There is no intercollegiate baseball association which is at all representative now, but the leading college teams play many games among themselves every pring. Both Harvard and Princeton, beat Yale, but as they did not meet it is impossible to decide between them for the intercollegiate championship. In the Tri-Collegiate League Williams won the championship from Wesleyan and Amherst. The University of Michigan made an Eastern trip and was beaten in turn by Brown, Harvard, Yale, and Cornell, without winning a game. Brown and Harvard also beat the University of Chicago. The following table shows the games won and lost among the leading colleges: W. L. Princeton Harvard Yale. 5 Cornell 2 5 Wesleyan. 2 Georgetown...... 3 3 5 7 Dartmouth.. 2 4 2 9 Columbia.. West Point beat Annapolis at Annapolis, May 18, in their annual game, by 4 to 3. Trap-Shooting. INTERNATIONAL MATCHES. AN American team of trap-shooters made a trip to England in June, and shot an international series of three matches with a picked English team. The conditions called for 10 men on a side, each to shoot at 100 clay targets in each match (team possible 1,000), best three in five matches, for large stake. The Americans to be allowed their usual foad, which is heavier than permitted under English rules, but to use only one barrel; Englishmen using both barrels but lighter load. The matches were shot at the Middlesex Gun Club, Hendon, Eng., June 11, 12, and 13, and the Americans won all three easily, their totals aggregating 2,586 to 2,344 for the Englishmen. The scores were as follows: The American team shot another international match against a team of picked Scotchmen, at Glasgow, June 22, the conditions allowing the use of both barrels, and each man to shoot at 100 clay targets. The Americans won this easily by 969 to 882. The scores follow. The amateur championship at pigeon shooting was shot for at the Carteret Gun Club, New York, February 21 and 22. The conditions called for each man to shoot at 100 live birds, 30 yards rise and 50 yards boundary. Won by Harold Money, of New York, who killed 88 and missed 12; Henry Kirkover, Buffalo, N. Y., and Col. Thomas Martin, Bluffton, S. C., divided second, with 87 kills and 13 misses each. Two intercollegiate championship shooting tournaments were held in 1901. At Philadelphia, May 18, the Princeton team won with 180 (out of a possible 250); University of Pennsylvania second, 162, and Harvard third, 155. At Cambridge, November 23, Princeton won again with 204; Harvard second, 202; Yale third, 198; University of Pennsylvania fourth, 190. The Grand American Handicap at live birds was held at Interstate Park, Queens, N. Y., April 4 and 5. It was won by E. C. Griffith, of Pascoag, R. I. (28 yards), with 43 straight kills; J. L. D. Morrison, of St. Paul, Minn., second, with 42; R. Rahm," of Pittsburgh, Pa., third, with 39. There were 202 entries, and 22 men killed 25 straight (the full number under the conditions); after which it was miss and out" till winners were decided. Boxing. WORLD'S CHAMPIONS. Bantam Weight (under 115 pounds)-Harry Harris. | Welter Weight (142 pounds)-"Rube" Ferns. Drawn bouts. + Championship bouts. 1900. § This bout was at 126 pounds, and the championship was not involved. George McFadden*. 15 Draw. Young Peter Jackson* 20 Draw. Johnny Hughes. 12 Decision. Tim Kearns. 20 Eddie Connoley 5 Dal Hawkins .... 8 Kid McPartland. 4 Sammy Phillips 6 Tom Corcoran 11 Decision. Disqualified. Disqualified. Knockout. Knockout. Decision. Martin Flaherty. 4 Sponge. Knockout. Young Peter Jackson* 12 Draw. Bobby Dobbs..... Joe Carter. Knockout. Martin Flaherty. B Disabled. 1900. Gus Ruhlin*. 19 Foul. Knockout. 181 Knockout. 17 Sponge. 4 Foul. Draw. Sponge. Knockout. Knockout. Knockout. Decision. Knockout. Knockout. Foul. Draw. Foul. Foul. Knockout. 634327 6 4 Decision. Knockout. Decision. Disqualified. No decision. Sponge. Drawn bouts. + Championship bouts. Abbreviations of Results-Foul," bout awarded to winner for adversary's foul; loser's seconds threw up the sponge; "Decision, bout awarded by referee's decision; qualified," loser disqualified by referee. 10 London, Eng...... Harvey Parker§........Jack smith § *Drawn bout. + Pons undertook to throw Little five times in an hour. championship of England. § For middle-weight championship of England. Time. H. M. S. Result. 1 17 00 No fall. 1 00 00 No fall. 1 00 00 Roeber quit. 2 falls to 1. 12 falls. For heavy-weight Billiards. WORLD'S RECORDS AT ALL STYLES OF PLAY. (Revised to December 1, 1901.) Three-Ball Straight Rail.-Highest run on record, 1,531, on a 5x10 table, by Maurice Vignaux, at Paris, France, April 10-14, 1880, against George F. Slosson. Harvey McKenna, the celebrated rail player, in an exhibition game on a 5x10 table scored a run of 2,572, and an average of 416%, at Boston, Mass., December 21, 1887; and Jacob Schaefer, in a match game played at San Francisco, Cal., in 1890, scored a run of 3,000 points on a 4x9 table. His average was 750. The best average at the three-ball straight-rail game, on a 5x10 table, is 333%, by Jacob Schaefer, at Central Music Hall, Chicago, May 15, 1879. Cushion Caroms.