Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-28

OCOnnOr of Canada Defeats Teemer N
Pennsylvania for the Championsbi,
of America and a Stake of $e.5OO-A
Fine "ontest-Other Sporting Event
Throughout the World.
WASHINGTON, November 24.-William 7
0COnnor, the Canadian oarsman, defeatet
john Teemer of McKeesport, Pennsyl
vania holder OF the title of champio,
oarsman OF America, this afternoon, in ,
three-mile race on the Potomac river. Cd
site Washington, for the championsbir
of America and stake OF $4,000 a side
O'Connor rowed in splendid form, and
led from the start to finish, Teemer at nc
time being able to overtake him. O'Con
nor will now go to Australia to battle
with Searle for the championship OF the
world. .s=..ssss........ra-....s,
The course selected was three miles, with
turn. When time for the race, $3.50
o'clock, arrived, coal dumps, gas works,
wharves and boat houses were lined with
people, fully ten Thousand persons being
spectators from on shore, while many
more occupied seats on the small river
CTbilE' 1AC bpoCUHUOF6 6nlV0rGU III The
chilly, raw air, while the preliminaries were
being arranged. The water was smooth.
hut muddy, and the other conditions
were unfavorable to good time being
made.
BETTING BECAME LIVELY
just before the race, and considerable
money changed hands, the O'Connor men
first betting even and then giving odds of S
to +, aad when no takers could be founyss
they offered 5 to on their man.
1t WAS 70 minutes after o'clock when
Mr.. r. Elder, OF the Columbia Ath etic
Club, who had been selected referee, got the
men in line. When, a minute later, he gave
the signal go" O'Connor was off like q
flash and was half length in the lead be.
fore Teemer could dip his oars in the water,
NCOnnor, with stroke "a to the minute,
gradually gained on the eMcKeesport sculler,
who pulled about two strokes faster.
At half a mile the Canadian had length
Of clear water between him and his compet-
itor ana slowed down his stroke to 32 to q
minute.
At q mie he held his lead, but he was out
OF his course and lost some distance so
that at the turn he was only a length
ahead.
Rounding the buoy OConnor put on 81
squirt, and with long, powerful pull of 30
to the minute, he gained rapidly on Teemer,
and dropping his stroke to %, was agood
THREE LENGTHS In THE LEAD
when the two miles OF course had been gone
over. The Canadian sculer was fresh and
every stroke seemed full of power, while
Teemer, though pulling 32 to O'Connor's
%, moved ahead slowly and seemed in
labor.
From this point on O'Connor increased
his lead. and, slowing up towards the finish
lie, he crossed it the winner about ten
lengths ahead OF Teemer. The winners
tine was 20 minutes and 33 seconds.
Tecmer's time was not taken, but it was
estimated to be 20 seconds slower.
OConnor pulled over to the referees
boat, and inquired if every thing was all
right. Elder told him it was, and that he
had won. He padded quietly off to his
boat house without q word. His hackers,
however, were jublant, and loudly gave
vent to their feelings.
Joseph Rogers, OF Toronto, backer OF
C'CtaiIJf,, 75tCiti as soon a5 the race was
over that he now proposed to 60 to
Australia and wrest the world champion
ship from ScarIe. O'Connor was trained
by George Lee, and Teemer by Aeert
Haum.
SKETCH OF o'CoNNoR, THE CHAMPION.
William }. O'Connor, who, by to-day's
race becomes the champion oarsmen OF
America, was born in Toronto, Canada,
about 25 years ago, and first came into
prominence in 1882, us q member OF the
Don Amateur Rowing club OF Toronto. In
1888 he won the senior single gechamplonshlp
of Canada at Hamilton, Ontario, having
short time before, with his partner. En-
right, won the championship Tor double
Eculing from the Long brothers.
He became professional oarsman i'll 1885
by challenging Ritz OF Pittsburg a race for
$1,000 q side, but the latter declined to
row. In 1887 he defeated Albert Haum,
but in his next race at Buffalo his boat was
swamped and he only took the third place,
HanlOn winning.
In March of this year, he defeated Peter
SON the Pacific Coast champion, at San
Francisco, and subsequently met and de.
ieated George Lee, Gandam and other gooo
mon. lie is i've feet then inches in hight
and weighed I63 pounds to-day.
OTHER SPORTING EvENLs.
New York, November 24.-Yale won the
football game, score 10 to Princeton's 0.
CHICAGO, November 24.-W. P. Vice o.
the San Francisco Athletic Club passed
through on his way to New York. he feels
confident he can arrange fight between
Dempsey and Mitchell.
New YORK, November 24.-1t is officially
announced that short stop Ward, OF TIT
New York baseball club, has been sold &c
the Washington club for $12,OO"
New York, November 24.--W. G. Young
of the Spartan Harriers, won the 1O mill
run for the championship Of America un
der the rules of the Natioual Amateur hth
letic Association, at the Mahattan Clus
grounds to-day. The wind was heaVy a..;
and the track hard. 1oungs tiine was
minutes 1875 seconds. S. L. Freeth' o
thn prnsnect Harriers, WAS secjnd, in b
minutes 9 seconds. The mile record wa
not broken, but Young increased the one
bour record from 10 miles ITO yards TO II
miles 905 yards.
MITCHELL AND SULLIVAN BLUsTER'
PHILADELPHIA, Novemt er 24.-Charle
Mitchell the English Pugiist, who ls no'
in this city, when shown " Boston dispaVo
aunuunc,ug John L. SulliVan's offer
$1,000 TO Mitch, Il TO stand up eight r"uno
in fropt Of him in public glove contest
sad: Il don't want to take atVan'@s
vi The lnan; he Is SICK. He h.'sI II" i,
b,I:4vis,.,s. Mv advice to him would
tn|av n lnr fv., years instead OF II.
uu,4.u-. ...n! / Y tn t!me he might resal
hi, ,,ll i,rr,. How ser, il he wahte l
ni.vra.,u. "m ling to meet nun; an
W,.t l., uiorr, | will give htn $l ,ooo II
vii, stand no against me Tor elght rouhus'