The evening world., 1894-02-15
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Prinoeton's Baseball Material for
Its Nine This Season.
Men Who VIII Appear for the Free
Bread Fund Benefit.

Practice for positions on the Princeton
University baseball team has begun in
earnest. Princeton mines have not been
In the same class with Yale and Harvard
for several seasons past. but the Tigers
are hopeful this year. and there Is good
material in the large number of candi-
dates. All Of last years team. except
Drake and Woodcock, have returned,
but II Princeton is to turn out winning
nine this year she will probably have to
find some new men. for last years
team was not able to cope with it's
rivals. The loss of Drake is not serious,
for he was not a frst-class college
pitcher.
The most promising men for that po-
sition this year are Aultman and Brad
ley, both newcomers. Each comes with
reputation from tho preparatory
school Trenchard Williams. Vorhis and
Brokaw are trying for Catchers posi-
ton Trenchard plays better football
than he does baseball The same is
true, but TO greater extent. of King.
who Is expected to play second base.
IL Capt Mackenzie can get a man to
fill his shoes in left field and then follows
team will he greatly strengthened Mac
kenzie is easily the best man on the
team. He is fine hitter and fielder,
and one OF the best college baseball
players that has ever been turned out.
Ward, of football fame. is trying for
third base. and he is one of those silent
and determined Young chaps who ought
to do anything we'll Brooks will prob
ably succeed himself at short, He fields
well, but the less said about his batting
the better. TIE outfield is largely an
Gordon. Johnston. Small and and wilkins;
are the promising candidates.
The list. Of men who up to date have
announced their intention 70 take mart
In The Worlds" Free Bread Fund Rem
EFT at Madison Square Garien. Feb. Il.
Is as follows. Corhett. Mitchell San
dow. Muldoon. Dixon. Martin Flaherty,
Ernest Roeher. Creedon. Tracy. Tom Ry-
Craig. Charles Hammer. Jack Levy.
Caspar Leon. Duncan Rose. Dolly Lyons,
Zoe McGrath Hugh Leonard, Prof. Nc
CHUCK .Connors and John McTernan.
trained kangaroo will also be an at
traction.
A match was made yesterday for a
four-round contest that will he OF un-
usual interest to local patrons of boxing.
The participants will be .Toe Burke, a
Brooklyn lightweight. and AL O'Brien.
of Philadelphia. O'Brien and Horace
Leeds have fought several times, and
O'Brien has always rendered a good
account of himself. His friends have
been trying for some time to match him
against Tom Tracy. the Australian. The
bout between Burke and O'Brien will
he one of the features of Mike Dono-
vans show, to be held at Lenox Lyceum
next Saturday evening.
The Harlem Regatta Association will
meet at the Grand Union Hotel to-mor-
row nisht for the purpose Of officially
closing the records and accounts for the
lest year. previous t. a reorganiza tion
of the delegates elected by their respec-
tive clubs for the coming season.
George Phillips has issued a challenge
from McKeesport Pa, to skate ANYBODY
IN America seventy-five yards for $3.50 to
$500 a side.
The Riverside wheelmen will give a
big stag next Saturday evening.
A Louisville despatch says that Billy
Plimmer regards Dixon's latest challenge
as bluff. Fighters are apt To regard
challenges they don't care to accept as
bluffs.
]. r. Condon-It was matter OF in
dividual Judgment. Most players would
probably have played the queen, rs you
did