The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-21


BOIi'u Arrival LAST AightAnd HisBPisn.
did sender.
To-day Is the time fixed fer the great
race bstvssn Boil, Of Port Perry, Pa,
and OlAtoF, Of this city, and the public
mind will not rest easy until after 1t Is
over. There has been, anticecsnt to last
night, very little excitement over the mat.
Ter, but this fact, 10 attributable to the alb
sencs Of Boil, who never put in an appsar'
anCs until last night,
OlAtor has been quietly and effectively
at work, and will do something to- day that
we predict will aStonish bis friends, Said
one OF the best oRFsmen In this country to
Us the other day; II think there 10 more
outcome in Ed OlAtor than any man in
America, and l believe he can beat any.
thing in the West to-day" His friends
and bAcke 9 are very cautious In their
talk about him, but there 10 that serenely
confident air about them that ia . true in
dication Of their feelings.
BOIL
came down to the city last night on the
"Pewlky". with bis trainer, Julian Ken
needy, and his hacker, Joseph Fleming.
He was met at the depot by q delegation
OF at least 800 curious people, His boat
was taken to the river and sent 10 Weia'
gsrber's quarters, near the Belmont Mill.
After seeing his boat taken care Of Boil
started Tor the Mcclure House, and by
1h;. .;~a fnlly nm nann1a 1aEa aFnhnd
him; oil admirinR his Aizs, physique, DC;
He said his reception wa an ovation and
one that he had not expected.
THE EXCITEMENT,
There has not been &C many people on
the streets since the November election,
aud the excitement around the Mcclure
House and Helmbright's billiard rooms
last night was intense. Whenever Boil
appeared at all be was the centre figure Of
a large crowd, and his gigantic form tow.
cred above the rest Of the crowd, like
Barnum's Chinese giant over Q group Of
average Mongolians, Atths billiard room,
pool selling went on very sluggishly, and
although there was d large crowd, there
was very little interest manifested, and
the billiard tables drew more interested
crowds OF spectators than the auction van
In the other end,
Clator and his trainer, Jimmy Manton,
came up town early In the evening and
remained quite . while. Clator 10 looking
well, although he surprised the Pitts
burghers and other strangers by bis OK.
Ceedingly slight physique, and-at first
sight- tlrbidding appearance. He Is .
tall, slender young man with q very good
CountensnCe and pleasing address,
although he 10 reserve itself In manner.
He greeted our reporter very cordially but
said that all the newspaper men gave
him raCkets."
ButLonholing Jimmy Msnton we asked
him how Eddie was feeling and at what
weight he would row on the morrow,
"Well, he is all right, and will row Of
l68--or rather he wsigha that now with
hls clothes on. He takes TO training
very we'll, and Ia easy 10 handle" said
Jim, punCtuating his sentence by kicking
q street Arab into the gutter who was
smoking q Stump and blowing lB vile
tunes into the face Of Clator. "He took
quite q dash In the river tonight just
before dark, and l think is in very fair
trim"
At this %juncturs Harry SChwalb, Of the
Pittsburgh Leader, came along, and told
Clator that Boil would be glad TO see him
Ut the Mcclure House, and thither we
went, We found Boil In the Office Of
the house, and he introduced % TO his
hackers, Nj. Fleming and Julian Kennedy.
He talked 10 OlRtor very cordially, Rsksd
him about his weight, and several other
questions. He said he would row At two
hundred pounds even and his appearance
Attests the truth Of his assertion.
"What kind Of . boat will you row, Mr..
Boli2" queried our man.
~ shall row In O paper shell, made by
L. Waters \ Son, Of Troy, n. Y. II 10 30
feet long and l2t inches broad, have
never roWed Q race In It,"
"Where have you been keeping yourself
for the last Iortnieht?"
"Well, l have been up OF Port Perry
and around Pittsburgh until last night.
l have never been over the course except
in a towboat as a pilot. l shall try q fly
In the morning"
what will your Colors be2"
cred, white and blue. l shall wear q
red kerChisi about my head, . white shirt
and blue trunks. Ny tags will be red and
white. My judges will be Julian Ken.
needy, starter, and probably Mr.. White and
my brother at the lower buoy"
OlstOr's judges are Billy Humes, ct the
starting buoy, and mildly" Adams and
Sam Brown at the lower buoy. His colors
will hea blue cap, aesh.colored shirt and
blue trunks, with blue Tags.
SPRUCE SPRAYS.
That there lie deep interest being taken
In the OUTCOME Of this race is attested by
the presence oil . number Of some OIL Pitts.
burgh'a most famous sportsmen, and also
by the anxiety manifested by our own
sporting fraternity.
NO SOLD RACE
There has been a very foolish idea prev.
alent In certain quarters that there issome
Crookednets connected with this race but
we feel assured from the talk we have
had with a great number Of sporting
men that we met that all such talk
IL toolishness, and that the race will
be fair throughout Both men have a
reputation to make, and both, We think,
would eCorn TO do anything disoredItable
al this iuncture.
dOlAior will win this race II II is In him
TO do It,. lie mutt win II; he is bound
to win IT." said q prominent sport to %
last night. ale has had no race for two
years, and he has now an opportunity 10
ret back whatever he may have lost BY bis
earlier indiscretion."
BETTING AND PooL SELLING.
Al Iehnert'S last night very few pools
were sold, but what were sold indicated
that Boil was the iavonte. A bet Of $40
was also made there even up, and other
smaller bets we're made on The same
bssts. Very little money, 30 far as We are
able To find out, was put up last night,
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