-Highest run, 77, on a 5x10 table, by William Sexton, at Tammany Hall, New York, December 19, 1881, against Jacob Schaefer. Best tournament average, 10 in 200 points, on a 5x10 table, by Jacob Schaefer, at Chicago, November 10, 1887. Best match average, 4 76-106 in 500 points, on a 5x10 table, by George F. Slosson, at Chicago, April 4, 1887. Frank C. Ives made a run of 85 in exhibition tournament play for an announced purse of money, Bumstead Hall, Boston, Mass., April 14. There was no award of prize money. Balk-Line Game.-Highest run at 8-inch balk-line game, 329, on a 5x10 table; the highest average is 44 52-67; both by Maurice Vignaux, at Paris, January, 1884. Highest run at 14-inch balk-line game, anchor nurse permitted, 566, by Jacob Schaefer, New York, December 16, 1893. At anchor nurse barred, Frank C. Ives made 359, at Chicago, December 6, 1894. Jacob Schaefer made a run of 111 in exhibition tournament play at 18-inch balk-line game, with one carom permitted when object balls were within the balk-line or anchor-box space. Central Music Hall, Chicago, Ill., May 22, 1896. With anchor nurse allowed, in tournament play, Jacob Schaefer made an average of 100 at 14inch balk-line game, New York, December, 1893, and Frank C. Ives made an average of 100, Chicago, January, 1894. Ives made an average of 63 2-10 at anchor barred, New York, November 13, 1894. Frank C. Ives made a single game average of 50 at 18-inch balk-line game, in exbibition tournament play, with but five caroms permitted when object balls were within the anchor-box space. Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, New York, April 2, 1896. Frank C. Ives made a single game average of 1921-24 at 18-inch balk-line game, with but one carom permitted when object balls were within any balk-line or anchor-box space, in exhibition tournament play. Central Music Hall, Chicago, Ill., May 21, 1896. George Sutton made a run of 215 at 14-inch balk-line game, a record for players below the first grade (known as short-stops ''), Chicago, June, 1897. W. A. Spinks made an average of 40 at 14-inch balk-line game, a record for short-stops," Pittsburgh, Pa., March, 1897. The best amateur records for 14-inch balk-line made in competition are held by Wayman C. McCreery, of St. Louis, Mo. His highest run was 139, made in the Class A amateur championship tournament in New York, February, 1899, and his best single average (for 400 points) was 14 22-27, in the Class A championship tournament in New York, February, 1900. The highest run at 14-inch balk-line made in competition by a Class B amateur was 97, by J. Byron Stark, of New York, in November, 1898, and the best single average was 11 3-27 (for 300 points), made by J. DeMun Smith, of St. Louis, Mo., in the Class B championship tournament, in New York, December, 1899. English Game.-John Roberts, of London, England, holds the record for the highest run, 1,392, scored at English "spot-barred'' billiards (the recognized game in England now), 1894. W. J. Peall, of London, England, holds the record for the highest run, 1,888, with spot-stroke permitted, scored in a match game, 1890; in an exhibition game he scored 3,304 at the same style of play. BILLIARD EVENTS IN 1900-01, During the season of 1900-01 there were no big professional billiard matches in America, although a world's championship tournament was announced for the opening of the 1901-02 season, to begin December 6 in New York. In the absence of the stars, the chief interest was confined to the amateur championship tournaments and a few tournaments and matches among the "short-stop" professionals. The Amateur Athletic Union held its two usual championship tournaments in New York, at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club. The Class B meeting took place December 3 to 18, and the Class A tournament from January 28 to February 9. The results follow: Under the agreed conditions, Cutler won the Class B championship without playing_off the tie, because his grand average was the highest. Cutler also made the best single average, 9.37, while A. D. Ferguson, of New York, who played in the preliminary series but was shut out of the finals, won the medal for highest run, with 56. Hendrick got second prize. In the Class A tourney, Dr. Mial won third place in the play-off, and he also won the medal for the highest run, 63, and the prize for the best single average. The challenge match for the amateur championship between the winner of the Class A tournament, C. F. Conklin, of Chicago, and Wilson P. Foss, of Haverstraw, N. Y., was played in New York, February 11. Foss won easily by 500 to 262. His average was 10 40-46, and his best runs 69, 57, and 53, Conklin's average was 5 32-46, and his highest runs 43 and 23. The National Association of Amateur Billiard Players also held an amateur championship tournament at the Hanover Club, in Brooklyn, January 14 to 26. The result follows: PLAYER. 1 W. L. Gr. Av. H.R. ( 69 A. R. Townsend, New York.. 4 1 PLAYER. E. W. Gardner, Brooklyn. 1246 W. 3 L. Gr. Av. H.R. 6.48 52 5.87 50 50 F. A. Keeney, Brooklyn...... 4 Townsend beat Keeney in the play-off of the tie for the championship, by 300 to 285. 4.66 |