Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-26

NEW YORK, October 2s-The Brooklyn
Chess Club has received the following
cable message from Sir George Newnes:
Message received. VIII call meeting
and endeavor tc arrange this representa-
tive match, but November Impossible;
would wait Pillsburys returning. say jan
uary. NEWNES"
The Brooklyn Chess Club ;hereupon re-
Piled:
we amend oUr challenge as to date of
play. as proposed by you. MAREAN."
The match between England and Amer
ica eight a side, will therefore take place
in January.
Eiarvard's Eight Beaten.
The Harvard Varsity eight were beaten
out by the crack Boston Athletic Associa-
t!on crew in an exciting two-mile race on
the Charles river, near Cambridge, Mass
yesterday afternoon. On the last half the
Harvard men made i brilliant squirt, hit
ting up the stroke from Sc to 10. and all
but overnauied the p. A. A Harvards
the same that rowed against Yale last
June, was very heavy at the catch, with
httle length or drive, while the b. a. A.
rowed in splendid form. with long,
steady stroke. The crews were:
Harvard-Buliard, stroke; Jennings, No.
Z; stevenson, No. q; Perkins. No. :; Ames
No 4; Goodrich, No. ); Hollister, No. =;
Chatma. bow; Rust, coxswain.
Boston A. A.-Crownngshield stroke;
Jones. No. I; Davis, No 6; Cummings No
.; Blake, No. 4; Horton. No. 3: Couder. No.
:; Guild, bow; Huidekoper, coxswain.
COrbett to Stay in Training.
NEW YORK, October oG-James j. Cor
Lett sends the following statement from
Hot Springs:
1t was my intention to leave this place
this afternoon for New York as l could
see no possible chance for the contest be-
tween Fftzsimmons and myself. After con-
stderins the matter carefully 1 have de-
c:ded to remlin in training until Novem-
Der 1. Mr.. Fitzs.mmons will have d fight
II he comes here. and any grand stand
Play he may have contemplated will be
blocked
Ell PASO. Tex. October 26-J j. Tay-
lor. chairman of the FL Paso committee.
mas wired Dan Stuart that Ell Paso will
PIT up cash guarantee of S10,HD that
Corbett and FitzSimmons could fight here
without Interference. Stuart replied that
he was al work trying to sign the men for
fight at Ell Paso. Corbett telegraphed
that he had no objection to Ell Paso as
battle ground.
Order for Distant Shore Cancelled.
LONDON. October 26-The Field says
this morning on the subject of Mr.. c. d.
Roses withdrawal of the challenge for
the Americas cup. Mr.. Roses action was
manly and dignified. 1t was disappointing
to be baked of match between the Dis
tant Shore and the Defender but since
Mr.. Rose has placed himself right with
the British public means may yet be de-
Vised. to secure a contest away from New
York"
The Morning Post states that Mr. Rose
has Cancelled his order to build the Distant
Shore.
Says Dci"ccy offered to Quit.
According to the New York Evening
World August Belmont, chairman of the
New York state racing commission and
chairman of the board of stewards of the
Westchester Racing Association. declared
that Peter Delacey. the moving spirit of
the anti-race track crusade. has offered to
drop the fight if the jockey club would pay
him 100000. The details of the alleged
settlement Mr.. Belmont refuses to state.
Delacey is 4 pool room keeper, whose bust
ness has been injured by the new racing
law.
VIII Try for Wheel Records.
The Humber record team. headed by 2.
]. Berlo, with his famous quintuplet, under
the management of William b. Troy, has
left for the south to try for the worlds
records at all distances, from One-qu;.rter
mile to the hour. The party comprises ten
of the fastest riders in America. II is the
intention to keep the party out until the
first of January following points where the
best tracks are to be found and the best
weather prevails. 1t is expected they will
spend the month of December az San Jose,
Cal.
Welsh Champion Challenged.
A challenge has been cabled to ]. Michael
the Welsh champion bicyclist. by Dixie
Hines. president of the Quill Cub Wheel
II On of American, in behalf of John s.
Johnson. 1t is for three match races for
$1,000 side and the professional champion
ship of the world, the contest to come cn
carly in the season at some of the hGs
tracks in this country. The distance Till
be one five and ten miles, with pacemaI.-
ers. Johnson is al Louisville.
Racing at Salt Lake.
The two days meet of the National Ri
cycle Club was opered yesterday at Sat
Lake In the class e mile open event q
bad pick up by The second tandem caused
q break in what promised to be the best
race OF tie day. Cooper of Detroit quit in
disgust at the end of the first lap. In the
OF e-third-mle open, class L, Wells made a
not pace on the StfetCn, Dut dld not INNS 4.
w. a. Terrell of San jose with fifty-iive
yards handicap, won the two-thrds mile
handicap easily.
Two Records BROKEN.
Two more records were broken at Four-
tain Ferry, Louisville, Ky, yesterday.
They were the class B, flying start, two
thirds mile, paced, and the professional
tandem, one-rile, flying. paced. Charles
Coulter rode the former in 1.G9 %, against
Jchnson's Ill - of last year. and Crooks
and Wenig rode the other. lowering .he
record of 1.51 80 to 80 Time by thirds:
Single, 81 Is; LOO %. Tandem 81 -; II;
80.
ShoSvalter Tool, the Second.
The second game of the chess match be-
tween S. LipschutZ and j. W. Showaltcr
was played at the Manhattan Chess Club
in New York yesterday. The latter opened
with a queens gambit, which Lipschutz de-
.lir ed to accept. After forty-seven moves
ShoWalter won.
THE EASTERNS WON.