Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-31
sPoRTING NOTES.

won $50, S75 in stakes and purses last year.
George Dixon's winnings in fights and
are said to be close to 100000.
Peter Maher and Jim Hall will box four
rounds at the Winter Circus Philadelphia,
On February ODD.
Ives defeated Shaefer 500 to 13l at
Lafayette, Ind, on Wednesday night,
making one run of 1855.
Alhber of Australia, defeated Needham,
of California, in ten-round boxing con-
test at Cincinnati, Tuesday night week.
Gently defeated Alfredo De Orc, the pool
champion, is willing to make another
match for $500 or 1000 a side.
George Parid OF Montreal, ran 100 yards
on snow shoes at Ottawa, Canada, on
Thursday, in III seconds, lowering the
worlds amateur record of IL seconds.
James J. Corbett now offers to box Peter
jackson before the National Sporting Club
in London, nine weeks after his contest
with Fitzsimmons, for wager of $4,000 q
side.
1t is said that the bout between Owen
Ziegler and Jack Hanley, which is to take
place at the A. c. s. N. club house, Phila-
delphia, tomorrow evening, will of 10
rounds duration.
Daniel Creedon and Frank Craig, the
"Harlem Coffee Cooler" have been
matched to box before the National Sport
ing Club in London for purse of $1,000
and side wager.
Two Cleveland sportsmen are willing to
back Jimmy Dime against Young Critic
for any amount up to $1,000 side. The
Seaside Athletic Club people are willing to
give purse for the fight.
The third and deciding game at balk-line
billiards between Fournil and Gallagher
will be played on Monday, February 4th,
at Daly's Academy. Fournil will concede
odds Of 1900 in 5000 points.
1t is now feared that Jack Dempsey is
losing his mind and that he will have to be
sent to some asylum soon. Dempsey was
seen to be physical wreck when he came
North to fight Tommy Ryan.
A cablegram from London Wednesday
stated that Peter Jackson has accepted
| Mitchelps challenge on condition that the
| contest takes place at the National Sporting
| Club. and the stakes be 9l0OO side,
Fred Hoey of New York, was one of 81
contestants in pigeon shooting contest at
Monte Carlo, France, OIL Wednesday
Hoey sustained his reputation by dividing
first and second stakes with NJ. Lo.
Champion A. 4. Zimmerman will go to
San Francisco in August, and from there
to Australia. where circuit of the princi
pal cities will be arranged. From Aus
tralia Zimmerman anticipates visiting
| New Zealand and Japan.
As result of the Leeds .McKeever box
| ing contest on Saturday night Prof. Johr
IL, Clark has issued challenge for hi!
protege, Mckeever, to box any white maj
at 1873 pounds for the championship o
America for 1000 side.
Horace Leetis and Charles, better know
as Bull" Mccarthy, fought four har,
4 So. IN al
phIa Thursday. and Leeds was given tn
decision. McCarthy's face looked like 1
piece of raw meat when the bout was over
Charles McKeever had all the best of hi
bout with Horace Leeds on Saturday nigh
until the last round, when chance blow
foored him. That McKeever, instead o
Leeds or Ziegler, will be McAuliifes sue
cessor ultimately as lightweight champion
OF the world, now admits of little doubt.
Tommy Ryan, who was to have boxe'
Fred. Woods at the Winter Circus MOnda
night, failed to appear owing, it was said
to illness. Bouts between local boxer
were substituted. Ryan will meet Fred
, Morris on Wednesday night, and Fred
Woods on Saturday night in four-roun'
bouts.
Robert Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, wa
arraigned in Syracuse Monday on tn
indictment charging him with mar
, slaughter in the first degree in causing tn
| death of Con Riordon by blow struc
, during sparring exhibition on Novemb be
, 10th last, and pleaded not guilty. He wa
held in $40. 900 bail.
Charles Murphy, the bicyclist of tn
Kings County Wheelmen, will make a
attempt next summer on straightawa
mile course parallel with some railroad
! the vicinity of New York, to ride OF
: mile in 60 seconds. The method of pacir
G has not been made known, but it is SUI
G posed that it will he locomotive.
9 Joseph Donoghue offers 10 skate John
t Johnson q quarter of mile for fun, pr
+ viding a substantial side bet is made q
Y the result. Johnson is obdurate and d
z clines to entertain any proposition, exec
n that the distance be from one to five mile
e for 500 prize and side bets from 500
Il 81 900. After that he will race quart
}. mile.
: Billy WEIGH of Brooklyn, and Ed
# Conley of st. Johns, met in bout at u
!, Suffolk Athletic Club, Boston, Mondi
Il They were to box eight rounds, but Conf,
# had it all his own way from the start, Il
1t call of time saving WEIGH from going o
t; in the first round. He was not in it ait
Is that, and Charley White, who was behll
h WEIGH, threw mp the sponge in the tour
Il round aud Conley was given the decislo
k Several worlds skating records we
o. broken at Red Bank, n. j., Ihlrsda
h John s. Johnson skated 547 yards ~ Al !
to second, the best previous record ben
W As 40 seconds. Harley Davidson broke
If 22Oyard record of 1873 seconds by skatil
i'd the distance in II As seconds, and J.
ct Hemmett speeded over the ice for
I'd yards in 16 2-5 seconds. lowering, t
le previous record of Is seconds. Olaf Rn
to also skated half-mile with Iylng 81
i'll minute 2-5 seconds, Whlch equail
IS the best previous record.
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