The Washington times., 1895-06-17
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES
Bateman to Meet Ball at the
LyCeum This Week.
GIBBONS is AFTER PECKHAM
His Brother Is Trying to Arrange
Match With Htte-Bennings May
dicate Is After it-Inter- Collegiate
Boat Race-New a. A: U. Handicap.

The nightly boxing events which Man
ager Stewart is pulling off at Kernan's
Lyceum Theater are growing more and
more popular. DIring the past week he
had a six-round preliminary and ten
round go on every night, and as whole
they Were OF high standard.
They will be continued, and as several
good bouts have already been made up the
week gives promise of being a good one.
Tonight "Chappie" James, a we'll known
race track character, and Young Savie,
OF this city, will go on for ten rounds
They have met several times before and
as it has always been hammer and tongs
with them a first class bout may be
looked for. Wednesday night Joe Bate
man, OF this city, and Johnny Ball, of
Newark, viii go on and they should put
up the fight of the week They VIII
fight for a percentage of the gate receipts.
Rick Gibbons, a brother OF Austin
Gibbons, is in town, with the Intention
OF matching his brother against ''Hite'
Peckham for anywhere from $500 to
81 900. Peckham has been in this city
for some time and has been anxious to
get on with some OF the local men. He
Unman was evidently chagrincd at Nc
Millan's failure to appear, as he refused
to go on with Peckham.
sparring evening has been arranged
to take place at Dan Henry's on Tues
day, when bouts as follows Will take
place:
jim Janney, welter-weight of Wash
ington, against Alex. Smith, welter-
weight, also of Washington, six rounds.
Albert Johnson against Tom Woody,
both OF Washington, fer eight rounds.
Black Alexander against Williams, of
Georgetown, four rounds.
Howard Wilson against an unknown;
Xxi d. Ross, of Washington, against
Frank Carter, of Georgetown, four rounds,
and Griffin Burk against Benny Stall,
both heavy weights, for six rounds.
1t is now almost certain that the Ben
nings track VIII be reopened and Wash
ington Will have some high-class racing
in the fall. A prominent Washingtonian,
representing syndicate OF New YORK
sporting men, has secured an option on
tue greater part of the stock, and If they
see their way clear to open it without
violating the law they VIII purchase the
stock
The idea is to conduct the betting under
the system now in vogue on the big tracks
in New York.
Three of the leading American colleges
Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, and
collegiate boat race Which takes place
OH the Hudson River, at Poughkeepsie,
Friday afternoon. The race is expected
to excel in interest the Yale-Harvard race
at New London, for the Blue is already
picked the winner there
At New London the Cornell, Columbia,
and Pennsylvania men We're too far from
their respective homes TO attract many of
their personal supporters, and their race
was oyershadowed by the Yale-Harvard
event. On that account the colleges de-
cided to row over a Hudson River course
this year
The course is four miles straight away,
extending along the west bank OF the
river, from Crum Elbow, three miles north
of the Poughkeepsie bridge, to Blue Point,
one mile south of the big structure. Mount
aims extend along the west bank of the river
and shelter the course over its entire dis
tance from the west winds, which are most
common in that section Veteran boat
men who have inspected the course declare
that it is without equal, and the Columbia
and Pennsylvania crews, who have been
rowing over it for the past fortnight, are
well pleased with ii.
new handbook of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union viii be issued early in July.
In the working out of the present constitu-
ton many amendments have been found
necessary to both the constitution and
athletic and general rules, and the ma jority
of the proposed alterations are explanatory
of the laws now in effect
Article 9 of the constitution, which
claims jurisdiction over the following
athletic exercises" :" will be amended to
read: ''In deciding upon the amateur
standing of any athlete this union recog-
nzes as athletic sports the following
games. ITO the list of sports coming
under this section 1T is proposed to include
court tennis, handball, golf, and cricket
and to drop billiards. Under the present
laws an amateur athlete (if there are any
such) who pawns his prizes is liable to
suspension only, but the proposed new law
is very wide and sweeping, and reads "or
has pawned, bartered or sold any prize
won in athletic competition" the penalty
being disqualification