New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-23
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Tho ancient English game OF bowls will be one
Of the features OF the Crescent Athletic Club pro
rramme at tho country clubhouse grounds 81 tho
organization. Owls Head Bay Ridge to-day
The game Is played by teams. sides. and tho
nonts in the game are twenty-onc. The sport con-
sists 81 rolling tho white ball or "tack. along "A
line on the turf and then TO roll the other balls ms
near to it as possible. and the side which has inc
lack" ball wins the game There IS n great deal
OF skill required, as the balls are eipticai IN
form
Tho Standard Athletic Club will hold a carnival Of
snorts M Standard Park Fairvew. " J.. on Sun
day
Tho annual field day md outing Of Clan Mac
Donald No g. order Of Scottish Clans. Will DO held
at Oriental Grove on July 81. There Will be n
complete programme OF s,ot'ish games. ncludlng,
kindred pastimes The winners Will receive appro-
pirate prizes.
4 number Of men employed by the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad Company have formed an attn
letic association for the furtherance Of all kinds OF
sports They have engaged Ridgewood Park. on
ths Cypress Hills Road. Long Island. for next
Thursday afternoon and evening. when they VIII
have a series OF open amateur games under inc
Amateur Athletic Union rules. for prizes. in con-
gramme includes a 29)-yard race for boys: quarter
mile race. open lco-yard run open: running broad
Is pound hammer. members tug Of war. teams OF
six mon from any dcpartmcni or cofnpay, n
YARD run, open: ygging contest. open, and sack
race.
The annual games OF the New-York letter-carrcrs
will take place at y. m. August at Sulzer' s
Park One hundred -twcni y-scycnth-st. and
sccond-ave. Gold medals VIII be given 10 winners
and silver medals 10 seconds. The contests which
dash handicap; 22D-yarI dash handicap. iiD-yard
dash. handicap. half-mile. run. handicap ono
mic run. handicap; 6'-yard run (nov.ce'. scratch;
4i)-yard run tmembersl, scratch.
The Occanport handicap shoot OF live birds Will
be held to-day at Elkwood.
The Clifton woman's Tennis Club Will hold n
croquct tournament tomorrow It's grounds. at
Arrochar. Staten Island.
a meeting OF the Outdoor Recreation League
was held last night Mcssrs. Paudlng. Slower and
Hughes reported the advisability Of hnving n
few moro Fairgrounds on the West Side. COM
rlttec on the Striker Estate reported for by
Mr.. Slower. and recommended at once tho
the Board Of Education for a loan OF the Park
tents. a sum 81 money was appropriated for this
given by the Morris Heights Field club dA not
draw as many entries expected. there
being only eight In the lfDyard dash and seventeen
In the onc-mic bicycle The next two contests
dash both handic@ps They VII be decided nent
Thursd4y; at Berxcley 0ya Entries ciSae with
The fourth game OF outdoor basket bail between
the Cambridge Athletic Association and Clifton
Athletic Club teams Will be played to-day at
Astoria. Long Island.
The Metropolitan and Puritan basketball teams
will play to-day Prospect Park
The Kickhams football eleven will play the
speranza's team at Celtic Park. Long Island. to-
morrow.
The annual reunion and games OF the Pattern
Makers Association Will be held to-day at Timer
Park, BenBOnhurst.
one OF the most interesting cricket contests Of tho
championship series o. the Metropolitan District
Cricket League this year should result from tho
meeting OF the saatcn Island Cricket Club and New
jersey Athletic ClNb teams AZ Livingston to-day.
Should NcwJerscy win II will have ii clear title to
the pennant.
At the Pelican Athletic Club tonight there Will be
foriy-nve rounds OF boxing. Teddy" McGovern
and George Monroe will box twenty-five rounds and
there will he ten-round preliminary bouts between
Frank Casey and George Owens and Mike" Kearns
and George Justic