The evening world., 1894-06-19
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

add but little to the name and fame OF
Lanky Bob. He fought for small gate
receipts after he had boldly proclaimed
that he would not fight for sl5. .0JO and
came within an ace OF being put out
That he is Choynskis superior is evil
dent, but 1t seems that Bob Is by no
means on the improve. for he was ex-
treme.y wild and only landed 90 per cent
of the blows he aimed at the Californian.
What the result would have been had
Choynsk been stronger is, Of course.
a matter of opinion. Fitzsinmons is
game and Il good ring general. That
cannot be doubted. considering the man
ner in which he got back at Joe when
the latter apparently had the fight won.
But the fact that second-rater In poor
condition can get Fitz a-going at high
pressure and make the champion look
Bob is not advancing in the pugiiistic
game. Corbett would make show
Of Lanky Bob and not half try;
The records OF the corbett- Choynski
a line on Fitz as against Big Jim. Cor
hett was raw youngster when he met
Choynski. He has not only kept up
Of 1t. and is to-day the most finished and
scientific fighter the world has ever
known. Those boxers who tried Jim on
ytdIs ago anu sphTTtu Win MIN
within the last six months can tell what
an Improvement there has been In the
man. Nobody. has ever been able to
dna hard on nm bi ana no Tns has been
argument Will probably have no effect
Oh Fitz and his advisers. and there Is
sure 10 be loud call on Corbett from
the Antipodean to meet him for the
championship OF the world.
The Riverside Wheelmen are making
final arrangements for their fourth an
nual tournament. at Manhattan Fled, on
tan Field has been rebanked and is now
much safer for cycle racing. Entry
blanks are out and can be obtained from
J. l., Miller, 2S2 West One Hundred and
Fourth street. There will be six races
this year. besides the ten-mile Diamond
Invitation, which are rs follows. Class
a." one-mile novice; one;mlle 2;3o Glass
ana two-m!le handicap: Class "B." one
mile open; one-mile handicap and two
race is a 500 diamond
Tommy Miller, the pugilist who was
so badly injured In fight with Jimmy
Carney few nights ago, at Meyers
Lake. o.. Is not improving and his ply
sicians say he cannot recover. A blood
clot has formed on his brain and he
suffers Intensely.
box twelve rounds in Boston on July 4
for purse of N,5oo,
At Fort Worth. Tex, last night, Frank
White. of Colorado. knocked out Jack
Leatherman, Of Chicago; in the third
round of bout intended to be ten
rounds.
The bicycle race around Cape Ann. a
distance OF fourteen miles. was won by
+. a. Parsons. OF Rockport Time-47m.
55s., which is new record.
Sanger broke the track record in the
mile event at the Hyde Park (Mass)
tack yesterday. There were five events,
but the track was loose and sandy. pre-
Mile Novice, Class Al, w. Bowser, II,
G. C.; time 2.57. One Mile, $50, Glass A
Nat nu{ler, G. c. C., time "a: 20,
crSe2 Hsnds"p f. E cinss yaris A first. Ws,1ss ts
2.23 30. One-Mie. Oren. lass B-H. c.
Tyler, s. II, G.. frst; time, 2,33, oneMllo
Handicap, Glass B-Geurge Cutter, r.. r.
G.. 10 yards, first; W. {. Sanger. second,
time. 2.25 10,
In the lawn tennis tournament at
Longwood, Mass. yesterday. Fred Ho-
yey ,,,i defeated kfyesd eyes and W9re, and A.
ternoon, Arthur w. Porter. OF the
Waltham Cycle Club, established n num-
ber Of records paced against time. He
did the quarter in 03O 2-5, the half in
l.0l 4-5, and the mile in 2,06 John s,
Johnson rode mile, paced by Murphy,
timed as follows: First quarter, O,2S 10;
half lOl; three-quarter. l,35; mile.
2O3 3-5. These are the fastest miles
ever ridden In public. II is said that
with better pacing Johnson would have
equalled his Western private record. or.
at least would have finished under two
minutes Zmmorman's best mile was
ridden on the same track in 207 3-5,
The newly formed Troy A. C. has ap-
piled TO the Metropolitan Association for
permission 70 hold games on July on
Its grounds at Troy, n, y. Permission
has been granted. and II Is the intention
OF the Club 70 hold athletic games, bicy-
Gle races and amateur sparrlnG. Nalua-
BILE prizes viii be given and entries close
with =. j. Hynes, Secretary, 253 River
street. Troy. n. Y.