Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-25

The Montreallacross players closed their
triumphal tour in the United States BY de-
feating the Bostons by score OF SIX goals
| to one.
BABY, the English walker. now matched
against Dennis Driscoll, will give series
Of exhibitions in the skating Kinks OF Ne"
England.
A match has been arranged between W.
q. Burrill, the colored runner, and William
O'Keefe, in which the latter is to walk 10
miles fair heelsnd-toe while Burrill runs
20 miles. The match Is to be decided at
Rayenswood training grounds on Novem'
Der 80. The stakes are 500.
Maud s. has quits q room to roam
around in. She is kept in stall fifteen feet
square.
Cummings, the English champion run
ner, goes into business January ard quits
the cinder path for good.
The students of Phillips Andover and
Phillips Exter academies will play their
annual foot ball game at Rxter, November
ii.
John Murphy of New York is in town
to match Msxey Cobb against Pilot Knox
for 81 500 a side. Whether or not the
match will be msdeis yet question.
The stem yacht Atlanta, the winner of
the prize in last seasons American Yacht
Club regatta, has been hauled up for the
the season. The paint is being scrsped off
her upper works, and in January she ia ex-
pected to take an of'shore cruise.
The New England Lacrosse Association
has decided to hold banquet at the Quin-
cY House, Monday evening, November %.
The championship trophies will be present
ed to the winners on this occasion. The
various clubs are taking lively interest in
the event, and it is looked forward to In
lacrosse circles as the time OF the season.
Duncan C. Ross is making fortune in
mounted brosdsword contests on the Pa
cifc coast. Twenty thousand people re-
Gently saw him defeat Sergt Davis.
The o Brien brothers, the athletes, have
announced their intention Of making a
tour Of Europe and Australia with John
S. Sullivan after the present season closes.
It's limited in billiard circles that Schset-
er is not in good condition physically tor
the coming billiard tournament, and Slos-
son is named as sure winner by the
knowing ones.
Mr.. Small, who is to take Grant to Eng
land in December, says that they will try
to arrange q series OF races at 5, 10 and
20 miles for $500 or $1,000 side with
William Cummings, the champion runner
of England.
Mr.. Cohn6eld, the owner of Maxey Cobb,
has accepted the challenge Of John Murphy
to trot King Wilkes against and stallion in
the world for 81 900. Mr.. Cohn6eld names
any time previous to November 3 for the
race,
Daniel O'Lesry Is making q profitable
living by giving exhibitions in skating rinkP,
walking against one or two skaters, and be-
ing allowed certain distance. BE pro-
poses giving medals for fast skating in all
Kinks in which he appears, but running on
skates will not be allowed.
R. A. Nelson broke the American ten
mile record at the Chicago Bicycle Assc-
Citations meeting, doing the distance in
SO.O2I.
A gold medal has been given to the Chi
csgo Bicycle Club for the winner of the
twenty-five mile race which will be run in
the near future.
J. E Gould, who won two of the Norris
town Bicycle Bulbs races, rode on his
wheel from Philadelphia to Norristown to
take part in the races.
A team race, open only to clubs in New
York and Brooklyn, will be given under the
auspices Of the Kings County Whetlmen
on November 2.