New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-06
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.
Tho Eagle Gun Club Of West Hoboken VIII no
n club shoot on Labor Day.

Tho Eagle Gun Club OF West Hoboken will hold
club shoot Labor Day.
A series Of diving and swimming races will be
hold AT Manhattan Reach shortly. There VIII also
be boxing and wrestling on n raft
A. the Pelican Athletic Club Mt Sixtynfth st.
and Third-avc Brooklyn. next Saturday night
,hroo bouts Will take place. Charles Cioff and John
Kearns and Jimmy" Barnett will box ten rounds
and Harry Peterson and George BesseH VIII pox
rounds.
Tho New West side Athletic Club will hold It's
third monthly general athletic meeting for mem
hers on next Sunday. The programme. when IS
varied each month. will include the seventy-yard
handicap: six hundred-yard run. novice, scratch'
hgif mile walk handicap three quarter mile run.
h99dSp ana h os hodns the highest scores 70
date arr MGIarshIin % points James pong
Wontevcrde : and J. Donohue. :.
Nou,-york Athletic Club interests continue 10 he
centred at Travcrs Island where. aside from ten
MIS- boating and other seasonaoe pastimes ny
members at large the athletes continue 70 train on
the field and track. this time for me A. A met,
ropnli,an championships on saturday which VIII
about close the serious part or athletcs Tor the
New-York team this season
Affairs are quiet just now at the University
Athletic Club In consequence Of the temporary
suspension between the colleges Of hostiliies. ath
letc and diplomatic. during the summer vacation
members Of the club have for the time being given
~ fu'prcollagtafp dlSCuSHlc0 u.
ali = mon have left town for the summer and there
are a few who have taken up quarters At the club
house. AQuatcs have not yet lost their interest,
AMI IL seems To be the common opinion that the
victory Of Pennsylvania AZ Saratoga last week vii
on the whole benefit the sport and incidentally fur
Their the plans of the INTERCOLLEGIATE" Rowing Assoc
clation for an open regatta next year.
+ Il Stark holds the billiard championship at
the Knckerbocker Athletic Club. with an average
~ : ~ and n record run ~ 10 He Is followed by
T. Poggenburg A. u. Miller and l.. l.. Mial.
To all bur a chosen few. the unexpected hap
pcn.d when g &. white won the all-around anna
teur athleti1 championship at Bergen Point on
Monday Sheridan Of the Pastime 4. c.. had been
training hard for the competition. and he himself
NOT only confidently expected that he would win
the title OF al-around amateur champion. but he
WIS the popular tlvorite outside or the New JerSey
A. e.. the members OF which. as Whites fellow
cluhmen naturally hoped though they did not
pect that he would come ont of the contest on top
Ihat Ir spite Of Sherilans I've firsts In the
pctition. Waite should beat him In percentages
was A poser hut It showed how well the latter hus-
banded his resources through the many stages OF
the competition.
The victory OF Cornell man in the champion
ship Is another proof that this Is a Cornell year"
remarked an old-time amateur yesterday. I'm
everything Cornell is coming to the front at A
pace that is surprising II | were an Ihacan I'll
be hanged If don't think would so in for
championship contest OF some kind myself
Herbert G. MARVEL. the young athlete OF the New
Jersey a. G. who made such n pucky fight In the
mile and half-me 1T the \ A. Il. meet at chi
cago. had hard luck Morday He was entered
IN the two open midde-dlstance races in the
games. hut he was not in form. and compelled
quit in each.