The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-13
SPORTING NEWS.

The Boston polo league leaders had BEN
eft last evening, and entertained large
number of admirers by games, between
the Providence Grays and Lynns. The
Grays won s to 4. Then the Bostons
and Worcesters gave an exhibition Of
the game. After this John Dodds
and John O'Melia showed how to skate
fast and O'Melia made the distance first.
The wind-up was between Boston and
Providence, and the Champions defeated
the Grays to /.
This ended the polo season and now
skates, sticks and pads will accumulate
dust until November next when probably
the greatest polo season ever known will
be inaugurated. And Providence will be
as good as the best In the race.
Corbett after great send-off Yesterday,
with flowers, horseshoes and good wishes
of 1000 friends remarked that he would
fight Jackson. lie expected to receive a
warm reception in England and hoped to
return home all right In September.
Twenty five football players of Harvard
met in the gymnasism yesterday after
noon and handed their names
to Captain Emmons for member
ship in the spring foot ball squad. Mana
han, the tackle, and Arthur Beale the
quarter back were the only members of
last years team present.
A.A.Zimmerman, the amateur champion
bicyclist, has decided to retire from the
amateur ranks and become professional.
The arrangements made by w. B. Troy,
his representative, with the French profess
sional cyclists are entirely satisfactory to
Zimmerman, and he has decided to sail
for England next Wednesday. He will be
accompanied by George Banker. Accord
ing to the agreement made by his man.
ager, Zimmerman will receive $4,000 in
cash upon his arrival in France, where he
will sign his papers. The hackers OF pro-
~
for him to be run in France, Germany and
Italy, will provide liberal purses aud give
him percentage OF the gate receipts at
each meeting. Efforts are also being made
for n series of match races in June and
August, between the American and A. w.
Harris. in which the purse will be 5000
Walter Sanford, the Yale football
player, and other students, who were ar
rested for aiding and abetting prize
fight which took place in New Haven
some two months ago, are considerably
agitated over the affair, as the
penalty is two years in the State prison.
The cases were brought up yesterday, but,
tinuance was ordered. 1t il rumored
that one Of the principals OF the fight will
turn States evidence and thus get protec-
ton OF the court.
Mike Kelly told Philadelphia reporter
that he figured out the clubs 10 finish as
follows: Boston, Philadelphia, New York,
Pittsburg, also that Boston was the only
club i'm the league race and was 100 TO
1 shot.
Ted Pritehard, the ex-champion middle
weight of England, has been offered $500
and 5000 for expenses TO come TO this
country and fight the "Coffee Cooler"
Ii is very hard for the Yale men to un-
derstand that the game ofla Friday with
Boston was q tie according TO the rules.
but such Is the fact. Yale did not win the
game, Umpire Carter's ruling to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
Teams and 4played tournament basket
ball I'm the Y. NJ. &. A. Gymnasium last
evening. IL was rather one-sided as
team No. won by n score OF II too.
Peter Maher Is looking for match with
George Godfrey, Choynski or Steve O'Don-
nell.