The evening world., 1894-05-02
NEW JERSEY A. c. GAMES.
Champion Day Will Try to Beat
His Record on Memorial Day.
Camera for Harvard and Cornell
Crews-Sporting Notes.

w. d. Day, the five-mile champion
runner of America, is taking very good
care of himself these days and has been
running some fast trials, preparing
himself for the special three-mile race
which will be given by the New Jersey
A. c. at its grounds on Memorial Day
Champion Day will start from scratch
In this race, and attempt to break his
own record of lam $685.. made May 30.
1890. Invitations have been sent to
Champion Orton and Tommy Conner,
and II Is strongly hinted by the follow
ers of these two runners that they will
toe the mark on May 80 and give Day a
race. The athletic and bicycle events
to be given by the n. j. A. C. at its Me-
mortal Day carnival promise to be very
interesting. Gold medals will be given
to first men, silver to second and bronze
TO third In each Of the following events:
rum. three mile run. ssO-yard run. 200
yard hurdle, running high jump. handi-
cap limit, six inches; one-mile walk. all
handicap events; 8So-yard novice run,
invitation relay race. open to colleges
only. teams OF four men. each man to
run, one-quarter mile: gold medal to
each man on. winning team. silver to
on third team. Entries close with
James "a, 5, E. Sullivan. Al Broadway,
The men who are looking out for the
rowing interests OF Harvard and Cor
nell have found photography OF service
In detecting faults OF the crews, but the
Yale aquatic mentors do not seem to
Saseo take mueh stock stock IN the camera as a
The camera in rowing IS not particularly
new. Josh Hartwell used it at Yale
two years ago. To the trained eye of a
veteran rowing coach snap-shot pictures
are OF little use. Long experience has
taught him how to pick out faults In
crew and individual rowing. and he
crews have rowed fast and well for q
good many years with only coaches and
| captains to teach the science of oars
manship, and until this system is found
room and a magic lantern will be added
to the equipment of the Yale boat-house.
The Princeton annual Spring handicap
games will be held next Saturday. The
quality and number of the entries are
cludes some of the best college men, as
well as several New York cracks.
Swain. Of Princeton, Ramsdell and Buc-
holtz, of Pennsylvania and L. w. Allen.
| the 10O-yard run. Orton Is entered in
the mile run and SO is French. of this
| city. Other, probable competitors are
good, Jim Mitchell Hlckok, OF Yale. and
Wheeler, of Princeton.
Mike Harris. the local welter- weight,
once got a decision over Joe Wocott,
Tom ORourke's colored champion. Now
that Wolcott has made National repu-
tation he is very anxious to wipe out
that defeat. Wolcott has deposited $500
to box Harris a limited number of
rounds to finish. at 1876 pounds: Harris
is to boy " Bull Mccarthy, of Philadel.
Saturday night. and II successful in
tends to cover Wolcott's forfeit money
Billy Vernon and Hugh Winters will box
six rounds at the same show.
It is expected that about 600 riders vii
take part In the century road run Of the
New Jersey Associat I'd Cycling Clubs
June g.; The route will take In Newark
Belleville Rutherford, Paterson, Mont.
clair, Orange, PlainfieId, New Bruins.
wick, Red Bank. Long Branch and AS
The Board Of Review Of the National
| Trotting Association met at Chicago
yesterday. The most important case to
be considered Is the one growing out OF
Summer at Washington Park. at the
meeting of the Northwestern Breeders
Association. Another is the case Of the
four,year-old stake race at Terre Haute
trotting first and second.
| Spaldng's athletic Library" for
April will be devoted to cricket, and
| will be the most complete cricket guide
ever published. II is written by George
| Wright the well-known authority and