The evening world., 1894-08-24
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

In press notices sent out to-day the
Seaside Athletic Club studiously avoids
any mention OF Jack McAuiffes pranks
and Inconsistency to his friends. in spite
of the public exhibition given by the
/ pugilist, as told In THE Evening World"
Sporting Extra last evening When in
terviewed last night McAulinc repu-
/ dated the assertion that lie was drunk,
but admitted that his course of TAIN
/ Ing included mild indulgence in cham
payne and beer. But he Is so unlike
any other person who ever trained for
match that he can safely indulge in
a,imulants, according to his estimation
of his own powers His condition did
not bear out that claim, for he is not
in perfect trim and his wind is hardly
capable OF long match. He expects.
however that his 20 with Critic will
he short and viii disslpatc the Austria.
lian's hopes early in the evening. It's
/ better, though, to wait until Monday
Night before declaring the winner
Critic. the marvel. as his friends as
! sert him TO be, has trained well ana will
give an account of himself. The public
has had no oppoItunit to fairly meas
, urr him hs Net, ne claims, which lends
interest to the ten.roynd bout at the
Seaside. He is ambitious to make his
way into prominence, and should he fail
in his match with McAuliffc. Will prob
ably attempt to get on u match with
Dixon If the question OF weights can be
arranged.
! The outlook for "a successful exhibition
, at the Seaside Athletic club on Mon
day night Is rosy. Nearly every box in
| the house has been sold and many seats
have been secured in advance. An at
tempt viii be made to secure the at
tendance OF Corhett and Sullivan.
Following precedent established by the
prelintnaries to arranging every big
fight which has recently occurred, offers
of purses for the Jackson-Corbett match
are popping up from various corners
Of the country. big combination OF
! Kansas, Texas and Indian Territory
citizens is now on deck with a purse OF
$1,000. 1t Is said the offer has been
accepted by both pugilisis, provided
this It would seem that Jacksop's anti
Southern scruples had been pacified.
And now the new nation. Alta ntis,
comes straight out with an offer at
the popular rgure of $4,000. OF course,
but that is one step step f G Pt than THE the
offer seems to have got. Atlantis con-
sists at present OF an anchor, u buoy
island, but "Ring 'e Emp ss@ ' DIE e
tator." president" or whatever you
want TO call him, coen is not deferred;
Perhaps he thinks there is plenty OF
time to build a nation, get land. people
and all before the two men will actu-
ally come together.
George Dixon and Jerry Marshall were
matched Yesterday to fight for the
. is to secure a club before which the
mill can be pulled off. II will probably
be either the Olympic. of New Orleans.
or the Seaside, at Coney Island.
Ed Austin. of Detroit, was knocked
out In the third round by Tom Kelly. of
New York In a glove contest at Mount
CLEMENS Mich. last night.
he held the annual games between the
Summer residents of Fair Haven and
Oceanic. There will be relay race be-
He Meco orr n &ssrles @ Wynn aSs John
Neville. representing Fair Haven, and
p. j.. Dunphy, John Norton, Charles
Runphy, John Hughes and DR.. w;
Z also be bicycle. rowing and swimming
races. After the games there will be .
jollification meeting at the residence Of
An effort is now In progress amoni
Brooklyn wheelmen to raise $500. tt
ers in order to expedite work on the
wheel path to Coney Island. the appro
priatio from the city being inadequate
At II conference between several prom
inent wheelmen and the Park Commits
! sioners II was decided to avoid the de-
lays which might be caused by. red tape
and tnke a direct route to .he object
!; desired in the manner outlined. Sub
! scriptions Will he received by Isaac b.
Potter, 80 Hanson place, Brooklyn.
Two records were broken at yester
= days bicycle meet in Kansas City. W
W.. TaXis, the Philadelphia crack, made
flying half-mile agains; the State rec
ord. lowering II from I'm. l-5s to I'm.
! los. while Lee Richardson. Of Chicago
backward riding from Pm. SOS. to Pm
% ass. The attendance was poor ant
take part. his wheel breaking down.
In the Utah circuit bicycle races yes
mile no PAGER. in i0i Is. beating the
worlds record for five-lap track.
4 relay race of one hour and hall
Will he run this evening in Bessler,s Pa
vilion. Mt Rockaway. The participants
will be the Madden brothers, champions
OF Denver, and Jack DE Bots and Richart
|
savers. The race will be started at y.3l
Il. NJ.
The Pastime Athletic Clubs eigh-
tenth annual games will be held to-
morrow afternoon on the club grounds
SiXty-siXth street and East River. A
fine list of entries In all the events gives
promise of an enjoyable afternoon fol
lovers OF track athletics
. The hurting season will be inaugurateC
; at Ridgewood Park. l.. l., Sunday after
, noon. with n match between the Wolfe
! Tones. of Brooklyn, present hurting
champions OF the Gaelic A. A., and tn,
Rovers. Of Waterbury, Conn. The lat
ter team has conquered all opponents ir
It's vicinity, and the coming match Is
in acceptance OF "A challenge from II
= Hurting Is scientific Skinny"
The carnival Of Irish sports tn be heit
at Wallaces RidEewood Park under tn,
auspices of the Gaelic Athletic AssoCia
ton promises to be one Of the mos
, interesting OF the many athletic event
! 10 come off on Labor Day. big pro
gramme of weight throwing, running
Jumping and football games has beef
arranged, and special feature of tn,
= days sport will be the exhibition mate