The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-13
sP0RTING NOTES.

STUN ANh ~ 10
Harry Bartlett. the English light
weight, who soon after arriving in Ibis
country. a few months ago. was knocked
ont BIZ Jack Farrell. when the latter was
In anything but good condition, was
matched 20 meet Ike Wier. the Belfast
Spider, on Wednesday Bartlett arrived
from England a week ago with his
family Tie is 20 fight at 1875 pounds,
and Nier d. 90 strip at l22. Bartlett j.
backed for : 600 by a well-known sport
ing man in this city, who has also bet
81 900 that bis man can do the Spider at
the weights named. The fight will take
place within q month. between home and
home,-New York and BOsion-and will
be a good one, no matter which way 10
goes
The international championship ska.
ting no Amsterdam, Holland, is attract
ing a great deal of attention in New
York. The American Champion work
is watched closely, and though he has
not yet succeeded in getting any of the
first places. he has never failed 20 come
in close az the heels of the Russian cham
pion, Alexander Won Panschin The
American who is doing such good work
in foreign ice is Joe DOnOghue, of New
burgh. Won Panschins time for the
mile skatcd was 2:j9, while the New.
burgh boys was only one second slower
Tim Keeie's side partner, William
BecanOn, has a scheme aiOOt for the for
nation Of an amateur league, and the
idea is certainly a brilliant one. None
but commercial clubs will be admitted 10
the new league, and they viii play on
Saturday afternoons only. The grounds
will be at Mott Haven, or when the New
Yorks are away visiting the Polo
grounds will be used There are TO be
six clubs, and $50 Is suggested as the
membership fee.
The regular baseball season will open
on March 30th, when the New YOrks will
play the Jaspers of Manhattan College
This Is one of the old-time customs, and
ii Is liable 10 last long after some Of the
present players have laid down their bats
and made their last home run
Steve Brodie the pioneer bridge
jumper, is in ,the interior Of the State,
making arrangements to initiate sam
Patch, and throw bis memory in the
shade, by jumping from the very spot, as
near as can be ascertained, that sam
jumped from al the Genesee Falls. The
Jump will be made within sixty days, and
there are many Of the people here who
think that this will end Brodie's career Of
bridge jumping, and IN fact end his use
fulness for anything except a hearse.
The County Club of Westchester
county has offered one of the most yalua-
bic trophies ever shot for as a prize for a
team pigeon shooting match to take place
in February. 1t is a cup valued at $500,
and the teams that viii compete for il
will be made up of members OF the
Tuxedo, Westminster Kennel, Cartaret,
Philadelphia, County Club, Of Bos-
ton, Riyerion, Rockaway Hunt, and
Meadow Brook Clubs The best
talent in the Clubs will naturally
be put forth in an endeayer to capture
so handsome trophy, and there ought
TO be some good shooting al the traps.
The conditions are twenty birds TO each
man, thirty yards rise, fifty yards boun-
dairy; ties, five birds. All the teams are
swell sports, and some of them are good
shots; others are not Still, there are
enough good pigeon killers already on
the list to make IL worth while to see the
match. OHALLJEkE.