The evening world., 1894-04-26
WILL BOSTON HAVE A CIMcH?
Capt. Tebeau Says No and Dis
cusses Chances of Other Clubs.
French Riders Fail to Win q Race
Other Sporting Gossip.

VIII ''S'oi' hoNV " ~
fag?' asks that noted baseball charac.
ter. Capt. oliver Tebeau. repeating the
question. Not for a minute. There are
-four clubs in the race for the pennant
this year-Cleveland. Boston. New York
and Pittsburg. Boston isn't one whit
stronger than the other three. New
York has been strengthened wonder
fully: Pittsburg was pretty good when
the season OF 1893 closed. and everybody
knows the Clevelands are all right.
Philadelphia has a good club. out
think II hardly In the pennant class.
Louisville and Philadelphia, together
with the four clubs named. will, in
my opinion. compose the first division.
Nobody need be afraid of Brooklyn, and
the 81. Louis Club is strong only in the
pitching department.
"A great fuss is being made over the
Cincinnati Club. but I hardly think the
Reds are fast enough for the first di-
vision. The Chicago Colts belong where
they are now. near the end. and the
Washingtons may finish last, or may be
n surprise. Baltimore has been strength
ened and will not be last by any means
The most interesting part OF Patsy's
remarks Is that the New Yorks are in
the pennant hunt. Gothamites IAN now
quiet their fears.
The most noticeable feature OF the
opening OF the Buffalo bicycle track in
Paris this month was the fact that not
a single French rider finished first in
any of the days races. The rrenchmen
had been chuckling to themselves over
tho nFnG,nHfo 90 lanl-. .l- I4A
men. but they were never dangerous.
There were thirteen starters in the first
race, the Prix du Printemps, at forty
kilometres about twenty-five miles).
The WHINE turned up in Lumsden, the
Scotch champion. who was %splendidly
paced by Austin Cronks and Harry
Wheeler on a tandem. The time was
III. I'm. q 3-5s. The Grand Prix d'Ou-
venture. the principal event. was won
by Barden. Medinger, the French
crack. was third. The last race, a con-
ISOLATION event, was won by Edwards,
who easily beat all the Frenchmen.
An athletic event OF unusual interest
was recently decided In England, when
five OF the best distance runners OF that
country met in a fve-mile race on the
Ashton Athletic Grounds. The starters
were G. Grassland. r. f. Bacon, Sid
Thomas, c. Pearce and II. Watkins. Ba-
con led at the first mile In 452 l-2: Wat
kins at the second In lOm.: Grassland at
the third in Ism. Is. and Watkins at the
fourth In 20rn. 20 l-2s. Grassland and Ba-
con fought II out IN the last mile, Bacon
winning by 2oo yards in 25m. IS 3.5s. Wat
last, A strong wind hindered the run
ners, but. as 1t was, the time beats the
best American record.
A big delegation Of Philadelphia and
New York to witness the fistic bout be.
tween Eddie Pierce and Walter Edger-
ton. the Kentucky Rosebud,'' which
n takes sI pises a, p,S Grand d., Central Palace
he can outpolnt the New York boy, and
hopes to be able to duplicate his sue
cess recently with Dixon. Pierce real
ICES that upon the result OF this ncoun-
ter rest his hopes OF getting on another
match with the feather-weight cham
pion. and 1t is needless to say that III
will do his best to get a decision over
his opponent.
1t has been that the Ma
tional Lawn-Tennis Association proposes
holding iawn.tennis tournanents In all
championship OF the respective states,
and that 1t Is probable that the cham.
pions OF these State tournaments only
will be eligible to participate in the
National tournament held at Newport
and Narragansett. This statement was
made in connection with the announce.
ment that the Merton Cricket Clut
would hold a tennis tournament for the
championship OF PENNSYLVANIA June |!
and following days under the auspices
M by the appointment of the Nationa'
Association. 1t IL said hat the other
State tournaments will be held on tn.
same days.
New York athletes made o good show
ing at the games OF the Tenth Battalion
Association at Albany last night. r. W
Con-, New Jersey A. c., won the pole
! vault and was second In the 220-yart
hurdle. +. r. Goodman. Riverside Wheel
men, was second In the mile bicycle race
George Sands, n y, A. c.. won the 44O
ard handicap run.
Mike Kelly wants to bet 81. 900 that tn,
Allentown team can beat the New
Works. Kelly Is said to be very sore OF
Ward. II so. Ward Is in luck.
J. Ryan. the champion amateur soul.
Her of America, and Joseph Wright. botf