Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-24
sTEINITz STILL HOPEFUL.
The Champion Says That He Has n
Chance Yet,

The Champion Says That He Has n
Chance Yet.
Steinitz returned to New York from Phil
adelphia yesterday, and called at the Man.
haitian Chess Club where he was seen by q
reporter.
No" he said. In course Of his conversa-
| ton. II am not at all discouraged, and II
can get into trim before -esuming play at
Montreal / don't see any reason why 1
should not be able to beat Lasker in the
end.
True. 1 have played very badly so far.
but 1 have been suffering greatly with tn
somnia. but l am not beaten as yet, and
lost their. confidence, either, for Just be-
fore leaving Philadelphia received several
dispatches from Montreal and elsewhere. In
which am asked not to trouble on their
account. Win or lose wire my Montreal
hackers, we are looking forward for the
series OF games to be played In our city
with the keenest possible interest -
according to present arrangements play
Is to be resumed next Saturday. but there
is likelihood of postponing the beginning
Of play at Montreal until Tuesday. May /.
End of the Old Neptune..
The old Neptune Boat Club of Baltimore
passed from the world yesterday. The Bal
timore Athletic Club purchased at auction
from the receiver the Neptune's river prop
e-ty. including houses wharves. boats and
furniture. for $1,000 small part of their
cost.
A number Of boat club men from Rich
mond, Washington and Philadelphia at
tended to get the paper eight. but the turn
Of affairs kept them from buying.
Prize Fights Legal in New Orleans.
The Olympic Club of New Orleans won q
victory in the supreme court. which yester-
day affirmed the decision of the lower court
and the result of which means that the
club may. give fights again. The suits
against the Olympic Club were brought
several months ago. The Olympic Club
had arranged for a battle between Bowen
and Abbott, the attorney general praying
for an injunction restraining the club from
giving the fight. The club also said 1t de-
sired legal opinion. The Corbett-Sullivan
fight was given under a state law which
permitted boxing contests in chartered
athletic clubs. The state held that this was
not boxing contest. but a fight. In the
civil court verdict was given for the club.
The latest decision was on the appeal.
Critic and Grimm Fight to q Draw.
Young Critic, the Australian feather
weight champion. and John T. Griffin OF
| Brookton, Mass, fought eight rounds to a
| draw at the Boston Casino last night. Men
| from all walks of life. including the pro.
| LESSONS and business. made up the crowd
of 5000 who saw the night.
Princeton to Play Cornell at Foot Bali
| The presidents of the Princeton and
Cornell Foot Ball Associations. as the re.
suit of meeting in New York, have
| arranged for the first game Of foot ball fot
| the season Of 1894. 1t will be played be-
| tween the Princeton and Cornell teams q,
Manhattan Field October 20.
The Race with Oxford.
The president Of the Oxford University
Boat Club was informed today by the As.
| ISOLATED Press of the report in circulation
at Cambridge Mass, that there was Q
possibility of Oxford challenging the winner
| Of the Yale-Harvard boat race. In reply.
| the president said that no proposal for q
race had been received from the United
States, and that the challenge must come
from the other side of the Atlantic He
would not say whether Oxford would OF
would not accept such a challenge. But II
Is asserted in other quarters that a match
race can be arranged with either Yale or
Harvard II a contingent challenge on behalf
b0 inn al In fall