The evening world., 1894-03-20
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP,
Best Bicycle Racing Ever Seen
May Be Witnessed This Year.
Colleges Pleased with Increased
Pitching Distance.

Bicycle men say there vii! he ample
opportunity of witnessing the best rae
ing this year ever seer in this country.
The division Of racing men into the two
classes. A and e. they say will produce
this result. 1t Is claimed that there
need be no underhand work on the
part of the racing men. \ man can,
under the present rules. in Glass b.,
race for and receive enumeration
from a manufacturer. consequently
1t Is reasonable to suppose that
racing in this class will be reduced
to a science, and all events will be
fought from start to finish. In Class A
the matter Of prize and honor will be
the incentive for victory lone. Those
pure amateurs OF this class cannot even
have their expenses or entrance fees
paid by their own club. and cannot
travel more than two hundred miles
from their place of residence for a race.
under pain of SUSPENSION
This arrangement places the distinc-
lively fast men in "A class OF their own.
out of reach of the second-class men.
and with a field clear of SLOW coaches"
they ought to make much better compel
Tive time. 1t gives the second-clas men
greater courage. in scratch races espe-
cially, and places a premium on fast
local riders of Glass a. 1t viii be the
means of bringing out new and untried
riders. who in the past have not had
sufficient courage TO try conclusions with
the cracks. ever IN a handicap race.
All three of the colleges, Yale, Har-
ward and Princeton, which nave adopted
the increased pitching distance, profess
TO be pleased with the change. Harvard
asserted that IT would improve its
chances inasmuch as 1t would tend to
lessen the effectiveness Of Carter. OF
Yale, unquestionably the best OF the
college pitchers II is said, however,
han Carter himself. With the add
tional five feet he says he can pitch a
more effective curve, having more room.
mand, will MAKE MIN a greater puzz.c
han ever. AS Pitcher Wiggin. Of Iiar-
ward. uses slow curves. Yale men think
they VIII hit him hard and often at the
increased distance.
At a recent meeting Of the Pastime
Athletic Club the following resolution
was passed:
That the delegate to the Metropolitan AssociA.
ton bring before that body an amendment TO the
constitution Of the 4. A. L. which shall make II
con 3ulsor, for each member Of the Amateur
Athlete Union to give at Ieas, one set OF 9Th
ltll' kdlita Fh'n t'dNlNlf ne same 10 CONSIST o.
at least hve events. open to ell amateurs.
Entries for the Joint games OF the
Pastime A, c. and Company ], Twelfth
Regiment. To be held March %, Will
close with A. J. Murberg. i6j East sixty
NTH street. March q.
The following has been received At this
office:
Sporting Editor Evening World.
Please state for me Tint would like to meet
'IIuIl' johnson. who fought JOHNNY Young at the
Columbia A e show Siturhly. or some i55-
pound man. for q purse. johnson claims To
have got a decision over me when | first started
to fight, HARRY FISCHER.
Greenwood A. e.
Phil Stengel. the New England anna
teur high jumper. is said to be doing c
feet 3 inches in practice.
Michael ~Byrne-There was no official
weight. He claimed to weigh about ljj