Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-28
EDWARD EXCELS HIMSELF,
Hanlan Challenges Beach to Row Either il
England or America.
THE eusHRANeeR BACKS DOWN.
Red Cloud Ballists Grow White With
Ire --- Burke and Dempsey
The Base Ball Record---
Sporting News.
Meeting ofthe Rivals.

Cable-Special TO the BEE. AT the boat
race won this afternoon by Christian Nell
sen, of musical fame, there occurred n meet
ing between Beach and Hanlan. 1t was
chance meeting with Beach. The other scul-
lers induced Hanlan to pay visit to the river
side yesterday afternoon when he at once
hied to his old quarters at the
Star and Garter at Putney, and
renewed acquaintance with his former SUP
porters, w. }. lnnes, Ross, Teemer Lee,
Bubear and others, and subsequently Han
Ian boarded the steamboat Fuchsia, which
was about to follow the race, when he met
with a hearty reception from the general
public lining the tow-path, and also from
those aboard the steamer.
Considerable curiosity was evinced to wit
hess the meeting of the two great oarsmen,
and on Hanlan making his way round to the
side of the vessel, on which the champion
was standing, quite little crowd followed
eager to see and hear all that took place.
Beach at that time was in conversation with
Claspcr, the famous boat builder.
llanlan at first did not appear to notice
Beach, who was seated on the side of the
vessel with his back to the water. After he
had greeted a well known boat builder and
one or two others, Clasper drew the Canad
ian's attention to the presence of the champ
ion, saying: "There is an old friend of
yours"
Here Hanlan at once turned toward his
great rival and apolegized for his oversight,
but to the surprise of many on board who
were not up to the ins and outs of the affair,
Beach completely ignored Hanlan's existence
for the tme till at length, after an awkward
pause, the eX-champ.on broke the ice by
saying:
81 guess you know me?'
The champion replied: "Yes, l know you
well enough" in no very cordial terms.
Thence, however, somewhat heightened
and desultory conversation enSued. OF
course Hanlan went to the challenge ques-
tion, but Beach in a marked snubby tone
| said:
1T is no use to except on the Parametta
when will lay you Gl,000 to $500 win."
Hanlan said, "If you will not row me here
you are not much of a champion"
Beach promptly replied, 'But | am cham
| piOn enough TO beat you. 1t is Il pity we did
| not meet on the Thames, as | should have
| liked to prove to the British public as to
which is the best man"
| uanlan objected strongly TO Beach saying
| nasty things. Beach replied that everything
| he had said he could substantiate and that
| the strongest expression he had ever used
was when calling him "gas bag"
He had called him gas bag
because he was a good hand at
| bluffing. The discussion was carried on
| some little time longer, but before the pair
separated the Canadian acknowledged that
| he had been treated in a most handsome
manner in Australia and that many remarks
| f6rsswhich he was held responsible were
totally untrue. After the race a
Lad
ters at the White Hart, at Barnes. Beyond
any amount of toastng nothing further
transpired between the cracks.
Subsequently, however, Hanlan at the
Fox and Hounds at Putney issued chal-
lenge to Beach. thus:
II will row Beach on the Thames or Tyne
for g50O side and the championship of the
world, to take place within seven weeks of
| signing of the articles. | hand the represen-
tatIve of the Sportsman first deposit of el00
| as an earnest OF my good faith, and
1 will be pleased to meet Beach
at the Sportsman Office on Tuesday after
! noon between 2 and 3 o'clock to draw up the
articles and make all arrangements"
All sporting men seem unanimous that
nothing will come of this. Not few openly
say that Hanlan would never have come un-
| less convinced that Beach would not accept
any challenge to row on the Thames
| LONDON, Sept. 27.-Edward Hanlan has
challenged Beach to row race on the Thames
for any sum up to $25, 600 and has offered to
| row in America or Australia, Hanlan to give
Beach $1,000 in the former case and Beach
| to give Hanlan $4,000 in the latter. Beach
| has declined all challen .es.
| The boat race for el00 a side between Lar
gan and the Australian oarsmen, Nielsen,
took place to-day on the Thames, Putney to
| Mortlake, and was won by Nielsen, who fin
! shed alone. Beach and lIanan witnessed
the race from the deck of a steamer On
meeting the champion and ex-champlon
| showed marked cOdness, not even shaking
| hands Beach said he would not row in
America il llanan offered him the whole of
IN So o sp on ,lonI e Sd e Mona row 6n 9
against $500, but he would not pay HanIan S
travelling expenses. The dispute continued
some time llanan was greatly annoyed by
Beach calling him gas-bag.