Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-03

ateur ch.mpionshie and 8 silver cup
valued &C $50, came Oh s Mellsrs
Ground. Newcastle, Elgianfk AAugust
10 1t .was Won BY e. d OLIVER New
castle A. b. c., In ,6n> 1857
The match innbuhced tdtake place
at Greeville, Pr, August ., fog 5000,
in which &C. Place, the olcyttSt vas
\ to ride MY miles ; AkknAt fle' fsNng
horse Ben, Hamilton owned BY A. J.
Haws, did not come Of, owing to the
Intervention OF the Humane Society.
! Al. Pierce--a eOlofed youth-wh0
will Be remembered n che ;eoegeouSly-
uniformed bat-carrief Or TIE St Louis
Club when it was . member OF the
League, b now competing In bicycling
races In England BE nSprsd a . pc
destriana fevyears agn and NAs " one
time . tocksy-tl - 10 so9ls..3a yiis
TIE Btng. s--rr,Pi, -
Tug Wilson was Announced 10 give
an exhibition ct the industrial An Bull
ding, Phisadelphia, Pa, On. August 3,
hut Chief.of-polioe Given on the 18th
Issued orders prohibiting Il.
A rafting mill was fought In East
st. Louis last Sunday evening. hetween
Billy Lynch and Edward WhelAn,
within few blocks Of police headquaf.
tiers. The stakes were $50 side. Ten
rounds were fought, Lynch winning In
one hour and thirty-five minutes. The
police "knew nothing Of it,
The old war horse Joe Gnss, who has
plenty of fire In him yet, a few days ago
made known his desire for match ut
knuckles with Tug Wilson, country.
man whom he considered his Inferior at
the game, but the sudden departure Of
Wilson for the old country, just after
making . match with Elliott, likely
puts an end TO II. 49,.
A match for twenty-five hundred dol:
lars q side was on August y arranged
between Jimmy Elliott and Tug VIII
son. The agreement Is to fight with
hare hands within one hundred miles
| Of New Orleans, La, on Tue-dAy, No
| vember IS, the choice OF the battle
| ground to be decided by tOss ON No
vember Is, when the winning party
must give the loser notice Of the spIt
selected. William +. Mccoy WAS agrsed
upon for final stakeholder, and check
for five hundred dollars was placed In
his hands by each party. The articles
| call for the stalking OF the secoud deposit,
of 81 900 side, ut John Styles, 80 Bow.
cry, New York, October 3, aud the finh
deposit, of q like amount NJ the same
place on November IS. Elliot wanted
10 fight in September or Octol,er, and In
Pennsylvania or Maryland, bot finally
agreed To the proposals. Of the opposite
side. Thus far al WAS square enough,
but Yesterday the English slugger
skipped hack to his native Isle, sailing
OIL the steamer Indiana.
| Scaling.
The amateur regatta at Greenwood
Lake, n. j., occurred yesterday.
A. Saks & CO., Of Washington, ID. C.,
| have offered valuable Individual prizes
for the Junior oarsmen Ut the approach.
ing fall regatta Oh the Potomac river.
The great regatta ut Halifax, n. -,
| comes Off next "Wednesday and Thurs
day. The entry list for the race was b,
| have closed Auo''"' o.. , . ..,.
ING of the committee II WAS decided Ia
leave the list open few days. The
following oarsmen were entered on the
day appointed for closing: q. ii. Hos.
mer aud +. A. Plaisted, Of Boston;
George Lee. Of Newark, n. j.; Albert
| Hamm and =. II. Conley, of Halifax,
and Daniel Driscoll and Z. Mclnerncy,
Of Lowell, Mass. The West End Crew,
of Boston. entered for the Eur-oared
race. NJ. J. Power, NJ. r., and Andrew
Carton will be umpires, and James
Kerr starter.
The efforts of Captain Tcrwillingrr,
through the medium of telegraph and
mail to bring back "a London
the Hillsdale crew, who. des.
pairing of securing q race with any
crew, of English amateurs, had gone
To the Continent on pleasure trip, were
| finally rewarded with success, and on
| August 9th the crew again took up
their quarters ut llammersmith, where
| the following day training was rcsumei.
| On the evening Of the 18th match was
| arranged between the American anna
t.ur champions and the Thames Rowing
Club, for race To take place Scpt"in-
Der lIth To 18th, over the course from
Putney to Mortlake. The captains Of
the respective crews will meet shortly
TO arrange the details. The Hillsiales
have booked for passage home Scplem-
Der Goth.
Wallace Ro,s, on his return from Sar-
atOga, sent the following cOmnunica-
| ton Ia the editor Of the ls~ton Hrrnld:
After making every possible effort on
| several different occasions TO induce III
| ward Hanlan Ia row q race with me for the
| cham piOnship Of the world, AMI having
| failed, through no fault ~ mine. 10 bring
| about such q race, | returned 20 ST. John
from Winneptg, Man, last July, Intending
10 make no further attempt IN that dirrc.
ton until Mr.. Hsnlan announced himself
in condition 10 row match races. soon NJ.
ter my return to -. John Mr. HanisD,
much Ia my surprise. issued q public cbal.
lenge 10 row any five men In the country
a race. As Mr. Hsnisn owed q race TO me
6rst. accepted his challenge Tor myself.
STIMULATING thst alone should ro~ the hss
races he proposed he rejected my nc.
cepiance and offer, and opcc more nyoidei
d meeting with the. R.alzins that the
only way open 10 the champ onship vas "
Challenge the holder NJ this title ~ . rare,
snd IN drsw my challenge In such form -
10 make ia acceptance. within r"fs0 ahIe
time. n condition under which hr. lisnl IN
-hoUld remain the champion tcuil.r Oi the
world In proceeding recognized 40 proper
by custom and precr,leBtl issued q chat
lcnge. And now, ihc time within which
NY challenge should have been accept-t
having expired. I claim the single .c'll
cham pionship Of the world. and sm pre-
psIed 10 defend The title against Mr.. VI.
wsrd Hsnlsn, OF any and al oomsrs. Most
ruby yours, WALLACE Hos.
| TOETLAsD. Ne, August ~, 1854.
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