New-York tribune., 1898-11-21
GENEP4L SPORTING NOTES.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMATEUR Alh-
IETIC UNION TODAY

ANNUAL. MEETING OF THE AMATEUR AlH-
LET1c UNION TO-DAY.
The first game in tho Amateur Athletic Union
billiard tournament In the National Amateur CHam-
nlonship Class will be played al the hh1cAel
booker Athletic club on December anu e"0"
afternoon following at 8 o'cock ana evenings "'
: until the championship is determined. The tour
nament IS Tor scratch men only. ard the winner
- Glass 3 will be eligible 10 compete In Class ~
q ne so elects as will also those who make
grand average OF ~. The seven selected ehUles
are 7 De NJ Smith OF St Louis; George b. tieV-
ner OF Philadelphia; John \. HendrlcK' amateur
champion OF Connecticut: F. PoggenourS, cnam-
MON of the German Lederkanz CIub or New, oIk.
J Byron Stark. champion OF the knickern,oe1ker ,1
6ocker HSne Athletic club and Alexander Taylor. OF
Chicago.
The Billiard Committee Of the Amateur Athletic
Union has decided TO divide the crack amateurs
into two classes \ and 3, and to play them each
wear COR the National championship in their re-
spcctive classes II is hoped that the winner OF
class T. and possibly one or two others of that
class may show speed enough In the December
tourney TO qualify in Class with the big four,
who are Wayman c. McCreery. of ST. Louis G
F. Ellison of Chicago; Martin Mulin, OF Cleveland
and wilson T. Foss OF Haverstraw. y. y. These
play on February lS for the National champion
shin OF Class A. The first prize is set Of twenty
pieces Of silver in case. ana there VIII also D.
iirwelled medals for the men making the highest
single and highest grand average. \ speVldl en-
l. hlem Will be given 10 tIt pidShi WIZ '''''N" N''~
highest run.
The annual elections Of the Knickerbocker Attn
lctic club vii be held the clubhouse tonight
beginning AT $50 o'clock. The polls will remain
open until $50 o'clock. The annual meeting will
be held in the theatre OF the club at O'Clock. The
members who wish to will have to their
ballots personally. Proxies are not permitted, nor
wi votes by mai! be received. At the last meeting
OF the club forty-seyen new members were admit
ted. and seven nonresident members. Nineteen
/ junior members we're also admitted
The football game between the Knickcrbocker
/ Athletic Club eleven and the Wesleyan University
team. which to have been played at the Polo
/ Grounds. has been declared OF, as the Wesleyan
team has finished It's season and disbanded
The annual meeting OF the Amateur Athletic
Union will be held at the Astor House at II "A. IN.
to-day. Delegates from all parts of the country
will be present. and the meeting. in the estimation
OF many. will be the livelicst one held. \
great fight for the presidency IL expected between
! the candidates In the feld-Harry McM Ian.
/ the present holder OF the Office and Barlow S.
Weeks. of the NeW-York Athletic Club.
A preliminary meeting between the representa-
tives OF the New-Jersey Athletic Club and the
! Knickerbocker Athletic Club held Friday
night 70 talk over matters In connection with the
recent consolidation OF the two organizations
/ Park Commissioner George V. Brewer. OF Brook
/ lyn has been made honorary member OF the
| Brooklyn Pleasure Drivers Association, and re-
| ceived a handsome gold membership badge.
Thomas Leahy a former member OF the Wash
ington Baseball club is umpring roller polo games
| In the Eastern states
II IL said that not more than two hundred OF the
League players are earning money this winter by
| engaging In other pursuits. kid" Nichols. Of the