Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-24
AMONG THE ATHLETES,
Some Current Chat About Indoor
and Outdoor Sports.

anu outdOOF opoilSs
A Fine Exhibition of the Manly Art
Thursday Evening at the Warren
Club--A His Race Meet in Prospect
Other Matters.
A good exhibition of sparring was
given before the Warren Athletic Club
Thursday night, which was enjoyed by
about 300 members and their friends.
The events consisted of three-round
set-tos between Lowe and Iibit, Wolff
and Mcconnell, Springer and Brown,
Brown and Callahan, Woolery and
Dougherty, Cooper and Smith, and
neat wind-up between Horace McDan-
nell, physical instructor of the club, and
Jacob Maggie, clever boxer of the
Philadelphia Amateur Swimming Club.
John Mcllvaney interspersed some
speciaities which We're loudly applauded.
SPORTING NOTES.
Negotiations are pending for finish
fight between Frank Bollen and Frank
Mullin, two local boxers of some repute.
A rivalry has existed between these two
men for some time, and meeting
would no doubt be lively affair.
Moriarity is anxiously awaiting the
return of John Stannard, the local
champion, with a view to making a
match. Moriarity is of the opinion that
Stannard would not have the ''picnic"
with him that he had with Cartwright,
the Washington celebrity. At any rate
| he claims to be willing and anxious to
| try conclusions with the clever cham
| pion.
Bob Woolery is quite scientific and
is becoming a great favorite with the
members of the Warren Club. They
would like TO see him meet man Of
4 equal abilities in the ring occasionally.
Horace Mcdaniel is one of the pref
| tiest boxers in the city. He is neat
hitter, and never takes advantage of his
opponent. His work last Thursday was
loudly applauded.
CYCLING MATTERS.
/ The race meet which the Wilmington
Wheel Club intended to give shortly
after the 9TH Of July has been postponed,
and will probably not take place until
the fall The necessary arrangements
could not be made to have the affair
take place any sooner, owing mainly TO
the fact that the majority of the non
residents who would contest have en-
gagements for all the summer and some
for part of the fall.
1t is the intention of the local club to
have an exhibition worth seeing, and
the race committee is diligently az work
now to successfully accomplish that end.
Wilmington wheelmen are known all
over the country. They have com.
manded the respect and admiration Of
the cycling fraternity at large for a
number of years, and the ease with
which team from the local club re-
Gently defeated a team of Philadel
phians, has given them additional repu.
tation as road riders.
Tn order to maintain the prestige OF
the Diamond State the best local flyer:
will compete at the Wheel Club meet
, ing in the fail with the "cracks" from {
distance who will no doubt be here.
There is q possibility of inducing
! Zimmerman, the Jersey wonder. to at
: tend the meet, and if this is accom-
: plished an effort will be made to bring
I Sanger or johnson here with the inten
ton of having areai contest for "blood.'
Il Zimmerman, Sanger and johnson
have been playing sort of hide-and
: seek game, and have been doing NOR
. talking than racing. All three hav
c won victories over the others; SO tb'
9 way matters now stand one is hardl,
1 able to decide which is really the hes
Il man and TO whom glory really belongs
Leonard Pyle, a young Wilmington
y rider, is doing remarkable work, and b.
J, the time the big race will be held h
n will probably be in the van of the ma
I tional flyers on the track and will be il
condition to give any of them tilt.
THE BAcHELoR-wARREN COMBINE.
= The Warren Club and the Batchelo
a Boat Club have still under consideration
I the adyisability of amalgamation, but
i is not likely that any steps lookin
q toward a consummation will be take
. until some time in the fall OF winter.
is probable, however, that somethin
/ will be done In that direction befor
q spring and that by next summer tn
II two organizations will have joine
q forces.