The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-27

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NIANTIO WHEELMEN's RACES.
Their First Club Meet VIII BE Held
Tomorrow al Sprinafield.
The Mantle Wheelmen have completed
every detail for the first series of club
races which will be held tomorrow after
noon over the Springfield course, near
Elizabeth The members are very much
interested, and there is bound to be con-
tests of unusual excitement The best
riders are entered, and the competitions
will settle Upon the men who will repre-
sent the club in the proposed team race
with Arcanum Wheelmen on July Is. There
WI be a large number of riders of
other clubs at the course to witness the
events, and with impartial. handicapping
there is SIRE to be remarkably close fin
ishes and lively sport throughout. The
scratch men will be Horace Mason and
Ed Hart. The entries for each race
One Mile, Handicap-Horace Mason, Eu-
gene Smith, John P. Stone, John McCarty,
Edward p. Hart, Edward Schroeder, Tnos.
J. Kennedy, William Ladue, William
Quirk. Thomas Lynch. Walter Hartman,
George Markert, Jim Farrell, Charles
stoneham, Jim Duff. Ed Kelly. ]. Shannon
and H. Van Haddon.
Two Mile, HandicapHHorace Mason,
John 2. Stone. Thomas J.. Kennedy, Eu-
gene Smith, Edward P. Hart, Edward
s Sssars Charles sehreeder, William
PROFESSOR HarZnpM 1.al1iS Sn vi A t,1raur
4. Daley, Thomas Lynch, Fired Constable,
joe Hayes, Joseph Begalki, George Moers-
non. H. Van Haddon and William s Mui-
Inns.
Five Mile. Handicar4Horace Mason,
Stone. John Mecarty. Thomas j. Ken
needy, Thomas Lynch, George Moersdorf,
George Donaldson. James Waylett, Geo.
Joyce, H. Van Haddon and William Null
Special HansHner Throwing Contest
Charles James D. Boyd, of the New Jer-
sey A. C. Athletic Committee, has added
a special scratch hammer throwing con-
test to the Fourth of July programme,
and it promises to be a meeting of the
giants. The event was originally
scheduled at the request Of Mike Muir
ply, trainer of the New York A. c., so
that Messrs. Cross. Chadwick and Beck,
the well known Yale College weight throw
ers. viii get a. chance to meet James
Sarsfield Mitchell, who was formerly a
member of the New York A. c. Champion
Mitchell is training every day for this
event, and expects to win easily. On
the other hand Mike Murphy has the
New York A. G. men doing extra work
at Travers Island, and he thinks it will
be quite an easy thing for the wearers
Of the winged foot.
Champion Sheldon, of Yale College, will
represent the New York A. c.. in the All
have his cIub mate, George scawegler.
with him in the different events. The
New York A. G. members think Sheldon
and Schwesler will finish first and sec
Entries WIN not close until Saturday,
June %, and entry blanks can be secured
York.
The New Jersey A. C. promise to make
their celebration on the Fourth of July a
of the Board Of Trustees last night, it
was decided to nave an exhibition of
fireworks in the evening on the club
lawn.
Sbamrocks Outing and Games.
Third annual outing and games of the
Shamrock Athletic Association to Allan
tic Park. Woodstde, will be held tomor-
row. Cars will leave corner Grove and
Montgomery street at $50 A. NJ. The
following games will take place:-5OO
yards dash, for a handsome gold medal;
250 yards dash, for gold headed umbrella, ,
100 yards dash, for gold scarf pin; running
hop, step and jump, for album; broad jump
for handsome clock; throwing IS pound
shot, for meerschaum pipe; baseball game
between the Domestics and Shamrocks;
football game, Slamrocks VS.. NJ. Davitts,
and a tug of war, between Lembeck and
Betz's employees, and Shamrocks, for $50.
Officers are:-T. Feury, President; j. Nc
Mahon. Vice-President; p Walter, Sec
]. O'Brien, Treasurer; A. O.Kourke, Ser
geant at Arms; Camlnittee:--Thcmas Furey
Chairman; 5ohn MeMahon. James Fer
nett, A. oKeefe, P. Keane, NJ. Dundron.
Tickets can be had at James O'Brien's,
corner Cole street and Railroad avenue.
diamond Chips.
The Arlingtons will play the st. Bird
gets Lyceum tomorrow afternoon at In
transitional Park at half-past three.
The game on the cricket ground In Ho-
boken tomorrow afternoon WIN be one of
the best of the season. It win bring to-
gether the Hobokens and the well-known
Ironsides, who defeated the home team
last Sunday 9 to 5.
This afternoon Puritan and United States
Express Company teams are playing at
Greenville.
The game for this afternoon in Lafay-
cite will be between the Pacific "A. C.. and
the Puritan Field Club of Newark. The
Paciics have signed Carr to pitch for
them, who shut the Arlingtons out last
year in the game with Harrison with only
one hit.
The Arlington Athletic Club will hold
its annual picnic tonight at the Green
vile Schuetzen Park. All of the BAH teams
in the county have been invited and Will
be represented.
Three Eight Round Bouts.
The boxing contests tonight in Hoboken
under the auspices Of the Hoboken Ath-
letic Club Club, will be the greatest bat
ties that have been decided in the ring
in this county since the days Of the Blue
Front and Hudson County Athletic clubs.
The bouts will be three in number, and
VIII draw six of the best men of their
weight in this vicinity together. All will
be red hot arguments and the local fra
ternity is very mich. ginterested IN the
contests between BOBBY Wilson, of the
Lenox A. c., of this city, and Dolly
Lyons, of New York, at lis ponds. eight
rounds and between Joe Craig, the local
featnerw eight champion, and Johnny
Van Heest, Of New Orleans. This bout
viii also be of eight rounds. A prelimin-
airy bout will be eight rounds between Joe
Bernstein and Billy Hanson.