The herald., 1894-07-30
A COAST RECORD BROKEN.
Tom McAleer Shows What He
Can DO on a Wheel.
Some Very Fast Riding at Athletic
Park.
ooIIy Smith Still at It-Bassbail Com
mcnt-About tho vigilnnt and
Britannia-Other
Notes.


lesgue. This is a new organization COM
posed OF members OF the Los Angeles
Athletic club, and was formed rs much
with an eye to the social end of 1t as to
the training. Races ara held every
Sunday morning and prizes are given to
the winners. The races yesterday were
worked with very fast time, several
riders making the mile in 2:24 and
2:263z, while quarters in SO were fre.
luent.
The first event was tho one mile
handicap, invitation. and was won by A.
D. Cummings, who hsda handicap of
$50 yards. ]. s. Hall rode from
scratch mark end made the mile
in 2;2234. Mr.. Cummings is . new
hand out is a hard suu cunscientious
rider and Gets pace that is terrific.
He was greatly heated after his plucky
ride yesterday and was given q green
watermelon as trophy.
Mic Biehl won the quarter.mile invi-
tation. the prize being a gold mounted
Turkish pipe.
The quarter.mile dash fell to Harry
Parks, who covered the distance in 4434
seconds, and at the end found crescent
scarf pin awaiting him.
The mile hadicap was one OF the most
interesting as we'll ae all around fast race
ever seen on the track. William Jen-
kins, he of Little Demon fame. won the
event in 2:22, riding from the 80 yard
mark. Phil Kitchih rode from the
scratch in 2:24, while Hall did the same
in 2:26M. The prize was watch chain.
Tom McAleer, scratch man, won the
5-mile handicap, breaking the ooast rec
ord for that distance. The previous rec.
ord was 13 80 and McAleer cut this to
12:4S.
THE LOS ANGELES LAD AGAIN.
Solly Smith OF this city cannot keep
his hands out of the pie, though he has
been defeated enough to know better.
There is some doubt but Smiths op.
ponent in the coming mill will have q
hard row to hoe. Solly is matched for
2O.round 20 with the Kentucky Rose
bud at the Twin City club August 9th.
As both men are wild, stiff punchers.
the mill will probably last not over 10
rounds.
Dal Hawkins is not satisfied that
Smith is his superior and he intende
starting from Portland shortly to go east
in hopes Of securing another 70 with the
Los Angeles youth. He thinks he can
surely whip him at 122 pounds. He
claims to have improved greatly since
Smith defeated him at the California
club.
FIGHTING SHY OF MARSHALL.
George Dixon is fighting shy of Jerry
Marshall. A short time ago the latter
challenged the champion to fight for
$2500 at 120 pounds. Dixon will not
agree to the proposition, and says that
he is through fighting out Of his class
and will not meet a man over 118
pounds.
Although Dixon shows sense in the
position he takes. he as good as declares
that he is afraid OF Marshall. He 10 not
TO be blamed. however, for If there is Q
man on earth can beat him, Marshall is
the fellow.
There is considerable talk in the east of
q match between Bob Fitzsimmons and
Ed Smith OF Denver. Both have agreed
to sign if suitable purse 10 offered.
ANOTHER STRONG MAN.
Strong men from all corners OF the
earth are on Sandow's trail besieging
him with challenges. Romulus is the
latest to enter the ranks. He arrived in
New York from Europe = few days ago
and Immediately challenged Sandow to
engage with him In feats Of strength.
Instead OF responding to the def"
6andow packed up his belongings and
slipped away to Europe. leaving Komu-
lus in Gotham. 1t begins to look as if
6andow would rather travel than engage
In matches to decide the strong man
championship.
BATEBALL COMMENT.
The city league has been playing some
fairly good ball, and is deserving of bet
ter patronage. The boys played ex-
tremely well at Athletic park yesterday,
recalling old times, when the profess
sionals held forth. Los Angeles has
much good baseball timber in the anna
tours, who are improving wonderfully.
San francisco has initiated Los An
aeles by organizing league. The fret
game was played yesterday.
Sacramento and Stockton having
heard Of the basis on which the league
10 organized, have applied for admission,
guaranteeing to at once equip good
teams of home talent on the Same basis
as In the early days of national sport.
Indications point to the admission in the
near future of two clubs from interior
cities, thus forming a four-club league.
Charlie Gagus has been engaged as
official umpire of the northern league,
and has resurrected his striped coat from
the camphor chest. where it has been
stored for years, and has laid off to fa-
miliarize himself with the new rules.
AN UNSETTLED QUESTION.
Although the Britannia has defeated
the Vigilant eight cut of ten races, Brit.
ish yachtsmcn are still divided in opin.
ion as to which is the better boat OF the
two. All agfeo upon one proposition,
DO wever, and that ia that the American
10 the fastest in stiff breeze or in the
open sea.
The defeat of the English cutter by
the centerboard in a landlocked harb
with light breeze blowing. leaves the
question undecided as to whether the
Prince of Wales boat can beat the
Goulds' craft in any kind OF weather If
other things are equal. The general
opinion is that the Vlgilant lost most OF
her races through the incompetency of
her crew, and there is little doubt but
that she would have won nearly every
, event in which she started had she been
fsably handled as the Britannia.
Yesterdays BALL GAME.
Yesterday afternoon the attendance
at the games of the league was far in ex-
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