The evening world., 1894-05-01
ATHLETICS TO THE 'FRONT.'.
Many Events Scheduled for De-
cision in the Near Future.
Grlno's Hard Task at tho Garden
Other Sporting Notes.

The two months Just ahead have much
In store for athletes. and for the next
sixty days the lightly clad youths will
engage a good share OF the sport-loving
public's attention. That the various
meets will be we'll ]patronized is very
probable. as all sorts of sport seems to
be rawins well this spring and we have
heard so much of baseball and boxing
that there are those who will welcome q
change, although. as far as that 10 con-
cerned. the three branches Of sport each
has Its W clintele. inc athletics. as far
as quality In concerned. would not suf-
fer by comparison.
Next Saturday come the games of the
1nterscholastic Athletic Association. On
the same day Harvard, Princeton and
Pennsylvania will hold games. The next
big event will be the intercollegiate
games, and then will come the big meet
of the New Jersey A. G. Other import
ant meets scheduled are those of the
c. c.. N. Y. Archdiocesan Union n
New York Athletic Club. The latter
games will be held at Travers Island
June 9,and the following list OF events has
just been announced: Handicap Events
Running high jump, mile run, +4o-yard
run. 75-yard run. mile walk. emile BIZ
cycle race (class AZ. 22o-yard hurdle.
Scratch Events-l-mile bicycle race
(class AZ, 12O-yard run ION turD. $50
yard run. 12O-yard hurdle. mile team re-
lay race, pole vault. standing high jump,
running broad jump. throwing ~l6-pound
hammer. putting 1e-pound shot
No pugilist has been moro talked Of
recently than young Critic. and now the
Australian proposes to favor the New
York public with an opportunity to
Judge OF his f1stic prowess. At Madison
Square Garden. May IL, Critic will I'M
dertake what Jim Corbett succeeded in
doing once-outpointins three men with.
out leaving the ring. II Critic Is as
clever as he is said to be and the oppo-
nents furnished him are as easy as those
Corbett had. there is little doubt that
it is promised that good men will face
Critic on this occasion. in which case
the man who Is to fight Dixon may have
his work cut out for him. There will bs
five other bouts.
but some of their tactics on the field
Loud and vigorous coaching may. be all
asa ye sSt t $we gfn w ss II sIll: on -. 'ss s ssy
pitcherl Is Just as bad as the othel
not calculated to make the game @attrac,
tive--that. is, attractive to the class OF
people whose patronage is desirable
Yorks. they generally conduct them
selves in a becoming manner, and they
are not one whit lower down In the per
centage figures for SO doing.
be ready in a few days, is said to be z
It Is Il feet long, q inches vide,
the bow and s Inches deep at the stern
) been. used. The greatest saving II
the Is,s sea ea' h Dens maq and a e QUIT IsPSs.' b >;
airy white oak. The fastenings Of the
| i Thittei"af %5f0 the east Sa1i es 81 Sra a!am'? I'm
, and the .plankins WIN be Just a shade
coats Of varnish. which will bring It ur
to 1-s. 1t may be added that the great.
est trouble at Harvard has been to gel
the right kind of men to manipulate tho
, shells on the Thames.
I, Jerry Barnett. the downtown fighter
and Tom McGirr,. of the Pastime Ath.
! letic Club, have been matched to box
! six rounds at the West SIC Athletic
l next Saturday night. This makes the
, sixth s bout nG arranEed; the s.f card now C1 read.
3 Cooler" versus Jim Butler. of Brooklyn
six rounds at catch weights; Jack Fal'
vey, or Providence, versus Jack Green
Amsterdam. six rounds at l5 pounds
Jim Holmes, Of Brooklyn. versus jim
Devlin. Of New York, six rounds. at la
pounds; Joe Harmon. Of New York. YER
rounds at 40 pounds; Darby Doyle, Of
Brooklyn. versus Marty Mccue, OF New
York, six rounds at lis pounds: Jerrs
. Barnett. Of New York. versus Tom ~ C
. Cir. Pastime Athletic Club. six roundl
6 at 1875 pounds.
ing as follows: Stroke, Simpson; No. 7
:, bell; No. /, Marsh; No. 3, Judd: No. 2
y Miller: bow. Wheelwright.
The supplementary finals of tn,
e Ravenswood Boat-Club's boxing compe
' tition will be held on Thursday. May 3
avenue and Ninth street. Long Islant
City.
: office:
: Sporting Editor Evening World"
o Kindly publish the inclosed challenge In you
papert
o To Marcy Haugh: I will meet you In six t
ten rounds, or to a finish. at ITO or lie pounds
q You can see me any evening at the club'hous
corner Ninth street.
(signed,J EUGENE GARCIA.