Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01

provisions and some other small arfi |
cleS. This week he will start on tho
longest row ever attempted by any
man, his destination being the worlds |
fair at Chicago. The actual rowing |
distance will be between 1,5t0 and 1000
miles, and he will row every inch of
the way if it is possible thing. He
expects to complete the journey in from
six to ten weeks.
Jimmy Reilly of the Granite Athletic
club is anxious to match his newly
acquired seventy FOUNDER aginst any lad
Of that weight in the world. As soon
Reilly receives a response to this chal-
lenge he will post 500 to make
match
Lon Myers. the champion amateur
ru"uer Of the world in his day. and
Zach Cooper. the well-known high
jumper, have formed copartnership
for bOok-making.
The steam yachts Halcyou and Rest
! .Ss have sailed from Halifax for Chi
Gao.
II. H. I.;mbton. a crack Australian
cyIlist. is i'll Chica go. and declares the
cash pTlZC system in his country to be
a success.
San Francisco is again i'll possession
of James J. Corbett or Jim is in posses
sion of San Francisco, just as you
Will have it.
Just E},-h31 persons witnessed the
games played in Brooklyn, Chicago and
Cincinnati Sunday, divided as follows:
Chicago, HOO; Cincinnati, 1905;
Brooklyn, S,642.
Pike Barnes, the well-knwon Jockey.
it is said, will be in the field this sum
mer as Il buyer Of yearlings, it being
his intention, now that he has grown
too heavy to ride, to turn trainer.
Fred II. Pratt, of Chicago, will leave
for England Tuesday to confer with
representatives of the Cambridge and
Oxford crews relative to- their being
represented in the Chicago navy regatta
at Lake Geneva in August Harvard
and Yale have signified willingness
TO take part provided the two crack
English crews will compete. The navy
is confident the two crews can be in-
duced to enter, as the correspondence
with them has been of 4 very satiSfac
tory nature.
Sidney Thomas an English runner,
has broken the mile and d half record
held so long by w. O.. George. Thomas
ran the mile in 4 minutes 81 seconds
and the mile and Il half in 6 minutes
So 3-5 seconds, four seconds better than
the previous record.
Dick Burge, the English lightweight,
has accepted the challenge of Tom VIII
Jams to fight for $500 or $1,000 Il
side at 140 pounds. Ii took Bufge
nearly two weeks to make up his mind
to tackle the Australian. Articles will
be signed as soon as the manager of
the National Sporting Club names the
amount of the purse.
The priRce of Wales cutter Britain
MIA won the yacht race liz the Thames
regatta r9cently, defeating the Walk
yrie, LOrI Dunraven'S new yacht,
which is to. race for the American cup
The VallzYrie was outSailed at all points
It was the greatest event of its kind
that has ever taken place in England
and was, witnessed by thousands OF
people.
Tom O'I1Ntke may take George Dixon
to England this summer and match
him against Morgan Crow5her, chamt
piOn featifer-weight of Great Britain.
Dixon's manager has cabled a challenge
to CrOWtIter, and in case he is assured
a good purse and side bet of $4,000
ORourke and Dixon will all immedia-
tely.
Adyices from England show that the
cycle racing men are riding remark
ably fast this spring. The new board
track at Herne Hill is found to be very
fast, and the racing men are all in
training for record trials. In the two
mile London county and Cycling club
handicap. run on May II, NJ. B. Fowler
rode the. distance from scratch. id 4
minutes. As 45 seconds, which is re-
markablY fast and close 10 record time.
he covered his first mile in minutes %
Is seconds, Sanger will no doubt find
a worthy competitor ia Fowler, be-
sides there are Harris and Schofeld.
The Milwaukee boy viii have a harder
task in defeating the EngliShman than
he did in winning from the German
cracks at Brussels.
The management of the new Column
bian Athletic club has signed Joe God
dard, the Barrier Giant" and Willis
+ ennedy, New Orleans heavy
weight, to fight ten pounds as a curtain
raiser to the Woods Costello fight on
The night Of June TO- As Goddard and
Kennedy are both fighters of the hurri-
cane order the contest will no doubt
be finish one. Kennedy is a negro
and weighs about go pounds in con-
dition The contest will be for
81 900 purse. The club has also signed
Bobby Burns, the bantam who defeated
Cal. Mccarthy, and Billy Napier, the
Australian champion at that weight.
The men will fight during Derby week