Delaware gazette and state journal., 1895-10-03
OE INTEREST TO SpORTSMEN.
News Concerning Athletic Events Here
and Elsewhere.

MOVIE OUncbEhihk @SsShhS S~NsN
and Elsewhere.
Several local wheelmen visited the
Hazel Dell track Monday and in
dulged in trials OF speed. Roy Coombs,
a promising young rider, made an un
paced half mile in LOS. Frank Boyle
made the distance in |. 10.
Merrihew u Mcdaniel have fitted up
u riding school in the McLear q Ken
dali Building, at Ninth and Kings
streets.
The Wilmington Bicycle Club will
take run to Woodbury. next Sunday.
Interest in the proposed cycle track
is awakening.
Irwin Pike and Thomas Palmer will
fly a number of pigeons next Sunday.
The Gentlemen of Philadelphia
cricket team defeated the Cambridge
Oxford team by an inning and 30 runs
Philadelphia cricketers making 404
runs in one inning and the English
men only 365 in two innings.
James j. Corbett finished fresh after
three hours of boxing, wrestling, bag
punching, exercising with weights,
handbaIl, and general training methods
at New York, Monday. Experts say
he showed all his old-time form.
Billy Barry hested Prof. Jack Lynch
at tho Southwark Club, Philadelphia,
Monday night.
The Southern Racing Association
has postponed its meeting from Octo-
ber 1st to October 7th.
P. }. Dwyer has sold the colt Apple
gate to Frank Beard, the consideration
being $1,000.
The Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club
will challenge for the half-rater cup.
The club has number of 18-foot boats
that have been racing for two years.
Lew Bailey, manager of Jack l1anley,
Monday signed for six-round go be.
teen Hanley and Jimmy Handler, at
the A. g. S. N. boxing show on Octo-
| ber 18th.
The Yale Cambridge athletic con-
tests scheduled for October 9th will be
one of the greatest events of the season.
There are II numbers scheduled on the
| programme. :,
The pennant of the Western Base ball
League has been awarded to Lincoln,
Neb. The clubs represented were !:
Rockford, ILL.,, Peoria, Ill. Quincy,
| Iii. !; ST. Joesph, Mo-. Des Moines,
la. Burlington, la. Dubuque, La. !;
and Lincoln, Neb.
Gov. Brown of Kentucky, has issued
proclamation TO the mayor of Louis
vile, or any other peace officer OF the
State, to stop the proposed Griffln-
Murray ze-hght, which was to take
place in the Auditorium in Louisville
next Monday night. :,
The Reading High School foot ball
team will be selected from the following
players; Miller, c.. Townsend, rig.
HUFF, l.g.; Brossman, r.t.; F'reder-
ick, r.t.; Stevens, l.e.; Yoder, Oh. ;
Kaufman, captain and r. h. b. klees,
Lh.b.; Lewis, f.b. Bright, Yocum
and Boyd, substitutes. II. kaufman
has been elected captain and T. Klees
manager.
| Jocky Pratt was killed by being
thrown from horse at st. Louis Mon
day.
Six Jockeys we're fined at Gravesend
Monday for alleged bad behavior.
The Warren foot-ba team has ar
ranged the following schedules: Octo-
ber 10Th, Oneida of Philadelphia; Octo-
ber 26th, Wenona of Philadelphia; Oc-
tober Both, University of Pennsylvania
November 10Th, Y. M. @. A. A game
will probably be played with Princeton
in the near future.
The Wilmington and Chester High
School teams will play game OF foot
Dali IN C0eSIef OCIODer lztHs
The Wawaset Gun Club will have itt
monthly shoot October 18th.
The Delaware Field Club will or
ganize strong football team this
month.
II. r. Bringhurst, NJ. Candy ant
Joseph p Wales began playing thu
finals in the tennis tournament of the
Delaware Field Club Monday. Bring
hurst defeated Candy, Ga, 90. This
left Wales and Bringhurst in the race
Wales won from Bringhurst by scort
of 60. Bringhurst defeated Wales g.
and Wales beat Bringhurst 60. Wales
has only one more game to win to holC
the State championship. The tourna
ment will be finished this afternoon.
The Alva and Onoka foot bail teams
the latter of Philadelphia, will play a
Riverview tomorrow. The Alya vii
line up as follows: Harvey, re. j.
Simmons, +. t.; A. Peters,, +. g.; B
Stidham, c.. W. Buckingham, !. g.
P. Thatcher, 1t W. Lawton, !. e. j
Huxley, a. b. B. Reed, r. b. ID. Robe
len, /. h. b. S. Smith, f.b.