The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

FlUAnClbi uIJ-I1niiAtg N'Htrss
Treasurer-P. >. CurrnD.
House Committee-D. j Lawler. chair
man; X. j. Norton. j. j. Burke, Henry
Conley, j. +. Thorne.
A committee was appointed to find
suitable quarters for the club and another
committee was chosen TO purchase equip
ment for the club gymnasium These
committees viii report at another meet
ing Of the club.
THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT.
The games scheduled at the bowling
tournament at Trefethen's alley at south
Portland are as follows; Changers vs.,
Prsbles, March "a; Quaksrs VS.. Prebles
March 81; Hobsons VS.. Changers. March
90; Portlands VS.. Deweys, March B.
ANOTHER BID FOR FIGHT.
New York, March a2.-Wben W. A.
Brady and Martin Julian meet 20 decide
where Fitzslinmons and Jefferies VIII
fight. they will consider new PROPOSE
tion from G. .. Bennett, Chicago pro-
moter, who has offered a SIS, COO purse for
the men to battle for. MIR. Bennett's
1900 forfeit has been sent to the Police
Gazette office and Brady, who mas had
some correspondence with him is anxious
to discuss the details OF the bid with Fit2-
simmons representative. de says that
he is anxious TO have the fight take place
where the largest purse can be obtained
and II Bennet's offer Is moro advantage
Gus than either of those now under con-
sideration 1t will be accepted. Bennett
proposes to have the fight take plnce in
an amphi-thaatre erected for the occasion
on either Illinois, Indiana or Missouri
He is now in Kansas City looking for
suitable battle ground In that locality.
NEW FOOT BALL FIELD FOR
PHILIPS.
Lawrence, Mass, March -. "A school
meeting was held this morning at Philips
academy. Andover. TO take action re-
Qsrding a new football field. Nearly the
entire enrolment of faculty and Sta
dents was present After short addresses
which stated the object of the meeting
were delivered by interested parti $. sub
soriptions were called for to prepare
new field for the sport.
The response was most gratifying.
Inside of the two hours the meeting
lasted, $500 as subscribed by the stu
dents, corps and faculty. The new field
will probably be located above the acade-
my, hut the site has not yet been chosen.
Some hundreds of dollars will be given
by alumni and friends of the academy
~ tdop PAOh"Oey "UNNN va ~ AO-N-~Ns
NATIONAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE.
Washington, March 22-President
Young announced tonight that special
meeting of the league Is scheduled for
Friday next at ? p. H., at the Fifth ave-
nue. hotel, New York. Routine business.
the details of the st. Louis-Clevelan6
are to be the chief features of the meet
Ing The schedule will be approved and
given to the press for pub licntion not lat
or than Saturday.
PHILIPS-ANDOVE BASE BALL
SCHEDULE.
Apdover, Mass, Marcn %. The Phil
ips-Andoyer base ball schedule for the
season Is as follows:
April I5-Boston College at Andover.
April I9-Boston University at Andov-
April 22-Tufts College at Andover.
April 24-Brown University at An.
dover.
April 2S-Dartmouth at Apdover.
May 1-Bates at Andover.
May 6-Amherst at Andover.
May lO-New Hampshire College at An
dover.
May I3-Newtowns A. A. at Andover.
+ May l6-Colby at Andover.
May 2I-Yale University at Andover.
May 30-Yale Freshmen at Andover.
June l-Lawrenceville at Andover.
June l0-Exeter at Exeter.
NOTES.
A ten-club schedule has been prepared
and is ready for adoption by the National
Base Ball league at its meeting in New
York Thursday. Cleveland and Baltimore
are to be dropped.
IL is said that the final decision as to
whether or not Portland shall have a
team in the New England Base Ball
league this year, will await the return of
President Thurman from the South.
Capt Hogarth, who is considered one
OF the best racing shippers in British
waters, and who In the Isolde la season
won the lions share of prizes in that
class, racing under the colors of Peter
Donaldson. has consented to manage the
Shamrock in her series. tof racss against
the fastest vessel that Herreshotfs can turn
out The consensus of opinion among
English yachtsmen appears to be that the
com bination of Donaldson and Hogarth.
with Bob Wrings to manage the light
sails, will be hard one to beat.
Mike Barry, of Portland, is ready to
meet Tan Griffin. the Bangor pugilist
but the latter seems disincined.
A number of interesting trans actions in
horse circles in Rockland have tn ken
place recently. Charles A. Davis has sold
his PAGER Rabbi to George A. Bailey of
Belfast aud his PAGER Bin to W. s. Rob
erts OF that city. Frank Jones has
bought tine gray mare Meta Of Q. l. Bur
rows +. II. Berry has sold Haroldson
to Charles H. Berry. The opening trot
will como early in June.
Itchiness Of the skin, horrible plague.