The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-30
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The American athletes who were victo-
rious at Athens are now on the ocean
homeward bound.
Livonia. an old American cup defender,
has not forgotten how to win. and de-
feated three French yachts in cruis-
ers' race at Nice. Livonia is owned by
Mr. J. H. Hornsby.
Lovers of boxing are pleased over the
fact that Gov. Morton has signed the
Horton anti-sparring bill. which will do
away with glove contests in any place
but regularly organized athletic clubs.
1t is stated on good authority that the
| Defender and Valkyrie III. will meet
again this season in series of match
| races. the former as the sole property
| of William K Vanderbilt and the latter
| owned by Hugh McCalmont, the Eng
| lish sportsman.
William p. Kirk the famous builder
of fast yachts. has launched the keel
| sloop yacht. Vesland owned by Joseph
j. de Kinder. of the Philadelphia Yacht
Club. The craft was designed by w.
Il. Waterhouse. of Boston. She will be
80 feet over all. Q feet beam and draw
51s feet of water.
Now that the officials of the Tux edo
Athletic Club have succeeded in placing
professional boxing on higher plane
than IT. ever before occupied their am
billion Is TO revive an interest in amateur
sport. such Is foil fencing. sabre exercise.
wrestling, single stick work, etc.
The athletic relations between Yale
and the University of Pennsylvania are
seemingly becoming more friendly every
day. and from present indications it Is
not at all improbable that resumption
OF athletic contests between these two
universities Will be an event Of the near
future.
a meeting of leading chess players
was held In London last Saturday. in
ciuuinS Lasker Gunsberg, Bird. Lee
ana Telchmann. at which It was re-
solved to form an association of mas
tiers with the object of promoting. amcne
other Things. international matches and
capId chess match with America.
Z. ii. Gensingel. the New Orleans
sporting man and promoter. whose clev-
er handling of the New Manhattan Ath
ieuc cub was 4 sensation in sporting
circles s>Eear or 50 ago. has secured the
property of the defunct Pontiac Club. In
New York. and will establish a sporting
club under the title of the Manhattan
Square Athletic Club.
Jacob Fisher. of PHILADELPHIA. and Kid
Mcclure. of Delaware. fought fifteen
rounds in an uptown clubhouse in Phila-
uelphla the other night. The fighting
was hard and fast all the way TIL the
tenth round, when Fisher caught Nc
,0'iN WIN IL IlSHl-HHllQeT on the law
staggering him. but there was not force
enough TO knock him out. In the ff-
tecnth round however Fisher caught
him on the jaw again. putting him 10
sleep.
The premium list for the Canadian Fox
Terrier Clubs show of fox terriers. TO
be held in Toronto. April so to May .. is
out. The classifications are divided be-
tween wire and smooth, open to CANADA
81 mi rAn Sfyta
local or dogs bred or owned In Canada.
The second series in the cooked hat
bowling tournament of the Columb
Athletic Club. was concluded Saturday
night, the scores made being on the
whole very good. Smith led with 1874
Myers second, with 1l3. and Callan third
with 1l2. The other scores were, Dene-
kas, los; Sims, o. and emmett, g.
With everything in full swing among
the Harvard Athletic teams it is possible
at last to judge with some degree of
accuracy OF tbs chances of the Crimson
In the field. and on the water This spring.
About the best that can be said is that
the prospects are brighter than they
were year ago. OF the rhree teams.
the track athletic team seems at present
most likely 10 score a victory The ma
terial is much better on the whole than
IT was year ago. and Ira lnp- Lathrop
is highly please Al She outlook The
men are If anything little too far along
for the season. Tho wea iher has been
warm for n week past and the track has
Dean IN record condition. The result
has been that the runners and hurdlers
have got into form with rush. There
is good timber To choose from among the
sprinters. this spring. Rcdpath. Blgelow.
Roche and Eaton have all been running
within yard of one another In the hun
dred. and tho fist three have already
touched 10 10 seconds N
this season. Gouterman. VINO was Har-
wards best man last YEAR. Is slower In
getting into trim. AT the curl!ng. Blglow
and Redpath ar" evenly matched and
both should DO even time before the
middle of May.