The evening times., 1895-09-30
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

The Amateur Athletic Union has declined
Eddie Donovan's offer TO run 100 yards
against Wefcrs to decide which is the fa St
est sprinter. Ii is held by the Union that IL
would be against its rules TO permit such a
contest. Donovan is a professional, and
offered TO run Wefers simply for the amuse-
ment of the thing. AS for a money contest,
Donovan announc ices that he is ready to run
any man in the world for whatever amount
challenger may name. provided it is
enough TO warrant him training.
1t is suggested that the sudden detcrmina-
ton to keep Valkyrie here may be part of a
plan tohelp Sir Charles Rose andhis new cup
challenger along next year. The ValkyTie
can be used as Il trial horse for the Dista mt
Shore and in this way Mr.. Roses yacht
could he worked up to form thai might nia Ike
things exceedingly uncertain for the Amer
lean yacht.
Bubear, Wingate, Haines and Barry, who
will leave England for this country within
the next ten days to axe part i'll the internal
tional regatta at Austin Tex. are the very
strongest combination of oarsnnen that could
have been put together in that country, and
they are confident they will win the events
for which they intend to enter.
The big bicycle meeting at Denver will
Iistt oh SttpDti 10 dhu ut
events looked forward to by wheelmen are
the one mile and five mile national cham
pionships. Bald has won two of these cham
pionshipS this year, but at Denver it is
thought Tom Cooper, who has been doing
wonderful riding since he made his appear
ance last June, will give Raid the race
of his life.
Betting on the Yale-Cambridge games
has begun. The Americans are favorites
though it is believed the contest will be a
close one. 1t is admitted that the foreigners
will win four and maybe five of the eleven
events on the card, which embraces a 100
yard run: 800 yard run; 44O-yard run; $50
yard run; one mile run; 120-yard hurdle
race or the cinder path; 12O-yard hurdle
race on turf; running high jump; running
broad jump; putting the 16-pound Shot
and throwing the 16-pound hammer.
1t is now said to be a certainty that Ca
banne. Murphy and Titus re to be suspended
by the League of American wheelmen, and
that they will be kept out of a job fora year
The call of Capt Brewer for ca ndidates for
The Yale freshmen football team brought
out seventy-five men. This is an extra
ordinary number, and it is expected that
. very Strong combination will be gotten
out OF them.
At waltham on Saturday two worlds
records were broken. They were the one
mile, flying start, paced, tandem trial, and
the half mile. flying start unpaced. tandem
trial. The riders in the one mile trial were
E. A. McDuffee and Nat Butler. paced by
quad. The time was 1:51 3-5, breaking
the record by one second. In the half mile
tandem trial, ridden by the same riders,
the time was O:53 20 seconds, breaking
the record of OBS 40 held by O'Connur
and Rhodes.
Ten thousand persons turned out to see
the twenty-five mile handicap road race
OF the Allegheny cyclists on Saturday. 1t
was the greatest event of the kind ever held
in Western PeDns ylvania. william II.
Williams, of Niagara Falls. won both time
and place prizes in 1:17:43. j. H. Frick,
Irwin, Pa. second. ten yards behind the
winner. Thomas c. Fry. of Pittsburg, and
F. R. Eddy. of Columbus, tied for second
time prize in 1:23.