Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-20
CORBE'IT and JACKSON
viii Probably Fight Before the
Sioux City Athletic Club.
CQRBETT ACCEPTS THE OFFER.

| C0RBETT ACCEPTS THE OFFER,
Which Has Been Telegraphed to
Observation-Disclosures Of the Club
Expect No Interference from
Authorities - Some Of the Best
Men Entered Failed to Start in
the Denver-Lupton Road Race.
Gardiner, OF Chicago, the First
Scratch Man In-Big Sprinting
Event at Denver.
Sioux CITY, IA, August 19.-The
City Athletic Club received telegram
from w. A. Brady, Corbett's manager,
to-day, saying Corbett accepts the offer
Of the club of purse Of S25, 900 to
fight Peter Jackson here. The offer
was at once telegraphed to Jackson in
New York, guaranteeing training ex-
penses and all he asks. Members Of
the club expect no Interference, and
think that the fight will be pulled of
in Sioux City.
THE DENVER ROAD RACE.
DENVER, Col, August 10. The
tweqtY-6vs.mile road race from Denver
10 Lupton, over the famous Denver
course, came off to-day. The weather
was fine and the attendance crowded
for many trains Of eight coaches
each. Seventy-ive men started,
including many OF the wheelmen VINO
were in Denver TO attend the l.. a. w.
meet. Titus, Sanger, Johnson, Gala
han and others from the east and Zieg-
Ter. Wells and Foctor, Of California,
were entered but did not start. The
scratch men in the race were Bird, ST.
Paul; Wm. Bainbridge, Chicago; Dod-
son, Chicago; A. Gardner, Chicago. and
C. NJ. Murphy, Brooklyn. The first
dozen men over the tape had heavy
haudcaps. Gardner Chicago, won the
time prize 10 remarkably fast time, con-
sdering the stiff breeze which blew In
the riders faces. Gardner ran won
deriul race from start to finish. When
half over the course, be dis
covered that his hind tire was
punctured, but be kept his
gait behind Murphy, OF Brooklyn, for
fifteen miles. He then dismOunted aud
changed wheels with cambridge, his
running mate. By this time Murphy
was long distance in front OF him,
L ba
Brooklyn man when five miles from the
end of the track. The prizes were val
ued at $500. The first man in takes a
$500 and the next fye ~ psGnt pgsGte4 reffaaill al
theT6 were about twenty prizes.
A bunch of handicap men got In
mix-up ten miles out, and Nj. NJ. Han
chett, Lincoln, Neb., had his collar
bone broken. The first man started
with fifteen minutes handicap and the
scratch man got away at 1910. Going
through Brighton fourteen miles from
the starting point, the handicap men
were keeping up their lead on the
scra tch man, and up TO I his time very
few had dropped out. ii. l.. Dobson,
Of Canon City, COL, with eleven
minutes handicap, was the first man in
at 11:2S:3S. 4. ID. Banks, Denver, with
1880 handicap second; w. NJ. Bright,
Sioux City, Iowa, with II minutes
third; NJ. NJ. Kruetz, Denver, 10 min
utes. fourth: Il. A. Maxwell, Winfield,
Kansas, minutes, fifth; w. X. Fech-
lison, Wichita, Kansas, 10 minutes,
sixth; Wm. Schnel, Leavenwortn,
minutes, seventh.
y lraT0-
ner, of Chicago, who was the twenty
seventh man over the tape. lie was
followed by c. NJ. Murphy, Brooklyn,
\. Y, also a scratch man, and f. {.
Barnett, Of Lincoln, Neb., with hand
icap OF four minutes was next. he was
followed by Ii. l.. Dodson, Of Chicago,
scratch.
Gardner's time was 1924; Murphy's,
1:22:42; Dodson's, 1:22:45. SchneIl, OF
Lincoln, made next best time in l:22:57.
sPRINTERs AT DENVER.
DENVER, August ia. $. Hender-
son won the championship hundred
ward foot race to-day against the other
crack American sprinters. About 5000
peopla were in attendance. The result
surprised the friends OF Morris, who
backed their man 10 StandstlIl. The
race was for a sweepstaks OF 5000 with
q purse OF $500 added. s c. Morris, OF
Santa Anna, who won the champion
ship last year. A. s Henderson, Of San
Francisco and Harry ADplemrn. OF En-
merson, Iowa, started In the first trial
heat. Henderson won In As with Ap-
Uleman second. Morris did not qualify.
The starters in the second trial were:
". Ii. Copple, Of Bancroft, Neb.; Jack
Gibson, of Rome, o., and \. z. Pulley,
OF Riverside, Cal. Copple and Pulley
qualified.
The quarter mile handicap was won
by John Mahan, OF Chicago, 55 Yards;
Marks Berry, Parson, Utah, second, and
Lee, Of Kansas City, third. Time, AGA
seconds
The final in the hundred yard race
was a good contest. Henderson took the
lead and kept throughout, but was near
ly caught by Copple, who was only eight
inches behind him aud coming very fast.
Appleman was third. Time. little bet
ter than ten seconds.
CIeveIand's Health Improves.
BUzzARD BAY, MASS, August 10
President Cleveisnd's health continues