The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-14
SPORTING.

IT is reported that a western million
aire is willing to pay Mr.. Vanderbilt
5000, 900 for Maud S.
WILLIAM SHERIFF, alias the Prussian,
who is a prominent, heavy, middle
weight pugilist of EpglaEd, is on his
way to the states.
The defeat of Thomas Petit, the Bos-
ton lawn tennis player, by Hon. a. Lyt-
tleton in England, recently, has ocea-
| stoned much talk III tennis circles.
THE schooner yachts Norseman. Mr.
Ogden Goelet, n. Y. Y. c., and Dauut-
less, Mr.. Caldwell II. Colt, n. Y. Y. c.,
says the London Sportsman, have been
fitting out at Cowes.
In the team shoot at the State sport
mems tournament at Marshalltown, Ia. +,
on the 28th, the state championship was
won by Hampton, the second prize by
Algona, and the third by Mason City.
The eighth annual Yale Harvard
eight-oared four-mile straight-away race
was rowed at New London, on the 2Sth,
Harvard having virtually a walkover,
winning In the slow time of 24:46I; /;
Yale's time 1853.
The team of Canadian rifiemep, twen-
ty in all, who will represent the domin-
ion at the Wimbledon meeting, have
sailed for Liverpool on the Sandman.
| The team Is under command Of Lieu
tenant Colonel w. d. Otter, OF Toronto.
A HORSE was driven from Glens Falls
to Lake George, n. Y, nearly nine
miles, in thirty-tbree minutes, drawing
road buggy and driver. The speed
was msde on wager, and beat a crack
double team, carrying two persons, by a
short space OF time.
In the lacrosse match at Oxford, EDg-
land, the Canadian amat urs scored the
| first goal, the Indians the second and
| third, and the amateurs the fourth and
| fifth. The next three, however, were
won by the Indians. The Indians final
ly won by q score of to 5 goals.
THE annual cricket match between
the eleven of ST Paul School, Concord,
n. H., and the ST. Georges first eleven,
victory for the scholars III a one innings
game by l6 runs. Scores-St. Paul,
first innings, 125; second innings, AZ.
st. Georges, first innings, 109; second
innings, 20 for five wickets.
EIGHT birds owned by i. o. Damon,
Northampton, Mass, were loosed in
Alexandria, Va, at forty y-seven minutes
past o'clock, home time, on the 21st
ult., in a race for federation record.
The returns were two birds-Lady
Florence and Sir Orne-together at half
past o'clock. Time out, 523 minutes.
Distance, air line, 335 miles. Average
speed, ], 127 yards.
A GLOVE fight with hard gloves was
fought at Green Point, l.. l., early on
the 23d ult, between Toney Owen, of
New York, and Bob Mace. The condi-
tions were hard gloves, for 800. Mace
weighed 116 pounds and Owen 100
pounds. Redmond Welsh, Of Birming-
ham, and Young Kressler seconded
Mace. Joe Fowler, the feather weight,
and an unknown seconded Owen. A
noted New York sporting man was re-
feree. The ring was erected IN a large
room. About eighty persons were pres
ent. Six rounds were fought in twenty
four minutes, and both pugilists were
badly punished. The referee declared
the fight draw.
The American rifle team began to
practice on the 29th at the Midland
Range at Birmingham. The men were
not perfectly recovered from the sea
voyage, consequently the scores were
below the average. At 200 yards the
best score was made by Lieut.. Walter
Scott, J. W. Pollard and George Joiner,
who were credited with 80 each. At 500
yards, John Smith, J. NJ. Pollard,
Sergt T. J. Dolan, and Dr. S. J. Scott
got 80 each. At 600 yards, j. NJ. Pol
lard and Sergt. Dolan, 33 each. The
highest possible aggregate at these
ranges was 105. At the 800-yard range,
John Smith made 80; at 800 yards,
Sergt. Dolan 33; at 1000 yards, at
which only five shots were fired, j. NJ.
Pollard made o.
THE following table shows the stand
ing of the league clubs at the close of
the games ON the Doth inst: