The evening world., 1894-03-16
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Middle States Regatta Association
Not to Change Its Territory,
Talk Of q Surprise in the Oxford
Cambridge Struggle.
The following paragraph has been

The following paragraph has been
going the rounds OF the press:
Some very important questions will be brought
up for discussion at the next meeting OF the
Middle States Regatta Association. Some of the
present officers of the Association are In favor
pf inviting the clubs Of the Schuylkill Navy TO
become members Of the Association.
An official OF the Middle States Re-
gattL Association said yesterday that
.Iere was not the slightest chance OF
Philadelphia or any other club outside
OF the hfty-mlle radius OF New York
being taken into the Association. The
laws OF the Association forbid it. and an
amendment to increase the radius to a
hundred miles was defeated only last
year. There are those. 1t Is sad. who
would like to increase the territory Of
the NJ. s. X. A, with a view to threat
enlng the power OF the National Associa-
ton of Amateur Oarsmen, but those who
had the best interests OF amateur row
ing at heart were opposed 10 any such
notion.
ms Middle States Association will
take steps at its annual meeting. March
Is, to strengthen, not by enlarginB. It's
territory. but by increasing It's member
ship with clubs already In its territory.
1t Is proposed to change the rules, DONG
away with the initiation fee OF $40 and
tuting a rule that any eligible club can
join without an initiation Zee, ana ~
case any assessment Is necessary II snail
not exceed $40.
There are two Aquatic events decided
annually on this planet which tower
above all others in point. OF, importance.
One Is the Oxford Cambridge struggle
Yale-Harvard contest to be decided next
June. Although the former event Will
soon be n matter Of history, It Is al
present attracting the most ai,ehtlSn on;
there is talk OF a surprise; The work OF
the two crews is described as follows In
the latest English exchanges:
on the whole the oSonians scarcely showed at
, ,na,r pei Isr, ,ns 't rSif. moi sss '' roSin nSp was not 80
lively. Pitnen failed to reach out In his old
form I did not seem TO be putting much 'Erit,
into his work. a remark which applies TO Tew.
who certainly was not shifting much water. SIX,
I and bow worked hard. but the form alto.
ee.hsr was not up 10 the 10 '' sissr their water
towards the hnish Of the trial. The men seemed
TO be rowing light. and the customary NE aho
'deyir' were conspicuous by their absence. The
crew did not appear to be very much distressed.
In the course OF the row the coxswaln made sew
pay strict attention to instructions. Cambridge,
using the Clasper boat. turned rs attention 10
the lower Sprint course, and dId a tai5 per.
Torrance In rowing from Hammersmith TO- Putney
in I'm. SOS. although the conditions-a tast ebb
and leading wind-were all In its favor. Al the
half distance the old fault. getting short and cut.
Light Blues shaped we'll and their friends appeared
we'll pleased with their display; This Is the
the men looked particularly distressed after his
e%xertion. but the rowing was short and the STROKE
not pulled through at The faster rate oil str'Aihs'
Here is more praise, for Murphy me
d,minutive Yale man signed to play win
the New Yorks this year. II MURPHY
strengthen the New Yorks as some of
his friends seem TO think he Wiil, tne
nemnant IL ours: 4 baseoai, man his ea,iaI.
and that is Tommy Corcoran, whom !
consider the. best short.stop on Inc
diamond to-day. II Wara wants 1es h tne
but Billy Murphy in that position for
he has every qualification, and i WIN
not AXE him long to snow Wato tna'
he IS the right man for the position
George Taylor. the old NJ. 4. c. crack
G%s}yelist' sS WANTS ts i Se f conad ISnh he s' cam Beat
Johnson sullivan was confident he
could beat Corbett, and smith that ne
could beat Dixon, but that's neither mere
nor there.
"Parson" Davies remarks rather pet
ulantiy, that Brady doesn't seem 70 pc
in any hurry to arrange matters; mere :
no hurry, and there's a posslpiiI,S re- 20,
he time may come all too soon ior
Jackson.
There will be a sporting novelty at
Celtic Hall to-morrow night, IN me %%aaSS
OF a jig contest, . for a purse OF slo "
between James Hanley. champion o.
Australia. and John j. O'Brien, cham-
pion OF Cork. Ireland
Farmer Dunn gave Treasurer Talcott
OF the New York Club, a bad scare yes
terday when ne sent along that snow
storm. Mr.; TaiGott bad had 81 oFd .he ope n,.
inr ~ the baseball season, and had laic
his goloshes away until next Winter
| When the snow ceased. the broker
mnenate relieved his feelings by asking
everybody to have something
The Prospect AthletIe Club yin Ely,
Rooms, Long Island City. March 20 ant
81.
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