The evening world., 1894-06-30

SPORTING MISCELLANY.

John J. Quinn. hacker OF Peter Maher
writes from Pittsburg that no mater
has yet been made between the Irish
man and Frank Craig. the Harlem
Coffee-Cooler He offers. however. &c
match his man against Craig for $l,oot
to $500 a side. provided that club will
hang up a purse. Maher Is also willing
to make II a limited number of rounds
Should Craig refuse. Maher extends the
invitation to Jake Kllrain or Joe
Choynski
distance rider OF America. yesterday de.
posted $3.50 and accepted the challenge OF
Albert schock. long.dietance bicycle
hour champion. who offered to arrange
a match to ride six days. twelve hours a
day. on bicycles against twenty running
horses for 500 to $500 a side to take
place In New York Alexander is to meet
them at Richard X. Fox's office Tuesday,
July 8. at II 4. NJ. to sign articles and
Billy Plmmer has evidently deter
England as 1t was announced he in.
tended. A cab'esram from London
was received yesterday, as fol.
kDNS. fbllly RUNNER mas arrived mere
fight any man in England at stone u
200 to $500 a side II Thinner HH; ' succeeds leeds
tour through England: II not. ne will
return to America and fight George
Dixon"
Frank T. Morrill,. owner Of the steam
yacht Vamoosc. having posted $1,000 and
made fair and sportsmanlike PROPOSE
tion to race any steam yacht in America.
grows tired at the delay in accepting his
CHI ,ilenge., Such objections az have been
rlnde to the course he regards as trivial
and evasive. and he therefore despairs
Of getting on a match at present. His
claim that Namoose is the fastest steam
yacht afloat seems justified by the re-
luctance Of other owners to pit their
craft against her under the conditions
which he proposes.
The members of the st. James Union
are going In for outdoor sport on a large
scale this season. Many of the boys are
doing, promising work on track and field.
The Union will make bold hid for a
slice of the honors at the forthcoming
games OF the Archdiocesan Union, which
take place at Manhattan Field on July
tive is NJ Cregan. who is entered for
the 1OO-yard dash and the quartermile
west G sde Ah f0ns EsS raek at w ihs
such good trial tackle to extend him as
the ex-all-around champion, NJ. O'Sulli-
van, and Thomas Slattery. the great
athlete of the Church street police pre-
cinct. Before the entries close the off,
GERS of the Union hope to get a team OF
novices together good enough to keep
the cracks guessing until the points are
inquired out In the evening.
The directors of the Springfield Mass J
Bicycle Club last night arranged the
programme for the big annual tourna-
ment In Hampden Park, Sept, II and -
The chief feature of the first day will
be the unpaced mile record international
race. in which the starters will be sent
off at intervals to prevent pacing or
tagging. On the second day there will
be a mile invitation record race. The
other events are divided up between
Class and Glass B riders.
Harry King. who left New Orleans
May q to walk to ST. Louis within
thirty-f1ve days On a wager of s2.OO,
made by s. d. AMIGO, OF New Orleans,
and Charles Allen Palmer. Of Chicago.
arrived at st. Louis at 4.l5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, two days ahead of
time. He was on the road thirty-three
days. but the actual time consumed in
the walk was seventeen days and five
hours. The distance walked was 723
miles.