St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-07
MINNEAPOLIS SPORTS.

Fleur de Lis. a Minnesota thoroughbred,
was one OF the winners at the New Orleans
races Tuesday.
Charles Moth is training in Eau Claire,
Wis, and when he comes to Minneapolis
he will be in the pink of condition.
Patsy Mellen's fight with Pat McCue at
Fond du Lac on Saturday night was stopped
by the chief OF police at the end of the first
round.
Leroy Durgin of this city challenges any
man in Minnesota TO a seventy-five-hOur or
six days heel and toe walking match for
$500 side. He claims to be professional
pedestrian and says he has walked with
O'Leary and Rowell.
Col. j. II. Mclaughlin, who is training
in his gymnasium in Detroit for his mixed
wrestling match with Charles Moth. is ex-
pected to arrive in Minneapolis in three or
four days. He writes Aid. Sly that he is
already in the finest condition and the latter
Is wagering that the colonel will win.
Tom Shields, the champion aIl-around
athlete Of Canada. has accepted Wilkes
McDermottS challenge TO wrestle three
style match (GrecO-ROman, catch-as-eatch.
can and collar and elbow for 500 side
aud designates Friday night at the Theater
Comique for the contest. They are both
giants in the literal sense, and will give a
good entertainment
The WacOuta TObOggan club of .St. Paul
sent over deputatiOn of ten members with
six tObOggans last evening to Join the Min
neapOlis club in a slide on Lowry hill. In
their natty uniform and singing their slogan
''W-a-c-O-u-t-a. WacOuta," they attracted
general attention Oh the streets. A sleigh
conveyed them To the slide. where they
found large party of the Minneapolis
club ready to receive them. The ST. Paul
boys had new tObOggans and were new at
the business. but hearty introduction was
given them and two hours were very pleas
antly spent on the slide. They extended
an invitation TO the st. Paul club to join
them at the winter carnival, which will I'M
doubleday be accepted. All of the slides
were crowded last night and business was
very brisk. At the same time large party
flashed steel runners on the ice at Central
Park lake. all under the brilliant electric
light.
The annual meeting of the Minneapolis
Rifle club was held last evening at Kennedy
Bros. with small attendance, President
Weeks occupying the chair. An interest
ing paper by Dr. c. NJ. Skinner, suggesting
several changes in the practice of shooting
that IL would be advisable for the club to
adopt. 1t has been the practice of the
club 10 clean guns after each shot. The
majority OF riflemen, however, have come
To favor cleaning only after each range
The doctor also advised that 600 yards be
made the limit in long range shooting. on
the ground that it will keep the club to-
gether by accommodating all rifles, and
that many of the expert shots in the mill
tary companies can be induced to Join by
this means. 1t was suggested also that the
long range championship badge held by the
club be offered as a prize to the National
guard, to be won three times before title is
given.
The sporting fraternity is more than usu-
ally exercised over the new penal code, OF
that portion of it which relates TO prize
fighting. Some claim that it is n nice ques-
tiOn whether or not the new act can operate
in cases of glove contests for points only.
The act specifies conflicts without arms
commonly known as prize fights. The
question is. then, whether or not glove
set-to is a prize fight in the eyes of tine law.
1t is not so denOminated by the profession,
any more than is a GrsecO-ROman, catch-as-
catch-can or kindred fights. although they
are in reality fights, and may or may not be
for prizes. While legal opinions in this
city differ, those who believe that soft-glOve
fights for points and wrestling contests can
not CONT under the head of ''priZe fight
ing" from the common acceptatiOn of the
term, are vastly i'm the majority. And it is
probably safe to add that the municipal au-
thorities will be 10th to interfere in such
cases.