The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-01
THE SPORTING WORLD.
LATEST SUBJECTS ATTRACTING
ATTENTION OF THE FANCY.


''"s-'onld Not Raise Money Enough
Z" Fay Funeral Expenses Dempsey
I"hipuohc Fight - other Sporting News.
Especial Correspondence OF the Tines
BUFFALO. y. Y. August 30.-Everv-
BODY here has been waiting for week
Tor steve Brodie. the great and only
bridge jumper. to make his appearance
ana 80 over the Niagara Falls, some.
thing which has never been done, and
winch IS Looked upon as being an inn
possible feat. When YOU know that
,he water falls straight for 100 feet.
and 20 the bottom strikes a bed of rocks
that throws cloud Of spray fifty feet
INTO the air. so thick YOU cannot see
through IT, 10 docs seem as though such
"a thing as going over and coming out
OF thc water alive woio an impossi-
hiiiy.
Brodie has Jumped all the bridges Of
any consequence. has made am attempt
fo fight. has I'm ON the stage in q
tauk play. ard Jumped from a prison
window into the scething torrents of a
p1pier D0chic mountain gorge. and fer
some months his sole ambition i'm life
BIAS been t1 imp into the Niagara river
and go over .he tails IN rubber swim
ming suit. the same which made Capt.
Paul Boyutou famous.
Last week several Of Us left New
ork and came here 90 await BrOdie'-
arrival and trip over the falls. and
people here and at the fails laughed az
the idea of anyone going over that
sheet of water and living. and bets were
freely offered that he would not make
The attempt. and that If he did he
would be killed $40 the bottom of q 9
falls.
Brolic got here on Tuesday and went
iire.t o. the falls. met him there.
and together we went AN over the
ihe most available spot. Oar extra
strong glass brought near Us every cir
cle of ihe falls. both ca the American
and Canadian side. a point was finally
selected. and upon explaining 10 the
I captain If the Maid OF the Mist VINO
/ 3rodlo was. we were taken aboard and
ram nearer t. the foot of the falls than
/ Cine little boat bad ever been before
f The only place that could possibly be
/ looked urOu as in any degree safe was
F DOB the bend of the Horseshoe Falls. near
/ the Canadian shore. Here the water
va- thicker and there were fewer rocks
than anywhere else. %
Then Br0die began 10 make prepare
f fious for going over. lie expected tlfAt
F the hotel aud railroad people would put
/ up purse to make 10 am object for
F him o. risk his life. Instead of that
T they were all rather lukewarm and the
money they put up would hardly have
paid the funeral expenses Ct an ancient
SPORT This rather Disguised Br0die
lu9 the New York delegation, and the
/ jumper made mp MS mind to 90 over
/ money OF nOm0ney. To-day was fixed
as the time. Late last night Superin-
/ taulDnt Nelch, of the slate Reserve .
+ ZION. gave orders that BroGic and every
/ body accompany ing him should be az
rested should he make the attempt to go
over the water. and today we were so
/ closely watched that TO make the at
/ tempt would have been equal to volun-
Wuly walking into JAM.
III wanted 10 make th break bad.
said BrUdie. but these people amt got
n0 sporting blood. Now if this had
been in New York. l could have done 1t
nice. amt after glory but stuff. I've
aal columns of newspaper gulf aud
Glory and gone without me grub many
|a time. Glory don buy me no hash,
l0r pot no diamonds on me wife s
bands.
Brodie len town this evening for
Rochester, whore he says he will Jump
fne G.nc-ce falls, where Sam Patch
|aiad. Die is thinking, too of putting
uQ monument to the memory of the
+ famous jumper.
THIS plMlSlY-IE BIANCH FIGHT
The result of the fight between Jack
Dempsey. the alWay victorious nOnpa
rIrl. md LeBlanch. the marine. was a
. .ufurse Co everybody who knew any
- thin. about the men and their records.
Dempsey has fought number o!
hard BATTLES and never been defeated.
and was looked upon as welinigh in-
siN.hle. llO WAS so good that when II
WAS known Chat he was going 10 fight
tho sports used 60 look upon any bets
obtained on him as Regular cinches and
rest easy. Ia fact, % WAS almost the
custom tO send notes of sympathy and
coincidence 90 the man he was gong
I'D arhf before the mill came of. j.
hlrch IS earliest fight was with Demp'
sav. ami hc was SD badly whipped that
lc could not see. Sin then ne has
been putting 100 his time and learning
more about lighting.
WAen hc challenged Dempsey through
tine California Athletic CLUB. the result
wa. never questioned. though il wa
. pretty generally thought that the iigh
would be harder. ana not SO short. al
lne Nlnpiliel have been previously
From the accounts which have CONT
. across the continent by wire, II is hare
& % Judge iu-. how Dempsey lost th'
h1ht Certain u i-. that ID was all hl
way up t0 the tWcnty-iiith round. III
p bounded The Marine numerically. au'
q came very near knocking him out witt
chin blows on two or three oc
ra-iou.. He received in return
.1me pretty hard smashes-hardet
nroblbly. thln he ever received IN hI
ifa before. but he stood bis punishment
wonderful, we'll and reyer iiinchod a
my Stage of the game. From I'd
Uweafy-nfih 90 ihe thiriy-irst rouu'
Tho fehung was weak on both sides
IHH Dempsey WIS hl'N htA Nt.f 80 ~
fhirtv. second round. it must nav
been accidental ou Dempsey's part
.hau.h the Marine showed himself g.
0ea strong. hard and scientific iishte
.ud % good general in every way.
a erel. deal of money was bet oil
Dempsey in New York. ] so am told D.
letter. and odds of Sl0J To SO were OF
erred 0n him ia san Francisco Deior
tae fight.
ANOTHER ZOO. ANXIOUS To DROWN llN
, SELF.
Graham. who is familiarity known
.hc he.o of the whirlpool Rapids. "eI
trough The Whirlpool and Devil RAPID
,u SUNDAY in his birrel. He has tire
many times 70 make this trip. aud onl
DID, nee succeeded IN getting through IA
% Whirlpool. This time. however Il
% went clear through TO Lepistown.
+. Wton Loslarted his barrel was ioSse
here and there. banged agains. rock
and il was thought he would
.vamped before he had gone ma
milo ON through the whWllnl