The evening times., 1898-07-27
SPORTING spLINTERs.

John Haokett OF Rat Portage. has issued
challenge TO johnson, of Vancouver, fer a three
mile eculing race for Sl,On0. to take place on
Lake Of the Woods in August.
The Royal Arcanum Outing Club is arranging
for big program Of sports the latter part of
next month. and committee Of arrangements,
headed by Thomas W. Kelley, has been appointed
to complete the detail plans for the affair.
The TRANSPORTATION Lyceum. Of the Eastern Dis.
trict. will have its picnic and festival at Grand
Street Park, Maspeth. on Saturday, August @.
Athletic games and a match game Of baseball
between the Columb;as and Kingslands will be
held.
The Merritt Athletic and Baseball Association
has engaged Adelphi Field corner of Classon Ave
September 5. when program of cycling. field
and track sports and gene:al athletic meet will
Be held.
Jim Corbett's last appearance previous to his
Athletic Club next Friday night, when he will
act as chief adviser and second to his protegc.
George Greene t'Young Corbett'), who will meet
Mysterious Billy Smith twenty-five rounds.
The international whist match between an
American team and team of the Atheneum
Club, Of Toronto, representing the Dominion,
was concluded AT an early hour yesterday morn
ing, the Americans winning by score Of 237
tricks to 2A tricks. a majority Of tricks The
match was one Of thirty-six board duplicate.
Having been compelled to abandon its annual
spring tournament, owing to the war taking sew
erai Of its best players from home, the Kings
fall handicap tournament, which is to be started
on Labor Day. Mems singles. womens singles,
mixed doubles and mems doubles and women's
doubles are on the program.
The Hawthorn Athletic Club. OF Buffalo, before
which the CoTbett Mccoy fight is to take place
in September, has fled articles Of ncoTpoI alton.
At club meeting yesterday il was decided that
the Horton law would be strictly followed. Five
ounce gloves will be used and an initiation fee
Of so cents will be charged for membership.
Blanks will be distributed in the big cities and
all who to see the bout will be required to
join the club. The prices Of admission will be
so and s25 for box seats. The club drew a check
for its guarantee deposit Of e 500 and this will
be handede to Stakeholder Al. Smith on Saturday.
The building in which the fight is to take place
will seat about Il, 900 people and will be started
about August 1.
Warren Lewis. who organized the Greater New
York Athletic Club that now fills the home of the
old Coney Island A. C.. and who is, according to
his own statement yesterday. still a member OF
the club, said, in speaking of the Downey- Nc
Bride decision: 1T was the most bare-faced rob-
berry ever saw" This proves that Lewis does
not hold a high opinion Of the manner in which
the club is being run. and also shows that the
discussion in certain circles of the result Of this
rumors that he was out of the organization Lewis
said: ''Oh, no; am still there, and will stay
there as long as there is a Greater New York
Athletic Club. am responsible for Dowdell be-
ing there as a referee, but ! never intended he
should oficiate at any but preliminary fights.
We put him on in one of the star bouts because
it was agreed that it was to be draw il both
men were still on their feet at the end Of the
last round.