People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-01-06
SPORTING.

Jan. 2-Hagcr broke tho worlds skating
record going three miles, al Homar Norway.
In Sminutes A. seconds; also the mile record OF
minutes 40 seconds
Jan 22-In billiard match in New York be-
tween Jacob Shaefer and George Slosson for
sl,UOO and balk-line championship, former won
on score OF 80 70 592
Mar l3-Six-day bicycle race In New York
won by Ashinger at Or miles Flaps.
Mar &-John j. Engellrum broke worlds
25-mile go-as-you-please running record in Chi
cago, time being hours, 30 minutes
Apr. l2-League baseball season opened
May 22-Btcycle riders carry message from
Chicago to New York. making 975 miles in
days. IL hours and minutes
May Craftsmanship City Of New York went
from New York 10 Liverpool in days and 20
minutes
June lO-Cornell freshmen crew defeated
Columbia freshmen by lengths
Julyl-Yale beat Harvard In 4-mile boat race
at New London, Conn
July 4-Belle Hamlin and Globe broke double
team record at kirkwoOd. Del: mile In 2:i2.
Hanlan beat Hosmer by 10 feet In Smile race
three turns-on Connecticut river at Hartford;
IS minutes S. seconds.
July Of E. Spooner. OF Chicago, broke
worlds bicycle record by riding S5 mil es and
! l6O5 yards In "A hours.
July l3-First baseball championship season
OF the National league ended with the Bostons
the champions.
July 2l-At Detroit, horse named Jack broke
worlds record In free-forall trot; time for three
heals being2:l3;1. 2:l54, 2:l54
July G-Steamer City OF Paris beat the rec
ord for western trip across Atlantic at days,
Is hours. IS minutes
Aug. Infancy Hanks, irotting mare. broke
trottng record at Chicago, making mile ln2:O7A.
Aug lb-fastest harness record In the world
made by Hal Pointer pacing mile in 2:05A.
| Aug DIG. e. Taylor broke nicycle record at
Buffalo, n, Y, going mile in 2:2l 25.
Aug. PIP. J. Berlo broke worlds record BY
riding bicycle 2 miles In 4:4s
Aug, 3-John Howard and wife walked from
Seattle, Wash, 10 Chicago. AGO miles, for
s5,0 900 purse.
Sep e-George Dixon became feather weight
champion BY knocking out Jack Sicily at New
| Orleans -
Sep 7-worlds champion John L. Sullivan
knocked out by James j. Corbeit at New
Orleans.
Sep. e--Arfhur Zimmerman, blcyclIst, rode a
mile in2:06 4-5 at Springfield, Mass.
Sep l5-George Taylor made O mile, a.
| Springfield, Mass, In 2:lo % beating all pre-
yious competition records
Sep. l6-At Richmond, Ind, Moquette broke
worlds record for 4-year-oid stations at 40 on
regulation track.
Sep eO-John s johnson made q mile on
bicycleat Independence, La. In 2:Oiil, breaking
| al previous records
Sep e2-John s. johnson, bicyclist, broke all
records at Independence. Ia, on kite shaped
track making mile In SO 35
Sep 28-Worlds record for light harness
horse lowered at Terre Haute, Ind, By Nancy
| Hanks, who made mile In 2:0i
Sep. CIV W. Windle lowered worlds smile
bicycle record at Springfield. Mass. making
distance In II min Al sec. n
Oct Nv w. Windle made mile on bicycle
In 2:02 35, fastest time on record, regulation
track.
Oct l3-In lO-mile race on Sedalia (Mo) half.
mile track Jack Prince. Omaha bicyclist de-
feated Mary Howard, trotter; time, 8 min
| % sec
Oct l5-Nato3al leagues baseball season
ended with the Clevelaads champions OF second
series.
Oct i9-Steamer Ciiz Of Paris made quickest
time on record from Queenstown toNew York
days. IL hours, "a minutes
l. Oct H-Boston baseball club secured nation
al championship IN contest Slih Cleveland club
Nov s-IIelen Nichols iDwerel world.s syear-
ola running y record at Columbus Ca gOinsa
Nov 9--Stamboul broke worlds stallion rec
ord in Stockton, Cal, making mile In 2;oa
Y Nov l2-krtimIih broke worlds stallion rec
ord az Nashville. Tenn, o mile. being made In
\ 2;Gz. 80. ..,t .f...
7 nov es-On .Rite-shabed mack Of Stockton,
I Gal, Stanbon made staliourecord at2;0ii.
Nov 2i-Robert Gerading. amateur bicyclist
| OF Denver, Col, broke worlds track anu road
record for five miles: time l2;G.
| Dec. A-In six days goas-you-pl please walking
contest In ST. Louis, Moore won with 800 milee-