The evening world., 1894-10-02
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SPORTING MISCELLANY.

The windy warfare anent the pugll-
istlc championship is not yet over
The telegram sent by President School,
of the Olympic Club. to Corbett, printed
exclusively in THE Evening World"
Sporting Extra last night, gives the
champion until Thursday to consent or
refuse to fight Fitzsimmons. Corbett
will probably stick to his reply and to
his claim of the title. Then the Olympic
Club will proclaim Fitz champion of
the world. This title will look nicely
on show posters and reap many shek-
els. Electrically.
BILLY Plimmer is Ill in this city, and
there are all sorts of stories about
dosing previous to his fight at. New
Orleans with Johnnie Murphy Martin
Bowling, his hacker, promises to make
1t hot for those who had a hand in the
alleged dosing. This talk was not be-
gun at New Orleans. although the al
legged villainy was committed two days
before the fight
The entry list for the Columbia Ath-
letic Clubs amateur boxing tournament
at Grand Central Palace Thursday and
Saturday nights, closed yesterday. Some
three hundred names have been re-
ceived. AS time would not permit all to
compete, many names Will be thrown
This will bring the list down to about
two hundred. Sporting men are showing
no little interest in the tourney. and
doubtless big crowd will be present
to see the sport. There will be concert
previous TO. the bouts. Already there
has been a large demand for seats. but
they will not be put on sale till Thursday
morning.
The Atlantic Athletic Club has now
membership OF 500. and the arrange
ments for the initial exhibition In the
ing finely. 1t Is the intention of the
Club to confine the shows to real
scientific bouts. securing the best avail
able talent.
The news from Cambridge that Har-
ward has decided not to play Princeton
this Fall will be great disappoint.
msp to p %amy oa th last season yseT w
not determine the, real championship
of the big football institutions: Har-
ward will play only Yale and pennsyl,
snS ae wf paS U wi
only Yale and Pennsylvania. Thus, no
matter who the victors may be In these
contests, the fact that no one college
will have played all the others leaves
the actual championship in the clouds.
Every college football treasurer Is eager
to turn over a larger amount to his
alma mater than any OF his predeces-
sors, and the steady Increase in popu-
larity of the great college game has
enabled the young financiers to do just
this: Last year by playing Pennsy,-
Managers Hotter OF Yale, and Newton.
of Pennsylvania: were able to Leave i. we
town with checks for almost 5000
apiece in their inside pockets. Pennsyl-
arithmetical retrogression. Each year
Yale's score has been about ten points
less than the year before. on these Two
grounds, 1t would seem that the qua
kers have every reason to expect Yale
TO play them again. Although last year
game was not played at Philadelphia,
the Pennsylvanians do not ask yale TO
meet them n t the @eet n ths
city again. Mr.. John c. Bell said to
1.-THE Evening World" reporter few
weeks ago: l.,
play Yale! Why, we'll play, them in
Australia, or on a roof, II need be.
Harvard's refusal to meet Princeton
Is most unsatisfactory OF all the excuses
rampant during the football season. me
1889 the Tigers enjoyed a hearty repast
They are most eager to repeat the ex'
perience 1t Is no harder for princeton
to play Yale, Harvard and Pennsyivant,a
as she desires to do this year, than for
Harvard to play Yale, Pennsylvania and
Princeton.
The talk about Harvard's only ain
being to defeat Yale receiveS seNe ,r,
Vale has thrashed Harvard with such
vigor and regularity for several years
1t would seem the part OF valor and pru,
Gence for her to save some rei1, at no,oa
of the other teams, instead or assuming
undue superiority and ignoring them.
Manager Gable has announced the fol.
! lowing schedule or i are too:hS;u go
for the Gs SEEMING 6sf 6 seer at oof
| iyn; Oct. 10, williams at New haven
! Oct. 10, Lehigh at New Haven; Oct. H.
Dartmouth at Springfield; oct. B ~, or,
anse A, at e. New az of Haven; Oct p, IVES,
Point at west Point; Oct 81, Amherst al
New Haven; ,HHoy, 3 Brown Nav al I ySrh
dence; NoEi 10, tehish al al New eve" Haven VEN
Nov Nov. a. Harvard at Springfield.
Paul Mills, who has thus far put VI
the best game back or the line ainoht
a finger so badly that he will be laid W
several weeks. Sanford's knee is now IN
such shape that he can begin practios
next week.
The Crescent Athletic Club is san.
football team this fall. Thirty candi
dates are now in training. and on Tues
day and Friday the hrst eleven play
sesSedsie has has been ~ arranged. oct. &
Yale at Eastern Park; Oct; TO- uniyer
sty of Pennsylvania at Phi,adeiphia
Ori IL. Amherst at Eastern Park; Oct
20 University OF Pennsylvania at East,
ern Park; Oct q, Rutgers College al
Eastern Park Soy $3.50 Cornell at at East East
ern PARK: Nov. 60 Orange A. A. al
Orange oval
The road runs scheduled by, the, Soutf
Rrooklyn Wheelmen are as foliows Ovt
Woodbury. Y