Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01
LOCAL SPORTINGNOTES
THH GREAT FIVE NILE CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT
SATURDAY.
Something About the Records Of NcClslland and
Pridy - Macs First Great Raes-Ths
Prize Fight Base Bal.

Considerable interest Is being man
ifeSted in local sporting circles over the
coming FIVE mile foot race between
Everett @. McClelland, of this city, and
Peter Priddy, Of Pittsburg, which will
take place at the State Fair grounds
next Saturday afternoon, The race will
be witnessed by a large crowd, including
many persons from Pittsburg and
friends OF Mae" living in and near
Cannonsburg, Pa, his former home.
The race will be the event Of the year
in foot-racing circles, SIS it will decide
the disputed championship Of the world
for five to twenty miles. There Is
some feeling between.the two men grow
ing out Of the alleged fouling Of mac"
in Pittsburg a short time ago, ano
spectators will see q race for blood.
Both men have excellent records.
"Mac" is about 20 years Of age. He be-
gar his public career as a roller skater,
when the craze was at its height, n
succeeded in defeating some OF the fast
est men. About six years ago he ran
his first race, a half mile match, with q
Wheeling c~igar-maker named William
Murphy, defeating him with ease. He
next defeated William Evans, Of Eng
land, in q half mile race. MAC" did
not develop into a ''crack" until about
a wear later. About that time Buckley,
Of New York, and Durant, OF Philadel-
phia, two crack pedestrians, began a
tour Of the country, offering S25 in each
city to any man who defeated them in
25 miles. When they came to Wash
ington, Pa, McClelland was work.
ing in a mill at Ca~nOnsburg.
They had heard Of him, and
went TO C%annonsburg to arrange a race.
Macs" friends raised q purse Of S25,
and induced him to make the race. He
worked until six o'clock and then went
down to the rink. dis fellow workmen
turned out en- mssse, and the building
was crowded.
Is was arranged between Buckley
and Durant that the latter was to win
the race, but they found that they had
no SNAP" Durant set the pace for
fifteen miles with "Msc" right at his
heels for the entire distance. The pace
was a killing one for Durant, and he
finally said to Buckley: you'll have
to take the little fellow. He's too
much for me-"
Buckley had been jogging along east
", and was three laps behind. He
started off at a fast gait, but Mac
pluckily kept right right behind him
and he could not gain a yard. During
the last half mile, when ii was apparent
that "Mac" would win the race, the
cheers from his friends were wild and
continuous. He won the race, but was
in bed with great large knots on his
legs, and under a physicians care, for
about a week. That marked the begin
ming Of Macs professional career as a
long distance runner. He has been In
l43 races since that time, and the only
man who has defeated him Is Priddy.
Priddy bested McClelland five times
and Mae won twelve races from Pete,
so that the coming race will no doubt
prove interesting.
Priddy started out when quite a
young man as a boat puller, and was
very fast. This sport degenerated,
however, and he developed into a
sprinter. His most notable victories,
excepting those over McClelIand, were
wrested from Stratton and Nikirk.