Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-19
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The entry list for the first boxing and
wrestling championship meeting OF the
Atlantic Association Of the a. A. O.,
which will be held in the Academy OF
Music, Philadelphia, on Friday and Sat
urday evenings next, is closed. The
list includes the most skillful amateur
boxers and wreStlerS Of Washington,
Baltimore, Wilmington and Of the vari-
Gus other athletic clubs. Thirty-One
men from the A. C. s. N, large num-
Der from It's youthful rival, the =. A. :.
c., aud q generous representation from
the Warren Athletic Club, Wilmington,
will furnish the entertainment The
committee on weighing, consist
Ing of William H. Recap, chair
man: W. y. Ewing, Warren
Athletic Club, Wilmington; Nelson c.
Seymour, First Regiment, Philadelphia,
William b. Oliver, Columbia Athletic
Club, Washington, and w. w. Mawby,
A. {. :. n, announce that all contest
ants will be required TO be down to the
prescribed weight, no allowances. The
committee are emphatic in this declara-
ton. Amateur Athletic Union rules
will be rig6ly enforced in both boxing
aud wrestling, the championship COM
mittee being especially DESTROYS Of max
ing the initial meeting Of the Atlantic
Association cOmmendable.
President Won Der Abe denies that
he has released Cliff Carroll Carroll
aaS 500 advance money to work out
sven II his release was contemplated.
The st. Louis team will be made up as
follows: CatcherS, Moran, Buckley and
Bird; pitchers, Dryer, Gleason, Brei-
tenstein and Colligan; first base, COmiS-
key; second base, Crooks; third base,
Pinckney; shortstop, GlasscOck; out
felderS, Van Dyke, Genins, BrOdie and
Carroll. Stricken will be exchanged
for pitcher.
A. A. Stagg in his physical culture
lecture says:-"WreStling is one OF the
best forms OF all-around developments,
and anyone who thinks IL is not hard
work should Try it. Boxing develops
the temper" as well as the muscle.
Bicycling is one Of the most beautiful
and entertaining of exercises, and while
developing the muscles OF the legs and
abdomen, il also develops the heart
and lungs. Football, however, is the
greatest Of all outdoor sports.
Charley Eden, the PittSburg left
fielder, is confined to bed by serious in
juries received in a reckless plunge at
Indianapolis. Eden for years has been
a COnductsr on Big Four train running
into Indianapolis. Some nights ago he
rode into the yards and name a leap in
the dark. He was thrown violently
into a switch, and when he came to his
senses several hours later he was wan
dering several miles from the scene OF
his misfortune.
Jack Sheppard, the famous blood
hound. won the special at Chicago for
being the best bloodhound in the show.
Jack is but two years old, yet his head
Is remarkably developed, the ears meas
uring thirty inches from tip to tip. In
addition 10 these points he is Of color
rarely seen, but highly priced as the
most typical of the finest breed, being
rich tan with sprinkling Of black down
the back.
William Couture, OF Lisbon Falls, Me-,
performed the feat of putting up with
his right hand a 10 pound dumb bell
% times In succession in Bath, Me-,
Thursday night. The feat was witness
ed by twenty-five persons. COuture's
weight is 149 pounds.
The Cincinnati uniform NJ home will
be white, while the time hOnored red
stockings will be worn both home and
abroad. On their out Of town jauntS
the teams uniforms will be of light
gray flannel with faint stripe Of blue
running through it.
Captain Powell, Of the lacrosse team
of the Schuylkill Navy, feels certain
that his club will be on top this year.
It will battle with the New York AJh-
letic Club, Staten Island and Manhattan
Athletic clubs and other such powerful
organizations.
S.M. DUNCAN, the Chicago fielder,
who has been spending the winter in
Santa Ana, CAL, writes that be VIII
Journey direct to Hot Springs. He is
in fine condition and expects to do good
work.
The wheelmen Of Toronto are enjoy
ing cycling trips over the frozen waters
OF Lake Ontario, something which has