The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-31

March n, ANA arrived at SaIida At l;30 o'clock
In the afternoon, having made o0O miles or
over In that time, passing through Trinidad.
Pueblo, Carson City and Gotta Paxi. That he un-
dertook most perilous journey will be seen,
when IL 10 known that instead OF crossing tina
range. he followed 10 along the top, riding
over all kinds. all tho highest passes. and
through all kinds Of weather.
He said that he Encountered snow from two
inches 90 two feet In depth. but this did not
hinder his progress. On Friday. March 20 no
made 30 miles, and records to cover 70 miles q
day on average.
Keen 10 a young. hut determined fellow.
with touch of whimsical humor that cannot
but help him on his weary way. When asked
why he was making the trip he briefly re-
piled: "Business and pleasure. but the pleas
ure has not shown mp yet"
When IL is known tha. this boy has passed
over the highest points in the range, and the
Tennessee pass. 10000 feet above the sea level
some idea may be bad Of his undertaking.
Keen rides os.gear wheel, and expects to
reach his destination on April T.
ANOTHER CYCLING FAD.
10 often affords bicycle rider much relief
20 relax his grip of the handle bars, II only
for n few minutes. during long ride, and
while many would find rest by so doing. they
are not expert enough to guide the machine
by the equilibrium Of tho body alone. SO
SONS inventive mind has taken pity upon
these poor souls, and has rigged mp device
which is called n steering strap. by using
tho strap, it becomes possible for noviees TO
ride "hands off'' at the slowest gait. OBJ
stacles in the road can be ridden over with
ease, and the sharpest turns can be effected in
ho hnn Ao ~ ri la
wero Rripped to the bars
The strap is fitted to the form In much the
same fashion as a shoulder brace, a crosspiece
resting on the shoulder blades. The length Of
the straps is adjusted by means of buckles.
The strap can be- carried under the coat when
not in uso.
PAwTucKEr AT VALLEY FALLS.
At Valley Falls last night large gathering
of local rooters assent bled Ia Fire District
Hall to see their favorites. the Thompsons.
battle with the champion Pawtucxets OF Ma
t,opal League fame. The Tigers won, of
course, hut only by margin of goals, the
score being 10 to 8. which was great sur
prise to all present
HARvARD's LACROSSE TRAM
Harvard has a lacrosse team in the field
which has arranged the following schedule
for this season.
May Is, Stevens Institute "a. New York:
May l6. Crescent A. q. at Brooklyn: May 20,
Cornell at Cam bridge. Besides these, games
have been arranged Professionally with tho
Boston lacrosse team, with Lehigh for May
at South Bethlebem, N. J.; with Johns Hop
kins for May at Baltimore, and with Prince
ton for May at Cambridge.
In tho Harvard freshmen baseball clubs
schedule. which has just been arranged, a
game will be played with the Brown
"freshies" on Holmes Field. Cambridge, on
May "a.
"MYsTERious" BILLY WINS. ~
Last night a large crowd OF sports gathered
at the National Sporting Club. London, to
witness the eight-round fight for a l00-pound
purec. between Mysterious" Billy Smith CT
Poston and Bill Husband. Smith tipped the
scales at Ia pounds and his opponent pound
heavier.
Billy proved what mysterious handler OF
the mitts he was, for he had his man dazed
before half of the battle was through, still he
was unable to put the plucky Husband out,
and won the light on points. Some bets were
made at odds of to 2 In Smiths favor
yALE-PRISoEToS BASEBALL RULES.
The management Of the Yale and Princeton
u
conference, and formulated a set Of rules
relative TO the eligibility CT members of the
colleges who are candidates for the team.
A strict clause prohibits students who have
ever played for q pecuniary consideration
from participating in the contests, and debars
any candidate who has come from another
university, until he has been at Yale OF
Princeton a year. No candidate who has
failed to pass his examinations is eligible.
All protests are to be referred to the athletic
committee OF the University Athletic Club Of
New York.
sCHAEFER WON TBE FIRST GAME IN TIE Bill
LIZARD ToURSEY.
The opening game in the triangular inter
national billiard tournament. arranged by
Maurice DAILY, between Albert GARNER,
champion of Belgium, Jake Schaefer, the
wizard, and Frank @. Ives. tho Napoleon OF
billiards. was played between GARNER and
Schaefer at the Madison Square Garden last
night. schaefer had decidedly easy thing of
it with GARNER. as the 1s-inch ballx line ap-
pesred to bother the latter considerably.
The summary of the evenings play by
innings Is as follows:
schacfer-3. 20. 2, 2, l3. Q, ], g. 2, IS. o. 20 3d.
I, 10. 81. 40. "a, 0, 90 70. "a. rs. SO. 80, 60
e-60O. Highest run rs, average 90
Garnier-i, s. 0. 0, 2. l, O. ], =. o. q. Is. IS. 49,
IS I, !, IL. 2, q, 20, o. j. 4, 5. o. ], 0, 3-l97.
Highest run 85, average 1920.
Ives and Garnior will play the second game
of the tournament tonight.
wuEErMEN NOTES.
There is some talk OF giving mp the proposed
bicycle coasting race Of the New York Ath
letic Club scheduled for May 2s.
shocb, the long.distance professional BIZ
Cycle rider, loft for Europe Saturday. He
will compete in the coming six days bicycle
race in London.
The Buffalo Driving Park Association has
been placed upon tho blacklist OF the L. A. W.
for having permitted n woman's bicycle race
to take place there.
The race committee Of the Metropolitan As
socission Of Cycle Clubs havo decided to offer
a special gold medal for the contestant of the
Irvineton. Milburn road race. who shall lower
81 4