St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-18
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Patsy h[ellen has accepted the challenge
OF Mckeown, the Winnipeg giant, to fight
to finish with hard gloves for 500 a side
and gate receipts. The mill will occur in
Winnipeg within three weeks. Patsy Car
diff will care for Mellen, who has gone into
training.
Until last Saturday W. Woodside held
the worlds tifty-mile bicycle championship.
On that day John S. Prince, the champion
of the United States, broke the record in st.
Louis. Mr.. Woodside has signifed his de-
termination to make an effort to regain the
championship by lowering Princes record
before leaving Minneapolis.
Since the Cardiff Curtiss mill occurred in
Eau Claire the matter has been in dispute.
CurtiSs has alleged in card to the GLOBE
that he won the fight on foul. A letter
was yesterday received from an eminent
city official of Eau Claire. who was an eye
witness to the contest. This letter states
that the fight was not given CurtlSS on a
foul. The letter reads:
l am in receipt of of your telegram asking
about the Carditf-CurtSs contest. / am not
an adept at this business, nor do wish to
have my name mentioned in connection with
completed when Hadley claimed foul Car
diff forced matters from the start. He did
all the leading, Curtiss ducking. lodging and
backing all around the stage. Cardiff forced
Curtiss to the corner of the stage, when they
clinched, Curtiss getting Cardiff's head under
his left arm. The referee was slow in order
ing them to break away and during this time
Curtiss claimed TO have been injured. Car
diff did not foul him or at least did not strike
Curtiss where he claimed to have been hurt.
If Curtiss was hurt it was done by Cardiff S
knee and was accidental. Curtiss was ap-
parently afraid of his opponent the moment
hes aw him stripped. The referee did not
see any foul and hesitated long time in CIV
ing a decision and finally said: ''Curtiss was
fouled but it was accidental and I do not
think Cardiff is to blame.' The referee is a
personal friend to Curtiss. Cardiff acted like
aperfect gentleman on the stage and while
in town and made many friends. The referee
did not give the fight to Curtiss. He only
made the statement I give above.
Cardiff has posted forfeit to meet Cur
tiss at Minneapolis for 500 side and re-
ceipts, Curtiss to take the money if he
stands up four rounds.
BELL WINS AGAIN.
The second five-mile bicycle race between
Grant Bell and William M. Woodside, the
champion of Ireland, occurred at Washing
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defeat to the fact that the narrow tires of
his Ridge safety machine prevented his
rounding the corners properly. Accord
ingly, for the second match he sent to Chi
cago and got new machine of the same
pattern with broad tire and went into the
race with all confidence. The rink held a
still larger crowd than before and the in
terest was intense. A start was made and
Bell, as usual, took the rear, and began the
tactics he has never found unsuccessful.
At every stretch he pushed Woodside hard,
pulling up and resting at the turn. By this
means he kept the champion at full tilt all
the time and finally, on the twenty-sixth
lap, shot past him, the crowd cheering vocif-
erously. After that Bell had an easy vic
tory, though compelled to keep up his pace.
He crossed the line winner by an eighth
of lap in 1915. This time, though
official, seems almost miraculous, and is
thirty-two seconds faster than was ever
made in this rink, besides leading the rink
record of the world nearly twenty-seven
seconds.