The sun., 1897-09-06
ATTRACTIVE Ho1IDAr SPORTS.
Racing, Baseball. Golf. Yachting. Rowing
and Other Pnatimen In PrornsIon.


| and other Pnstimes In Profusion.
| The sporting events for tho big holiday which
| practically marks the close OF the summer out.
| ing season are numerous and varied. Each cti.
zen starts out this morning with tho idea OF
making Labor Day n long and cheerful recess
| from labor, and men who work all the yea round
will rub elbows with their morcfavored breth.
ron to whom every day is a holiday Nearly
! every man has II sporting strain OF some kind or
| other In his makeup and this is the day OF all
| days when 1t has chance to assert itself.
| Games on land and water, atoot, awhcc and on
| horseback, invite patronage on every side. and
| the individual who starts out this morning with
the object OF enjoying himself in healthy fashion
can pick out almost nny fixture from the sched.
| ulc at haphazard and rely on having good
days fun.
| Lovers OF tho racing thoroughbred will find
| themselves in their element at Shccpshead Bay,
where the Concy Island Jockey club presents
card which bristles with special attractions.
! The entries appear elsewhere. Admirers of the
trottcr and PAGER are also literally catered to,
as there are meetings at the Wavcrly and Fleet
wood tracks.
| Baseball enthusiasts have n vcrtable feast
| within reach. the local schedule includes
morning and afternoon League games at both
| the Polo grounds and Eastern Park, and a host
| of games between amateur and scmi.prOfcs-
sional teams on almost every diamond within
the limits OF Greater New York.
| The yachting features arranged for the day
| include the annual regatta of the New York
| Yacht Racing Association. the fall regatta OF
the Larchmont Yacht Club tho annual regatta
| OF the Norwalk Yacht Club. the annual regatta
OF the Fall River Yacht Club the closing re-
gatta of the Jamaica Bay Yacht Club and the
challenge model yacht club race between the
| American Model Yacht Club and the Wave
| Crest Yacht Club.
Among the many golflng fixtures for the day
the following will attract considerable attention:
Marine and Field club. Fort Hamilton Me mOers
| handicap.
Batusrol Golf Club-Members handicap.
| Engl"wood Field Club-Mrmhrrs' tournament.
| Staten Island cricket and Baseball Cluh-Royc
match In morning; long driving and putting matches
Richmond County Country Club-Membcrs' handi.
cap in morning and mixed fnursome In afternoon.
handicap. eighteen hoIes. for a cup aud prizes
s"abrrEht GOLF ,Cluo-Presidents cup. thirty.si1
HarnSr iii Golf CIub-Mrmurrs handicap.
Mori. County Golf Ciub-open handicap. three
St. Andrews COZ cIub-Labor Day Handicap. three
Esse. County Club-Nembers' handicap.
Morristown Ehid club,Team match
| Ardsiey Ciub-Nemuers handicap and professional
match. Fltz John against Win Tucker.
Eliza'eth Town and Country Clnb-Members
piainGeld Hillside Tennis and Golf cIub-Members
knollwood Country club-Membcrs' handicap and
Country Club OF westchester- -Mcmhers' match for
Westchr,t.r Road Golf Club-Members' handicap.
Queens county Golt club. Glen Cove-Mernbers'
handicap ami cup series
| Shnuccork HIS Golf Club-Membcrs' handicap
| and cup series
sacskn GOLF Club. Yonkers-Memhers' handicap.
Oyster Bay G"lt Cnl-Membcr;' handicap.
| New Brunswick Golf Club-Mcmbers' handicap.
Towns far and near will bring out hosts Of
| whcclmen, hut the majority Will probably divide
hair M ton inn h.f fhi.f llnkN ~ nsf
| ings:
Red nank wheclmon; Tourist Cvcc club, Paterson;
Quill club Whcclmen. Manhattan Beach; Ncwburg
Wheemrn; Charles River Park. Boston. and Willow
| Grove. Philadelphia
The absorbing event for oarsmcn and their
| followers will be- of course, the Middle States
regatta on the Harlem. 4 representative entry
has been received, and the popular annual fIN.
turc il certain 10 attract thousands To he banks
OF the little crosstown river. New Rochelle
| Will also be the scene OF some spirited boat
racing as the local rowing club will hold its
seventeenth annual regatta, consisting of eight
| events.
| Labor organizations of New York and Brook
lyn by 4 SERIES Of picnic games; The Central
labor Union will have q ptcniC followed by
| Staten Island.
The Central Labor Federation will have pic.
road, near l69th street. The Brooklyn Central
Labor l nion will have picnic and games at
cialist. Labor party Will have n meeting nj the
| avenue, brooklyn. nj winch athletic contests
| will alternate with speeches.
The annual games Of the Adams Cylinder and
Web Press Printers Assn%iatlon will he held Mt
Timer Park, Brooklyn. The Diver Association
| will have several sporting events on the pro-
Eramme of its annual outing TO Point ,, View
Park
Othcr games expected to bring ont n big local
following are those OF the BROOKLYN \. G. at
Mnspeth, l.. L.; the st. Paul Church games at
| SulZrr'S Harlem River Park and the tiVHl
of the Scwarcn Land and Water Club; which in
cludcs IA tennis tournament, a naphtha launch
race. and yacht race.
The chief events, however. in tho line of track
and field sport viii be the carnival of the New
Jersey A. &. NJ Bergen Point. and the Scottish
games under the auspices Of the New York CAL
Gdonian Clubat Ambrose Park. south Brooklyn.
the most cvcntful affairs OF the year as IL will
bring together the most representative athletes
runners from the West The Calcdonian meeting
includes twenty-cight events for cash prizes
ranging from 800 purses down. II has attracted
tho best professional talent in the country, and
Local c. crieke,crs ] s"f VIII celebrate the day with
an unusually largo schedule of games. At Pros
pcct Park tho Manhattan Club will play a game
against Brooklyn. the champion Of the Ncw
the benefit OF Fred Huffman, tho popular pro.
fessonal. Kings County will meet Columbia at
With the M se"ona eno
Germantown C. g: is down to play a. staten
Island. kearny will play Paterson st Paterson, n
| and the north meadow in Central Park Will be
| tho scene OF many contests.
The miscellaneous features in the sporting
| A.C.
Mccoy wants to Fight Charley Mitchell.
BUFFALO, Sept. 5.-Kid Mccoy to-day posted
with James Walsh $1,000 forfeit for match
with Charles Mitchell. Mitchell's father-in.law,
Pony Moore. is expected here tomorrow, and
| Mccoy wanted TO bo prepared for any challenge.