The evening times., 1896-12-19
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Oxford University athletes have threat
ened to withdraw from the London Ath hletic
Club IL professionals are not debarre d from
its membership.
A cablegraln from Moscow last night
stated that there was no play In the cham
pionship chess match yesterday, Laske r
claiming an off day.
Harvard's inability to accept Yale's offer
to row practically means that the negota-
tions will now cease. and that Yale and Har-,
ward will lot get together this college year.
Pittsburg will have bench show in Feb
ruary. The Duquesne Kennel Club is a
member of the grand circuit, and Pitts
burg's date will be just following the be nch
show in Chicago.
Tommy Connect is with his people in Kill
dare, Ireland, and VS. that he will not run
again until next spring, when he will be
under the management of some Kildare man
who is credited with having first brought
him out.
Charles H. A. Eslins, of the West Phila-
delphia Boat Club, who represented the
Schuylkill Navy at the Henley regatta in
1895, is now travelling through Germany.
lie was among the Americans present at
the opening of the Dresden Golf Club links
last IN onth.
University Of Pennsylvania will send
team as usual to the inter-collc giate relay
race at the Boston Athletic Associations
games on February to meet Harvard, and
will probably also send :eam to represent
her in the walk, the distance races, and
high and broad jumps.
Yale's hockey team yesterday received a
Knockout blow in the burning of the Casino
at Pittsburg. The team was scheduled to
play four games in that building, begin
ming tonight. Yesterdays blaze burned the
Casino to the ground, and the Yale team
has been compelled to give up the trip.
FAN rowing at Yale is over. It is .,on-
sidered that the university eight is as far
advanced in Workmanship as crewsusually
are by the end of March. Tank work will
begin in January, as usual, when some OF
the most promising candidates, who have
been playing football, will be able to row.
At recent intercollegiate athletic con-
vention in Chicago there were representa-
tives present from Michigan, Minnesota,
Northwestern, Purdue, Illinois, Chicago
and Wisconsin Purdue University and the
University of Illinois proposed rule lin
iting athletic competition to undergradu-
ate students, but the five other universities
united in opposing such alaw.
More trouble lies in store for the projec-
tors of the proposed Southern trip of the
Yale consolidated footballeleyen. The Yale
management has shut downsquarely on the
scheme. and has warned the players that
any member who goes, Is liable to be dis
qualified from pla ying next year, because
he will be made professional through
playing on the same eleven with Coaches
Sword, Morris and Hammond.
At meeting ofthe Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association Of baltimore, held
yesterday, details of plan for sporting
carnival in that city inllf9s were sub
mitted, which met with the appreciation Of
all present. 1t was proposed to build
speedway boulevard for whcelmen, either
on the Pimlico road or the Reistertowl
turnpike, and to celebrate its completion
in 1893 with Il sporting carnival, which
shall combine all sorts of outdoor sports,
with prizes Of such character as will bring
together the best athletes OF all countries.
Cornelrs aquatic season of 1897, gives
promise OF being the most successful in
the history OF the college. The recent
fall regattas showed spirit Of interest in
navy affairs that speaks well for the pros
pect of turning out fine crews next spring.
with three upper-class crews on the water,
in the fall of the year, rowing such an in
tercstins race in the fast time of 7:13 over
the Henley coursc-one and fivc-sixth
miles-it is certain that the material from
which 70 make Il varsity when the crews
go into winter training.is sure to be above
the average.