New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
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SPORTS OF THE DAY
MORE RACING D1TES.
ImatcW Meetings To BE a
Feature of Season.

The new hunts committee OF the National
Steeplechase and Hum; Association, OF
which Frank J. BRYAN is secretary, has
managed TO stir UP a lot Of interest in
amateur race meetings. and, Judging from,
the dates already allotted, more VIII he
held this year than ever before At a
meeting Of the committee Yesterday addI-
ional dates for The coming season were
allJited as follows:
April , WaTenton Hunt Club. at War
rcnion, Va: May :. Meadow Brock Hunt
Cluo, at Westbury Long island: May IA
and Is, Virginia Racing and Horse Show
Association. at Richmond. Va: June and
Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club. at Media,
Penn: November : election DaU w.
Could Brokaw 1T Great Neck. Long Island.
An application has becn received also
from Captain Z. y. Cassatt for a one-day
meeting AT his Chestcrbrook Farm. the
home OF The Bard for 50 long AT Ber-
uYn, Penn With those OF yesterday, dates
have now been allotted for eleven meet
iugs. and more viii follow. The dates pre-
Niously assigned were:
Apr1 Ie, Trial SteepleChase Al Linden
Park. Elizabeth \. J.. April 50. Rockaway
Hunting club. At Ccdarhurst, Long Island
May IS . and 80 the Maryland United
Hunts Association. AT Baltimore May IS
.
y j.. June 10 and Il, the Country Club, at
Brookline, Mass; September l. and <, the
Maryland United Hunts Association, al
Baltimore.
Fred Clarke. the Irish runner. who is to
make his first appearance in this country
on Monday night as a contestant in the
twenty-miie race at Madison Square Gar
den, made favorable impression yester-
dc. -bn lyp
arrived in this city or Saturday, and i'm
mediately took up quarters at WoodIawn
Inn. Early yesterday morning he was out
on The half-mile trOtting track back of the
inn. and reeled off five miles. When stripped
for action Clarke looks the ideal runner
from tip to toe. AS he has a mark of Loo
for the twenty-nlile distance, he is likely
10 be a dangerous factor in the struggle.
Percy SeIsn, accompanied by his trainer
Tom Eek, will leave Montreal tomorrow
night and finish training for the race al the
Clifton course. Fred Meadows. who won
the recent fifteen-nlie race, will be on the
ground not later than Thursday morning
The entry list for the fve-mile handicap
VIII close on Thursday at Room 5N5, Flat
iron Building.
Seventeen colleges will be represented at
the tenth annual games of Columbia Uni
NerSlty IN Manson square Oa1Gen on Sdl-
urday. and Of these fifteen will be repre-
scented by relay teams. They are Cornell,
Harvard, Yale. Pennsylvania. Dartmouth.
Syracuse, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
lology, Wesleyan. Georgetown Hamilton,
Amherst Aggies. Amherst. Fordham. Pratt
Institute. College Of The City OF New York
and Columbia. There viii he four relay
races AT one mile and two at two miles.
in addition there will be four other relay
faces at one mile for athletic clubs, the
Military Athletic League Young Mems
Christian Association teams and prepara-
IoTy schools.
Besides the relay races there viii he in
dIYidual events. open to all members Of
The Amateur Athletic Union and many col
leecs viii he represented hy their best
lcen Harvard and Vale having sent TWEEN
ty entries each. Dartmouth will appear
with twelve of her athletes. who made
such good showing at the 22d Regiment
games two or three weeks ago
FoCTscore or moro amateur wrestlers will
take part in the annual metropolitan Wres-
1ins Championship tournament, which is
10 he held at the Bows Club 10th street
and Avenue 4, on Thursday ard SATURDAY.
evenings. Nrestiers from every prominent
cluo ~ The metropolitan district including
The New York Athletic Club. St. George
ark Turn Verein, German American Ath
Ietic club. the Boys Club and Educational
Alliance Athletic Club are entered The
four national chsmpions-Taylor Helm.
johnson and NarSanes-Who won in chi
oago recently, will be on hand, among
others.
The referees selected are b. j. Bradshaw.
formerly metropolitan. national and OIym-
pic lightweight champion, and George N1eh-
bert, present holder of the rnetropoIitan
and Olympic titles in the 1c5-pound class
who has never been defeated on the mat
during his long career, covering at least
ten years
Gold and silver Amateur Athletic Union
championship medals Will be awarded the
winner and second man in each of the
classes WHICH are as follows: 105 pound
ll5 pound i25 pound. l&5 pound 145 bound
l5s pound and heavyweight.
The baseball game scheduled betveer
FittsburS and Chicago on May has been
moved forward to May .. so that President
Taft may see the Cubs and the Pirates
clash at Forbes Field.
Johnny CouIon, who knocked out .Tern
kendrick, of England, in the nineteenth
round Of a hard fight at New Orleans on
Sunday, is quoted AS saying that he is
willing 10 meet Frank Conley as soon as
match can be arranged. Both Conlon and
tonley claim the bantamweight champion
ship.
Because OF an injured hand Johnny DAILY
VIII he unable 10 face Charley Goldman at
tho Sharkey Club tomorrow night. As a
substitute for this bout Fred Corbett and
Dave Ryan, a cousin OF Jimmy Gardner,
will meet at ten rounds.
The date for the junior 'cross-country
Championship run has been changed from
April 10 March p. II will be run over
the course Of the Mohegan Athletic Club /