The evening world., 1894-09-10
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

refer jackson pronounces himself
against the arrangements made in his
behalf by people supposed to be author
lied to speak for him will do much tc
direct public sympathy from him. His
statements since O'Rourke met tn,
Sioux City representative on Saturday
and expressed himself satisfied with the
terms Of the agreement offered by then
has been simply childish. Peter wei
knew that the meeting was to take
place in New York, and of his own &C.
cord went to Chicago. Now he blames
windy City, and accuses him of favor.
ing Corbett 1t the course of his re.
marks, he says he cancelled dates In
| order to meet Corbett and later on de.
MES that, he is. identified with any
show. and has all along intended to &c
TO the West indies and remain until
Christmas, The clearest statement he
makes Is that he won't fight.
The members of the Xavier Athletic
! Club Will take possession OF their newly
! purchased clubhouse at 300 West Four.
teenth street next Saturday night. The
clubhouse has been. thoroughly over
hauled hauled from top to bottom, and when
prettiest in this city A splendid gym
nasium has been erected, which is much
larger than the one the Club had in
| the Olu CLUBHOUSE III west sixteenth
street The Club began moving out OF
Its old house on Saturday night and
intends to have everything in the new
house by "Wednesday night. At present
there are 900 members.
The newly organized Acme Athletic
club held meeting on saturday night
at 400 Hudson street and elected the fol-
lowing officers: Daniel Kearns, Presi-
dent; William Walsh, Yice-President; j:
Dow, Treasurer; w. Watson, Financial
Secretary, and George Conlin. Captain:
E. Moore, the ex-1l0-pound champion of
Long Island, will act as boxing instruc-
tor and his assistant Will be Jack Mad
livan before the Seaside Athletic Club.
Judging from the large number Of en-
tries received daily by Secretary Nc
Mahon for the boxing tournament of the
Columbia Athletic Club at the Grand
Central Palace Oct. and 1t should
prove a very successful tourney. The
weights are 10, 120. 140 and 1853 pounds.
and as this will be the first boxing tour
nament Of this season an immense entry
on Oct. 1 with Secretary Mcmahon, 1872
East Twenty-sixth street
Secretary j. f. Sullivan, OF the A. A.
u, has received a letter from the Sec
rotary of the, Montreal Amateur Ath-
letic Association In which 1t is init
mated that several surprises are in
store for athletes Of this country at
the championship games on Travers
Island Sept. 10. The Canadian Secre-
tary mentions pole vaulter as one Of
the team.
The games of the National Athletic
Club, which were to have been held
last Saturday afternoon at Ridgewood,
have been postponed until Sept. q.
The Ontario Field Club, of Hacken-
sack, will probably take action, through
the Board of Governors, obliterating
boxing from the curriculum. The ladies'
of the Club object to the facial disfig-
urements indispensable with hearty in
diligence in the fistic art. Naturally, a
young lady of Hackensack or anywhere
else doesn't care to have her best young
man escort her to church wearing a
discolored optic, even though the ocular
later on, when he wears an arm or two
in a sling and hobbies along on crutches
as a proof that he has performed Won
d,ers on the football field he Will be
heroic"
While on the way to a grove on Long
Island Sound a number of members of
the Andrew ]. Drum Association pro-
posed that glove contest contest f be held
O'Brien before the Seaside Athletic
Club, was asked II he would fight an
unknown, to be selected by the Club.
Burns accepted and the Club named
Jack Dorsey, who said he came from
Jersey City. A collection was taken up:
and when the principals were informed
that $50 had been raised, they wanted
to fight right on the barge. An isolate
spot on Long Island Sound was finally
agreed upon, the fighters and spectators
pitched ring, and in a few minutes
the men were stripped. Time was
called and they went at 1t, hammer and
tongs, each with an eye on that $50.
In the eighth round Burns knocked Dor
sey out with a right hand swing on the
Jaw, and was declared the winner.