Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-03
TEEMER-NANkAk
Letters Which the Canadian Says
He Received From Teemer.
CORRESPONDENCE OF INTEREST
To the SpOrts--PrOpOsitjOn Alleged
to Have Passed to Sell
the Race.
WAY IN WHICH RACES ARE RowED

TORONTO, November 2.-Edwsrd HsnlAr
has taken up his quarters here for the win
ter. He is indignant ct the statement sait
to have been made by Teemsr that hi
made oyertuIes to him tosell the race be
tween fkems which BE emphaticalIy denies
He Furthermore offers for publication
the following letters received by
him from Teemer. On June 29
Teemer wrote: II hope that every thing ID
all right and you and will row race. ]
am sure we can make $4,000 apiece. !
wi do anything you think best, and after
these races l will 90 to Australia withyou. "
On September | he wrote: 81 guess this
letter will explain everything until
you and / meet on the course. Nolk,
my backer, don't want me to come up
with him to make the match. You
tell him you want to row for 81, 500 side,
the winner 10 take 60 psr cent. and the
loser 40 per cent OF The gate money.
When you get this letter you read it very
carefully and do not make any mistakes
Be sure and bold out for 81 500 eide and
the gate money 10 be divided as stated in
this letter, and when you go to make the
match put $500 up, the other 81, { 90 to be
put up four days before the race takes
place, and when We meet We can settle all.
/ hope this will find you all right
This letter was followed by one the next
day. Ia it Teemer says: II will not be in
New York On Saturday to make the
match. Volk don't want me TO 60. He
said he could handle everything as well
without me. Dou't make 1t Q cent less
than 81, SEQ a side. Ed, try and make it
for the last week in September. You
don't need to be afraid Of me. If you are
not in condition, / will do anything sou
esk me to do to make you win the race.
Be sure and make it as soon as possible,
for would like 10 row Gaudaur sfrer | row
YOU. Be sure and make it soou.' Han
Ian says he has not yet arranged his plans
for next year.
FURTHERMORE.
PIrrsDuRGu. November 2 In regard TO
the Associated Press dispatches from. To-
ronto this afternoon, stating that Hsnlsn
had 66blished Teemers correspondence,
in which the latter offered 10 sell ont in the
race Teemer, who was found at MckeeE"
port tonight, said Il wrote the letters bs
cause Hanlan would not row me unless !
gave guarantee that he should beat me. y
When he was negotiating with Han
Ian that oarsmen made the requirement
so imperative that he (Teemer), gave the
proposed match up fer helpless, and when
he came home he wsS still greatly i'm
pressed with the fact that Hsnlan was
stubborn in this determination and would
not row him unless some such guarantee
was given. After the match was made
Teemer said further that Haulan went to
Wallace Ross his trainer, several times to
have him persuade TO mer to lose ther
and let Haulsn whit. Mr.. Volk, Teeper'a
6scker, was seen. He said be knew moth
irg OF the correspondence. Teemer had
n sde the proposition TO Hanlsn without
his knowledge, as he wanted everything
conducted on the square. He was of the
opinion that certain Pittsburg and Nc.
Keesport clique wanted TO ron Teemer,
and that it was ell scheme to fleece him.
Mr.. Vo!k also said that Haplsp had never
approached him 10 buy the race, and TO
the bt0t OF bis kno Wedge had never aP'
preached Teemer.