St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-16

Inc MlHu6apOllS CyCl6 Track dSSOCld-
ton has issued lengthy programme
for the annual race meet that it is TO
give Aug. II, Is and 49, The races are
to be held on the mile and the half mile
tracks of the Minneapolis Driving club
OH Minnehaha avenue. SIX races are
scheduled for each day of the meet.
Following this event, or on about the
oath OF September, will occur the TWEEN
ty-fivemile road race of the Minneap-
oils association, and this will likely be
ridden at Lake Harriet.
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= Tom Foley's famous st. Bernard dog
Rex wandered from home yesterday
aud his owner is in peck of trouble.
The dog was recently secured by him
from G. E. Green, of Chicago, and the
collar Oh the handsome animal bears
Mr.. Green's name as we'll as the name
Rex.
G. j. Currie-that is name known
and respected by every athlete in the
world. Currie arrived in the city from
his home in Winnipeg yesterday en-
route to Chicago, where he is to partici-
pate3 in the worlds fair Columbian
games. He is one of the most famous
shot putters and all-round athletes of the
world, and he holds certain records.
Mr.. Currie is a wonderful specimen of
the modern gladiator. One would never
six feet and six inches tall. and his
weight is 212 pounds. Last evening he
accepted the cOurtesieS extended by
the Phoenix Athletic club, and gave
little exhibition of his skill
and strength for the edificatiOn of a
number of club members who happened
to be in the arena at the time. He
toyed with the eighteen-pOund shot as
though it were an ordinary base ball,
and then he took the breath away from
the spectators by tumbling the heavy
weights, that battle the strength of the
best of 'em, about the track as it mere
plaYthings. He also jumped and vault
ed, and then took Turkish bath and
rub. Currie will remain in the city
until Wednesday, when he will start for
the White City. 1t was Currie, it will
be remembered, that John u. Mac
phersOn pretended that he wanted to
get on match with. The chances are
that these two will meet III Chicago,
and it goes without saying that Mac
will not be in it.
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The Omaha Kid and Tommy Dixon
have been matched again for a twenty
fiYe-Iound scientific contest, to occur
before the Phoenix Athletic club. The
date is fixed at July 81, and there is no
doubt that Dixon will be in fine physi-
cal condition by that time. He has
nearly recovered from the indisposition
that he suffered last Wednesday night,
and which prevented his going on at
that time with the Kid. DR.. Snyder
examined the little athlete and advised
him that he could not spar. Chereupon
manager Barnes refused TO allow him to
enter the ring. He does not want any
accidents to occur at the Phoenix. The
contestants are to weigh in at 120
pounds, as OH the last occasion, and
both are in daily training for the event.
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Tommy Hogan called at the GLOBE
office last evening in company with
Charley Kemfnick to accept the chaI-
lenge issued by the Omaha Kid to spar
twenty rounds for purse and a stake.
Hogan says that he will meet the Kid
before the Phoenix club at 124 pounds
for $3.50 side. or as much more as it
may suit Gardner.
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The great sporting event OF the pres
ent week will be the testimonial benefit
that is to be rendered to Charley KEN
mick in the Market hall Friday even
ing. Kemmick was at one time the
welterweght champion of the West,
and he promised to become world
heater, but he lost his health and
was forced to retire. He has travelled
quite extensively in search of better
health, ana his expenses have reduced
his resources until his friends conceived
the idea of giving him a benefit. Char
ley is one of the most popular athletes
in the West, and there is no question
that his benefit will draw out a mighty
big audience. The programme will be
the most brilliant of the season. 1t will
present all the celebrities OF the Twin
Omaha Kid. Jack Hall, Jim Burge,
Dobbs, Tommy Dixon and several Min |
neapolitans will spar. The event of the
evening will be six rounds between Jud |
Kelly and Jack Flynn. Both are we'll |
Known to the admirers of glove contests |
in the Northwest.
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% John Barnes is in Chicago In the in |
tereSt or sports. He Will endeavor to |
set the ball in motion to secure Twin |
City membership in the National Base |
Ball league for the next season. Barnes
talks Sanguinely Of the prospects. He |
says that the Twin Cities are much |
larger than Washington and twice as |
large as Baltimore or Louisville, and he |
has no doubt that it will be a great sue
cess.
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81. ]. Sampson, of st. Paul, played |
phenomenal game of billiards at the
West hotel Friday afternoon. 1t was
an exhibition with Mill city amateur
of some note. and was 200 points up at |
straight rail. Sampson ran the game
out in five innings, scoring an average
of forty. His runs were 1875. AZ, IL,
and2.
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julie S Mayer has had the Metropolitan |