The evening world., 1894-03-16
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Middle States Regatta Association
Not to Change Its Territory
Talk of Surprise in the Oxford
Cambridge Struggle.
The following paragraph has been
u ,lnn tho rnmnls of tho press.

the following paragraph has been
going the rounds Of the press:
some very important questions will be brought
~ for discussion al inc mex n''!'In Sno ~ tse
present officers Of the Association are IN laNor
nt inviting the clubs Of tn" Schnylk'll Navy "
become members Of the Association
An official of the Middle states Re-
gattl Association said yesterday that
tlerc was not the slightest chance OF
phladelphla or any other club OUTSIDE
Of the hfty-mle radius of New YORK
hcIrg taken into the Association. The
laws of the Association forbid 1t, ana an
amendment to increase the radius 10
hundred miles was defeated only ias'
year. There are those, 1t Is sa!d' VINO
would like to increase the territory oi
the NJ. $. X. A., with view 10 threat
enng the power of the National ASsocia-
ton of Amateur Oarsmen, but those VINO
had the best interests OF aildteui tV"h v"h
ing at heart were opposed to any SUCH
The Middle states Association VIII Wi,
take steps at its annual meeting, W. ma' ,ts H.,
2Y. TO strengthen. not by enlafSlns lts
territory but by increasing It's Weiipei
ship with clubs already In It's terri,o,y, y
Ii is proposed to change the ruies, uoi,.1
away with the initiation Zee S,n -, |avhati.
,rt,,,., ,mt ,,,,e thnt any eligible club can
join without an initiation Zee. anu !, o,ai, II,
case any assessment Is necessary II sha'i
not exceed SO
There are two acqua;ic events decided
annually on this planet which M M,oMei
above all others in point OF iulpor lpi,,n,,ie
one Is the OXford-CamDridge s.rusS,e ,he
to he decided tomorrow, the other tne
Harvard contest to be decided neMi Sii
June. Although the former event VIII
soon be matter of history, u Is at
present attracting the siSsd h1st favorte' but
there is talk of n surprise; inc WOrR M,s T., IN
the two crews is described as loiio"s Ill
the latest English exchanges
on the whole the oSonans scarcely shTme1 ho cua a.
their best the stroke not being kept at the Gus
tomary length. while the rowing WIS hi IS' old
lively. Pitman failed to reach out IN ms t,'i oi1
int" his work, remark which applies to Tew'
who certainly not shifting much water. I,N SN,
l. 2 and bow worked hard but tnS ,Ui'n o1 oxrord u
TovIng The crew failing to clear their water
towards the finish of the trial The men seemed rd
to be- rowing light. and the customary nte rha Tho
"deyir; were conspicuous by their absence. Ihe
crew did not appear to be very much distresseu. M SEQ
& ~ '"p istokss in steering and 1T behooves him to
nav strict attention to instructions Cambridge,
using the Clasper boat turned as AZ, G,enion Iar per ~
tormance in rowing from iammersmith 70 rutney nei
in I'M SOS. although the conditions-n '"sV ,Se
and leading YIN o,S faut a. getting short and
Ting The finish was apparent, but otherwise .ne nd
Light Blues shaped well and their lrerpS Ths the
,rLost lime vet done between bridges. nome ol
,be men looked particularly distressea ss, roie I
cxertIon but the rowing was short anu me
Hare is more praise for Murphy ths
aiminutive Yale man signed to pay y,hw wi,w
the the. New Yorks this year III ma MmrpnSS oS
strcngthens the, the New tH think TIS he viii, the
iiny,ant ms is ours. A baseball man says:
..,Tha League has but one OF ms elua'ii I
and that is Tommy Corcoran. wno'', a a
Giamond dH,iSnd today. If Ward wants the the
uia, rraatest intielder in the League let Nun fnr
nut .Riily' Murphy in that posin9n' ,tI, rVh
he has every qualihcation,, aMu aWarh that
NO ho' ,s 'a the right man for the position.
George Taylor, the old N. 4. e; ,, crack
| o,niist wants TO race John 5. Johnson
| He is said to be confident ne can pehs pe
I Johrsp%n %.ot sH'iysn SnrSett and MdS smith that
could beat Dixon, but that's hei'hef ne'e
nor there.
| parson" Davies remarks rather PEI.
ulantiy; that Brady 6oeSm mattsrs. % There's
no hurry, and there's a poSslpill.H ufa fa,
the time may come all too SOON io'
Jackson.
There will be sporting noveay a "a
Celtic Hall to-morrow night, IN 'ns ns sia6i sio6i
Of a iig contest, " for purse o. Si'V !"
pi pa, ,s,a.n a sS lanes Hanley, champion
Australia, and John J, oBrien' cham
pion of Cork, Ireland.
r,o, D,nn gave Treasurer Talcott
~ Nv, York club, a bad scare yes
@ terday lay when he sent along or6areS that snIM hi
storm. Mr.. Talcott had oruere1 ,he nnen en-
Snr,nG suit pressed in view OF the open PEI
;ng ; OF Of the baseball season. and haa T,ta1 iai
his gooshes away until sad next the broker Broker
rnagnate relieved his feelings by askin
evervbody to "have something
The Prospect Athletic CLUB WILEY WI KY
Rooms, Long Island City, March ~ an
81.
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