The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-11-18
Sporting Notes.
WRESTLING.

WRESTLING.
Next Wednesday evening", at the Beethoven
Hall, In Boston, James Owens of Fairfield,
VT, and Charles Connor of New York, will
engage 10 collar ard elbow wrestling match for
$1,000 and the championship of the world. The
championship en- blem, which is belt of gold
and silver, cost $3.50. Owens is the present
champion,
PEDEsTRIAN1sM.
Arrangements have been perfected for a
grand walking match to take place in Norom-
bega Hall, Bangor, Thanksgiving Day, be-
tween Miss Helen Freeman Of Boston, and Mr.
Christopher Toele of Bangor. The articles
specify that he shall walk fifty miles to her
forty-five miles for purse of one hundred
dollars Miss Freeman who has won consider.
able distinction as pedestrenne, having
walked twenty-five miles in 4h 58n 22s. in Fall
River during the month of September, is about
nineteen years old, four feet eleven inches high
and weighs about one hundred and ten pounds
She was born in Manchester, England, and is
said to possess very attractive person nal ap-
pearance. She has walked in a number Of
races.
ton, to cost some $40 or 500, which is the gift
of law gentlemen, and will be- offered for
competition in series of pedestrian efforts.
This IS intended to represent the cham pionship
OF New England, and may be challenged by
any amateur residing within the limits of New
England. Aoy COLLISION or fraud will be CON-
sldered sufficient cause for demanding another
Wais. There are to ba series of silver tablets
in the belt. and the name of each successive
winner will be engraved upon a separate tab
let, and the whole list of tablets thus form a
series OF medals. The final disposition of the
belt is still undecided, but it will go in some
way to encourage prize amateur walking.
A young woman named Mile Rose, who
started out early 10 the year as pedestrian IN
Pennsyl vania, has become insane and is an in
mate OF lunatic asylum.
The London Sporting Life Acknowledges
Charles A. III arriman's challenge to Daniel
O'Lsary, enclosing the customary forfeit
OLeary can name any day prior to June ~,
1879, for the match, and any other aspirant mas
right to join in the match by depositing 9l0O
with the Sporting Life.
In commenting upon modern pedestrianism,
the London Field doubts if the interests of
sport have been furthered by the introduction
of the science of shown nship into the pedes-
TRAN field. To E. P. Weston belongs the cred
it, if credit it is, of reviving the show system
Of walking. The match between O'Leary and
Weston Melted 1000 at the gate. Charles
Westhall. tile best walker of his day, engaged
during his career in 240 competitions, and had
balance in his favor OF only $500. O'Lesry
has won more than this in single contest, and
Westou's four exhibitions in the spring of 1876
Melted him $4,000
THE OAR.
Frenchy johnson has, or is about to, petition
the Police Com missioners of Boston for
q position on the force. and should
he be appointed it is probable that
he will give up rowing as professional.
Should he not be successful in this direction,
he says he will hereafter give his time to the
study of rowing, as we'll as to the science of
building speedy boats.
All but Hosmer and Hilley seem to have
hung up the SOULS for the winter. They were
out together Saturday afternoon, when, it is
said, Hosmer made fast trial spin Of three
miles. Hosmer has not yet seemingly given
up bis intention to row Davis early next year,
and thir ks he will have bat little trouble in
procuring his share of the stakes.
A ten-mile race is talked of for next season
bstween the two Pittsburg oarsmen, Pat In
ther and Eph Morris
Wallace Ross has left for England. His OBJ
ject is to row in all the reg atlas, and, If posi-
bic, to bring on match with Lumsden or
Blackburn. 1t is supposed Ross will be backed
by one Of highlands leading sports, whose
name cannot be ascertaned