Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-27
SPORTING.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS.

Tom Henry will fight any lao pound
man in the country, London rules, for $500
q side.
Patrick Fitzgerald, John Mesgher and
D. j. Herty are giving pedestrian exhibit
lions through the country.
Budd Doble has purchased of ". j..
Nicely, OF Ottawa, Ill the pacing gelding,
Dandy, t years, By Colonel West, dam by
General Custer.
Jack Burke's younger brother, Dave, not
yet Is years old, beat Bill Hook in thirteen
rounds, Queensbury rules, in England, the
first Of the present month.
J. D. Harris. Of the Pa slime Athletic
Club, of New York, and Ed Morgan, Of
Paterson, n. j., will swing Indian clubs
for the amateur championship December
3Oth.
English sporting papers have at last &C
ceptsd the Springfield and other bicycling
records made this year, and account for
them By the statement that the American
tracks are superior to the Euglish tracks
During the football season Just finished
Yales eleven played eight games, winning
seven Of them. They scored 1865 points
TO II for their opponents. The only clubs
to score against them were the Princetous
and the University Of Pennsylvania.
Entries for the Futuriry Stakes o! the
Coney Islandy Jockey Club. and which do
not close until January l, continue to pour
in and the indications are that the number
of nominations calculated upon, 400, will
be exceeded.
James butcher charges A. \ McCIrdy
the Massachusetts bicyclist, with putting
another man on his machine while he rest
81 when he made his recent twenty four
hour record at Boston.
John S. Campbell, the tOrmer.drlver at
Richball, the PAGER, is said to have won up.
ward Of $4,000 in purses and bets at
BIishtoR Beach during the past season.
The Brighton Beach track will be wieen.
ei ten feet on the home stretch before next
season. and loan 10 the depth OF a foot
will this winter be placed over the entire
track.
The National Jockey Club Of Washing
ton IS said 10 be contemplating a ,rot,rug
meeting At the Iyy City Conrse, TO follow
the running meeting and the Philsde! PhIa
Circuit.
The Providence Baseball Association de-
ciared a dividend OF 10 per cen. on the
capital stock. This will leave about 3d.
900 still in the treasury. A committee has
under consideration the question OF enter
ing the club in either the Eastern or New
England League.
John Mckay was displeased because
Al. Hamm joined his fortunes with Jake
Gaudaur, aud BE- will, with Hosmer IN his
boat. do his utmost TO get up and win q
race from Gaudaur aud Hamm IN tue
spring. After that he will try another race
with Couley. the Portland oarSman.
Miss Kate Brown, OF Liverpool, England.
the seyenty-;wo-hour tems!s lOng-dlsiance
pedestrian Of the world, announces herself
as being eager to compete against one or
all of the female pedestrians Of America IN
a six day tan or twelve hours per day
contest Tor $500 or 81 600 a side.
4 special committee composed OF dele
y.r.s from the cricket CLUBS OF New UrA,
New Jersey and Connecticut are srrang-
ing for the organization Of a cricket as
ISOLATION similar to that OF Philadelphia.
It is thought that a roll OF thirty clubs can
be secured and schedule Of interesting
James arranged.
II is said that the father Of young
Bsecher. the phenomenal quarterback Of
the Yale TOO. 5sr team, promised him 50
spisce toy every touchdown he would
make during the season. The indulgent
.Dsr ent r~eioices in his son notosisty, which
has cost him the sun Of $500 as Bsecher
sixteen toueh-doRus.
Williac Muldoon, the "rsstle and
loser. sudJ Lawrence Sullivan, Boston q
ne, ougiliA we're arrested at Olesu, \. \,
on the llth ius. for ~assaultiug two nsn
When brought before the bar Sullivan vas
discharged, the evidence not being strong
enough 10 hold him. nUldoou. however,
wee found guilty and vas fined $50, which
was paid.
Canadian skaters are trying 10 ind q
nan to put forward against Hugh AeCor-
mick the New Brunswick skater, who
since Alexander PsulEen. the Norwegian,
has not noticed his challenge claims the
championship of the world AMI offers 10
defend his claim against any man 10 the
world for IS or $1,000 q side Il L race
from 3 10 J miles.