The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-26
THIS WEEKS SPORT.
Benefit to Master Devine at the Gym
nasium on Wednesday.
NEXT SATURDAYS FOOT RACE.
The Promise of Its Being Lively Event
Purcell, Pryor and Hunt All Conh-
dent-The Big schaefer-slosson BIZ
lizard Match To-Night-Other Sporting
Events.

Well, what have we in the way OF
sport this week? First on the program
comes the benefit TO Master Devine at the
Sanitary Gymnasium on Wednesday
night, when there will be long list of
events, not the least attractive of which
will be "A bout with the foils between Prof.
Felix B. Davis and George G. Harring-
ton.
Then comes the foot race at Narragansett
Park next Saturday between Hunt, Pur-
cell and Pryor. Which of them will VIM
Well, that's hard telling. Tom Aiken will
tell you that Hunt is the man.
Jim Nolan will tell you the same thing
about Hunt and George Hammell will in
form you that you'll be sorry If you put
your depend on anybody beside Purcell
And there you are. After all this advice
you will probably use your own Judgment.
These foot-racers are funny people ana the
best way 10 keep ahead OF the game is
not TO bet on them. Such Will not be the
case this time, however, for Indications
point To one of the biggest betting events
OF the kind ever held IN these plantations.
The Fall River sports will be at the track
in full force 20 back Hunt TO the full limit.
a special train from the Spindle City has
been chartered for the occasion and IL viii
Dc "A Jolly lou Vi HpOIlS WHICH ColiIco UP W
see Hunt win. From up the valley VIII
come big crowd, divided In opinion as TO
the result OF Pryor and Purcell, and both
factions ready TO go broke on their
man. Added TO all this will be the Provi-
dence contingent with their sporting blood
worked up TO the highest pitch, and al
together there promises TO be the merriest
kind of a time.
Those great manipulators of the ivory
spheres, Jake Schaefer and George Slos-
son, will have another battle with cues to-
night in New York, and IL may safely be
asserted that one of the grandest games
on record will result In the past George
and Jake have met across the table thirty
two times, and strangely enough they
have broke" even on victories and de
feats.
Their strife has at all times been bitter.
They are not particularly friendly at any
time and they. are positive enemies when
playing match. Schaefer would sacri-
lice almost anything he possesses
in order TO win from George, while Slos-
son-Ssould give about all he owns To whip
Jake.
With this feeling existing it is no cause
for surprise that in their contests they
display all their powers of execution, all
the care they can exercise and all their
determination to win. Shaefer made his
great average of 333 l-3 in three-ball
game with Slosson in 1879, and Slosson
made his baik-line run of 256 at the 1sx3s
line game in a match with Jack in 1884.
He also made % at the 20x40 line game
against Jake, and he made the highest
cushion carom average of Ii 16-lO6 against
Shaefer in 1887.
The game does not involve the champ
onship, for Schaefer will still be champ
ion, whatever the result OF the cue battle
may be.
II is for a stake of 81 900, and ie 500
points up at 14-inch balk line billiards.
Schaefer won the championship and the
handsome trophy last May 10y score of
500 TO 6O9, averaging 10 2l-4l. Slosson's
average was 10 $40. He was out OF con
dtion.
Scnaeffer was the favorite in the betting
in New York last night. If he loses to-
night he will receive $3.50 for expenses for
coming on from Chicogo 70 play. Dick
Roche is backing him. and betting that he
won't loose, either.
Harry Kettleman, one of the most noted
professional sprinters in the world, was
Shot and seriously wounded in Ogden, T.,
the other day by his backer for giving
him the double cross" kettleman was
to lose foot race and he won. His backer,
who had bet considerable money against
him, shot him through both thighs with
44-calibre Colts revolver as soon rs he
finished the race.
In race from Bridgeport to Fail River
and Providence by air line Saturday for
the lead in the Clipper and Queen tourna-
ments, the Providence birds a. A. Fowlc
and Miss Liberty of James O'Neill, COW
cred the 1881 miles in 1872 minutes, the
average speed, 1874 yards per minute, be-
ing the second best as yet made in au-
tumn flying, and the best of the season to
date, taking the lead by nearly l75 yards.
The best time for the lll.9 miles to Fall
River was 1850 minutes by Horace and
Adele of Harry e.. Thurston. This speed,
1881 yards per minute, is the best ever
made for the distance to Fall River, and
is the second of the season for the prizes
The birds had clear mir, high pressure and
favoring winds. The next trials for the
homers will be from Harrisburg 10 New