New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-16
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
TEST for "-4uto" Cup Candidates
THwsday-Cycling Contests.
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL

AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.
Tia seeoad trial OF the cars entered in the inter
ational cup race in Germany June II will be
- AZ .ls Empire City track Thursday. Each
~ the candidates for team TO represent this coun-
~, has been put TO test, and all have failed 70
n~srra the tasl, set by the race committee OF the
Automobile Club OF America George Isham Scott.
- tho race committee, announced the decision
-srriro q new trial. He said that all OF the en-
tra1ts had appealed earnestly for further trial.
q, the ground that the troubles they had on the
Fr.r occasion were not serious. but OF q nature
.a,yv remeded They urged the great expense
w. had been TO. etc. The test, IL is announced.
Iii ~ he'd IN private, but owing 10 the great de-
,na1d Tor admission 10 watch the test ms may
he same time, and required 70 run two hundred
miles To appToNliaI9 l.e or % ne S a To
affer every thirty miles of fast running. The cars
less than three minutes, and may not take more
than i've minutes 70 DO 50 Tithout pen a.t yski
10 the reality IS that supplies OF water and case
sne must De 1ke bo S be carried 10 Within
control limits and there empued into the tanks.
Tgs T Tfa i be loss in the total Score Of the Vars
he same in the cup race
The Giants SIN continue TO hold first place in the
percentage column, and the players are stih show
fng the good stick work that has helped the nine
80 much 10 keep in front since the opening or the
season. Mathewson was in poor form last week
ar
,,tched II IS unfortunate that the members OF the
club are showing such bad temper in their out-of-
town games. 1t was found necessary 10 rule Man
ager AcGraw and Dahlen, the clever shortstop; or
hfcCTaw on Saturday that he had suspended DahIen
~ end he acted as if he had been playing there
ali his life. The Network American PLAYERS gave
o more signs With n sood 6Sfiug enabled them 70
make fairly good showng The S1Pel; "a 81 are e,
want Of few good pitchers.
The New-York Athletic Club viii hold Cts sew
entv-second games at its country grounds at Trav-
srs Island on June Il. ct 2So p. m. An attractive
programme has been arranged for the occasion, and
Judging from the well known athletes who have
already sent in their entries, the contests VIII De
ana bronze medals viii be given 10 the trst second
and third man IN each contest Inc pIo9 f,dndr3
S-ard run pa ward run 40 yard run, half mile run
mile run g running 1 0T9 s9 u oE he running
broad jump, throwing the sixteen pound hammer
and the sixteen pound shot put
The promoters Of the Irvington-Nnburn bicycle
road race, Bay View Wheeimen at re-
cent meeting, received the reports Of the commit
tees whose members are out looking after details
Two special prizes are offered a silver cup 10 the
club having the most in at the finish and
elk banner for the club having the most entries.
View Wheelmen. Of Newark. lead. Captain Wright
has entered twenty-one men. Ar. OoghelSlIsIef %
the Essex County Board OF Chosen Free hoicerst
hes Tronlised 10 have the road as smooth rakins
and filling and rolling can make It. As TO the
the services OF the best known men in the sport
f t9 p as 'f TaPpy DAYS Pitah IS 70 be the ref
cree. An Irvington-A lourn race would not De com.
plete without the presence Of 'Htppy Days;
Arthur Jervis, Of the Metropoie Cycle Cluo,
another old timer has consented TO be chief timer
According to A. G. Ibbeken. Of No p West one
hundred-and-twenty-f ourth-st., who has charge OF
the entries there is every promise that the annual
coasting contest OF the Meropoie Cycling Club, on
Lafayette Boulevard. June Il, Will prove the big
gest cycling contest held In this city IL many years.
vond PRECEDENT Ibbeken attributes It not only 70
The healthy renewal OF cycling interest, which has
marked this spring, and 10 the largely increased
use Of coaster brakes but 70 the peculiar form Of
man TO compete with the fastest scorcher, Tor
though II entails little eKerton, the coasting con-
test does call for skl ana me Judgment IN posi-
There VIII be no red devils or ponderous road
locomotives freak machines IN the New-York
Motorcycle Clubs hin climbing contest, Fort
George Hlu, on Nay 3d. In line with the policy
of the National Federation Of American Motor
ana 70 encourage practical motor bicycles the local
cub is restricting is contest % motorcycles Of not
more than three and ene-half horse power
Last week large number OF requests for in
formation and entry blanks came 10 the tour
ing committee Of the Ambulance Automobile Asso-
cations 81. Louis run, many OF them being from
Western cities IN addition TO the requests from
individuals many OF the clubs and manufacturers
have asked for "a supply Of the entry blanks and
books Cor distribution among their members and
customers and nearly four thousand Of these books
have been distributed. Frank X. Mudd. the chair
man OF the Chicago committee, reports that he Is
gathering much information regarding Western
routes and that great interest in The tour IS being
expressed in Minneapolis ana ST Paul, well as
Indications nee m he f1i,y fbTee bunSreS auto
.louI.es entered from his territory, IN adduon 70
ne large number that viii reach Chicago from the
East Charles J. Gidden, the chairman OF the
BOSTON committee, who at present Is abroad. said
Bennett race fne backs 9Th him 70 drive q
Napier IN he tSII VIII W. aads s' ,o1,5iy get
tlg IN good condition, many of the committeeman
are beginning make trips and getting definite in
formation regarding the routes J. c. Kerrison,
eecIe.STy OF the Boston committee. expects 70 go
.per the route from Boston TO Albany. Mr. Post,
together with Mr.. Mudd, IS now on the road in the
vicinity OF Chicago and St Louis.
The most interesting race OF the day at the Me-
mortal Day carnival of sports 10 be held by the
oreater New-York Irish Athletic Association at
Celtic Park viii, no doubt, be the and half
HAe special scratch race. The officials making
every EFFORT TO bring together In this all the
leading distance men OF this section OF the coun-
W. The association viii enter all its fast men, in
Sncing John Joyce. holder OF the three mile. ten
Iaile and other championships; Harvey cohn, who
.sst season and George V. Ronhag, who has al
runners, and is now regarded as one OF the best
,kno-mllers in the metropolitan district however,
WIN, as they viii be pitted against GONE Of tho
oeSt OF the intercollegiate runners OF the East, as
with P. J. Conway. No 2O7 East Fifty-eighth-st-
Clarence p. Green. OF the Montaui< Billiard Acad-
eny. Brooklyn, has arranged match game or
three-cushlon carroms between Charles Weston
and Peter Rodgers for this and tomorrow evening.
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