The evening world., 1894-07-23
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

SPORTING MISCELLANY.
The Raphael Athletic Club has secured
a lease OF a vacant lot in West Forty
first street. near Tenth avenue. for
training ground. The grounds will be
thoroughly overhauled. and cinder
track will be laid.
The outdoor gymnasium which Is be-
ing built in the yard of the Cathedral
Athletic Club will be complete In few
days 1t will be rooted with canvas and
| will be opened Aug. 1, when the members
! intend to give an exhibition In the new
gymnasium
| Secretary II. j.. ,Goggins, jr., Is receiv-
ing large number OF entries every day
for the third annual games OF the New
York Post-Otilce Clerks Association,
which. will take place at Su.zers har
lem River Park; one ard H9 seanna a anl
nue.. on Friday. Aug, II. d. {. carer
! has been secured as Handicapped OF the
events, while r. W.: H!ers5sSmrs: , are one one
| contestants.
| The entry list for the Metropolitan
Associations bicycle meet on Manhat-
tan Field next Saturday grows larger
daily. AS has been the custom at every
loral meet this season. more moviccs are
entered than ever before. This would
| indicate that the popularity OF the sport
is by no means waning
Brooklyn, that incubator OF athletics
has added another club to the long list
| already chartered. On Saturday even
ing the Summit Athletic Club came into
| iafp nNi following n
GERS were elected: President, Peter +.
smith vice-President, Alfred J. Muir
'ha; Secretary Harry C9sgroye; Treas n,
am Larin Captain, James j. Motley.
| The membership includes many active
md well-known athletes across the
bridge.
on the evening of Aug: week from
Wednesday, the doors of the Coney ISL
md Casino, will again swing open to
rmed with the price" on, this, occa,
ion the Seaside Athletic Club will hold
sort of amateur boxing tourney. The
ard is rsry good Tne The sh,s
icn were signed yesterday, There will
,e three contests in all. The curtain
aiser will have 90 Danny Mcbride the
.oeber, OF brooklyn. as principals. The
-econd battle. which gives promise of
eng vicious contest, will be between
leonard. of Brooklyn. The third and
concluding bout will be between Hughy
Winters, of Brooklyn, and Jimmy
ohnny, German at the New York Attn
tic Club; Handler is a Bob Fitzsim-
IONS find"
Mike Haley. hacker Of Jerry Marshall,
he Young Eighth Ward feather weight.
no aspres to a match with George
Dixon, writes "A letter full of faith In
lis protese. First he tells how he hates
% take the course of speaking out IN
ublc and then goes on 10 say lot
more, He wants the eather-weight cham.
'ionship belt to figure as a trophy In a
esents. and gives arguments which, he
lays, proves that the limit in that class
l2o pounds, At that, weight he will
Ter All of this is a great literary ef.
'ort. but II will be remembered that
HalcN has already written an open letter
o o'Rourke. calling for meeting C
| orange the match tomorrow. and until
| tRcurke has refused to come to terms
here seems no ground for the assump.
lion that he Will beg off on the question
nnxic.y ~ mind seems to have caused
him considerable premature distress.
The training quarters of the weller
, 9TH" " tho Tw!r C.ty Athletic C!uh
Minneapolis. Thursday night for IN
worlds Ghamponship, are receiving
, 'hange in the condition of the men
Both are in excellen: shape and read!
70 battle at moments notice. Their
ng he as few havs HsrrH IN
; the Arkansas Kid" and Tommy Dan
forth, Of New York. have completet
preparations for their battle, which l.
! to be the curtain-raiser.
| nt 7 tn,
,eem to be having a ripsnorting, a
q sresco time of It, just now. This Is rae
ing week and the connections, will be
the most successful OF the A. c. A., an,
will furnish many admirable reason
why the annual camp should be held II
waters of this vicinity.
{ In regard to that VIgilOnt controversy It seem
l TO me from the reports that Drtannia's ere war
4 better sailors and that is all there is to II
They are first across the line hold the gang
nine tines on, q ten, and those who remembe
Y seamanship can well understand the EnElis
+ races. Any lubber can sail boat in hard win
r look up another excuse IA to that shot putin
2 in the ages past has it ever struck any patrlo
: rebel mat they had to steal that shot hc'or
81 East Twcnty-third street
, Il; " c. is correct in one assertion
! and an In, there Is hardly doubt that III
quicker. In fact, Nalkyric's crew re
: ce.ved universal and well-deserve
praise for their performances last yea
| in this respect. 1t must be Remembered
!, however that British crews spend lonse
seasons on board their craft and ar
called upon for more racing, durin
which the many turns In their cork
= screw quarters demand constant ma
e: noeurering. The same crew IL carrie
:, season after season, with little change
f; In our boats exactly the reverse is III
,. rule, and some of Nigilant's pressn
!, crew hardly knew the boat when the
t smiled their first race in strange waters
n If "R. W. G." keeps any track OF cur
n rent capszing accidents. he will fin
v that most OF them are caused bv "lUh
: bers'' who know enough to 'sail boat
in a blow by keeping the sails full"