The evening world., 1894-03-16
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Middle States Regatta Association
Not to Change Its Territory.
Talk OF u Surprise In the Oxford
Cambridge Struggle.
me Following paragraph bal, been

The following paragraph has been
going the rounds Of the press:
Some very important questions will he brought
up for discussion at the next meeting OF the
Middle States Regatta Association. Some OF tho
present officers Of the Association are in favor
Of inviting tho clubs OF the Schuylkill Navy to
become member Of the Association.
An official of the Middle States Re-
gltta Association said yesterday that
,lcre was not the slightest chance of
Philadelphia or any other club outside
of the fifty-mlle radius of New York
bcirg taken into the Association. The
laws Of the Association forbid 1t, and an
amendment to Increase the radius to a
hundred miles was defeated only last
year. There are those, 1t Is said, who
would like to Increase the territory of
the NJ. S. X. A.. with a view to threat
ening the power of the National Associa-
ton of Amateur Oarsmen, but those who
had the best interests of amateur row
Ing at heart were opposed to any such
notion.
take steps at its annual meeting, March
2S. to strengthen, not by enlarginS. It's
territory. but by increasing its member
ship with clubs already in its territory.
1t Is proposed to change the rules. doing
away with the initiation fee of $40 ana
the annual assessment of, $40, substi-
tuting IA rule that any eligible club can
join without an initiation fee, and IN
case any assessment Is necessary 1t shall
not exceed $40.
There are two Aquatic events decided
annually on this planet which tower
above all others in point Of Importance.
one Is the Oxford-Cambridge struggle
TO be decided tomorrow the other the
Yale-Harvard contest to he decided next
jane. Although the former event. VIII
Cnnp hn "a matter of history, III Is at
present attracting the most attention.
oxford Is n one-siied faNorite, hutt
there is talk OF a surprise; The work OF
the two crews Is described as follows In
the latest English exchanges:
On the whole the oxonIans scarcely showed at
their best. the stroke not being kept at the Gus
tomary length, While the rowing was not 10
form: I did not seem to be putting much grit
into his work, a remark which applies to Tew'
who certainly was not shifting much water. SIX
I and bow worked hard. but the form alto.
gether was not up to the standard OF oxford
rowing. the crew failing to clear their water
towards the finish Of the trial. The men seemed
20 be rowing light, and thu customary lie ana
devil" were conspicuous by their absence. me
crew did not appear to be very much distressed
Ir the course Of the row the coxswain made sew
cral mistakes in steering, and 1t behooyes him to
using the Clasper boat. turned its attention to
the lower sprint" course, and dld a tair per
Torrance in rowing from Hammrrsmith to ru'n nS,
and leading w~ind-were all In Its favor. AZ the
half distance the old fault, getting short ana GUY
ting the finish, was apparent, but otherwise me
Light blues chapel we'll and their friends appeared
well pleased with their display; This Is me
quickest time yet done between bridges. None OF
,be men looked particularly distressed after his
cxcrtIon. but the rowing was short and the stroke
not pulled through at the faster rate OF strikihs'
Here Is more praise for, MURPHY me
diminutive Yale man signed to play Win
the New Works this year. II Murphys
strengthens the New Yorks as some OF
his friends seem to think he Will, the
remnant H. ours; = u pas ann ~ I his equal ~
and that Is Tommy Corcornn, whom
consider the, best sh0rt,stop on We
greatest inhelder in the, League let him
but 'Rllly' Murphy in that position iGr
he has every qualification. ana II WI
not take HIM long to show ward mat
he ~ the right man for the position
George Taylor, the old N, 4. {; crack
cyciist, wants to race, John 5. johnson.
He is said to be confident he can peat
johnson sullivan was coniident ne
could beat Corbett, and smith may ne
could heat Dixon. but that's neither mere
nor there.
"Parson'' Davies remarks rather pct
! ulantly. that Brady doesn't seem 70 ne
in any hurry to arrange matters; mere ;
no hurry, and there's a, possibility t9at
the time may come all too soon for
jackson.
There will be a sporting novelty az
Celtic Hall tomorrow night, in the way
Of a Jig contest, for n purse or SlUp,
hetween James Hanley, champion OF
Australia, and John J, O'Brien' cham'
pion OF Cork, Ireland
Farmer Dunn gave Treasurer Ta!cott
Of the New York club. a bad scare yes
terday when he sent along that snow
storm Mr.. Talcott had ordered nj
Spring suit pressed in view of the open
ing Of the baseball season, and had lalt
his goloshes away until next Winter
When the snow ceased, the broker
m~agnate relieved his feelings by asking
everybody to have something
The Prospect Athletic Club will Civ
hox inc show at Wokars Assembl,
Rooms, Long Island City. March 20 an'
81.
"Cbess Yes,