Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-02-06
SPORTING.

IHE Boston CLUB gives MOrr1u $3, ,UUO,
Whitney 81, 500, and Hornung $4,000
for next seasons work.
ALBERT HAMM, of Halifax, challenges
John Teemer to row 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 q
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 mai in
America for $500 side, Dufree or Nc
Laughlin preferred.
JOE ACTON, the wrestler, challenges
any mau in the world to wrestle-catch-
-catch-can, 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 a cablegram to
Buchong, who is practicing dentistry in
Paris. Offering him very large salary
to play in 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
oppo' ent, however, is the favorite al
odds of 100 to 80.
ZuKERToRr played twenty-niue stimuli
taneous games of chess with members o1
the Toronto Club and few visitors or
the Oath. He won twenty-seven and lost
one to Stark of the Toronto Club. On<
game was drawn.
A MATCH game of pool was played or
the evening of the 18th in Chicago a.
Kensington between William Morris, o.
Pullman, and Charles Adams, of Ken
sington, for 800 a side, Morris winning
seven out of the twenty-one games to bt
played, and Adams four.
In a practice game played on the 21s
W. n. Cation, the St. Louis bi]liardist
scored beautiful run of 600 points
While it was mainly the result of raj
work, it opened with thirty EIGHT posi-
ton plays, including spread, draw
three-cushion and masse shots, and q
$50 the balls broke away from the cush
ion.
The latest acquisition to the Detro1
Base Ball Club Is NJ. B. Scott, of Chi
cago, who played first base for the For
Wayne Club last season. Powell hal
been released from the Detroits, ant
Scott will fill his old position on first
The Detroit Club paid the Fort Wayne,
$3.50 for his release.
The second game of the three ar
ranged between J. r. Heiser, of New
York, and Edward Mclaughlin, of Phil
adelphis, was played in the latter city
on the evening of the 14th. Heiser wat
manifestly overmatcbed, Mclaughlin
showing himself the superior player II
bank, kiss, masse, draw and around-the
table caroms. McLaughlin's largest
runs were 49, %, 20, 81, 20, %, "a, 81
and 10. with which he completed his
600. Heiser's total was 47O. The mex
game will be that of the corner ball
lines, the champion game, 800 points up;
and will be played February 14th.
MALONE. of Chicago, won the New
York pool championship on the 21st i1
the presence of an audience completely
filing Madison Square Hall. At The
opening bets were offered 800 to $40 In
favor of Frey, of New York, and thou.
sands of dollars were 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 9 game. Frey
will challenge Malone. r..2 3..n..