The evening world., 1894-01-03
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Manhattan Field May Be a Great
Skating Centre This Winter.
Charley Mitchell Seems to Be Show
ing the White Feather.

The air In Receiver Freedman's office
in the Equitable Buildin~ Is full Of skat-
ing talk these days. AS told In yester-
days Evening World" a series OF races
were arranged between Joe Donoghue
and Norscng. If nature is kim to the
Manhattan Field Management in the way
of ice, these r. ces will doubtless do much
towards making the Field a skating cen
tire this Winter. Another thing Is quite
certain. If Donoghue and Johnson meet
this Winter 1t will be at Manhattan Field
that is, If Donoghue sticks to his ex-
pressed determination to skate nowhere
except at the Field. johnson, 1t Is under
stood, has been raising some objection
to Manhattan Field on the ground that
the track Is too short.
all bosh. johnson has been training on
n Overwhelmingly track in Mime
Hpolls; me Manhattan FIELD track is
curves are wide enough to let any skater
turn easily" There may be another
hitch r. Donoghue and johnson begin
insist that he and johnson be half a lap
apart when they start, As they, would
would be little opportunity for any loaf
irg. and 1t would be a hard, fair race
all through. AS the men would not be
apt to be near each other during the
race. | either would be hampered by the
others movements, nor would one have
the benefit of the other taking all the
resistance of the wind. THAT IL the
only fair way 10 skate a race" says
Donoghue.
The eX,champion will try to arrange
races WITH Hagen, If the Norwegian
with Hagen would make Donoghue a
professional, but he is willing to skate
him the latter part of the season.
News of a sensational nature comes
from Jacksonville this morning. be-
spatches say that Charley Mitchell has
SHOWN the white feather or something
that very much resembles that article.
Despite his alleged consuming desire to
face Corbett in the ring, developments
seem to indicate that the Englishman is
to"a ssc sT saI mestin thr1 tbs an any lGophoIes
America. After Solicitor Christie, under
coercion from the Governor, refused to
the managers of the Club began casting
affair.
Manager Bowden, of the Club. sent
Harry Mason over to st. Augustine to
see Mitchell and induce him to sign
amended articles of agreement.
The original articles, at Mitchelrs sug.
geStion, provided that the fight should
Secur within AZ Two miles Of the city, of
to Ghtnbnge I !, clause SO as to have it
~ iShl 'iiouiu oINut III
the State of Florida" The purpose of
the Club was that it might feel free to
select a place in the State for the CON
would be interference on the part of the
authorities.
When the situation of affairs was ex-
planned to Mitchell and he was asked
to atiix his name to the amended articles
of agi cement he fatty refused to sign.
He said that he would never put his
name to The paper unless the site for
the contest was definitely fixed. IT
looks now as though Mitchell never
really desired to go up against the cham
%culties under which the Club is laboring,
owing to the hostile attitude of the
state anthoriiies, desires to .'crawash."
in a bad state of mind tonight, and are
roasting the iInglishman in sulphurous
style. ,,Cor5ett signed the articles which
Mitchell refused to sign without hest
tation.
one, Of the first duties of the new
Ioard of Governors of the New York
Athletic Club will be the naming Of dele
Gates to the Metropolitan Association.
This will be the first Tuesday after cleo
Weeks viii be one of these delegates, and
HIGH Baxter another. If Mr.. Weeks is
to be a candidate for the Metropolitan
be a delegate.
It now transpires that Mr.. Weeks
VII not have q clear field for the posi-,
'Ipii aiilt II. pulliNuH nav INK announced
that he Is In the race, and that he will
he a hard man to beat goes without say
Ing. Nice-President Cunning announces
that he wouldn't touch the office with a
len-foot pole,' so II seems to lie between
these two. A meeting will he called this
month to decide the matter.
The Clinton A.C.'s amateur boxing show
at LenoX Lyceum tomorrow night prom
ises to be a,record breakera as far as entries
go. Charley White SAYS that 1872 have
been received. Maxey More will referee
the bouts and p. j.. Donohue and Jack
Adler will do the judging. An octagonal
p~ostless ring will be used.
Every inch of space IN Madison Square
Garden has been sold for the cycle ex-
hibit which takes place there next week.
Several wheel concerns VIII show their
Worlds Fair exhibits. One OF the in
given by the exhibitors in the Concert
Hall Jan. II.
The case of Mark Baldwin against
Chris Won der Abe. of St. Louis, for
alleged defamation of character was
again postponed for three months at
Philadelphia yesterday on the presenta-
tion of a Doctors certificate setting forth
the fact that the st. Louis magnate was
unable to be in attendance.
A cooking main was held In an old re-
sort on Throgg's Neck New Year'H night.
New York and New Jersey birds con-