The evening world., 1894-03-14
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The New York Clubs Fine Array
of Pitchers for This Season,
A. A. u. Championship Entries Close
March 10.

The New York Baseball Club, as well
as can be foretold now, will start out
this year minus "A condition of affairs
which proved a big handicap at the be-
ginning of last season. Then the Cluo
was badly off in the pitchers box. Crane.
King and Rusie were the pitchers. and
the first two were OF hardly n service
whatever in winning games, and Rusie
did no; round to for several weeks.
When the approaching season begins
Rusie will have German. Meakin, Clarke
and Wcstervelt to help him out, and IL
Is reasonable to suppose, from their past
work, that German and MeaKin will do
much better work thar Crane and King
did last year.
T,usie, German and Meakin are sea-
touched up a bit, are men thai can
stand the gaf," to borrow a pugil-
Isle phrase. Westervelt is an unknown
matter is Clarke, but the latter has
had plenty Of experience facing heavy
hitters. He shared onors with kid"
Nichols in the Western League when
that league was composed OF fast ball
players, so why shouldn't he turn out
just as well as the Bostonian? Consider
Ing, our hitters, base runners and bat
to answer the question, How can they
stop us?
Manager Sinclair. of the University of
Pennsylvania baseball team, has re-
ceived a letter from Manager Humphrey,
OF Princeton. declining to arrange any
S,r,ns games tSs s with the T Tniv enly reason tssm
given Is that Princeton had already
scheduled as many games as 1t cared to
play. The prevailing, opinion among the
students at Pennsylvania Ia that the
Tigers are simply carryig out the threats
made after the football game, last Fall;
when they announced that they would
never again meet the University in ath-
letic contests.
The entries for the boxing and wres;
t tlins cMha aTo ? n n tb Of .fa the A +, 4 su Nj wri
24l Broadway. 1t Is absolutely neces-
ssry that those DESTROYS of competing
III out an entry blank, which can be
athletes are eligible to compete who are
members Of recognized athletic. boat or
y. NJ; G. A.. clubs. From the entries
every indication that his Will be the
most representative championship meet
ing ever held in America, and the en-.
tries show that amateur sport Is still
The Elizabeth A. c., an organization
that for years was a very prominent
entry-E. Tucker. the well-known mid
die-,weigh.t. who has been carefully pre-;
pairing himself for these contests-and
emf. in large numbers to see lust how
their %favorite will perform when he
meets the pick of the country. The en-
tries Yesterday from the Williamsburg
Brighton A. c.. Bridge a. c., and Gin
ton A. c. were received, and will be
acted upon by the Committee at its
meeting this evening.
The Harvard crews. from the Varsity
down, are all on the river. except the
Freshmen. which Is now left with the
81 Hf'N boat "a are 'Sf RAPIDLY earning to- use use
their oars in place of the old rowing
machines, and with continued steady
weather will shortly take to their boat.
The other class crew; have good pros,
pects for steady work from now until
May !: when they have their annual
race Of two miles, The Varsity has re
permanently on the river; Billiard
does not seem to do so well at stroke.
and may have to give way to Fennessy,
who made such n good stroke last year.
Davis at No. 6, Blake at No. 8. Townsend
at No. 4. Mundie at No, 3, Beals at No.
up Of as SANDY" men as could be got
together. They are unusually light and
are quick in proportion.
More than usual interest is being
shown In the limited round boxing con
test OF the Columbia Athletic Club, to be
held at the Grand Central Palace Satur'
day night. Each of the bouts should be
well worth witnessing, as all the boxers
are men of reputation. OF course, tn,
go between Billy Ernst and Billy Vernon
VIII be the star event, and these ole
rivals are bound to make things lively
Charles Segel, of the Sparta A. c., will
be referee: Martin Cowan and Jerry Ma
lOney, timekeepers; Gus Tuthill ant
Dave Holland, judges.
}, The ten-round bout at Boston las
night between Dick Moore and Bill,
Mccarthy was decided a draw. Moor,
had the better of the contest. McCarth,
being in poor condition. Mike Harris
OF New York. and Jack Green. of Am
stsrdam, boxed a seven-roUnd draw.
The Western Baseball League will
meet, In Milwaukee to-day to arrange
I schedule. 1t is expected that the open
ing games will be as follows: Milwaukee
. at Kansas city. Grand Rapids at In
~d'anapolis. Detroit at Toledo, Minneapo
lis at Sioux city.
Billy Lavigne. of Saginaw, and Bobb
Dobbs, the colored lightweight, vii
fight at Minneapolis. March 10.
The Sunday WOrh,,