The morning call., 1894-03-15
SPORTING NEWS.
The Wrestling Contest Is
Postponed.
Revision of intercollegiate Football
Rules = Wheeling at
Sacramento.

The wrestling match which was an
nounced TO take place this evening be-
tween Mcleod and Mcmahon has been
postponed until Tuesday evening, the Goth
inst.
Wrestlers who have been plastering the
papers with challenges for the past year
can now rest at ease as there will be ample
opportunity for one and all to meet defeat
or victory at the hands, or paws more
properly speaking, of real live lion tina.
has been trained to hug and squeeze. The
White Star line steamer Bowie, which
arrived at New York few weeks ago,
brought over collection of monkeys,
hyenas. foxes, ksDgaroos. snakes. one
bear and one lion. The latter is trained
wrestler. His style is catch-as-catch-can,
and his keeper and trainer, Sargano ALI
canmoysa, West Indian negro. says that
he will match him against anything that
talks or walks and will have no objection
as to weight when arranging match.
A Sacramento wheelman writes THE
CALL that at the last meeting of the Cap
ital City Wheelmen 1t was decided to give
club team race at Agricultural Park
some time in the latter part of this month.
1t is thought that about sixteen men will
enter the race, eight to each team. which
are to be chosen from the club member
ship by the captain and the first lieutenant.
The distance will be five miles and the
run will he decided by points as follows:
II ten men should compete the first man to
finish would make ten points for his side,
the second nine. and so on down to the
last-the team scoring the greater number
of points being the winner. Special prizes
will be awarded the first. second and last
10 an in, the losing team to stand the ex-
pense of theater party for the club.
A committee consisting of l.. S. Upson.
l.. w. Ripley and G. 5. King has been ap-
pointed, with full charge of the affair, and
it is needless to say that it will prove a
grand success.
Among the wheelmen who have entered
for the annual road race of the East Side
Cycling Club of Los Angeles is Bill Nye
Jr. When the race is over Billy saws that
he will start Immediately on his wheel for
this city.
intercollegiate football Is now under
going a change for the better. The in
structors of college students have grown
tired = of reviewing annually disabled
young men, some of whom never recover
from the injuries received on the ball
field.
Pretty nearly all of the football experts
OF the East gathered recently in New York
to help out the iDter-university commits
sion in its endeavor to formulate some rule
which will eradicate the rough points Of
the game. The legislators are Walter
Camp Of Yale. DIR. w. A. Brooks of Har-
ward. Alexander Moffait of Princeton.
John Z. Bell of Pennsylvania and Dr. Paul
j. Dashiel
None of the above famous footballers
have settled views as to what changes
should be made.
Brooks, Bell and Moffatt have said: "All
we want is something to improve the
game. no matter what" and Camp and
Dashiell. while having expressed opinions
as to some advisable changes, ara as free
for discussion as the others.
Camp Is in favor Of putting an end To
flying interference and momentum plays
as they are worked at present. He wants
to see more open game and frequent