New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-07
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
WANDERERS CHAMPIONS.
Successful in Hockey League
T5Co BIG athletic Meets.

interest Probably the busiest at the Gar
den in rho time the show lasted was Harry c.
Palmer. tho press agent There not a thing OF
interest az the show that Harry did rot know and
il De known. lie was assisted by few other good
men. Tho work ~ good press agent does much
fns the success Of affair. and he IS OF this
. sort. Palmer comes from Kentucky. and in the
early SOS De hold places on The Chicago Times"
. '.TEo Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Evening
Journal" in the order named. In 1sss and in 1889
. 90 acted press representative OF Spalding's ALI
American baseball team. which toured the world.
md was special correspondent for a number Of well
known papers. In ls.J he established The Sports
mans Review and Sporting Goods Dealer IN Chi
caro. !n 1893 he was business manager Of Shooting
. and Fishing Together with J. a. II Dresse he
organized tho sportsman's Association and planned
the first show at Madison Square Garden. He has
directed the press work Of the show since. He
sporting editor OF The New-York Commercial
Advertiser from 1897 TO 1901 He is advertising
manager and associate editor OF The Rider and
Driver"
The hockey game between the Crescent Athletic
Club and the Wanderers at the St Nicholas Skat-
ms Ri-k Friday night, which won by the
latter team gives II the championship OF the Amer
ican Amateur Hockey League. which the Crescent
Athletic Club held four consecutive years The
Wanderers made n grand record. not losing a game
/ IN tho SERIES. Tho Crescent defeat can probably
20 laid TO tho fact that two OF its good OF
last years team were not IN the lineup this year.
The Wanderers seven. the contrary.
posed % foIr q the old players OF the former
Ncv-York Athletic and ST. Nicholas Skating club
teams. Tho half moon" team. however. put up a
splendid exhibition. and kept its opponents the
hustle throughout the contest Although the Wan
derers took the lead IN the first half It not
until the game ended tha- their chances looked
+ rosy. Both sewers viii meet again on Wednesday
night az the C1ermont Avenue Rink. Brooklyn, and
another good battle IS expected.
The nght between Dave" Sullivan and Young
Corbott' In san Francisco Monday night was
another degrading exhibition. The result showed
how ureyeuIy the men were matched. Young
. Corfett' sent his opponent 10 the floor OF
times ia tho eleven rounds and pounded him severe
. ". lie had Sullivan IN a ''groggy' condition most
81 the time. and IN the eleventh round beat him
numerically and had him bleeding badly that the
crowd yelled 70 the referee to stop the fight which
he finally did when Il became evident that Sullivan
could hardly hold up his hands Sullivan is a fighter
who has been IN the business many years. and IS
/ considered a has been" Corbett e the feather
weight champion. and tho contrary. IS a new
man I'm comparison with Sullivan and tho tight
should never have been allowed 70 take place An
other match made last week that seems Just
about as unevcn-the between Monroe and
Jeffries Monroe IS practically a new man in fight
ing. and in the several battles IN which he has
taken part has never shown much science skill
His showing against Sharkey two weeks ago
nothing 10 what had been expected OF him The
experts that this will be another Sullivan
Corbett match.
| The announcement that James Butler tho presi-
| dent OF the Empire City Trotting Club viii pro
/ mote a trotting tournament at Brighton Beach
! this year and Will continue president OF the
| New York TrottIng Association, shows that there
/ viii be some lively matches the track by the
/ sea this summer. Alfred Reeves. who has done 50
much for the welfare OF the sport. will be secre-
tary OF the Empire track and will III the
place at Brighton Beach. Under this arrangement
| two weeks Of continuous trotting IN New-York will
he given. Early closing stakes will DO announced
this week. and the purses. II IS said. will amount
! 70 $500 There will be eight stake contests OF
$50 each and four OF s. 900 each. The
at tho Empire track open on August S. and those
/ at Brighton Beach August L. Entries close
with Alfred Reeves. secretary. at No. go Washing
| ton-st.. Brooklyn.
This week will see two OF the biggest athletic in
! door meets ever held in this city The New-YorS
| Athletic Club has engaged Madison Square Garden
| for tomorrow night, while the Greater New-York
| Irish Athletic Association will take possession OF
! the building on Saturday night. In both games
! star runners from various colleges and athletic
| clubs entered. and each organization has
| many contests on its programme fine sport is ex-
| pected to be the outcome
! The yachting members OF the newly organized
Edgemere Club, at Edgemere. Long Island. are en-
| thusiastic Sir Thomas Upton being elected an
| honorary member of the club. While It is not
! primarily yacht club. yachting will be leading
feature OF tne organization since inc InNAldt4oA
! by the Meadow Brook Club. Of Cedarhurst, Long
Island, TO accept its courtesies the Edgemere Club
| has received many similar invitations from promi-
nent clubs In this city and elsewhere. which VIII
be returned in the coming season At meeting Of
board ot governors IL was planned 70 n9id
soon as the weather permits.
The New West Side Athletic Club has arranged
set OF athletic games to be held at the 22d Regi-
| ment Armory March 1s. The following con-
tests will be open all registered athletes: Sew
enty-yard run. novice: seyenty~yard handicap;
| soo-yard run handicap; 6OO-yard run. novice; $50
| yard run. handicap: and one-haR mile run
handicap; two mile bicycle handicap; putting
| tweve-poUnd shot, handicap; one-mile relay race.
/ handicap, teams Of four men. each man TO run
quarter OF ma Special contests: sSO-yard rum Tor
| Amateur Athletic Union indoor championship; II
yard run. novice. for public school boys 44O-yard
run handicapi one and onehalf mile run han S.
| close on March u. with Deges Gust 10, %
Athletic Club. 10 $40 West FTfty-fOurth-st- Dane
| ing will be held after the games
! Definite ARRANGEMENTS for holding the inteTcol-
! legiate swimming meet have finally been made IL
I will be held on March 10. in the New-Hork Ath4euo
Club tank. and will be under the auspices OF tnat
/ association. So far only three teams have signneo
their intention Of acknowledgements Yale ana
Columbia Invitations have also been sent TO
Princeton and Harvard, but it IS unlikely that
either OF these universities VII os 81 s us
state the management has announced relay race
and several other swimming contests IN a9oiIioh 10
Contrary 70 recent reports. Pennsylvania will not
sntsrtss1, the SoS1 reseond to coumbs v
| tation a dual meet IN this city
| Manager FaHon OF the Fordham track team re-
ceived word on Saturday from Arthur Duffy. OF
| GEORGETOWN that he would appear at the first in