The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-08

agitation on the subject.
A young brother Of Walter Sanger
promises to become a very speedy racer.
Cycle racing by electric light is at present
one of the fads of Paris.
sss-~~ Diamond Chips.
Tho New Jersey A. c. team will leave
mex Monday for u tour of ten days among
the various pleasure resorts Of Northern and
Central New York. Manager Walter J.
Currie expects to take on the trip the fol
lowing players: -Pitchers, lack Stewart,
Eddie Donnelly and stump Currie; catch
ers, Doc Cnrrie and Charley OhConnor;
infielders, j. Preston Krebs, j. Homer Sprig-
man, Nick Donnelly, Hal OtConnor and
Spalding De Garmendia outfielders. South
paw" Mack, Cary and De Gumoens. The
Jerseymen will piap at Hudson and Albany
on next Monday and Tuesday. On We'd
nesday they will meet the consolidated team
of Chanlplain and Plattsbufg. Thursday
and Friday they are slated to play at Paul
Smiths in the Adirondack's. The Hotel
Ampersands aggregation will receive their
compliments on Saturday. On Monday of
the following week they will tackle a nine
at Lake House, Lake George, and the next
day they will encounter the Hilton A. AS
team at Saratoga.
While pitching in a game at Johnstown,
Pa, on Tuesday. between Johnstown and
Amsterdam clerks. N. Glynn, who was in
the box for Johnstown. broke his arm in a
peculiar manner. He delivered a ball,
which was a strike, and his arm fell to his
side, broken between the shoulder and ell
bow and at the wrist.
Results of League games yesterday:-New
York, 16; Washington, s. Baltimore. 81;
Brooklyn, 5. First game.) Brooklyn, IS;
Baltimore, s. Second game.) Boston, 49,;
Philadelphia, 8. Cleveland, 10; Pittsburgh,
8. Chicago, 10; Cincinnati, II. ST. Louis,
II: Louisville, 2.
Jim Corbett was at the Polo Grounds yes
terday. When the champion arrived a large
crowd was on hand to welcome him.. Van
Haltren's young brother, Mike Herman,
Johnny Troy and several other professional
ball tossers practiced with CorbeIt. The
latter showed up remarkably well. He
stopped hot ~grounders, threw to the bases in
| fine style and batted very hard. He will
practice again today, and says he wants to
get into shape for the game with the Bos-
tons. which will take place next week, for
| the benefit of Charley Beunet He prefers
to play in the outfield instead of at second
base.
Lovers of baseball who follow the Orange
Athletic Club games at the Orange OVAL,
East Orange, have a feast in store for Sat
urday afternoon when the local team will
encounter the famous Asylum Baseball Club
| of Middletown, N. Y. This is the second
game of the series played this season between
these two mines, the first games going to the
Asylums by a large margin. Orange was
handicapped, however, by the absence of
some of their best players, but on Saturday
the team will be complete and a game OF un-
usual interest NAV be looked for.
Baseball is queer. The 1ronsides defeated
the Brooklyn League team by 3 to 2 on Sun
day. On the previous day the Ironsides
were shut out by the Orange A. c., while
the Orange team made ten runs.
fanatic Notes.
The Regatta Committee Of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen left for
| Saratoga early last evening to arrange the
final details for the annual races, which
| take place there on Friday and Saturday.
F. r. Fortmeyer of the committee said be-
fore bis departure hat the prospects were
| never so bright for fine racing as they are
this year. Most of the crews engaged are
now at the lake, and all are showing splen-
did form in practice.
The regatta to be held at Lake Ariel, near
Scranton, Pa, on August IA, under the aus
pieces of the Scranton Press Club, promises a
| successful set of races. The entries already
received and those promised indicate I'M
usual interest in this fixture. The entry list
closes tomorrow. For the special
dation of oarsmen in the metropolitan dis
trict, arrangements have been made for
transportation with the Central Railroad of
| New Jersey. The train leaving the foot of
Liberty street at nine o'clock on Monday
morning will be the one for the oarsmen to
take.
Turf Tips.
The Flushing, L.. l., Jockey Club, which
closed its course a few days G in arrears
for purses will reopen its gates today with a
programme of five races and purses of $50
for each event.
The meeting which ended at Brighton yes
tordav was ono of the most successful in the
annals of the association. From a financial
standpoint the meeting has been a big sue
Gets. The majority of the bookmakers pre-
ferred the seaside track to Saratoga, and the
track has been well patronized by the pub
lie. Another source of revenue to the as
ISOLATION was the cutting of purses. This
saved the association a few hundred a day
and did not bring out strong protest from
the owners.
The Long Island Pony Racing Association
will begin a fifteen days meeting at the
Parkway Driving CLUBS track at Grave
send, L. l., today. Besides the pony and
hurdle racing there will be races for thor
oughbreds. Several owners nave decided
to take their horses from Brigh IN TO the
track. The racing will begin at three P. M.
Football.
A special meeting of the National League
of Professional Football Clubs will be held in
New York next Tuesday.
The Red Star football team is practising
for its game at the New Jersey Al grounds
on Labor Day.
Yachting Notes.
There will be q sweep stakes race for open
cat boats tomorrow afternoon off the Jersey
City Yacht Clubs house.
ATHLETES MAKE MERRY.
Annual Summernight Festival of
sylvia Club.
The sixth annual summernights festival of