The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05


Feb 4-John S. johnson lowered amateur 5
mile skating record Of America at Minneapolis
10 ij:204 ;.
Mar. 7-Austin Gibbons defeated Mike Daily
in hgnt "a, New Orleans for purse of s2U.OOJ
Mar. 8 Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Jim Hall
At New Orleans, winning purse o. $1,000
Apr T-National baseball league opened its
session.
May 5-Relay bicycle race from Boston to
Chicago took liz hours.
May lo-I.ookput won Kentucky derby at
Louisville in 2.S9l.
June 3-Frank ives, Of America, won inter
nadonal BILLIARD match in London
June 21Cornen's freshman crew defeated
Columbia at New London, Conn, making 3
miles IN lO:JS
June .4-Boundless captured American Der
by in Chicago: time, 2:36
June % Berry won cowboy race to Chicago
begun at Chadron, Neb., making the ,04O miles
in 10 days 10 hours 81 minutes.
July Harvard won college baseball cham
ionsmp
july l5-CUlumbian lOoyard sprint for Amer
lean championship wor BY Morris, OF California,
in Goshen, Ind, in 935 seconds; gain l-5 SEQ
ond on world 5 record.
July 22-Frank Waller, OF Indiana broke 25-
mile bicycle record, making run in l hour 8
minutes 10 secoIus, at Detroit
Aug Sat Buffalo. y. Y. HUlda rode fastest
mile on recCrd for five. year-olds in 2:JS5l
Aug. FL s MeiltjeS, o, South Africa. won
g. mile international championship at bicycle
tournament i'll Chicago: tlme2 bOurs 10 minutes
Sep "a. A Zimmerman, worlds bicycle
2:G5 80
Sep Ill S. MeintIes. o, South Africa. at
Springfield, Mass, lowered smile bicycle
record to 1i:Cs IS.
Sep Is-Ia bicycle race at Springfield, Mass,
Sanger heat Zimmerman, lowering competitive
mile IL Ell Is.
Sep l4-Alix trotted mile at Chicago n
200. Al LIE Mars, Ia, Free Coinage lowered
three-year old pacing record 10 2:114.
Sep. 2-At Chicago. Flank Ives defeated
John Roberts, English champion. 10 match game
oil billiards: score: Ives, 5000. Roberts, 5.3J3
Sep. 23-George Dixon, " orlC' . feather weight
at Coney Island, n. Y.
Sep 2S-H. G. Tyler made new worli's bicycle
record at Springfield, Mass, going 2 miles,
with standing start, in 4lo 50
Sep. SO-League baseball season ended, Pos-
ton winning the pennant
Oct John Roberts, English champion de-
feated Frank Ives in billiard match At New
York by |, 40 points, himself making 10000
Oct- lS-Ncw York sloop Vigilant defeated
for third and Lax line English sloop Nalky rie
in 3O-mile race for americas cup: time, hr.
% min. - sec. First race rTul Oct Z: time. hr.
81 MN. 10 sec, and second race on Oct. 9; time,
9 mr. - min.
Oct ls-At Nashville, Tenn. Direerur
trotted heat in freezer ali in 2:O5A breaking
all previous race records.
Oct l9-ht Nashville, Tenn, May Marshall
made new record for pacing mares, mile N
2:OS4.
OcL 24-Lena Hill made new two-year-old
pacing record AT Dallas Toz., making a mile in
2:I34
Nov 4-Greehlander at TeTre Haute lowered
stallion trotting reco-d for miles 10 ABB
Nov. S-John ). johnson broke worlds bi-
cycle record at Independence, Ia, going mile
III I:55 flying start
Nov. 25-Y;le beat Harvard to n annual
football game Al Springfield, Mass. Jake
Shaefer beat Frap!. Ives n l scs-pOint I4inch
ballyiine billiard game at L.licago: score, 100
to 3,9ia