The evening world., 1894-03-08
BIG OUTLOOK FOR oARsMEN.
Unusual Interest Shown Among
Associations This Year,
capt. Hugh Baxter TO Train \. v.
A. c. Athlctcs-Othcr Gossip.

amateur oarsmen. like baseball men.
pr'"''t mat the season approaching Will
"e d banner one for rowing. Last season
WIS good, ana this one they think will
De sun better. The unusual interest
SHOWN at the meetings of the different
rowing organizations this Winter is one
Indication of this. Another is the fac,
that Secretary Fortmeyer, of the n. A.,
A. O, Is receiving many letters from
dlfercnt cities where there il rowing.
t''iihs or the unusual amount of interest
peinS shown In the sport. The season
viii open on Memorial bay with two
reEattas, one on the Passaic and the
othcr on the Harlem. 1t Is unfortuna ,
that these two associations should per
SiSt In giving their rcgattas on the SAME
DAY, as one is almost sure to he a fail
uro.
The Harlem Regatta Association had
y very successful regatta last Memorial
i!aN, ana expects to repeat It's success
this year. II says it is able to get the
success Of a regatta The other big
fixtures for the year are: long Island
regatta, the latter part Of June; Cup
hml he9ple'S Regatta, at Philadelphia,
IU,y !; New England Regatta. at Boston
July =; scranton Regatta, on Lake Ariel.
midlIS of July; Patapsco Navy Regatta.
81 stss RaS latter part Of jnly; Middle
August; National Regatta, location not
New England Rowing Association Re.
gatta, at Boston. Labor Day.
nary interest comes from the New York
ATHLETIC Club. 1t is to the effect that
Nike Murphy, the noted Yale University
trainer, has been engaged by Capt. Hugh
I tn fsa la Ii. ~ ~ -
the coming season. beginning imme-
diately after the intercollegiate cham
p.onships. He Will remain until septem-
her, and then return to Yale, Count
Giannin the physical instructor Of the
Club. will still be in charge, but will de-
vote more time II the crews.
The engagement Of Murphy, is rather
Y. A. G. This is the first time it has
gone outside of its membership for a
trainer, Murphy forte is the develop
ment Of sprinters. although he Is very
lie handled jowett, Sheriff. and Owen,
who were the sprinters of their time,
also Allen and Swayne; The New Yorks
ply to look after them they will be
pretty nearly invincible.
on March Is there will be an auction
sale of boxes for the A.. A. L. boxing
and wrestling CHAMPIONSHIPS. The fol
I'"ii'' 'illNlhlH HdNf IftIl Etlt'lt'l.
Refcrfs Of boxing, Maxwell F.. More,
Frank Peters. Boston. A.. A, and Ed.
boxing, Barlow S. Weeks, New York
A. G.. Robert StGll, New York a. c..
and NJ. bishop, New York A. C.: timers
for wrestling, Julius Harder. n. 4. G..
T., NJ. A. Cunning. Acorn A. A.. j. Steil,
New York r. v. W. }. Linehan, River
side A. C.; announcer. Peter S. Prunty,
Standard A. c.: referee of wrestling,
Prof. George Boyas: weigher, A. A. Jor-
dan: New York A. c.: clerk of course,
boxing, J. Dixon.
Capt. Case, OF the Yale nine, has had
the following candidates measured for
uniforms: Arbuthnot and Rustin, third
basement; Cuim6y. shortstop; Stephen
son, first base. Bigelow, Taylor. Case
and speers, fielders:. Gunthcr, Carter.
Murphy and Greenway. c~atchers. The
nine will start on its Eastern trip March
The University of Pennsylvania is to
have a gun club. The plan is to occupy
the field Of some organized club. with
the use of Its traps and ranges, and
practise twice Il week. From the COM
pile! records then made the five best
shots will hc chosen and q contest with
Princeton probably arranged for Easter
week. The club will be under the
Athletic Associations control.
The conference between Yale and Har-
var1 to arrange baseball dates resulted
in an agreement 10 mt the pjtCher hack