The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-26
SPORTING WORLD GOSSIP
All But Yale Accept Browns In
yitati0n for a Conference.
McC0Y'S FINAL STATEMENT
If Corbett or Fitz Does Not Accept
His Challenge i'm Six Weeks He
VIII Claim the Champion s. ip-Cas-
satt to Race in Eneland-"Cncle"
AGse 60 Open a Billiard Room.

Brown University has called a meet
ing of college athletic representatives
to meet February 19, to draft uniform
eligibility rules for all the college
/ teams.
The plan is a good one but that
Brown should be the college to take
the initiative in the matter is some
what staggering TO the larger colleges.
Princeton has accepted Browns in
vitation to the meeting and Old Mas
sau will send three representatives.
The decision to do this, however, was
not quickly made, and back of II is
some interesting athletic history.
Browns standing in the world of
amateur sport has never been regard
ed as the highest. In fact, Prince
ton. for one institution last year, de-
clined to arrange more than TWO
baseball games with the Providence
T'niyersity. on the ground that she
could not consider it any more neces-
sarv to play off a tie With Brown
than WITH a professional team. That
Summersgil. the old Brooklyn pitch
or. should have been the very hrst
man put up TO do Browns twlrling
i'm the first game, the one at ProVi-
dence. justified Princetons apprehen-
sions.
The idea has always been at Prince
ton that she would gladly recognize
Browns amateur standing If satisfac-
tory eligibility rules were drafted.
Again. Brown is a small institution.
and that ii should be the one to take
the initiative in a matter vitality con-
corning Yale. Princeton and Har-
ward was a fact quite puZZling to the
athletic authorities of Old Nassau.
Muddles of recent occurrences have
shown that the adoption Of new and
uniform rules was essential Conse-
Quently, Brown sent out her invita-
tions to the athletic colleges from
Dan TO Beersheba. Princeton's first
inclination was to decline to accept
the invitation Then it occurred to
the authorities here that il would be
a good plan to ask Brown TO give her
reasons for taking il upon herself to
call this meeting and if the reasons
were valid. to accept. This plan was
carried into execution.
Imagine Princeton's CONSERVATION
then when Browns reply contained
not a list of reasons why Brown had
called the meeting, but instead a list
Of colleges which had already accept
Ell the EHNlAdlatN- i 1T iiSl CtnAdliitu
the names of every important East
ern institution except Yale and Prince
ton. This reply, so exceedingly point
ed in its nature. left Princeton the
alternative of either accepting SO pc
cular an invitation, or else having ell
igibility rules adopted 10 govern
nearly all colleges. and Princeton
herself have no voice in the proceed
ings.
In view of these facts Princeton
forwarded her acceptance.
The following statement was given
out by Homer II. Selby. Kid Nc
Coy's manager, in Troy, y. Y, last
night:
In answer to the many challenges
that have been thrown at Kid Nc
Coy Of late. / want to make one final
statement.
THE shortest route to the heavy
weight championship for TIE Kid is
for him to meet and defeat either Rob
ert Fitzsimmons or James j. Corbett.
Therefore we have posted the sum of
So 900 to bind a match with either Fitz-
simmons or Corbett or SO 600 a side
and the largest purse offered. | can
get a SEQ. 600 purse for them to fight for
in addition TO the side bet. ] hear that
Corbett accuses the Kid Of being in
league with Dan Stuart and Fitzsim-
mons in a scheme to GUST him out Of
2 match with the latter.
Now, if Mr. Corbett wants TO fight
in the ring. and not in the newspapers,
he can make $50, 900 by meeting and
defeating Mccoy. 1t would take either
COrbett or Fitzsimmors two full theat-
rical seasons to earn as much on the
stage as they could make by defeating
the Kid and, as IL is a well-known
fact that they all fight for the money
there is in it, they must accept the