The evening world., 1894-06-05
SPORTING MISCELLANEY..


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The finish light between Harry Mar
tin. Of this city, and Sam Bolen. Of
Brooklyn, will be held In private In
about ten days. 1t will be at 1870 pounds.
for 500 a side and a purse Of 500.
The st. George Athletic Club will hold
its sixth mi games at the round
In Weehawken. N. j., on Wednesday.
July 4. Entries are pouring In daily.
and 1t is thought this years games VIII
surpass all previous competitions. At
10 o'clock A.. NJ. n cricket match VIII be
played, which will be followed with n
baseball game and field sports. In the
afternoon the following events will be
decided: 100-yard, handicap; 3Co-yard
run, G0O-yard run, half-mile run, novice;
three-quaiter mile run. handicap; one
mile bicycle race. novice. and an OBJ
stacle race.
The entries for the gli-around cham
pionshlp games of the Amateur Ath-
letlc Union will close with James Il.
Sullivan. at 21 Broadway. June 20. The
games will be held Mt the New Jersey
Athletic Club grounds. July 4. The fol-
lowing events will be decided: lOO-yard
lash lash n ppbtti in1t the ssd 1S,p9gna wa sho' throw rgn.
i2i.yard hurdle, throwing 56.pound
weight, running broud Jump ana one
lar A. u. T.. medals. Gold medal to the
winner. silver medal to second and
bronze medal to third. in each event.
The West Side Athletic Club have
given the Spauldins Literary Union the
prIyilarp of using thar track whenever
the members desire.
walter Edgerton. the Kentucky Rose
bud" was to have met Benny Peter
sen. Il promising young feather.weiyht,
before a the s SOU bUn, a., Ath HE, t, club 6,. last
as neither Paterson nor the Rosebud
could Gene to terms. The Rosebud
spared three lively rounds with Jack
McPhillips instead.
Again Is the loO-yard record of 10 sec
onds Hat, established as a fact, this time
by Ramsdeil, at Philadelphia. Yet there
are doubling Thomases who state that
the time is a physical mpossibiiits
Some Of them figure II out In a peculiar
style OF logic. too.
Rarely ISIS prettier yacht race seen
h the tussle yesterday off West Bank
buoy hetweet Will Ellsworth's double
ttIllTtDOdIu tal of' y
Hanan's Almira. The former sailed the
course OF seventeen miles in just II sec
nus more thai her competitor. put d
emeasuremen may allow her this. The
handicap of 40 seconds at the start will
probably prove too much for tne
Bayonne boat. however.
Cowman's new sloop F'reydah. which
was 10 have outsailed everything In the
bay, Is still in Solheim & Abrainson's
basin, ,naple. 1t IL said, to carry ler
sail plan. Goodness Knows, she has
nearly everything below her water line
assortment Of fms, bulbs, fianges n II
centreboard. a pair of o~utriggers might
help her out.
sloops, built for w. Butler Duncan, jr..
of this city, was tried at Bristol yester-
day. She has been chr!stened Honira
and may sail In the Larchmont regatta
on Saturday.
Bicycllst c. NJ. Murphy ,.xplains his
collision with Tax!s and Tayior IN the
Plainield races. In which, the former
man says he was the victim OF a CON
spiracy between Welles. and, Titus, by
whichd the pole was to be held by either.
the other guarding the POSITION py .urn,
to secure the inside position by passing
outside. Something OF this sort was once
said by n prominent horse-owner regard
ing a big stake event. but 1t never came
to anything.
The great wrestling match between
Duncan G. Ross, champion all-round
athlete of the world, and Ernes v RTs,
takes place at the Academy of Music,
mex Monday night, Is creating a great
deal of Interest IN the sporting port srd IRA
lyn. Since the police put a stop to box
Ing, the sports Of this vicinity have
not had anything to keep them speeus
put them on the edge OF seeing a good.
fierce exhibition-thoroughly scientific
in it's w~ay-but nevertheless an exhlDl-
ton that will beyond all doubt prove as
bout. In this match the strange
hold" is not barred. This will go a
long way towards making the strnggl
between the two giants more Inter
esting. 1t Is unnecessary to state that
every German in the city Is with Roe,
Der. He Is their favorite and they will
every member of the Italian colony
roofing for him when the struggle
begins. The Italians are against Ross,
Greco received unfair treatment in the
broadsword contest at the Garden last
Fail. Martin Julian, who has charge
be large enough to hold the crowd next
Monday hight.
At the open games Of the Athletic
Association of the University of Penn
sylvania yesterday, w. d. Osgood low
cred the two-inile bicycle record to 5m.
los. George w. Orton lowered the
half-mile run, his time being Pm. los.
The Summer football practice Of the
Yale Varsity candidates for positions
back of the line will eocc at Trav-
ers Island or Sept. 8 and last until the
18th. The following men will be present:
F. 8. Butterworth, IS: s. b. Thorne, SO;
X. Armstrong, '95: p. s. Stillman, 90
G. r. Adee, 'S5; c. 8. Morris. so, S.; Lee,
CSC. De Witt, SO: A. NJ. Drumrnond,
'94,S.
The ATLANTA Wheelmen. OF Newark,
n. j, at their regular meeting last
night, passed resolutions denounclng
the fast riding of cyclers through the
city streets, and requesting the authori-
ties to look Into the matter.
James Corbett has returned to London.
In an interview with n representative of
The Sportsman he said: II will fight
Jackson for the best prize offered. / do
not see why | should fight In London for
5000 while / am offered f7.ON In Jack
sonville."
At a meeting OF The Amateur Athletic