Evening journal., 1893-10-02
ROAD RACE
snortinr News Notes.

In a game Of football on Saturday the
Park Athletic Club defeated the Orion
Athletic Club by the score of 8 too.
Dick Burge, the Engli>h pugilist, who
is matched TO fight Jack Dempsey arrived
in New York on Saturday.
Peter Jackson, who is to meet Jim Cor
lett after his fight with Mitchell, says
Corbett will win the fight.
Law renee Meintjes, the South Afi
can cyelist, sailed on the Cambria for
England on Saturday. After competing
in some Of the races there he will sail for
his home about the middle OF November
The l. A. w Racing Board has a
knotty question to consider at present
Ii seems that one of Zimmerman's PAGERS,
when he rode his fast mile recently az
Springfield was a professional # this
is so then Zimmerman will be classed as
professional
A benefit was rendered to John
Hannigan in the Liberty Hall, on Saturday
night Several lively bouts were partici
pated in aud the wind up was between
Mullen and Hannigan.
In the international cricket match on
saturday the Philadelphians rolled up
525 runs before the tenth wicket fell
| OF this splendid score F H Bohen con
tributed the handsome number of 11S
runs. The Australians then took to the
willow and succeeded in telegraphing 12j
runs when the fourth wicket fell.
The football season opened in Phila
delphia on Saturday with game between
the University of Pennsy lvania aud the
Franklin and Marshall College elevens
The home team won by score Of 4S to 0
The Warren Athletic Club on Saturday
was defeated by the Ekton Club by the
scare Of 10 to o. The score was made in
the FIRST half
The Delaware field Clubs football
team will open the season on next Satur-
day when it plays the Y M. c A al
Riverview It also has games scheduled
for October II, with Haverford College
October IA with the Mt Airy. Pa
County Club; October IS With the
University y OF Pennsy ylvania Reserves
Fully $4,000 people in Pttsburi
watched l. II Bannister, of YOungs-
town. o finish one Of the most remark
able bicycle races Of the age Yesterday
L. was the road race from Buffalo tC
Pittsburg, conducted by the Pittsburl
Press. Sixty FIVE men started fr0u
Buffalo at 4 o'clock Friday evening
OF these just eight completed
Nne rue OF 1tD miles 10 Illiouuii
The sixty five riders represented tn
cream of road riding talent residing
within 100 miles of Pittsburg and tn
results were fully up 10 the expectation
of the projectors of the event. Tn
, course was over the Lake Shore roads
from Buffalo to Conneantville, wit
checking points at Silver Creek, West
field, Erie. Conneautville, Green willie
New Castle, Beaver Falls, Sewickley
Bellevue to Pittsburg. OF the start O
Bannister set a fast clip, aud maintaine
the lead throughout He arrived in frou
of the Press Building, on Fifth avenu
at 90 30, completing the ride in
h urs 53 minutes and 30 seconds VIII
liams arrived at 4 "A 30; Paul Crodeu
. wett. of Butler, at . 10 so; n H. Friei
p ell, at 3 40 Il; B Marowsky at 80 q
4 A Taylor Wilson. at 55 so; ). Dick
. at s 90, and c. II McKenna, the lai
man, at 3115 The race was gres
J success in every way, and the work
the riders something wonderful All
'' the riders finished seemingly fresl
g none appearing exhausted by the tryir
ordeal.