The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-12-29
SPORTING.

PIERRE LoRILLARD has brought from
England three lightweight jockeys,
George Taylor, Robert McEwen and
John Csllins.
KEENE's FoxHALL is for sale at $50,
900, a round price for an untried stall
lion, although bis breeding and perform
ances Te grand.
B. B. CLARKE. young bicyclist of
Beloit recently defeated w. j. Morgan
in nile race at that place. The local
rider won by six feet, in 3'52l.
TIE Metropolitans, of New York, an
nouce the engagement OF Holbert,
Repechlager, Keefe, Lynet, Orr, Crane,
E.terbrook, Nelson, Kennedy, Roseman
aad Brady.
EDWARD MCLAUGHLIS defeated John
Randolph Heiser at billiards, French
,aroms, at Philadelphia, on the evening
Of the 18th. In the fourteenth inning
made a run of sos.
THE Crescent Citys were defeated by
the St. Louis nine at New Orleans on
the 10th by a score of to 3. Ewing
made home run, and Browning and
Woulffe hit for two bases in three in
nings.
AN offer of 81, 600 was recently made
'snd refused for Gath, winner of the
championship at Grand Junction, Tenn.
Ie is an elegant black and white dog, of
nedium size, by Count Noble, out Of
Peep O. Day, by Gladstone out of Clip.
THE much talked of collar-and-elbow
wrestling match between Fl. NJ. Dufur,
|1f Marlboro, Mass, and John McMa-
hon, of Bakersville, Vt, at Boston on
the 18th, for the championship and
$500 resulted in draw, Dufur throwing
bus opponent once.
THE league players whe played in
every championship game last season
were Anson, Irwin, Hornung, William
son, Denny, Kelly, Houck, Farrell
Det and Farrar, and those In the
American Association were Reilly. w.
Gleason, Wolf, Mccormick and w. A.
Latham.
LARRY CORCcRAN has az last concluded
to accept the terms offered by the Chi
Cages, 50, 100 a year, and telegraphed on
the 8th to have the contract and 3400
advance money sent to him. Henry
Graham, formerly catcher for the Ac-
tive5, of Milwaukee, has been signed by
Spaulding as a reserve player.
THE rife teams selected from the po-
lice departments of Jersey City and
Newark shot their return match at the
Greenville Schuetze Park. Jersey City,
on the 18th. The Jersey City team won
by 1S2 points to 153, making a third
match necessary, as the Newarkers won
the first match. The distance was 10C
yards, off-hand.
THE Boston base ball club for 1884 is
now full, Hackett, the catcher, having
signed contract on the Sth. All last
years men are re-engaged but Smith and
Radford, and in addition, Cunning, Bar.
rett. Moriarity, Manning and Annis,
well known as semi. professionals of first
rate promise. The salary list will ex
ceed S22, 900. Radford having been re,
leased has been hired by the Providence
management.
THE Canton, H., Gun Club held then
rst annual prize shoot on the 18th.
The first prize, gold medal, was taken
by \. S. Miller, who broke fourteen
clay pigeons, twenty being proportioned
TO each member. Lewis Vest captured
the second prize, silver badge, break
ing twelve pigeons. There we're SIX
smaller prizes and a sweepstake.
The Union League Club, of Chicago,
for 1894 is regarded as a very strong
team, and viii give eastern clubs a good
shaking up. Its personnel is as follows
Sullivan, pitcher; Cunning, catcher;
Shroneck, first base; HeneIe, second base:
Pinckney, short stop; Sorlev, third base:
Householder, left field: Kreig, center
field; Ellick, right field, and Colgan,
change catcher.
DIR. CARVER will have to look to his
laurels. The Paris Clarion declares that
the Marquis lie Leuville is a better
pistol-shot than the American champion
and says, Id proof of its statement, that
st Aix-les- Bains last year he hit the
carton 249 times running az twenty-five
PAGES. The marquis is wealthy. DR.
Carver might be able to arrange a very
profitable match with him in Paris.
THE American Association base bal
convention adjourned on the 18th. i
was decided to extend the championship
season from May 1st to October 18th
each club to play ten games with other
members of the association, making III
games IN all for each club, ffty-fve O
which viii be played on the home
grounds. The American alliance wa
abolished. The rule in regard to the
foul bound, and as TO the position of the