Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
SPORTING.

MANAGER CHAPMAN has engaged
Walter F. Prince, of North Andover,
Mass, to play first base for the Detroits
this season.
W. G. Ross, the amateur champion
bicyc!ist of Canada, is said to be the
favorite in the coming snov.shoe con
test at Montreal for a $3.50 cup.
WESTON met with some bad weather
and fell behind his schedule time in his
5.OOO-mile tramp through England, but
ut last accounts he had nearly caught
up.
@. j. HAML1N, of Buffalo, is willing to
bet $25, 600 that Mambrino King and
Almont, Jr., now on his stock farm at
East Aurora, can outtrot any other two
stations in the country.
The rowing students of the University
of Pennsylvania recently presented
Ellis F. Ward, trainer, with beautiful
engrossed testimonial. Ward has scored
forty victories in five years for his
crews.
The New Orleans Chess, Checker and
Whist Club is iu a prosperous condition.
1t has over 500 bona fde members and
50, 900 in the treasury and no indebted
ness. The president is Hon. Charles G..
Ogden.
Mr.. HoRNBY, the well known English
cricketer, writes to friend in New York
that the contemplated visit of team of
English amateurs to this country this
year has fallen through owing to his in
ability to organize representative
eleven.
The ten-mile skating race in New
York, ut Washington Park, on the 25th,
was won by Paulsen, the Norwegian, by
The beat time on record, ten miles in 39
minutes 2-5 seconds. Elliott was Sec
ond and Phillips third, Elliott coming
in in 40 minutes and 10 seconds.
You've SAWYER, who made his debut
with the Clevelands lastyear as pitcher,
has decided to go to Philadelphia to pur-
sue his studies as q civil engineer. He
badsnot signed contract with Grand
Rapids, as has been reported, but sim
ply an agreement to play with them if
he played at all.
BEEcHER STERNE, of Topeka, has chal-
lenged VIM. Fugate, of Lawrence, Kas.,
to roller ekatipg contest for $3.50 a
side. The money was put up by sport
ing men of Topeka. The challenge will
be accepted, the race to take place be-
fore February 18th.
The grand pool tournament in New
York terminated on the evening of the
22d in playing off the tie games. Frey
beat King by II to 5, and Manning beat
Lambert by II to Z. Manning executed
some of the finest shots in the series
that have been made by any player in
the tournament. Malone takes the first
prize of $3.50; Frey, the second Of 5000;
King, the third of $100; Sutton, the
fourth of $75; Manning, the fifth of $50,
and Lambert, the sixth of S25.
The directors of the Northwestern
Amateur Rowing Association, which has
been in existence seventeen years, met
in Chicago recently. The treasurer re-
ported 1925 on hand. Charles S.
French, of Hillsdale, Mich, was elected
president; Alfred s. Porter, Chicago,
vice-president; and George 81. Lesher,
Detroit, secretary and treasurer. The
annual regatta will be held at Toledo OF
Detroit during July next.
OWING to the exertions of some young
business men Of Elgin, ILL.,, profes-
sional base ball nine at that place is an
assured fact. The management has Sc.
cured the services of the following
players for the coming season: Pitcher,
William Forrest, of the Fort Waynes;
catcher, Phil Routcliffe, of the Elgin
Dreadnaughts; first base, George Rookie,
Chicago Garden Citys; second base and
change catcher, George Clarke, Chicago
Browns; third base, Ed Stapleton,
Springfields; short stop, Fred. Welch;
left field, John Gubbins; center field,
James sheehan, all of last years team;
right field and change pitcher, Fred.
Mclean, of the o. r. Keiths; William
Barker, an amateur of Elgip, change
baseman.