The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-01

purse and arrangements were not sat
| isfactory to Eaton.
Nat Butler and Eaton have been
matched to ride mile heats. best two
| in three. February i, for purse of
| $3.50, $500 to go to the winner.
A match race between the Butler
! brothers-the fastest tandem team in
America-and Gougoltz and LANDER
jack has been arranged.
| The election of the next president Of
| the League of American Wheelmen
seems To be all over but the counting Of
| the votes.
! Many of the doubtful States are
swinging into line for New York's can
| didate, notwithstanding Sterling Eli
| otis antagonism. and ii is claimed that
Potter is now sure of 22S votes-not
counting doubtful States. This is 90
| more than is necessary to elect.
The foremost marksmen of England
! are striving TO arrange an information
al shooting competition with American
target cracks The project of organic
ing a team to visit this country during
July and August is meeting with great
favor among the shooting clubs abroad.
Jack Doyle the Baltimore cast-off.
has been chosen to captain the Sena-
tors next season. Tom Brown will man.
age the team. and act as captain as
we'll when he is in the game. AS
Brown plays but seldom, Doyle will
be the teams real leader.-Philadelph
Inquirer.
Peter Maher has received an offer to
meet Mike Brennan. a Washington
| heavyweight, in this city in limited
round bout. Maher says if the losers
end is reasonably small he will accept.
1t is said that the University of
PENNSYLVANIA and Cornell are in favor
of recognizing the West in a football
way, with Harvard neutral. 1t will be
! in the nature of a surprise, though, to
learn that the chief objection to
Stages recognition or that of any other
Western delegation, il is said, comes
| from Yale, where Stage became noted
at football and baseball player. and
| in other respects helped to uphold the
honor of the blue.
Callahan. of the Chicago National
League team. has been engaged to
coach the candidates for battery posi-
tions on the Amherst baseball team.
Fred Titus has sent word to Eng
land that he will race Arthur Chase
during Easter time in London. Titus
has been travelling for some time with
his wife. who is a leading member of
the Belle of New York company.
The company intends visiting Europe
and Titus accompanies them. He may
remain over here the coming season,
entering middle distance races.
The Philadelphia team will start
South some time this month for prac-
tice. Manager Stallings will have
charge of the men, and he will take
them to Augusta. Ga. and over the
same line he did last season. Up to
date only three men have been signed
by the Philadelphias, they being Dun
kle and Jameson, pitchers, and Cooley.
an outfieder. The men to be taken
South are Catchers Douglass, Boyle,
Mcfarland. Fox and Fisher: Pitchers
Orth. Donohue. Wheeler, Fifield. Bern
hardt, Duggleby, Murphy. Dunkle.
Becker, Platt and Jameson: First
Baseman Lajoie. Second Basemen Alb
batachio and Childs; Third Basemen
Elberfield and Nash, Shortstop Cross,
Outfielders Delehanty. Thompson.
Cooley, Flick and Tate.
Chieftof Police Jansen, of Milwau-
kee has decided to put stop to all
boxing contests in that city in the flu
ture. Several entertainments of this
character have been held within the
past three months by various athletic
societies in Milwaukee the understand
ing being that the contests. would be
for points only. as there is State law