Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-24
SPORTS AND PASTIMES,
The Athletes Who Will Com
pete on Decoration Day.
The Dukes Win the Exhibition Game
at Riverside.
Palmer L. Clark, the Founder OF Clark's
Horse Review, is in the City-Cor-
bett to Box Tonight at the
Pavilion.


that Tom McAleer would not be a COM
petitor on Decoration day has Greeted
q profound sensation in athletic circles,
and all sorts of theories are afloat in re-
gard to the matter. There are many
who think that McAleer will toe the
mark on the eventful afternoon. The
friends Of Howard are very much dis
gusted over McAleer's announced with
drawal, and say many cutting things
which they doubtless do not mean, as
McAleer has always shown to be a
dead game runner and one who always
stood ready to meet the best men in the
country at his favorite distances. It is
to be hoped that McAleer will recon-
slider his intention and thus set at rect
all conflicting stories.
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There is every reason TO believe that
Gard and Benjamin will compete. The
former has been exercising good deal
OF late in the gymnasium, and his
friends have an idea that Billy will not
be able to resist the fascination OF dom
ming the spiked shoe next. Monday.
Ward may also be competitor. He is
exercising right along, and appears to
ing it looks as II the hundred-yard open
will be contested by Gard, Stimeon,
Howard, BENJAMIN, Ward and probably
two or three others. This should make
. slashing race. as several of the sprint
ers have improved since last year and
should make Gard stretch himself from
the crack of the pistol to the tape.
The one hundred yard novice will
bring together q splendid field, which
will include such likely looking young
athletes as Ragland, Alcorn, Guthrie,
Tyler, Pauly and g. Beebe. There is q
mysterious young fellow who halls from
Santa Anita who is reported to be going
great guns. He has designs on this race.
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The 220 will bring together a great
field. Among the prospective starters
are Gard, Ward, BENJAMIN, Howard, AL
corn, Tyler, Pemberton and half dozen
others. It is handicap event and
should result in great race.
Labonge, Washburn and Ben niamin will
probably enter in the running wide
jump, and those practicing for the high
jump are Labonge, Flsm ner, Ragland,
D6lph and George Beebe.
The pole vault will be an especially
good event. with Ragland. Way, N.
Biehl, Jones, g. Beebe and Labonge to
contest
The moat prominent athletes in train
ing for the half are Peterson, Howard,
Ryan and w. Tyler. If McAleer should
conclude to start. he will probably 20 in
both the hundreds, 22O, one-qusrter,
one.half and one mile races.
ThescYcling events will al sbe ,socrch-
ers. There are quite q number Of new
men and some of the former champions
may meet their Waterloo. The 8 3:15
safety will have Jenkins, Cromwell,
Hall Stewart and Hodgson in to GER
tainty. The later halls from Des
Moines and Is reported to be good one.
Stewart Is member of the Bay Cities of
San Francisco. The probable starters in
the half-mile safety are: Will Tufts,
Stewart, of San Francisco; Hodgson, OF
Des Moines; Mueller, of the Manhattan
club of New York; Burke, Abel, Jen-
kins, Cromwell and Shrode. There is
some grand material in the above list,
and gallant race should ensue when
these cracks come together. The ma
jority Of these wheelmen will compete
in the mile besides Spiers. The track is
now reported to be in splendid condition
and some fast miles will be reeled off in
the next four days. The mile ordinary
will bring together such flyers as Burke,
Shrode, Weeks. Taylor. Thompson and
Dods0n. e