The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-09
SPORTING.

THE Boston club gives Morrill, 1000,
Whitney $500, and Hornung $4,000
for next seasons work.
ALBERT HAMM, of Halifax, challenges
John Teemer to row a three-mile race
for $500 or 81, 900 side about the last
of June next.
HARMAN and Kettleman have arranged
another match, to be run in San Fran
cisco about February 1st, for $4,000 a
side. The distance will be 100 yards.
GEORGE Ross, the well-known Scotch
athlete, who has recently come TO this
country, offers to wrestle any mall in
America for $500 a side, Dufree or Nc
Laughlin preferred.
JOE ACTON, the wrestler, challenges
any man in the world to wrestle-catch-
as catch -csn, catch-weight - for from
$3.50 to $500 a side, the match to take
place within six weeks from signing
articles.
THE Union Base Ball Club, of
st. Louis, has sent cablegram to
Buchong, who is practicing dentistry in
Paris, offering him very large salary
to play ID ST. Louis next season.
WALLACE Ross. the New Brunswick
sculler, is exercising daily on the
Thames, and is rowing in style greatly
admired by English professionals. His
oppou ent, however, is the favorite at
odds of 100 to so.
ZUKERToRT played twenty -ni0e sin1ul-
taneous games of chess with members of
the Toronto Club and few visitors on
the Oath. He won twenty-seven and lost
ono RI StorE Of tho Toronfo GIr,I npo
game was drawn.
A MATCH game of pool was played on
the evening of the 18th in Chicago at
Kensington between William Morris, of
Pullman, and Charles Adams, of Ken
sipgton, for 800 a side, Morris winning
seven oui of the twenty-one games to be
played, and Adams four.
THE latest acquisition to the Detroit
Base Ball Club Is NJ. B. Scott, of Chi
cago, who played first base for the Fort
Wayne Club last season. Powell has
been released from the Detroits, and
Scott will fill his old position on first.
The Detroit Club paid the Fort Waynes
$3.50 for his release.
In a practice game played on the 21st
W. 81. Cation, the st. Louis billiardist,
scored beautiful run of 600 points.
While it was mainly the result of rail
work, it opened with thirty eight posi-
tion plays, including spread, draw,
three-cushion and masse shots, and at
$50 the balls broke away from the cush-
ion.
MALONE. of Chicago, won the New
York pool championship on the 21st in
the presence of an audience completely
filling Madison Square Hall. At the
opening bets were offered 800 to $40 in
favor of Frey, of New York, AID thou
sands of dollars we're staked on this
basis. Frey won the first two games and
Malone won the series by score of IL
to 8. This gave Malone the tourna
ment and the championship. From first
to last he has never lost game. Frey
will challenge Malone.
THE second game of the three ar
ranged between J. r. Heiser, of New
York, and Edward Mclaughlin, of Phil
adelphia, was played in the latter city
on the evening of the 14'h Heiser was
manifestly overmatched, Mclaughlin
showing himself tine superior player in
bank, kiss, masse. draw and around-the-
table caroms. McLaughlin's largest
runs we're 40. %. 20. Ga, %, %, "a, 81
and 10. with which he completed his
600. Heiser's total was 470. The next
game will be that of the corner balk
lines, the champion game, 900 points up
and will be played February 14th.