The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-05
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
DEVELOPMENTS IN BASEBALL, BoI-
nING, AND AMATEUR ATHLETICS.


view York Team to Master fer TrninlnE a
LAL~Swood-Nevtce Athletes Exempt From
uea,strntion Fees.-siEns OF Activity Ameni
the PiEhters-CambridSo SIDES with Oxford
with all serious obstacles TO the progress o
baseball legi out of the way, active prep
~arations for tho League season on the diamond
will soon DO In order. Capt. Joyce of the.Nev
Works is the peraonihcation OF energy thost
DAYS getting his plans for the preliminary train
fns Of the team In order. Ho Is in communica
tion with all the men and they have been or
dered to report at headquarters on March II
They will start for Lakewood a day later, and
then strict and thorough training will be the
rule until April 10. by that time Joyce hopes
that the team will be In trim for a public In
upoction Mt the Polo Grounds. 1t 10 proposed
70 have q short series OF exhibition games be
fore the formal opening Of the schedule in order
to put the players fairly on edge and show the
public that New York has n combination worth
supporting this season. Joyce says that all the
men are In excellent health and ready to start
In with a will when they muster at Lakewood
He is especially pleased with the promising way
in which Pitchers Doheny and Seymour win
tered and hints that these twirlcrs will be found
unusually effective in the box.
IL was unoflcially stated yesterday that
Cambridge University has followed the exam
ple of oxford and declined the challenge of
the Intercollegiate Association for an interna-
tional meet in England this year and In America
next year. The challongers have been await
ing the official reply of the Cantabs since last
week, and they were somewhat hopeful that 1t
would not prove quite sslch an sxtinguisher
as the ultimatum from Oxford published last
Saturday. American amateurs are not likely
to forget the latter document in a hurry.
Whether its phrasing was the result of mature
deliberation or not is about the only point on
which there is a difference of opinion among
them. They are a unit in resenting the serious
status: OF our varsity athletes. and before tho
committee on this side winds up the corrcspon'
dence 1t will probably put some desirable inter.
n tbe S%ituat dSsa yesterday' W. d. Curtis. who an.
nually referees tho Intercollegiate champion.
IN times past many men have taken a hint
In time to dodge a kick. In this case the hint
was ignored by the challengers and the Kick
awaited. Let us hope thats-the next challenge
for an AnKlo-American interuniversity match
may be allowed to como from England and
that no one now born may live long enough to
The local boxing outlook, while yet some
what vague and unsettled. Is said to be clear
ing up. The few prominent clubs that have
applied for licenses expect to receive them
will endeavor TO mako up for lost time with q
rush. Meanwhile the pugilistic stars are be-
gagements. George Dixon has returned from
the West, where he had been recuperating with
G mSS,x rssp l1eto a. b, we over Ps e.rs9ul SPRING. . n be His
satisfied that the noted colored featherweight
is as strong and sound as ever, he promptly
weighed 14O pounds on his return from the
West, but he Is reducing and rounding to so
i22:pounds or lower in due course Without sac,
rifcing any Of his strength or stamina. He has
already been matched against Tommy White,
fore tho broadway A.. G. There is any amount
Of clever talent available in the other classes.
Barry. Dave sullivan, SAMMY Kelly. and 9th.
ers. Besides Dixon and White. the feathers" in
s ssnfees !silqSs sG and Smith tha 1w %pd no GssPe !k asSn;
mems OF the lightweight division. while the gap
S Rft%eeb By 'h Joe h% Msl eoa " "Mysserions" Is B Nf!!
Smith. and Tommy Ryan. Middle and heavy
w wsisins far all ! e Sssrse; 70 Of si Rs ,bsS Sisi% to a be dpp pG{
It 10 said that with all this classified material
to draw upon, "eatchweight' fights win be as
feature. q veteran ring expert says:
Here is a chance for the reformers of boxing
s8sn if t ssSn arc eG safes Because SSn s sympat 1S @RI Is BBound
to be with the lighter man in almost every in
stance: Then there is always the possibility
that the heavier man may land with much more
serious results than II his opponent were his
equal in weight. Above all. The disparity, sug-
R6SIS uHIu1TntSb, All uit WnlCH eHOulu DC
carefully excluded from this or any other branch
of sport"
The sensational stories from Boston yesterday
on the unpopularity and possible fate of the A.
A. a1od y; registration ,sst n;nh9 IS scheme 1Sn ee We're effectively ext
that the amendments printed in THE SuN of
last Tuesday. have been carried without a mega
payment of registration fees and the only
formula required Of them is to All out ~registra-
tion blanks and file them with the proper Off
Gals In their reSDpCtiye districts. The first
meeting me to benefit BY the modifcatiops viii be
night. Old ELS athletic material is said TO in
Clude over 200 novices and the timely conces-
sion will probably lead to AN unexpectedly large
entry list. In announcing tho vote Chairman
Sullivan Of the Registration Committee said:
I fail to see why the New Englanders should
Ss dissa Hss en- t bee noS 9hief o Ern 7 d aa ing the the
indoor games at BOSTON suffered somewhat
from lack of entries in the junior events. We
had their grievance IN view when we drafted
the amendments letting ~novices go free. and yet
they are represented as kicking against the
have been clamoring. Other reasonable conces,
sions will follow In due course, but so far We
have no intention of repeating the entire regis
tration enactments. On the contrary, We are
as much convinced as ever that the scheme is
necessary to the effective handling and con.
times willing to receive and promptly consider
any proposals in the interests OF our associa.
strated by the manner in which we handled the
question brought before us by the intercollegiate
and nterscholastic associations OF Monday
last and settled to-day"
The following official letter was sent ont last
night from the A. A. I. headquarters TO the col
leRes and schools that are members of the Inter.
collegiate and lnterscholastic Associations
II beg to advise you that there has been u
change made in the registration rule OF tho A.
A. U. which permits the registration Of norices
without a fee and places the allied bodies OF tho
A. AL; upon the same footing as the various
associations of the A. A. L. as far ms the regis
%tration scheme is concerned, namely, each as,
ISOLATION Is refunded one-half of the registra.
tion fees derived from its athletes"
Yachting.
Tho Atlantic Yacht Club, through Col. David
L Austen. Chairman OF it's Regatta Committee,
yesterday issued a detailed programme Of its
llat of faalurea Tor Any and Innn a y fullaIuE.