The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-06-25
Sporting Notes.

The first night races at the Riverton
bicycle track will take place next Mon
day
Johnson, the fast bicycle rider, will pro-
badly give an exhibition mile at Mount
Holly on the 10th of July.
The game of base ball at the grounds of
the Mount Holly Athletic Association,
on Saturday. was poor exhibition. The
grounds were wet and the ball could not
be properly handled. The home team
won in FIVE innings by score of IA to 4.
The Clermont A. A. nine, of .Philadel-
phia, which has been defeated but once
this season, will play the Mount Holly A.
A.. next Saturday, on the grounds here.
This is the strongest team our boys have
met this season. The Mount Holly club
will be strengthened for this game.
Pierre Lorillard, in an interview at the
Sheepshead Bay track, said: "This is my
last year on the American turf, as 1 intend
to race in England next year. My horses
are doing splendidly, although they are
not what might be called high class. 1
have some excellent yearlings, and be-
lieve that some of them will develop into
horses that will run fast and stay a dis
tance.'
The proposed race between Zimmer-
man and Johnson, bicycle riders, has at
tracted considerable attention the past
week, but the present prospects are that
there will not be any race. Representa-
tives of johnson went to Philadelphia on
Wednesday, and because Zimmerman did
not put in an appearance, the former
claimed to be champion of America. Zim-
norman went to Pittsburg on that day,
from which city he writes as follows:
"That is the first / knew of running
away. hardly think that need to run
away, and did not. | met the Philadel-
phlans at Mount Holly last week. and we
got to talking about the match, which was
at that time hanging fire. One of them
seemed to think that l was afraid to meet
Johnson. and l offered to put up $500 on
the spot to bind the match. This they
would not consent to. but said that all
parties interested could meet at Philadel
not do that as | intended to start fol
Pittsburg on that day, and that l would
not disappoint the people of this city fol
all the races in the world. More reports
of my fear of the race we're brought for
ward, and I said that, in case they did
not make match right there, or at leas
let me put up forfeit. no race would b
listened to by me. | told them plainly
8 that it was absolutely impossible tor mi
, to 20 to Philadelphia, and they under
stood what said perfectly well. yet they
say that l ran away to avoid making 6
!, match. l have been dilly-dallying srounC
r with these people about as long as / an
8 going to, and wish you would say for m,
. that / am through with the whole Grove
for good. do not need to race and an
not going to.
{ II have given Johnson all the chance
g in the world to make match with me
but he does not seem over-anxious. and
am going to stop this thing of talking il
. the newspapers. did not intend to d
any racing this year and will not. Wha
u started the whole business was the fac
/. that accepted an invitation to ride a
a Boston, and very quickly everybod
. Jumped at me. j. hnson tried to driv
me into match, and for few days
n looked as though he had succeeded, bu
= now have made up my mind in tn
v matter and will quit the thing for good
| do not mean by this that will quit tn
y track for good, as intend to ride a fe'
is exhibitions around the country durin
If the season, but have had all I want {
trying to make matches with profession
cyclists"