The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-06
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| 10 ehttIeu 10 return matcn Win Sulli
van, as 1t was only by a fiuke that Sulli
van defeated him.
Johnny Murphy has returned from Eng
land and wants match with Jimm,
Barry.
New Bedford has not yet lost game,
and Pawtucket will leave no stone un-
turned to break It's clean score.
Some fine punting Is expected at the
Princeton Harvard game tomorrow, with
Baird and Brown as the star performers.
"Young MITCHELL ard Jack McAuli6e
have buried the hatchet. McAuliffo called
on Mitchell as soon as be reached Frisco
and squared" matters.
The Brooklyn dog show win oe held
| during Thanksgiving week. This will be
| the first time a show has been held In
Brooklyn.
IN Wednesdays gam at Fall River,
two Of tho Woburns OF last season took
all the rushes Russell taking Is to 2 for
Campbell.
"Spike" Sullivan and Jack Downey,
the Brooklyn lightweight, have accepted
the offer OF 5000 purse to box at the
South Brooklyn Athletic Club Novem-
Der %
Hillebrsnd, the star freshman tackle on
the Princeton tenn, is an Andover boy
and so Is Eddie Holt, and the latter is
receiving the credit OF making Tiger
out OF Hillebrsnd.
Jimmy Ryan, the Cincinnati boxer,
who was defeated by Paddy Purtell a few
months ago, has been offered q $1,000
purse to aox Tom Tracey 10 rounds at
San Francisco.
Jim Corbett says the "Fitz" and Shar-
key fight will be cut and dried affair.
The purse, he says, will be split and the
fighters will get piece OF the gate re-
ceipts. Corbett appears to know so much
about the match that he possibly tried to
make the same deal, and, failing, threw
the match up.
The triangular shoot between Harvard,
Princeton and Yale will be held on Sat-
urdsy morning instesd of this afternoon.
The clubs will shoot for the cup offered
by Shooting and Fishing. The Harvard
team has not been selected YET. but p.
Bancroft, 80; q. II. Kennecctt, '9S, and
w. 5. stover, l.. s. g., will bs three of the
men,
Many committees might do cycling a
good turn by following the example set
by Jersey City, N. j., in the matter OF
bells. At the suggestion OF the Good
Roads Association of Hudson county, the
Board of Aldermen at that place had
adopted an oroinaDcs regulating the size
of bells on bicycles. The maximum is q
diameter OF three inches. When 1t is |
taken into consideration that many |
riders were using gong OF the size of |
dinner plates. which gave forth an alarm |
exactly like that from q fire chiefs car.
ii,ge or an ambulance, II /, not TO be
wondered at that the ordnance was
speedily passed. These bic bells are
placed on the rear forks, just under tie
saddle. rhey are neither ornamental nor |
necessary. They are q nuisance and the
noise they produce frightens nervous
people.
The route from st. Loui, TO De soto
ana return, through the Ozark Noun
tsins, is considered by whselmen To be
the most billy anc difficult stretcn OF
road in tie whole Stste OF Missouri The
III tsnce Ia SO miles and many attempts
have been made to secure records for the
course, successful trip being looked upon
By the wheel experts as one OF the high
sst practical tests OF durability. or tine
several trips made recently rhSt by Searle
mo Scarlet. two Chicago flyers, on
crescent tandem, stands clearly outlined
IS the gem cf the lot. They swept over
he course without accident Of any sort
n tho remarkable time OF hours and 40
ninnta., Iedn1in2 the praxinns record by
hour and Is minutes. The route was
lever in such wretched condition as at
'resent, so says a man who has just re-
utned from that section.
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A I,ig Football Game.