The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Reynolds. the New York featherweight
fighter satisfied with his laurels, has retired
from the ring.
The judges for the Indiana Kennel clubs
field trials are Messrs. d. c. Bergundthal, Royal
Robinson and A. 6. SloO.
The West side park at Chicago will offer
LOCO In purses during the first two weeks of
the meeting beginning May IL.
Matsada Sorakichi is going to San Francisco
to wrestle Jimmie Faulkner. He will also
challenge Acton for one thousand-dollars a
side match.
J.J. Engleman, the Chicago pedestrian, has
challenged III. O. Messier of Denver to walk a
twenty-five or fifty mile heel and toe race for
500 or 500 a side.
c. ID. COlvin will attempt to make ninety
fve miles and break the tweve-hour record IN
the coming six-day race at Madison square
garden for a wager of $3.50.
Robert Wood of New York and Emmett Nc
Dougall of Philadelphia are matched for a
roller skating race of ten miles at Newberg on
the 24th inst, the prize being gold medal.
The race between the three cowboys and
BicyclistS Knapp, Morgan and Reading, eight
hours per day, six-day race, which was TO have
come off at Omaha April to 13 was declared
off for the present
The L. s. lawn tennis association has ap-
pointed the week beginning June 10 as the time
for the ladies' championship tennis tourna-
meDI, ana tue GROUNDS Oh tue Gnudu6lpult
cricket club at Wissahickon as the place.
At the coming centennial celebration to be
held in New York, April 80 and May l, an
effort will be made to have cyclists division
formed in the parade, as there are sufficient
wheelmen in New York City to make large
demonstration.
Steve Brodie the New York bridge jumper,
has issued challenge 10 any bridge jumper in
the world, Stanley the Cincinnati freak, pre-
feTred. He proposes three jumps and 100
yards swim TO q stakeboat as the conditions,
the jumper reaching the boat first in two trials
TO be declared the winner.
A match was recently shot at Bowenbrook,
England between Capt. John l.. Brewer of
Philadelphia, Pa, and Mr.. w. Waring of
Wolverhampton, England. for 1900, at fifty
blue rock pigeons, Brewer at thirty-three yards
and Waring at thirty. Brewer killed forty
one birds and Waring forty.
Billy McMillin of Washington has posted
500 and issued a challenge to fight Paddy
Duffy of Boston, who has just returned from
California, for $500 or $1,000 a side, at 142
pounds or at catch weights, with small gloves,
the battle to be decided within 100 miles of
New York City eight weeks from the time OF
signing articles.
Montana turf-writer says, jestingly, that
the late enormous prices paid for trottinR
stations, $4,000 or so, less $4,000 or so they
are booked TO earn, or are guaranteed to earn,
reminds one OF the chestnut of the old horse
that brought $4,000, but it was in bull pups at
81 900 apiece. We are fast verging to the SEN
sstional in horse matters.
The great New Philadelphia century
run has been fixed to start on Saturday, June 8.
The rendezvous will be at Orange, Friday even
ing where ample accommodations will be pro-
vided for the cyclers Starting early next morn
ing the route will lie through Newark Eliza
BETH Plainfeld, New Brunswick, Princeton
and Trenton to Philadelphia.
J. A. st. John of st. Louis, the weIl-known
hacker of professional oarsmen, is confident
that Gaudaur can beat Teemer. He says: "My
any more than he likes rough water. On placid
surface don't think there is an oarsman alive
that can defeat him from two to four miles,
but when he gets into a seaway, no matter how
slight, can beat him with my skif."
A Boston special says that Spider Weirs
next performance will be given in a dime
museum, where he will exhibit himself as the
man who, with both hands broken, stayed in
the ring eighty rounds with Frank Murphy
and held him off for a draw. Weir does not
like the idea of posing as a freak, but he is in
desperate straits and must do something for
living. He realizes that his hands will never
again be in frst-class shape for bare knuckle
or skin glove fight, and he knows he must reap
the benefit of the reputation earned ia former
battles. Therefore he has decided 10 accent
the offer of $500 week from the proprietor of
a dime museum 20 spar with the BLACK
Spider" Weir's hands have not yet regained
their natural color. The discoloration that re-
mains show how hard was the humping he
gave Murphy. Both wrists are painful, even
at this late day. Both were badly sprained but
in no other place does the Spider" show any
trace of his fight with Murphy. There is not
a mark on his face.