Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-10
sPoRTIsG NOTES.

Johnny Van Herst and Australian
Billy Murphy hare hoen matched to
fight before the new st. Bernard Ath-
leiic Club Of New Orleans on lure 30th.
Harvard University has 40 men whosu
individual strength is more than l.0oo.
The strongest man 10 the collegs is
Arthur Lowering, '98, with total of
1860
Willie Gaue. the wonderful boy
swimmer OF Lafayette, Pa. will make
his debut as professional on Saturday
next at the opening OF the swimming
pool at Woodaids Park. Philadelphia.
Hartford, Conn. is to have quarter.
milo hoard bicycle track laid in tho
famous Charter Oak Park, which has
been purchased by syndicate of New
York capitalists. The track will be
very highly banked and will be laid
with an eye to speed.
Gus Schmelz ON Monday resigned
the management OF the Washing ton
Base ball Club. Tho poor work of tho
Senators this season caused a demand
for change, and no retired volun.
tarily. j. Earle Wagner will tempo
rarily take charge OF the team.
Dick Burge will come to this country
some time next month ready to fight
anybody at his weight. Burge is now
matched to meet Lachie Thompson,
the Scotch champion, ON June 22d. A
New York club wants to have tina
English pugilist meet Tom Tracey for
| a tidy SUN.
Tom O'Rourke, manager of Pugilists
George Dixon and joe Walcott, has
accepted an otier for purse of So. 600
made by II San Francisco club for the
match between Dixon and bal Haw-
kins George Green has drawn the
color line against Walcott, 30 that the
proposed mach between them is off.
Jake Gaudaur, champion oarsman OF
the world, has issued challenge to
row any man In the world for the
single scull championship anu a purse
of from $1,000 u any amount desired.
He is also willing to back himself and
Hackett for the double soul! chanpion
ship of the world for a stake of 81, 0O0
and upward.
1t has been definitely settled that
Arthur A.. Zimmerman, the ex cham
pion OF the world, will ride again, and
he will mako his fret appearance in
Philadelphia at ths Castle WheeImen' "a
meet next SATURDAY, June 18th, at
Tioga track. "Zimmy'' has boon train
ing iu private for the last few weeks
and has ridden number of times we'll
under two minutes.
The prizes offered for cycle races in
Australia are very liberal in value. In
Victoria in one week more than So, 0OU
went into the pockets OF the prize win
ners. The prize list in one race alone
amounted recently to more than 81, 600
In three days meet one club dis
tributed $1,000 in prizes, the richest
event being the Druids' race, in which
the prizes amounted to $1,000.
II. S. Mahony, who holds the lawn
tennis championship Of England; Will
fred and Herbert Baddeley. who hold
the double championships of that
country and OF Ireland, and W. v,
Eaves, who shares the English covered
court doubles chaplpionship, have all
| expressed their intention OF coming to
| the United States in August next to
take part in the national champion
ships at Newport.
The Shannahan bill to prevent "lons
continued and brutal bicycle rRces''
was passed in the Illinois Senate on
Saturday. The bill had previously gone
through the House, and will receive
Gov. Tanners signature. Tho bill was
introduced shortly after the six days'
bicycle race in Chicago, during which
one of the contestants became insane
from incessant riding The new law
makes IL hours continuous riding tho
limit