The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-09
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.
Kilrain will fight Sullivan for the champion
ship and $4,000 side
Ike Weir, the Belfast Spider, expects to be
able to spar again soon.
A full brother of the great Foxhall foaled
at WOOdburn on April 10.
Grover Cleveland is almost sure starter for
the Brooklyn handicap. He is about ready for
racing.
Jockey Mclaughlin has returned from Wash.
ington to his home in Brooklyn on account of
ill-health.
Garrison is repozed as saying that Grover
Cleveland, the California racer, is the speediest
horse he ever rode.
A report comes from Cleveland that Patron
will be but in training in July and will be
ready for trotting in September.
Sir Dixon is TO be tried with Tea Tray in
few days. If he meets the requirements he
may be sent TO the Kentucky derby.
j.. /. Case says he would like to match
Brown against Chimes, three in five, Washing
ton Park track, Chicago, in August, for $1,000
a side or more.
Mr.. Samuel P. HOllingSwOrth, the worlds
champion long-distance bicyclist, married
last week to Miss Lottie Haun, at Russiaville,
lnd where they both reside.
Washington. D. G., wheeImen have pledged
of scOundrels who persist in disregarding the
rights of wheelmen on the road.
Charles Carr of England and Wallace Ross
of America have signifed their intention of
taking part in the great international regatta
at Deventer, Holland on Saturday. June g.
Joe McAuliffe and Frank Glover to fight
in the California club rooms at San Francisco
May 81, the club giving purse of 81 $50. Ten
rounds with skin gloves are to be contested.
The black horse Ozark, owned by DIR.
Lamphier of East Saginaw, Mich, was acct
dentally killed recently by q pitchfork enter
ing his groin, death haYing resulted in a few
hours.
The executive committee of the Ontario
Cricket association has decided that the inter-
national match be played at Toronto, Ont, on
July 4, and 6. The dates were suggested by
the American association.
Jem Smith has accepted Peter Jackson's
challenge to fight for 5000 side. Jackson
claims to be the champion boxer of Australia.
lie is now on his way to San Francisco, and he
may meet Smith in America.
Trade is still booming in the Eastern billiard
rooms-that is, in New York and Philadelphia
at Coo per hour while business in the West
ern roOms-that is, 81. Louis and ChicagO-is
in fair way of going to pieces at from zoe to
40c an hour.
Mr.. Gerry Jones, chairman of the /. 4. w.
racing board, has issued notice that in accord
ance with the vote OF the racing board, Percy
Stone of ST. Louis and w. G. Hull of San Fran
cisco, have been reinstated, on condition that
they do not race again.
The quartermile track of the East Hartford
wheel club has been widened and repaired this
spring, and is now one of the finest bicycle
tracks i'm the country. 1t varies from 10 TO ~
feet in width on the homestretch, and is 10 or
IL feet wide on the turns and the backstretch
The Boston Herald says Frank Murphy
the 11S-pound champion of Great Britain is ex-
pected to reach this city the middle of next
month. He comes here to engage in a fight
against any man in the country at even weight
for any part of $500 side. His first match
will probably be against jack Havlin for $1,000"
George r. Brett, champion hose coupler of
the world, has accepted a challenge from Ar
thur Hilton, under international rules, for 500
a side and the gate receipts. Hilton is believed
TO be the unknown who challenged Mr.. Brett
months ago and failed to appear at the scratch.
The match will take place at Huron, ID. T.,
June : to 9.
Dominiek McCafIrey met with rousing re-
ceptiOn at Pttsburg last week. lie spared
nightly with Frank Herald, and one evening
the latter went at Dom though he intended
to make corpse of him, but he got blow on
the eye which closed il, and he is now very
docile. lie spars one week in Cincinnati and
one week in Chicago.
A pool room in san Francisco closed on
"Wednesday owing to heavy losses on the races.
Nearly everyone bet on Haggin's horses and on
favorites all won, greatly TO the grief OF the
bookmakers. One large pool room dropped
$4,000, and two others lost -, 900 EACH but they
promptly paid all losses.
The Boston Herald has received from two
wealthy gentlemen separate offers 20 back Sui
Ivan for 5000 against Kilrain. Both offers
were made without consultation with either
Sullivan or Phillips, his manager. One OF the
gentleman announced that as Sullivan declines
to recognize Kiirain's title to the championship
or the value of the Richard X. Fox belt rs n
champion belt he would be backed against
Kilrain for any amount from 5000 to $1,000
for a fight TO decide the relative merits of the
men.
BY direction OF the president, Henry w. Gar
field, there will be n special meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the national association
of amateur oarsmen at the Gilsey house. New
York, Saturday evening, May ~, TO consider
the following matters: To reopen the Conley
case; the application of james Pilkington for
reinstatement as an amateur 0arSman; the re-
gatta for this season; the proposition OF sub
hitting to the clubs an amendment to the con-
stitutiOn limiting the time for trainngi the
West End rowing club of Buffalo, n. Y, 10
assist il in the effort to become a purely anna
teur organization.
A writer In the Sporting Neies has this 10 say
regarding professional sports: 'There are some
persons in America who place no reliance what
ever in anything that concerns professionals.
Those who despise professionals mostly are men
who have sometime during their life lost few
dollars, they having bet on the wrong side. AS
a rule man who bets his money on foot race,
boat or prize fight and loses il generally
cries that IL was Sold, 1t was job they done
me up etc. The man who loses always is
robbed(O Ia the boat race between Teemer