The evening world., 1894-03-28
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Interesting Letter from Bioyclist
Fred Titus, Dated Bermuda.
Harvard -Princeton-Y Yale Baseball
Schedule.
Baseball

Fred j. Titus, the well-known bicyclist
OF this city. Is In Bermuda, from which
place se has written the following inter-
esting letter to a friend here:
The day OF March IL was to the cycliSt
In bermuda what the great Springfield,
Mass meet Is to us. 1t was a gala day.
bermuda being an English colony, the
| people therefore looked forward to the
10th as day in which an American
would get his licks.' as they say. had
issued challenge to the fastest rider in
| bermuda to race one mile, Offering to
give the man forty yards start. match
race was arranged for the championship
] A series of other races were to be held
on the same day, viz: Boys race, slow
race, local race and general handicap. all
onee-mile events. l entered the handicap
ana was placed at scratch, the limit man
having 200 yards start. The affair was a
decided success, the events all being well
II won the match race without any
effort beating the former champion by
fully nifty yards. In the handicap de-
americans M eSn ride. e hfsnmsn They haa besn nSM
sceptical concerning our abilities, and
had made me the b-unt of various mean
cfi1ieisms carSht s.. rode rode from start to finish
gone one-third of a mile and, keeping
right on, won the race by about 500 yards
ana broke their time record by fifteen
seconds, doing the mile in 2m. 15s. l be-
lieeve this Is also the worlds record for a
mile In competition
, SSanser rode mile in competition in
2.oS Id on Sept IL last)
The Yale, Princeton and Pennsylva-
MIA baseball mines are getting some
good practice during the Easter holi-
DAYS; but Harvard Is apparently doing
nSoshing not at least nothing is heard from
exhibition games. the teams of the first
three named colleges are stronger than
usual, and are rather evenly matched
the best of it In games played. The
Tigers. as rule, show up well in prac-
tice games, and then have a habit Of
falling down when the real test comes
football team will be repeated. The
Princetons will play here next Saturday
with the New Yorks. The Pennsylya-
country. but is getting more valuable
practice than either of the other two
by playing with the Philadelphia pro-
fessionals.
The following schedule Of baseball
games arranged by Harvard with Yale
and Princeton is announced:
May 6-Harvard vs.. Princeton, at
May So-Harvard VS.. Princeton, at
June 22-Harvard vs. Yale, at Cam
bridge.
June 2s-Harvard VS.. Yale at New
| Haven.
In case of a tie between Harvard and
Yale the deciding game will be played
at New York on Saturday, June 30
|
A prominent Minnesota jurist in an in
terview last night expressed his views on
the question of prize-fghts as follows
Certain deluded sports of st. Paul; with
& few dollars IN their pockets and sew
nounced that they are willing to make ur
fight. In spite Of this, there will be nc
part Of Minnesota: There is no loophole
In the law passed by the last egisla
ture, and II any attempt is made ts
Gov. Wilson will simply swamp the place
with the State militia. Any attempt tc
pull OF fight between Corbett, ant
tainly meet the fate of the Hall-Fitz
simmons affair July II. 1891"
"Parson" Davies has issued a long re-
Ply ply, to -an, the Official statement" issued
by Corbett should feel fiattered by the
| notice taken Of him by Corbett, and
declares that all the colored man wishes
is to have the fight come off in this
country II possible. but in any place
where fair show will be given him
, Davies asks Corbett to name time
when he can meet Jackson In a glove
contest.
By some deep. dark. mysterious pro-
cedure Pitcher Amos Rusie has been ca.
joled into signing New York contract
and the world moves again. How this
wonderful feat was accomplished the
Club people decline to say. OF course
they did not give in, for did they not
| say they would never recede Now Lei
them bring their irresistible persuasive.
ness to bear on Catcher Farrell.
|
The University of Pennsylvania eight Il
preparing for season Of great activity