The evening world., 1894-06-28
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

" OulINO WloSElIHN
The New Jersey Athletic Clubs Base
ball team. champions Of the Amateur
League. will have their hands full OF
July T. In the morning they will journe,
to Orange, N. j., to meet the stronJ
nine OF the Orange A. c., and in tn,
afternoon at 43e they will appear ut tn,
New Jersey Oval and meet the Jerse,
CITY Baseball team. On this team ar,
many old-time professionals, and Ii 1.
expected that Mickey Welch will pitci
Tor them. Chairman Currie Is going I,
try to borrow Huyler Westervelt for tn,
afternoon game
haitian Field. takes exception to the ex
PLANTATION given by John Prince for the
collapse of the electric Light bicycle
track The reason for the failure, ac.
cordins to Mr.. .Bonnel, is the Withdrawn
OF the lease. because the promoters OF
TN, ,hs,r scheme henn we're unable to arrange
lie claims further that the tack is as
safe for cycling as any quarter. mile
track not especially built for bicycle
races. and cites the fact that accident Is
Raymond Macdonald bi I<e the half
mile record on quarter-mile track last
saturday, at Manhattan Field. In the five
mile race on that day there were six
with mishap.
The Kings County Wheelmen have re-
ceived 2Ji entries for their race meet on
SATURDAY from l26 individual riders. F.
J. Titus is expected to surprise his
many friends when he rides his ex1ibl-
tion mile at these races. l.. L. B'au-
velt Is training near the track and may
eea ,oe sPeed 'P here are hs
entries In the novice race and 1t prom
ises to be very exciting. In the handl-
cap RAJ, races e, {. Bald and F. J; Titus
ply and George F. Taylor on the To-
yard mark In the mile; and c. Nj. Muir
ply with 20 yards and George f. Taylor
on the 80 yard, mark in the two mile.
exhibition mile in Class A. is riding
very fast.
Champion Shot-Putter George Gray
has sent in his entry for the all-around
championship of the Amateur Athletic
Point on July I,
Final arrangements were completed
yesterday at Richard X. Fox's office for
sne hSht DetWeen fauuy. MCCARTHY and
for $1,000 and a purse of $500, at l33
pounds, within fifty miles of this city.
Only fifteen men on each side will wit
ness the fight Mccarthy is the favorite
George McFaddin. Of the Star Athletic
Club. Of Long Island. would like to ar
range a finish fight with either Mike
Leonard. Harry Fisher OF Jack Grace, at
lSs pounds, for $3.50 side.
Tom Connors, the wrestler, has accept
ed the offer of the Olympic Club. of New
Orleans. to wrestle Dan Mcleod, of Cal
lfornia, catch as-catch-can style, for the
$500 purse offered by the Club, providing
the Club allows him expenses. Connors
states that he will be ready to wrestle
Mcleod eight weeks after signing ar
ticles.
An EFFORT Is being made in England for
a single scull race between Thomas Sui
Ivan, champion oarsman of England. and
Jake Gaudaur, the champion Of America,
for Sl,VVI and the championship OF the
world. sullivan wants the race TO be
rowed on the Thames in the latter part
of September.
Albert schock, the. long distance cham
pion bicycle rider. and John 5. Prince,
the 72-hour champion, called at Richard
X. Fox's office yesterday and left a $50
deposit for a match, Schock and Prince
TO ride six days, twelve hours a day, on
bicycles against twenty running horses,
the Jockeys to relay every hour and
Schock and Prince to do the same.
The Police Commissioners Of Boston
yesterday informed Tom O'Rourke,
George Dixon's manager, that the bout
with Young Griffo" Tomorrow night
Board of Aldermen had issued a license.
Johnny Eckhardt, who will referee the
and who has charge of the
In this city, received word
from the managers of both
men that their charges are in prime
condition. and both are confident Of win
ming; Dixon Is training at Haggett.'s
fully aware of the fact that George Is
going up against hard game. and will
be handicapped by about fourteen
but he claims that Dixon will
wear Critic down before the limit Is
reached. Dixon is the favorite at odds
of 100 to so. The battle will take place
in the Boston Casino, and not in the
Boston Theatre, as first reported.
The Importance of the race meet of
the Riverside Wheelmen at Manhattan
in the West, as indicated by telegram
from the Windy City. received yesterday
by the Committee from those well-known
racing men of Chicago-Bliss, Citizens
and Lumsden-reque5ting to be entered
for the ten-mi.e special invitation race.
These riders are the first from the West
to compete in any Of the races in the
East and their arrival will. be looked
forward to with marked interest.