The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

Pinkney, Kean.. Howard and Craw.
ford, the senior four-oared crew of the
N"w York Athletic club. who are to
take part in the Peoples cup RcgattJ
in Philadelphia tomorrow, left their
training quarters at Travcrs Island this
morning. They are in splendid cundi-
ton and their trials while training
have surprised midst Of the persons Who
hive witnessed them. The members "i
til" New York Athletic club think the
crew vii. bring back the cup, a. they
did two. years ago. This evening thu
crew will have spin Oh the Schuykill
River and IL will be their last row un-
I'll called to the st1rtlng point for the
race. The Committee OF the New York
Athletic Club has decided also to
send Il pair-oarch crew to repre-
sent 1t Tomorrow. The men arc G.
G. Turner and W q. Douglass who are
top-notch oarsmen. They viii start in
The mile and IL half race.
Billy Ah.arn. who recently defeated
Billy Mccarthy. has posted 800 az a for
f"it TO arrange a tlnish fight with either
Mike Leonard. Horace Leeds or George
REYNOLDS. Ahcarr says that he ~ill
served. "A, l33 pounds, weigh in at the
rineside, for 500 or $1,000 side.
The entries for the members games
take place at Weekawken tomorrow.
have been the largest Secretary Damery
has received IN the lat two wears, A
G n sa1 w he nay9h Il r9SS
- Ge0rge Cricket Clubs, after, which
the following games will be decided:
l~-yard dgnh, handicap; 22O-ynrd dash,
handicap; Gm-yard dash. handicap; one
mile rum handicap; onemi!e walk hand
leap; running high jump handicap and
running broad jump, handicap.
In the twelfth annual championship
race. meet of the Canadian Wheelmen
at Montreal. yesterday. John 3. Johnson
picked up few easy things open to
class Il riders. He won the mile
n n,i,m % from scratch in "a; the three
Callahan OF Buffalo, in Los IS. No
records were broken at the meet.
The correspondent of the Londcn Tel
esraph at Glasgow. detailing the special
piizes which have been offered by
he owners of Viglant would be induced
to enter. says: "'rhere is considera BILE
disappoin ;ment II the announcement
that Nieilant will not compete in any
IN Offering these prizes, were in
fluenced by the hope that series of
E'a tches over different courses would at
ford a good test of the respective merits
oi Yachts of American and clyde designs
for a'l-arounI-racing purposes"
1t is really too bad that an American
yacht should not be compelled to race
before she IL fairly in trim and with
her crew entirely unaccustomed to the
strange courses.
Now that the preliminary rounds OF
the Lawn Tennis Tournament are over
tn" programme OF the New Jersey A. g.
carnival OF Sport for tomorrow has
been definitely settled. At I T.. NJ
Amateur. Athletic Union will COM
mnnce. Immediately after the all
around athletes are through their
first event. the tn0-ydrd dash. tho open
Oi-yard dash will he given. and 1t is
the intention of the Committee to sand
witch In thc open handicap track events,
so as 10 enable tho all-around men to
take n much-needed rest during the
afternoon. Tho first bicycle event will
Garfield \. G. and the Greenvile Wheel
men. The tWo-mile scratch race, open
only to residents Of Hudson County. will
be the next event. and the other bicycle
races will he given in following order
one mile, two miles. The Central Rail-
road of New Jersey has consented to
run special train from the foot Of
Liberty street at IL o'clock. This train
will land passengers and athletes In
unable to secure from the New York
Baseball Club the services of Huyler
Westervelt for the game OF baseball In
the afternoon, when the New Jersey A.
g. viii meet the strong nine from the
New Jersey Baseball club