The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-04

leruay was that OF Theodore McGirr. OF,
run. A. Al. Us championship. M. Nc va
GIFT y one OF the best distance runners
OF the country. and our knowing ones
among the New York men ente Miai.o viii ii', do
Besides McGifr there s ehtsered n this
the Star "A. G., Long island City; Messrs.
M MAY and i Hd,npf e tbs. 81 George A g
mount Rowing Club. Of Ihiladeiphia, i.
ana several others. In is ali p~ 9otsds II If ii.
ten mile championship event, which is Of
course largely due to the recent amend-
m nlsG Of tae a. Al {. rules allowing the
SWING OF more than three prizes in
events five miles and over.
me two mile steeplechase championship
+ tr,e a.so T rssfisiylng the complement OF en-
best ever given from the SPECTATORS, pains
- view. as II Is a pretty sight to see the
a. Thsra w gH oyer ps the many Jumps.
events on the card, sixteen Of which IRE
open to all amateurs. AS only four DAYS
remain before the closing of entries, ali
tnose desiring blanks should send at once
York. Dioau"ay' view
Athietes Excited Over Registrations
chairman Sullivan of the Registration
committee Of the A. "A. u, has been
Hooded with applications during the past
week as to the probable working of this
scheme. There seems to be a doubt in
a great many minds as to lust which
athletes are required to register. At a
recenl meeting of the Registration Com
mittee and the Conference Committee of
the A. A. u, neld at the K~nickerbocker
Athletic Club, # was decided that the
registration Of athletes and the right to
compete when registered applied only to
open games given under the rules of the
a. A. u, and it was distinctly stated To
the representatives of the allied bodies
tnat 1t would not be necessary for their
athietes to register in order to compete
m their own closed games; that is, ath-
letes who are Representatives OF schools
and compete IN games given by the Ma
tional Interscholastic Association. or any
OF IFS members, do not require to be reg
istered with the A.. A. U. College ath-
hold membership in the Intercollegiate
Amateur A.. A., do not require to register
III oroef TO compete in their own college
sports or The sports OF other colleges. Y.
M g. A. athletes, Who are members of
y. M. G. AS which are allied with the
athletic League of Y. NJ. C. AS of
Nortn America, need not register to COM
pete IN their sports n confined to their
own members. but it should be distinctly
understood that hen athletes who are
members of the Interscholastic Associa-
ton, \. M. G. A. or intercollegiate As
soclations desire to compete in sports 9TH
err than their own, or sports that are
given by A. A.. u. clubs, in order to COM
pete they must be registered athletes.
Curlers at Play.
Last night in the Hoboken Rink the
contests between curriers' were resumed.
The feature was the contest between the
Empire City's and the Thistles in three
Kinks. The Empires nave been unusually
successful in recent matches, but this
was checked by their opponents last
night. The Thistles had two points the
best of it in the first rink, while the En-
pires We're ten ahead in the second. The
Ihistles outplayed their rivals in the
third and won easily, putting up a grand
total of "A to SO for Empire.
The Manhattans tried their skill with
the Excelsiors and won as they pleased
by a score Of 35 to IS in two Kinks.
seventh Regiment Wants a Sanction
Secretary John j. Dixon of the Metro
politan Association, has received a very
courteous letter from Secretary L. j.. F..
Rooney, of the Seventh Regiment A. a.
asking for sanction for the coming games
of the Seventh Regiment A. A., which
Will be he'd in the Armory on April 3. 1t
IS the intention of the Seventh Regiment