The evening world., 1894-09-13
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

SPORTING MISCELLANY.
COrbctt Is angry clean through over
the attempt to connect him and Brady
with the Sioux City Athletic Club for
the purpose Of securing free advertise
ment. The story. as told yesterday, was
"A rehash of story written for a
Chicago paper and printed last Sunday.
Enough of the story was omitted, how
ever to put different complexion upon
II. The writer stated at the outset that
every man in Sioux City was thoroughly
in earnest regarding the scheme to hold
tine fight. The impression conveyed in
the original story regarding the myth
cal character of the Club was merely
technical.
The programme for the afternoon
sports of the Seaside Athletic Club on
the Brighton Beach track next Monday
includes a l35-yard. handicap, profess
slonal run; a 1OO-yard scratch race. and
a hop, step and jump contest. The
first heat VIII be started at p. Nj. These
satisfactory results are shown. Inc
evening bouts should develop fair con-
tests. Jack Skelly il in Ney London and
| says he was never in better condition in
his life. His antagonist. Johnny Cor
man. liz fit and confident Confidence
| does not half express the assurance with
E 6G Gr ndbsr regards Nj @efqg With
bout will be the affair of the evening
and should be a cyclonic seance.
Bob Fitzsimmons, the middle weight
! champion who will meet Dan Creedon
| Sept. u, writes as follows to A. L.
| Lumley:
You can tell my New York friends
! that | am in the best Of health and feel
good and strong. am almost at weight.
| on very warm days | do most of my
work in the early morning and spar
getting quite clever. do not think my
| hight viii last very long. and feel as con.
hdent as ever. Perhaps it Is just as
yet matched, as this leaves an opportu-
| nifty for Corbett and myself. After
get through with Crecdon, Corbett viii
the championship. Your friend
| bob FiTXSlMMONS.'
Irvine Montgomery, the English strong
man. who calls himself Irving San
dove, in view of the expected suit to
| Eugene Sandowe for the use Of the
name "Sundowe," last night issued q
remarkable challenge TO the lator.
Montgomery offers to pass a college
or to perform feats of strength against
him, and offers to deposit a forfeit of
from SJOo TO 5000 to bind such match
The athletic contests Of the Amateur
Athletic union meeting, TO be held sat
| urday at 'rravers Island, will be in every
| instance the most exciting ever held
IN or about New York city, For the
in this district. TheTs is much uncer;
taintys attached to the loo-yard dash and
Association win look =, Tommy Lee. to
uphold the honorH Of this district. Lee
has been running some wonderfully fast
tri0ls and the members of the \. Y. a. G
Ihlnk he Is about good enough -, to win
Theo Buchholz, Of Philadelphia: I: B!ge-
low, Worcester: G; f. spence, Chatta:
Syracuse, and Burke, OF Boston. are
all sprinters with great local regulations
Eolvillc is the recognized champion OF
iol yards in 10 las. Chairman Sullivan
has been notified by Secretary Weldon
mat The Canadian dSlega!ion will arrive
Montreal A. A. A.. is looked upon as
} the star member of the team. Advices
from Montreal state That he can easily
: kilpatrIck, of the n. Y. A. c.. win be
\ mile and three-mIle walks may furnish
pose "%ps HHG Rnk c rfSsn Sn0 sF
gold will have no trouble in upholdnl
c his title. The New Works have T. Let
son and the New Jerseys L. Liebgold
while Worcester has entered w. A
Bragdette;, Hurllers Fred Punfer ,ant
stephen Chase vii meet again. The!
have met twice this year, and on boti
occasions Chase won. Puffer, however
has steady improved and is going yer!
fast. In distance race the entry i
l the best er received for an A. A. L
5 present form win. although Fitzpatrick
who Is to try for the mile, will give hin
u very hard tusslc. Ernie Hjertberi
nnd Walsh Will he very close up. Tn
field events have filled very well
8 sweeney will be given chance to tr.
n d"Iphia; who defeat ted him Sept. |. an
u in the broad jump sheldon, the hero o
oxford Yale, viii meet Champion Got
4 and SteinGel, OF Eosto.. The weight
win no doubt be retained nv the pres
ent champions. Gray, AMI Mitchell
:. any Of the - roads to one Hundre
VI and Twcnty-nlnth street. then by trai
to Pelham Manor. Trains leave on
Hundred and TwCnty-ninth street an
Third avenue a. 9.t5. 1875. Ills A. NJ
u l2.lj, LIS, l.ij, els and 2.<j p NJ.
= The memebrs of the Raphael Ath!eti
"a club are working every night on I'll
i new grounds in West Forty-frst stree
5 near Tenth avenue, ana expect to hay
the track in condition by Oct |. a me-
Cinler path has been laid, which will !
- ten laps to the mile. Tho members ar
y arranging for set Of games to be hel
on the grounds on Sunday, Oct. "A. Tn
10 Athletic Committee has engaged J. .
NaVier A. C.; Sandy May, Holy eros
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