The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
GEyERAL sp0RrING NOTES.


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 New York, Jan, 24,-sporting men have been hoping that Pedlar Pal mer, the English bantam-weight champion, would fight John Mur- phy of Boston or James Barry of Chi oago for the championship of the world, before he returned home. Alfred Snel- ling, Palmer's manager, seems to be a very shrewd fellow, and he says that if any man wants to box the Pedlar for championship honors he must 80 to England for fight. Had Billy Plim- mer not obtained decision over George Dixon in Madison Square Garden, Pal mer could not have journeyed to New York for the purpose of taking on the negro featherweight in a limited round bout. John Mckay of this city, who went to London to see the Trimmer Palmer bout, was confident that Plm- mer would win. He thinks that Palmer is the cleverest little man that he has ever seen, and believes that on Thurs day night in the Garden Dixon will be outpointed. Palmer's victory, according to MT. Mckay, was due as much to his work with his head as with his hands He was carefully coached on Plimmer's weak points, and fought from the open ing of the battle with fine display of generalship.
 A Harvard man says: "The prospects for good athletic team at Harvard this year are unusually bright. Most Nf gNrI I,a. in college, while the new material is un- usually promising. More than 23O men are in daily training and of this num- Der thirty+seven were on the Mott Ha- ven team last year and took part either in the Harvard games at Cam bridge or the Intercollegiate games at New York. More than half of the re- maning number tried for the team last year and therefore make unusually good material. A few of the new men have already distinguished themselves J. T. Roche 99 won both of the eprints at the interScholastic games last spring; H. H. Fish '99 was second in the quarter mile on the same day. K. A. Starbuck '9S is an Andover man and was second in the interscholastic mile run two years ago. Two other new men of some note are P. E. Somers, who has a record of better than 21 feet in the Maine in terscholastic games, and D. Grant, a Canadian, who has a good record in the mile run. Eleven of last years prize winners are now in training They are Captain Bremen, who won the low hur- dles in Cambridge and New York; E. Hollister, who won the half mile in both places; W. H. Vincent, who won the quarter mile at New York and took sec ond place in the half mile and third in the quarter at Cambridge; c. J. Paine, who last year broke the dual league record of feet 3s inches in the high jump, and won third place in New York; A. Stickney, winner of second place in the broad jump in Cambridge and New York; l.. w. Redpath, winner of second place in both sprints in the dual games; M. G. Gonterman, winenr of third place in the 100 yards at Cambridge; w. w. Hoyt, who won first prize in pole vault in the Yale games and 4second at New York; N. B. Marshall, winner of second place in the quarter mile at Cambridge; W. R. Mansfield, winner of third place in the quarter mile at New York; J. D. Phillips, who won third place in walk at Cambridge and New York, and K. K. Kubli, winner of third place in the shot-put in the Yale games. Besides these prize winners the following men, all of whom competed either at Cam bridge or New York, are in active train ing: F. H. Clark, for hammer and shot and broad jump; F. H. Bigelow and A, M. Eaton, for the sprints; J. Edson J. l.. Little and F. R. Lewis. for the quar- ter mile; V. Munroe, J. c. Rice, H. l.. Williams and F. Mason for the hurdles. H, Foote and r. c. Hinckley for the mile, c. Fl. Williams and J. Bordman for the half mile, M. J. Connor for ham, mer and shot, N. P. Hallowell and A. Emmons for the pole vault, w. E. Put nam for the high jump, J. Staab for the walk, V. H. Smith, S. Bryant and J. G. Clark for the broad jump and A. B. Holmes, H. c, Burdette and w. R. Brinckerhoff for the bicycle race. It will thus be seen that the material this year is excellent, and with careful train ing the team should be able next spring to retrieve the defeats which Harvard has suffered for the past three years.
 Yachts to the value of s650, ,000 have been contracted for and will be launch ed this year. The list includs the fol- lowing and the figures appended do not represent the total cost:
 T. s. Marvel & Co.,, Newburg, steam yacht 65x17x5, $9,00O Rondout parties; sail yacht. 65x15x13, s25,00O
 Elmer A. Ely, Middletown, steam yacht, 75x14, $4,000, for Henry Bullard. Middletown, Conn; steam yacht, 30x7, $1,000, for J. T. Case, Bristol, Conn., Both engines by G. E. Whitney, Boston, Mass.
 James M. Bayles & Son, Port Jeffer- son, steam yacht, 190x20x11, $45, 600, E. $ Renwick.
 Gas Engine and Power Co.,, twin screw naphtha yacht, 72x121a, 12,OOO, A. Van Santvoord, New York city; twin screw naphtha yacht, 7Sx11, s11 300, J. A. Mol lenhauer, Brooklyn, N ".
 Bath Iron Works, Bath. steel steam yacht, Peregrine, 159x2Sx1O, s1OO,00o Ralph Ralph H. White, Boston, Mass steel steam yacht Illawawa, 130x1S15x- 71a $70,000 Eugene Tompkins. Boston, Mass.
 Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine works, Chester steam watch. Aileen, 190x2Ox11, $4O,OOO Richard Stev- ems, Hoboken. N. J.. steam yacht. 143x 1Sx1O, $3O,O00, builders account.
 J. N. Robins, Erie Basin, South Brook lyn, steam yacht 250 feet, S175, ,OOO, NJ. c. D. Borden.