The evening world., 1894-01-09
SPORTING NEWS AID GOSSIP.
Changes to Be Proposed at the
Annual Meeting Of 0arSmen,
Yale Baseball Candidates to Begin
Practice This Week.

At the annual meeting of the National
Association Of Amateur Oarsmen. to be
held at The Gilscv House next Saturday
night, a proposed amendment will be dis
cussed. and which. If adopted, viii greatly
change the meaning Of the words junior,
intermediate and senior, as applied u
oarsmen, At present an oarsman Is p
junior Uutil he has rowcl a race in the
intermediate class. when he becomes mn
intermediate. When he rows IN the seniol
class he becomes a senior.
The amendment would have 1t that n
junior does not become an intermediate
until he has won a race in the inter
mediate class. or an intermediate become
u senior unt!l he has won In the senior
class, or, in other words, II man can row
in a class above him all season If he
wants to. and not be in that class until
he wins a race. This amendment will
doubtless meet with great opposition. Its
| opposers say ii il mnnifnetly unfair. They
argue that a junior may row In races In
the senior class, never winning any. OF
them, yet improving his form all the time
until he is as good, or nearly SO, as the
| handsome prize is offered for COMPETE
ton in the junior class. He is sim a
junior. not having won a race out sue ol
his ~class-but IA senior in form and tN-
perlenCe- and II is an easy matter Tor
him to beat the other Juniors. owing lv
the superior advantages he has had.
Thc present rule. Its supporters argue
Is better in every respect. When a man
rows with "a certain class he belongs IN
that class. Complications and no end OF
scheming they say would arise II Inc
portant matters Will be dlscn SEQ ana
ON the whole the meeting promises to b"
unusually interesting.
Capt. George Case will call the candi-
dates for the Yale Baseball team to-
gethcr for practice in the cage the latter
part of the week. A new basc.sliding
mattress has been constructed. and
Stagg's system of headlOng diving VIII
be practised for a month. Each candi-
date for the pitchers position Will W"
required to pitch to several candidates
for the nine about half an hour a day.
candidates daily at the beginning of their
training, but most of their. work viii be
done in the Gag instead of on the gym
nasium floor. Carter, last years pitcher,
viii not join the team in practice TIL
the beginning of the Eastern trip. He
is of slender build and last year was
overworkCd. This season he Will be
given every chance TO keep from being
overtrained. The management is look
'ng anXiously for a pitcher to relieve Car
ter during the season, AZ yet Trudean
| l'Sl N'Nl y A Fillai y . - ~ '''''
formidable candidate for the position of
change pitcher.
Following is a list OF the mon who
National skating, champlonships at Rel
Bank Jan. y, &c and ~: Referee, W.
D., Curtis, n. Y; A. G; judges At the
shrewsbury Ice Yacht Club; Gus c. Wall
ton. National Amateur Skating Associa-
ton: \, :; Jordan, Ny. a. g., Or. Ed
ward Field n; s. l. y. Ct field jGdS ieT
n. $. /. Y. q; W. II. Raynor. n: Y, A.
C.; Joseph Lindheim, 4. 4. S. A.; Ed
SStanTma TSsiser bs N; a. and a. W T;; dmeI Eak tTof 4.
=. a. e.: Thomas Patton. y. \. ). A.;
s. J Montgomery. n. S. ]. y. G.; clerk
Of course. e. II. Burd, N. $. l.N. a.;
morton. &. v. ThrocKmorton, n. $, j.
V. C.; John Boyd. n. A, $. A.; starter,
w. II. Robertson. n: a. s a.. .,,
\ ten to Father Bill Curtis asking per
mission to hold the 2l-mi,c, one-haif miie
and 1OD-yard races at Minneapolis, me
permission will probably be granted.
At the first meeting in January OF the
Kings County Wheelmen, the hub Will
probably authorize the purchase OF the
Site, selected by the committee and APP
proved By the club for It's MSw clHh,
building 40 feet by at least 70 feet,
and has based It's calculating on such
a building. Subscriptions have been com,
ing In very fast, ard with a few hundred
dollars more the new clubhouse is a
certainty.
President Mason, OF the Duval Ath-
| letiC Club, has issued q statement to the
public. In 1t he assures the public that
the COrbctt-Mitchell contest will surely
take place as advertised. and ;Eat tickets
can be purchased in all confidence. Il
is said that Gov. Mitchell has ~aCknowl-
edged pr!vatcly that he cannot prevent
The contest. Sporting men IRE the. WIN
wondering as to which side Is playing
80" bluff game.
IN Colorado. for nm offer Of $4,000 l. now
reported from silver Plume.
George Reynolds. the puglllst,. writes
TO The Evening World" as follows:
sec thai Mike Leonard Is offering SIS 20 any
one In his class that STAYS four rounds with
Lin at Miners Bowery Theatre this week. |
mi o,c.rr Ia oTer nnl meet him any nlgh'