The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-14

the matter
Tommy Holden, the Chicago boy, is il
the city, looking for scalps He want
those worn by either Weir, Murphy o
Warren, and is willing 10 fight either O
them 10 a finish at llS pounds, frs
come, first served. for - 900 upwards
Holden is rather Disguised with Murphy
AMI saws be has not acted square. III
will fight under any conditions and any
wserc 80 long as he fights What h'
wants Is the belt, and II he fights as wei
as be talks he can have il.
Usually the first rounds of fight Ar
[ furious and those toward the end of {
mill tame, weak, and yealy, but in
semi-proies-ional light that came OF
within stones throw of the City Hal
the other night things were just the re-
verse Pat Doyle and Whitley For
roster were The principals and they ha6
10 for forty-two rounds. The first thirty
were Wcak-yery weak In fact. there
was not serious blow struck, and Oh,
spectators guyed the men numerically
and made so much noise ihoL the fight
was stopped temporarily at he thirtietl
round 4 colorcd sport, who has made
"a small fortune and a local reputation
following the races, made a little speech
and begged The fighter. 10 fight.
We've paid our good dollars, gent
men. he said, and we'd lax TO see some
good fighting. Now fo' Gawd'- sake xii
yo'self-. an I'll plant yo deep
Either the speech or the guying they
received stirred them mp, and for twelve
rounds they hammered each other from
one end of the ring 10 the other. When
they came up for the fOriy-secOnd round
they were bloody from crown TO belt.
neither could see, and both were SO
badly used up they had To- De helped
iO The centre OF the ring. In this round
Doyle len ont lcfl-hander in sheer dcs-
peraion II landed ON Forrestcrs cal.
and the moon rose. Somebody said
Forester WAS dead, aud the crowd
claWcd Itself into shied- and patches In
q Wild endeayor TO get away from The
place. Forester was not quite dead,
but 10 took an hour and a-half tO bring
him around so Doe could remember the
time % day
An event hat is interesting the port-
ing world is the scientific measuring
of prominent athletes by Professor
Lathrop, OF Harvard. at @ photographs
or studio The other day The measure.
mcnis viii De used by Professor Sar-
geaut, of Harvard, Ia an article he Is
preparing for publication W. W. Ford,
holder 90 the worlds record Of twenty
three feet three inches. running broad
Jump, Fred We-ting, northumberland
runner J. l. Connect. long distance.
A. b Copeland, hurdle racer T. J.
Lamhrecht shot puiter In addition 20
these there were an sorts of athletes who
were measured The dimensions of
every part of the frame were taken, and
The action of the heart and lungs were
tested thoroughly scicntic men sag
some astonishing results will SET The
sports to thinking
The warm weather of the past few
lavs has driven the oar-men ont of the
Iymnasiums and into their shells and
great deal OF practice work has been
done by an of the crack singles and
teams Sunday, il was supposed, would
see the waters around New York filled
With spiunors, bat early Ia the day tie
weather took an unfavorablc turn
.he wind blew up cold and
raw, and The water became 500
umpy and choppy that nothing could be
lone in the way Of making good speed
tnd all attempts at practice were lives
ip. Monday, however. was better and
all the flyers took advantage of the clear
'ky and baimy air 90 push themselves
through the blue waters of the Harlem
iud the Passaic rivers
The rowing ion aud around New York
s. one Of tho attractions of the early sum
uer, and crowds flock 90 the rivers 20
ee the airily-altirei Oar-men az work
ust the same as lovers OF good. fast
rotting go out along the Boulevard TO
ce the fast horses OF the town at their
lcst Very little trOtting has been seen
his year as yet, but IN weeg al the
outside The roads will De iammed with T
ONE of the most noteworthy horses .
.riycn bv some OF the best known men
u this town
The rowing this year In the summer
aces promises tO be- better than ever be- /
ore All the cracks have been hard at .
work in the gymnasiums all the winter /
md are now in the best condition any
arsman could possibly De in ai this time +
% the year Records which will Doe sur
risingly fast for amateurs viii be- made .
bis year. If the men keep t0 their prac-
ice until the time comes to let them
elves out for the home stretch
A rat-killing match between two rat
erriers for 500 took place in a New
er.ey sporting resort, near HOboken,
DE other night, and attracted All the
sew y ork and New Jersey sports 10 The
it-side In fact. 10 was Il match be-
Weeu New York and New Jersey. Jack
.as a New York bred dog and owned by
New Yorker and his opponent was
hampton who claimed New jersey as
Is birthplace and home
There was considerable betting. and
lOst OF the money went ON the Jersey
og. who had been in many match and
ad always come ont winner while
ack was about tO make his debut before
be sporting public Still The New
orkers took all the money offered
ach dog had nifty rats Champion,
hen put into the pit, took each rat by
be back of the neck, biz through, and
illed Instantly His time WAS twenty
light minutes
When Jack was put into the pit and
le rats were let loose around him. he
,st no time, but following Champions
yle of killing. gol down DO hard work,
ld when the watch showed that twenty
ne minutes had passed his last rat was
cad, and the new candidate for honors
AS the winner and the champion OF tie
&C. Both dogs were slightly bitten in
le match
AWAY of on the horizon of the sport
Ig world there has risen within the past
eek n star that when it first appeared
az dim and small and which has been
rowing steadily in size and brilliancy
liil IL bids fair 10 shine as brightly as
be most luminous in the amateur world.
asst winter a modest young man who
,id he. was A G Oakley Joined the
gymnasium Of the Brooklyn \ NJ. c. \,
nd began TO try bis feet az jumping in
fecreatiye sort of way.
People who watched him noticed that
, improved in style and force every
me hc jumped Last Saturday at
ial jump-standing hiFh-he cleared
feet lOt inches Ills style is easy and
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