The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-01
EQUEsTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN, AQUATIC
AND BASE BALL.
A Promise Of a Lively seASOn-What May
Bs Expected In New England-HOESe
Racing and dIiAIhletIcs-Race
for the Double ScuIl
Championship.

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cesslon of spalding, Barnes, McVey and
others four or FIVE years ago, and there
have been many heartburnings in the
club. The management has been greatly
changedt this winter, and the playing team
has been reorganized and improved very
much, Bond, tried and trusty pitcher, is
to be retained, with q marvel" named
Whitney, from California, as his mate be.
tween the points, Snyder will stand behind
the bat, George Wright will be shortstop,
Moville, BurdoGk and Sutton will occupy
the bases, and the out field will be com.
pletely changed, and three new and strong
men will be substituted Tor last years out.
6elders. The Boston Driving and Ath.
letiC Association, whose members are
among the wealthiest and "toniest" Citi.
zens In Boston and suburbs, has obtained
q solid standing, and will give two meet
ings at Beacon Park (which is held under
lease by the club during the summer and
fall, In September q race open to all
trotting stations will take place at the
Beacon course, the date decided on being
the 18th and the purse $4,000. This en.
terprise is under the management OF Mr..
Wesey p, BalCh. There Ia also new club
composed Of gentlemen who fancy riding
on the fat and cross country, aud
running and hurdle races will be held
under the auspices Of this organization.
The Boston Driving and Athletic AssoCia.
tion will also encourage cricket, archery
and athletic sports generally. A new
cricket club has recently been organized,
and liz prominent members are old and
well.known criCketers. Some members OF
the Union AtheletiC Club are considering
a proposition TO send E. +. Merrill, the
amateur champion walker at short dis.
tances, to England in the spring, to com.
pete against English amateurs, and II he
goes he will certainly make good show.
ing, II he does not beat all competitors.
Boston and its immediate vicinity boasts
OF as great a number OF crack rillemen as
any city In the country, among them
Jackson, Sumner, Cornish, Rockwell
and others who haye participa.
ted In international competitions; and
besides those named are several others un.
known to fame who equal and surpass the
scores oil those who engage in the great
rifle contests. II ia not improbable that a
State team will be organized this year To
compete against teams from other States,
The sport, however, which interests the
largest number Of people Is that which 10
TO be seen on lake and riyer-not with trim
jackets, "tarry top.lights" and all that sort
OF thing, but with frail shells, outrlggers,
sliding seats, windsails, sCulls, q muscular
anatomy and good head. Rowing is most
popular, here, and 1t will probably be al.
ways popular as 1t Is recognized by the
city; in fact, q premium is placed upon 1t
blythe offering Of large prizes for oariC com.
petition every year. There are some good
oarsmen here, and some very bad ones, and
not few OF the old.timers have settled in
Boston. Faulkner, once well known In
connection with Reagan, who was killed
on the Old Colony road after Davis had
defeated him at Silver Lake, has retired
from boating, and is engaged In the man.
ufacture OF sculls and oars; Flannery, Of
the New York crew, is waterman at one
OF the docks; McNultY, an old st. Johns
oarsman, is hloCated among us. and there
are many other old'uns oil less import.
ance. Fred. Plaisted, who lhas rowed at
Hutton several times, keeps bachelors
hall, waiting for something TO turn up,
and he Ia willing to row most anybody.
He has challenged two California oars.
men, but they have not responded, He
has also challenged GaiSel, ol New York,
who lately entered the professional arena,
and Richard Nagle, Of St. Johns, N. B. Ne.
gotiations are now pending fer match
between Nagls and Plaisted. Wallace
Ross will probably locate here when he re.
turns from England. George II. Hosmer
Ia here, and Is under engagement for one
year. It 10 possible that Hosmer and
Davis will have a sCulling match, but all
is dependent on Hosmer paying Davis
$3.50, which is due on account of an old
match. Davis claims that he does not
care 80 much for the money as for bis own
reputation, and says Hosmers imputa.
tionB at the time the race was rowed can
be swept away only by payment OF the
money. He AYERS that Hosmer did very
wrong thing, and that II is due to boating
interests that the matter be settled before
they have another race. II is said
that Hosmer's friends contemplate
the payment OF the money; then,
hostillties will begin. In addi.
tion 10 the oarsmen named ore Hill,
Ahern, the Gookins' and several other fall
sculers, and from these can be mustered
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Fourared wofkingboat races are popular
here, and they are encouraged by every.
body. OF amateurs there are several good
Ones among them Isaac II. Houghton, OF
The Union Club, who will centeat the ma.
Lional championship next summer. The
race which occasions most speculation and
gossip, however, is the proposed double
acull match between Hanlan and Ross and
Davis and Kennedy. The pottlanders are
a determined little pair, and their accept.
ance OF the Hanlan.Ross challenge IA
backed with 81 900 in money as
preliminary deposit. They will be
heavily backed II the match is
made, and the lumbermen OF Maine
will "go broke" II the light weights
should not beat the Canadians. The race
will not occur In Toronto. The little men
would like 10 name Lake Matmacook as
the racing water, which is a couple OF
hours ride from Portland. Hanlan and
Ross naturally will object to going go near
the home Of Davis and Kennedy, and
Silver Lake, near Boston, is likely 10 be
decided on az compromise course. hit
is not, then the race for the double scuil
championship may be fowed At Washing.
ton, or somewhere else; and II is possible
for Pittsburgh 10 secuteit. When Il takes
place II will be most exciting struggle,
Hanlan and Ross have more muscle than
Davis and Kennedy, but the Portland
oarsmen team up" much better, and have
the science of rowing down 10 O nicely.
Boating men-in fact lovers OF oil kinds OF
legitimate spofts-antiCipate the most In.
tefesting season Tor years In the East
Lost on the Lakes.
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