The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-27
3O'CLOCK
SPORTING.
Walsh is a Sprinting
Wonder.
Princeton May Enter a Relay
Team at u. of p. Meet.
Elks Makes New Two-Mile Standing
Start Cycling Record.

Tho annual indoor joint athletic games Of
the Pastime Athletic Club and the Twelfth
Regiment. New York National Guards was
held at tho lattsr's armory last night.
The feature OF the evening was the running
Of j. Walsh of Georgetown University, a Pro-
tsee OF Wefers. the worlds champion sprinter.
Walsh, who is a wellbuilt athletic looking
chap. won both the Go-yard dash for novices
and the c0-yard handicap in clever style. His
tmo in the novice event equals the indoor
record for the race. He also ran in the half
mile movies race, but was jostled about.
Tho Yale men made remarkably good
showing. winning prizes in almost every
event. Mills. the schoolboy runner, surprised
the knowing ones Dy finishing third after
rattlng pace.
PRINCETON MAY ENTER A RELAY TwAM.
Though ihero has been considerable i'll
feeling existing between University OF Penn
sylvania and Princeton for the past few
years still manager Turner Of the Tigers
athletic team thinks that the sanction Of the
Princeton faculty can be obtained. and that
Princeton viii enter team in the relay
OF the invitation track meet Of the University
OF Pennsy lvania on April 2s. on the ground
that the meet is not dual one between the
Pennsylvania and New Jersey colleges.
Manager Turner has also informed tho Csli-
fornia track management that Princeton win
gladly join with Yale In extending the invita-
tion to the California team to participate in
the Vale Princeton dual track meet ON May
10 at Now Haven.
ELKs BROKE THE Two-MILE CYCLING RECORD.
At Jacksonville. Fla, Harry ID. Elks, riding
under official sanction, yesterday broke the
twomile standing start. amateur unpaced
record by going the distance in an, 80 %ts.
PRELiMINARIEs OF TBR FENCING ToURNA-
MENTs.
The preliminary bouts with foils and duel.
ing swords in the annual fencing champion.
ship competition Of the Amateur Fencing
League OF America and Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union was held at the New York Athletic
Club last night. The judges wero: Dr.
Grseme nj. Hammond. N. Y. A. O., and
Lawrencs Myers, +. q.
Those who qualified for the FINAL compet-
tion from last years finals are: Foils-A. v.
T. Post OF the Fencing Club. &C. @. Bothner
OF the New York Athletic Club, and r. H.
Townsend Of the FeAcers' Club. Duelipg
6words-C. q. Bothner and A. Pope, both OF
the N. Y. A. q.
Those who qualified last night for the finals
are: Foils-Oharles latham of Fencers Club.
George Kavanaugh Samuel T. Shaw and Will
lam I. Heints of the New York Athletic
Club. .Dueling swords-Post and Heintz.
POLO.
Last right two games we're played in tho
Auditorium cup series at Pawtucket. The
FIRST, between tho Lowell Diamonds and Booth
q Johnsons, resulted In a victory for tho
Lowell Diamonds by the sore Of goals to 2,
and the second game. played between the
Columbias and Burnsides, ended In favor Of
che Coiumbias Q 20 s. after spirited contest.
NATIONAL LEAGUE uMPIREs.
President N. T.. Young has appointed the
following baseball umpires for this season
Sheridan Lynch. Timothy Hurst, Robert
Emsle. Timothy Keefe. George e. woidmsn,
Hardy Henderson. with Dan Campbell OF
Philadelphia as substitute. With tho excep-
tion OF weidman aud Henderson, these men
are well-known.
BILLIARD TOURNAMENT IN NEW YORK.
All ARRANGEMENTS for the New York billiard
tournament OF the international players.
Jacob schaefer. Albert Garnier and Frark @.
Ives, have beeu cora apleted and on Monday
evening. March 30, the tournament will open
In the Madison square Garden by Albert Gar
'nier, champion OF Belgium, and Jacob
schaefer.
conference OF the large Eastern colleges
VIII bo held in New York this evening AT ths
rooms Of The University Athletic Club Dele
gates from Yale, Harvard. Princeton, Penn
syIvania and Cornell will be present, the
ouject being to completely revise the football
rules.
tFor Late sporting News See Page 3D.