morning at resort lust
outside Of Peoria. H.. between two
feather-weights, Joe Bertrand, the
champion of Oregon. and kid" Lloyd
! formerly of Lancaster, Pa, Bertrand had
no trouble besting his man in one round
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