The evening world., 1894-10-11
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

There IL every indication that n rep
resentative athletic team of this coun-
try viii meet "A representative team OF
English athletes. most probably upon
English soil AS announced exclusively
in The Evening World" yesterday, the
New York Athl tic Club takes the ini-
tiative in organizing such "A movement,
intending to furnish part of the team
from the Mercury Foot champions and
asking the Boston Athletic Association
and the SChuylkin Navy, of Philadel-
phia, to do their share in making up
the cOterie. The Boston officials eX-
pressed very favorable sentiments re-
gardlng the matter last night. and the
subject Will most probably receive salts
factory consideration at n meeting to
be held next Tuesday. II the other
clubs co-operdtc, the English athletes
f, be to invited 4N,n here should the TthSrs
cub Will send II team over to England
The arena Of the Atlantic Athletic Club
Is now complete, and is a model amph-
mittee has justly received the praise of
all who have seen 1t. The Sea Beach
Palace has been transformed into an
IDEAL place in watch to hold boxing bout,
the ring Itself being especially deserving
of favorable criticism. The ropes and
posts are covered with red plush, and
the floor IL as elastic as layers OF cork,
rubber and canvas can make 1t, beng
also rendered proof against accidents to
contestants by reason of these novel
features. Work Is now progressing upon
the big gymnasium which is being titted
up for the use Of the 1900 members OF
the club. Everything is now in reld-
ness for the initial carnival on Monday
niShL tire feature Of which will be the
bout between Austin Gibbons and Joe
Walcott, The advance sale OF tickets Is
large and indicates an assured success.
Tickets are on sale at all sporting re-
sorts.
When XIII Hogan and Dolly Lyons
box before the Seaside Athletic Club. on
Oct -, the struggle viii be "A hard one.
The feeling between the lads Is not due
To the admiration they have for each
other. Lyons expects To prove in the
most cftcCtual way that he Is the hard
or puncher ana the cleverer man in every
Respect
Judging from the eSCcllent programme
which the management, Of the Columh' a
Athletic, club has arranged for the
| tnals OF It's boxing tournament at the
| Grand Central Palace tonight, the at.
tendance should surpass the two pre-,
Nous nights of the tournaments.
large number of tickets have been dis,
posed Of and the management has left
nothing undone to make the event a
| most successful one AS Police InspeC,
tor Williams did not interfere with the
] '''l va tAoN A'SlNlAtN llEilk, II IL zen
orally believed that he Will not inter,
/ fere at to-nights show as he said thai
| the bouts on last Saturday night were
| evenly contested and he had no caus,
/ u interfere, The men TO meet to-nigl
| are as follows.
one hundred and ten-pound class, Mar
| y McCuc, Tim keete, X. ]. Valdine ant
Jim Larkin; l2O,pound class. ]. McVey
J.. Cluman, William Reid, ]. Donohue
| l30-pound class, Dick Wunderllch. j
Brown, ID. Mccoy; liO-pound class. Har
| WAllnHk lAtn,A
| l8-pound class, Thomas Gilmartin anc
Patrick Murphy.
Arrangements are at present belnl
completed for n smoker and concert n
be given by the New York Athletic Clui
in the clubhouse at Ftfty-fifth street No
sixth avenue on Saturday evening