The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-24
A WEEK on SPORT.

Top-uotch iIorsu Racing and lioxlny Con.
tests With Stars ut the First Magnitude,
and Pcrhnp, liasc Hall.
This will bo a gala week in tho domain
Of sport. On Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday aud Friday, tho altrac.
ton each afternoon will DO the
ttottinG and pacing meeting, tho first OF
the newly organized Wheeling Driving
Club. Then, on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday nights. tho carnival OF
boxing under the auspices OF the well.
known Metropolitan Athletic Club, will
be the attraction at the Fulton arena OF
the club. In addition II is quito posi-.
bic that the base ball fans" will be
able TO 500 their favorito game on the
Island grounds. The Wheeling club Is
scheduled 10 play here the last four
DAYS OF the week. but an effort is being
made to have the games played in tho
Ohio towns so as no. to conflict with the
races.
The horses, 10 OF which are entered
Tor the Wheeling meeting, began to
come in yesterday morning in consid.
e.able numbers, and last night most OF
them were quattered at the new track
Of the State Fair association. Some had
arrived on Friday and Saturday. Most
OF those that arrived yesterday were
from the Mckcc's Rocks track, where
the races closed Saturday. The cream
ctthe horses that competed 4: Mckee's
pNrlra ara haze no r-n1l ~. rHpna
OF the winners at meetings III Ohio tina:
did not perform d. pi,tsburgh'a meet.
ing. Taken all in all it is confidently ex.
pected tina. the local races will take
rank as among the best OF the year.
The opening days programme. Tues
days, is about the beet of the four. and
il would not be surprisingii the attend.
ancc on that day knocks out the pre-
vious high water marx for attendance
on the State Fair grounds. The fact
that tho management has made Tues
day ladies' day, when all ludies will be
admitted to the grounds and grand
staud free, will tend to swell the crowd
on the opening afternoon
The opening event In the boxing car
nival, Tuesday evening. is the twenty
fve-round go between Jerry" Mar
sha!l, the Australian cham pion feather
weight, who is well known here, and
Johnny" Van Heest, OF Milwaukee.
champion l~25-pounder OF America, will
undoubtedly be the finest exposition OF
the manly art ever witnessed in this
section Of the country. Van Hecst has
been training very faithfully out at Elm
Grove. and Is said to DO in better form
than previous TO any OF his many ring
battles. Marshall and his trainer,
"Jim' 0ihello, arrived in the city from
Pittsburgh yesterday morning. and
took up their quarters with Dooley n.
the Nets club house in Fulton. The
colored boy look. trained TO the hour.
and is generally looked upon as the
probable winner OF the battle. Van
Hees, might bes. Marshall in a short,
rushing battle. but In q long drawn out,
scientitiC go Marshall should win IL.
Wednesdays battle. twenty : five
rounds, ia between Billy" Dcoiey, tho
Pacific coast champion. nj l23 pounds,
and Jack" Grace, Of New Yotk. Dooley
i. we'll known here and will enter the
mag a pronounced iavoritc, but Grace
!' not a youngster by any means. and
II IL given u that no ySll give a good
account OF himself. Che men will
weigh in at 1873 pounds at 8 p. IN. on the
day Of tho contest. For this evening