The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-25
LIVE SPORTING NOTES

Both "Wag" Harding and Barry, the
oarsmen, are anxious to row Jake
Gaudaur for the sculling championship
Of the world. They prefer. however,
to row in England. Barry has already
signed preliminary articles and posted
money for race with Gaudaur for
G250 a side. allowing Gaudaur G25 for
expenses. Barry is now arranging to
row Harding also. Gaudaur announces
that he will row any man in the world
in this country in June next for $500
or $1,000 a side. Failing to get 4 match
on these terms Gaudaur will go to Eng
land after August l next and row
Harding and Berry, both races to be
rOwed within three weeks of each
other the stake in each race to be for
sl,250 to $500 side.
The popularity of hockey seems to he
unlimited. The principal colleges, in
Guiding Yale, Princeton, Cornell and
Brown. have organized teams and the
outlook for the formation of a league
to decide the college championship is
very favorable. Games are being ar
ranged with such strong teams as the
New York Athletic club, st. Nicholas
Skating clnb. New York Hockey club,
Montclairs and the Crescent Athletic
club and in a short time the collegians
will appear before the public. Yale has
already played number of games
with local teams. Princeton and Ellis
sons will meet in n game in New York
on Washington's birthday.
Yacht racing on ice is becoming so
popular that international races will
probably take place this winter on the
Hudson for the championship. Com
modore Rogers of the Hudson River
Yacht club, who owns the Jack Frost,
which is considered the best Cf the
river chaft. has received challenge
from Captain K. II. Lee of the Kings
ton (Ont) Ice Yacht culub. The Cam
adian yacht will be sent to POughkeep-
sic If arrangements are satisfactorily
made. Trial races will be held on a
date not yet decided to determine which
yacht shall oppose the Canadian chal-
lenger. Russia may also challenge us.
4 Russian prince has commissioned
Percy Ashley to design an ice boat to
compete in the Hudson River Yacht
club championship. The races will be
over the regular Hudson river course.
So far as the vicinity of Cincinnati
Is concerned the year just now drawing
to close was a record breaker In Il
racing line, as on the three tracks
Oakley, Latonia and Newport-horses
raced in 1896 for the high sum of $iO1,-
33l. This amount was divided up dur
ing a period of 40 racing days, making
an average of over $3,S06 per day. or
the three tracks LatOnia leads, hay
ing given seventy-eight days racing,
during which period horses raced for
S2O4. .199, that course leading Oakley in
this respect forty-siX days and $70,S40,
and Newport thirty-two days and $l3i.-
426 At Latonia i2S races were run
while the events decided at Oakley
numbered 253 and at Newport 23S, maxi
ing 9l4 races run on the three tracks.
Edward J. Reading, the long distance
bicyclist, left Bellevue hospital. New
York, at o'clock Wednesday after
noon. having fully recovered from his
lameness. which ne received from fall
ing from his bicycle In the last six
day race at Madison Square garden.
Ever since the race finished he has been
a patient in Bellevue. Before leaving
the hospital he said that his condition
was first rate, and inasmuch as he was
not obliged to go to Washington, ID. c..
until Monday next, he decided to accept
an invitation to so to Troy, n. Y,
where he will give public exhibitions
for three nights. and then start for
Washington to complete his engage
ments there.
Harry Durant, manager, and 6. Fos-
ter Sanford. captain OF the ConsOlidat-
ed foot ball eleven. left New York
Wednesday for Nashville, Tenn, where
they are to play their first game today.
Captain Sanford was unable to give
the makeup Of the entire team, as the
halves and the full back are not yet
decided upon. 1t is certain, however,
that no man will play on the team who
is now a student at Yale. The players
who have been decided upon, together
with the colleges to which they be-
long. or have belonged, are as follows:
Center, Captain Sanford. of Yale;
guards. Church. of the University of
Pennsylvania, and Frank Smith. of
Brown; tackles, Tyler and Church, both
of Princeton: ends, Anderson. of Yale,
and Sedgwick. of Brown; quarter back,
Morris of Yale. Sanford played center
ON McClung's team in 1891, which went
through the whole season without be-
ing scored against. Anderson was sub
stitute end in '93, and ''Chub" Morris
was substitute quarter in 81. Tyler
played tackle for Princeton year ago.
and Church is the man who played OPP
posite Captain Murphy in the Yale
Princeton game last fall and was more
than a match for him. Church, the
University of Pennsylvania player was
n member of that team two years ago.
Smith was Browns star guard this
year. and gave Chadwick. the Yale man
who played opposite him in the two
Yale Brown games, all he could do to
hold him. Sedgwick played on the
Tufts College team a year ago. but is
now in Brown. Harry Durant was also
manager of the Yale Law school team
which won the worlds base ball cham
plOnship at the Worlds Fair at Chi
cagO i'm 1898. The games scheduled.
aside from the one today with the
Nashville Athletic association, are as
follows: Dec. 2S, Chattanooga Athletic
association: Dec. 81, Birmingham GAIA }
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