Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-15

/ Ives, the billiard chamuion, has tele-
| 9raphed from Paris that he will play
! Roberts, the British champion, a con-
test Of 5000 points on the same con-
ditOns as the last match, with the
damned stroke barred. pockets to be
! three and one-fourth inches. The young
American will no doubt work the rail
! play as successfully as he did the IA
nous jam" stroke
| 1t is probable that a mixed wrestling
match will be arranged between Evan
Lewis and II. T. Shellenberger for $500
d side.
| Arrangements are being made for Il
relay bicycle race between Fond du Lac
and Milwaukee. The distance is seven
~ miles, and twenty-eight riders will
be selected from the clubs to carry
/ the message. L. A. Erhart, of Fond du
Lac, is looking after the northwest
portion of the route, and Martin Rotier,
editor of the Pneumatic, will care for
the Milwaukee end 1t is proposed to
have the run take place towards the lat
ter part of this month.
Johnny Griffin, who is matched to
! fight SOlly Smith before the Columbian
| Athletic club next month for Il $4,000
purse, has arrived in Chicago.
! Hugh Napier, the Australian feather
weight, viii is to fight Bobby Burns
before the Columbian Athletic club, is
said to be a freak in conformation. He
is 5 feet inches tall and weighs only
100 pounds. He is training under cover.
Charles Moth, the wrestler, has posted
forfeit at La Crosse to wrestle Jack
King for 1000 a side.
Charlie Johnson. the Pacific coast
weIter-weight, and Billy Hawkins of
! West Superior, have signed articles for
finish contest before the Twin City
Athletic club at Minneapolis June 80.
The contest will be for $1,000 purse.
The Wausau Wheelmen are gaining in
membership rapidly and now have one
of the largest bicycle clubs in the north
ern part of the state. The BaraboO
wheelmen have organized under the
name of the Devils Lake Cycling club.
Pitcher Highlands. of Harvard, who
/ has been on probation a month, has
passed his final examination and will
/ e., t1,n t-v of
The Connecticut legislature has been
petiti0ned for a charter for the Hart
ford Bicycle Insurance company. Hart
Cd r. ,nnn are interested. The
IComI ?ny proposes to insure wheels
against loss or damage in any manner,
and to insure the user of wheels against
accidents.
In the inteIna tiOnal regatta at Austin
Tex, the first race was the senior four
cared shell, two clubs participating,
the Galveston Rowing club and the
Modoc Rowing club, of st. Louis, the
MCdOcs being an easy winner by fifteen
lengths The second race was a quar-
/ ter mile professional dash, purse 500.
| The participants were Peterson, Han
! Ian, Teemer HOsmer, Teneyck, Rogers
and Stanbury. The race was won by
Peterson, Stanbury second, Rogers
third. The last event was the amateur
junior double souls, the contestants be-
| ing A. J. Harris, Of Orilla, Ont. (Gau-
daur's trainer), with E. L. Baker, of
the Galveston Rowing club, and E.
Westhus and Chris. Hesseman, of the
Western Rowing club Of st. Louis.
Harris and Baker won, ten lengths
ahead of their competitors.
According to Smiling Johnny Kel-
Iy, who has arrived in New York from
England ON the Majestic, there Is alb
solutely no truth in the reports that
Paddy Slavin was drugged in his fight
with Hall Mr.. Kelly says that a stiff
right-hand blow on the jaw in the very
first round dazed the fellow, and Hall
never gave him a chance to recover.
Slavin managed to get in several hare
body blows, but Halls condition was
such that they did not affect him to
any great extent. Hall fought very
cautiously, but, in the American turf
mans opinion, might have finished bis
man in the fourth round had he set
about it.
Young Griffo,' the Australian feath-
er-weight, has arrived in this country
to join the large army of pugilists. He
is anxious to meet any man in his class
for a reasonable purse and prefers
George Dixon or Johnny Griffin. Critic
has fought oyer 100 battles and has