New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-04
IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS.
THE BOWLING SEASON NEARLY OVER
,,,,,,ps OF, THE GIANTS AND THE BRIDEGRooMs


VOTES. OF INTEREST TO FOOTBALL. FENCING
AND OTHER ATHLETIC ENTHUSIASTS.
THO hozv,,r, season - rapidly drawing to close.
and the lusty bowlers who nave ma. sue" d
merry time Of It and have roNeu up SUE" sp'enu'u
scores this winter Will now turn 'her ATTENTION
90 ou,aoor snorts The Wheemens League race
ended last week the Union County Roads'ers WIN
-, -. o,,a making the handsome record OF
n, go, victories out Of forty games played.
,rho prookJyn Bicycle Club team hnished second
.,.h ,,re,tv-six victories and fourteen defeats.
til ,ho A,alanta Wheelmen finished third, with
,o,,y0ve victories out Of forty games played.
I5n,. Clerks League will end this week.
,h Rank OF Savings team mas the lead. with
,.sl,e victories and two defeats. and the Citi-
,e,s' Bank team IS second with nine victories ana
three defeats.
:, tho Druc Clerks League the Park
Davis & &C. team leads with fifteen victories and
,bree defeats and the Whital & Co. team IS q
close second. having won fourteen Victories out or
the eighteen games played There IS a pretty race
in the Harlem Republican tournament. The Win
sor | team leads with eight victories and TWO de-
feais and these teams follow IN close order:
Lotus C; New-York H. IS. and Phoenix. 5
In the West Side League race the B!oomingdaie'
Owls and West Harlem teams have not as yet
lost game. In the Eastern District League race
the Apollo team leads with eleven victories and
single defeat with the Linden Grove team secoHo
with ten Victories and two defeats
In tho Amateur American tournament the os-
ceola team leads with four straight N'c'o''e''
while the America and BloomingdaIe teams are
,led for second place with three victories anu one
defeat each The Twenty-siXth Nard Tournaments
record shows that the Manhattan team Is IN 'he
lead with twelve victories and two deiea's' "uiie
the Glenmore team is second with Ten victories
out Of sixteen games PLAYED. In the Brooklyn
National tournament the Salamanca ana Aueiph
teams are making a desperate battle for the lead
The former has a record OF 14-6. While the Adeiphi
team has won one less victory and met one ie's
defeat The Fearless and Echo team have twelve
victories and four defeats each. In the Prospect
Hail League race the Austin Nichols team has
record OF 10 while the Nigilant team is second
with fourteen victories and six defeats. In the
Cody tournament the Central team leads with
81 and the Aurora and Universal teams are tied
for second place with six victories and two de-
feats each. The Oratini Field Club and the Eliza
beth a. c. teams tied for the lead in the
Amateur Association race. with eight victories
and four defeats each. The Pioneer team leads in
the New-Jersey Bowling Association race with
eleven victories out OF thirteen games played. with
the Spartan team second with ten victories and
three defeats The oxford team has the lead in
the lntercub League race. winning twenty four
ana losing eight games.
While the local baseball will not begin until
the first of next month. to-day is the time set for
the formal opening of the preliminary season by tho
New-York players who in the South. The
Giants are at Jacksonville. Fla, where Man
ager Davis viii assemble his players at ~ O'Clock
this jrning. and the Will start in on Their
hardest work Of the season, the early fight with
superfuous flesh and winters Dispatches from
the South indicate that most of the New-York play
ers in remarkably good condition for this time
OF the year Davis is himself gutton for work.
and is safe predict that he Will keep the rest
OF the team busy for the next month.
The Brooklyn team has arrived at savannah. Ga.
in charge OF Manager Foutz The work OF the
in the South Will be materially different and
the policy 10 be pursued by each and the after ef
fects will be closely watched by followers Of base
bali in this neighborhood. The Brooklyn team vii,
arrange all the games II with the other League
teams in the South while the Giants Will pick
softer work and play entirely with amateur semi
professional and State league teams.
II is particularly desirable that the Giants make
q good start this year for their deplorab BILE beginning
last season undoubtedly cost New York the pennant
With a good months work I'm the South the Giants
ought 10 be IN tip-tOp condition when the season
opens. The Bridegrooms certain to be in grand
shape when they meet the Giants for the opening
game in this city April IS. rs President Byrne
has decided 10 have preliminary games East
ern Park this year. and in consequence the Brook
lyn players will remain in the South right up the
opening OF the championship
The annual schedule meeting OF the Metropolitan
Association Of the Amateur Athletic Union will be
held on Wednesday. March 90 p m. in the
Astor House. for the adoption of the annual sched-
ule of athletic meetings and the consideration Of
other business. w. y. Curtis. president Of the s.
sociaton. has issued the following circular:
The Board OF Governors OF the Amateur Ath-
letic Union and their Rules Committee propose 20
thoroughly revise the constitution. bylaws general
rules and athletic rules before the publication OF
new handbook which must be issued this spring
They will be pleased 20 receive suggestions from
any person interested in amateur athletic sport
concerning desirable changes m or additions to.
no ~ he md
book. All suggestions made. no matter by whom,
VIII receive due consideration. and the hand
book, after revision will be submitted TO the Anna
teur Athletic Union for approval by mail vote"
The national joint fencing championships OF the
Amateur Fcncers League and the a. A. L. will be
held al the Fencers' club No 81 West Twenty
eecond-st, on April % and q.
The recently organized National Association Foot
bali League opened It's championship schedule yes