New-York tribune., 1912-01-30

John :. Ryan. owner OF the Cincinnati
franchise OF the new United States Base
ball League has leased the Hippodrome
baseball park FOR term OF ten years.
RYAN has talked with Harry Stenfcldt.
former third bascman Of tho Chicago and
Boston clubs. and it is rumorcd he will Re
engaged TO manage the team.
President I.chtenheim Of tho Montreal
Baseball club declares that Lefty" Birch
ell, who recently bought the Syracuse team
in the State League, Ia stlll the property Of
the Montreal club. Ills release will cost
$3.50. Birchcll has protested but Lichten-
helm sticks 10 his contention
The articles for the finish wrestling
match between Ibyszko and Raicevich.
which will take place at Madison Square
Garden on February l2 were signed yes
terday. The referee will not he selected for
another week. The managers OF the two
men could not agree upon the third man
in the ring.
Il VIII race my motor boat, the Reliance.
against any boat In the world, any size.
any power. for any distance and for any
stake over $3.50 a side" said the owner,
James J. Ryan. of Cincinnati, yesterday.
MIR. Ryan is here with his boat for the
coming motor boat show lie has owned
several boats named the Reliance, all Of
them being small hydropanes. Ills Re-
lance " had a victorious career In the
West The Reliance VI is now completed,
and when asked what II would 10 Mr..
Ryan modestly said: Forty seven miles.
and then we will have a little up our
sleeve" II will enter races IN the East
next season.
There has been considerable comment on
the remarkable time Of 10 S-5 seconds made
by Alvah T. Meyer In the l0o-metre special
race at the Loughin Lyceum games en-
last Saturday evening, and many are under
the impression that 1t is the fastest time
ever made for this distance According TO
the Athletic Almanac, edited by James Il.
Sullivan. X Lindberg the Swedish sprnter.
ran 100 metres at Goteborg, Sweden, in
10 3-5 seconds. and II was accepted as the
Swedish record.
One OF the ties In the Amateur Hockey
League championship race will be broken
tonight, when the Wanderers and st.
Nicholas teams meet for the first time in
the tournament at the st. Nicholas Rink.
The st Nick" seven, which Is the only
one in the league which does not include a
Canadian player being almost entirely
made up of former Yale, Princeton and
Harvard men, surprised the local hockey
critics early In the season by beating the
Crescent Athletic Club seven. Since then
II has defeated the Hockey Club and been
beaten by the New York Athletic Club
team.
James T.. Sullivan, chairman of the cham
pionship committee of the Amateur Ath-
'etic Union. has sent out the following
schedule of swimming fixtures to the cham
pionsl,ip committee for a vote: Saturday
February II, Missouri Athletic Club plunge
for distance; Thursday, February %. Pitts
burgh Aquatic club, 220 yards; Saturday,
February a. Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
500 yards; Wednesday. February 2S Chi
cago Athletic Association breast stroke $50
YARDS and 100 yards; Thursday. February
20. Illinois Athletic club, back stroke go
YARDS and 20 yards; Saturday March ?,
city Athletic club, of New York, relay
race 400 yards). and Saturday, March Q,
New York Athletic Club. water polo and
fancy dive.