The evening world., 1894-05-01
ATHLETICS TO THE 'FRONT.'.
Many Events Scheduled for De-
cision in the Near Future.
Critics Hard Task at the Garden
Other Sporting Notes.

The two months Just ahead have much
In store for athletes, and for the next
sixty days the lightly clad youths will
engage a good share Of the sport-loving
public's attention. That the various
meets will be well patronized Is very
probable, as all sorts of sport seems to
be drawing we'll this spring and we have
heard so much OF baseball and boxing
that there are those who will welcome a
change. although, as far as that Is con-
cerned. the three branches of sport each
has Its W clintele. and athletics, as far
as quality is concerned. would not suf-
fer by comparison.
Next Saturday come the games Of the
1nterscholastic Athletic Association. ON
the same day Harvard, Princeton and
! Pennsylvania will, hold games. The next
big event will be the intercollegiate
games. and then will come the big meet
OF the New Jersey A. c. Other import
ant meets scheduled are those Of the
c. c. N. Y. Archdiocesan Union AMI
New York Athletic Club. The latter
games will be held at Travers Island
June 9,and the following list OF events has
just been announced: Handicap Events
Running high jump, mile run. 44O-yard
run, 75-yard run mile walk. 2-mile BIZ
cycle race (ciass A., 220-yard hurdle.
Scratch Events-1-mile bicycle race
(class Az, 12O-yard run ION turO, $50
yard run. 12O-yard hurdle, mile team re-
lay race. pole vault. standing high jump,
running broad jump. throwing l6-pound
hammer. putting %l6-pound shot.
No pugilist has been more talked of
recently than young Critic, and now the
Australian propose to favor the New
York public with an opportunity to
Judge OF his fistic prowess. At Madison
Square Garden, May IL. Critic will un-
dertake what Jim Corbett succeeded in
doing once-outpointing three men with
out leaving the ring. II Critic Is as
clever as he is said to be and the oppo-
nents furnishe ed him are as easy as those
Corbett had, there Is little doubt that
he VIII o accomplish h his his, task msr H apT ,nrs
Critic on this occasion, In which case
the man who is to fight Dixon may have
his work cut out for him. There will be
The Baltimores are good ball players;
but some Of their tactics on the field
Loud and vigorous coaching may, be all
ssa zs sH! e; $%s SSa Wifi Ne f. ~ ~: ." r. e s ';ss
pitcher. Is Just as bad as the other r
not calculated to make the game %attrac-
tiveI,that is. attractive to the class OF
PEOPLE whose patronage is desirable:
Yorks, they generally conduct them
selves IN a becoming manner, ana they
! centage figures for so doing.
The new Harvard shell. which will
be ready in a few days, Is said to be a
master2ieeeathe finest !, eyer turned out;
/, over a thousand pieces Of braeing have
S Seieb, us sss been Th mss sre IA a tSe ; saYinF o t9
the seats. hangers and o~utriggers, by
, utilizing spruce instead Of the custom
s Shifting Ta,' foo Sas; sn viii h' Be of ala@ nj 1na
Instead Of the customary brass. The
outriggers, will be Of ,gun-barrel tubing,
thinner than the customary is inch, or
about LA inch, and will receive two
coats Of varnish. which will bring It up
est troubie" at Harvard Hard' has sAf BEEN to get
the right kind of men to manipulate the
shells on the Thames.
!, Jerry Barnett. the downtown fighter,
letic Club, have, been matched to box
six ounds at the West Side Athletic
Clubs tourney at Grand Central Palace
next Saturday night. This makes the
sixth bout arranged, the card now read
ing; Frank Craig, the Harlem Coffee
Cooler" versus Jim Butler. of Brooklyn.
six rounds at catch weights; Jack Fail
vey. or Providence, versus Jack Green,
Amsterdam. six round at 1876 pounds;
Jim Holmes. of Brooklyn, versus Jim
Devlin. OF New York. six rounds, at 1885
hounds: Toe Harmon. of New York. YER
sus Mike McGrath., of New York. six
rounds at l+0 pounds: Darby Doyle. of
Brooklyn. versus Marty McCue, OF New
I York, six rounds at LIS pounds: Jerry
, Barnett. OF New York. versus Tom n c.
Cir, Pastime Athletic Club, six rounds
at 12S pounds.
l The Yale Freshman crew is now row.
!. bell; No. /, Marsh; No. 3, Judd; No. 2,
Miller; bow. Wheeiwright.
The supplementary finals of the
, Ravsnswood Boat-Club's boxing compe-
tition will be held on Thursday, May 8.
!, at the rooms Of the Star A. c., Vernon
r City.
The following has been received at this
= office:
Sporting Editor Evening World
3 Kindly publish the Enclosed challenge In your
paper:
TO Msxsy Haush: I will meet you In six to
ten rounds, or to a nnish, at 10 or II. pounds.
. You can see me any evening at the clubhouse
NJ the Jere p. Sullivan Association. Smith street.
sisn.d.J EUGENE GARCIA.