Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-30
SPORTING.

Feb 7-Nilsson, of Minneapolis, becomes
professional skating ampi9n and ( io Is.
Feb 1s-A C, B, & q. train from Chicago
% Mar hsns i7rFitasim al In priss light at
worlds Championship and s16.Ooo in l4th
APR 1o-Tnlie Anderson Chicago, won g
ia. q hrs, bicycle race In Detroit max
Apr 2s-Eugene Taylor & linotype. operator
May 5R. E. Beach SWAN Gndoors) 100
SG May sa + arr s1 i Martfn Burns defeated
Dan s. Mcleod in wrestling match at
n May pIsr,rH yas fSr M II. Mon e ssd KenfaokS
May. H-Cunard line steamer Luoania
went from New York to Queenstown In
May A-Lucretia Borgia, 4-yr-old filly.
made 4 m. in 7:l1, at Oakland. Cal.
road record for 100 m. to S:so:So. at Denver.
Jun 2-F. c. Van de sande made " m. in
Jun 26-Rudolph Lauricks broke every
American amateur bicycle record from 8 to
% N. and made new marks up to Son., at
Jun 2s-Arthur Gardner lowered worlds
mile bicycle handicap record to 2:o5 Id. at
JulEWalter C. Sanger (cyclist) won out
lot 8 1a-m. heats in race against Albatrous.
famous pacing horse. at Colorado springs.
Ism. o;s4 IS; is-m.. OBS IS; a-s-m.. III IS.
at ri GpI mWs.i spr5RR sssinson and John pre.,er
{tspdsm cyeIistsl rode from Orange. N. j..
70 al Atl isah. e. hl Sc 4sSo E q 8 IN al = ays; oar,.
mani won finals in great diamond sculi
Jsai,assa.THssrS sslsWssill famateur, rode / m.
Jul 2o-Liezie CLAW woman bicycle cham
pi9n} Tods q n; IN ! hr at TOLEDO. o
at Chicago, in 8 straight m.-heats.
Aug 2-Pedro, carrier pigeon owned by
Peter Z TJ9llons OF South Bend. Ind Il ewl LOCO
AugsJohn Flanagan threw 1s-lb ham,
s AsSg s1 3aabae sdTss e n and 70 d asa k 81 ge rsSs
Aus as-star Pointer paced l m. in 1:ssx.
rode 100 n: on bicycle lunpaced) in s hrs. Ii
4 Aug ss5W j q on a London track. rode
Sep SGeo. W. Clark dived into Chicago
river from height of 165 IT.
Sep 15-Mishaei rode 20 m. at Springfield.
Sep M-Michael rode rs m. at Boston. In
Sep S-western league and Western as
Indianapolis and Cedar Rapids clubs hold
ing respeetlye p%enpants
Ii SSp zf-J. w. STOCKS broke all WOrlQ'S rec
lerds from 8 to SO m, going latter distance In
Chatham, Ont. and chas. Roberts. Of TO.
Sep "a. E. Walters lowered every rec
Ie sna from g m y n to 3 ~ ~ x, r. going "a m. In 'oS
Oct s-National league baseball season
f f9SsSS T posfti lone elq Best ssnaa .1oss; h b hhs 5Es.
$50; New York, ;es; Cincinnati, $40; Cleye.
Pittsburgh, .45S; Chicago, AT; Philadelphia
.4I7; Louisville. 400; st, Louis, III.
In o f:ss I-M .sia s%sor rSas | rsi K Rd nsilsH in IslaS
won b-m; race against 4 crack cyclists by
ts 9ss p sasSh / M R; .s e alssy r sHs Robert r: r. Il Z i'll 4
lin baseball contest with Boston. securing
Oct E-Dan Mcleod won worlds wrest.
ling championship from Farmer Burns,
Oct 2s-Eddie McDuffie rode 2 m. in 1924. al
Nov I@chas. NJ. Murphy rode 1 m. ir
100 AS, at New York. Michael rode is m
I Nov is@university of Wisconsin in foot.
ball game defeated L. of Chicago, In Chi
cage: score, 20 to {:
Thanksgiving day University OF Chicago
defeated U. of Michigan, Chicago Athletic
association defeated New Jersey a%ssocia
tNorthwestern, Qll.) team. In Philadelphia
U; of Pennsylvania defeated Cornell.
Nov @-Union Pacific fast a made 81
m. In $40 min, from Cheyenne to Omaha.
Dec 4-Slosson won 6-das. billiard mattel
In New York, defeating Ives in last game hy
2 points.
Dec &c. N. Miller, of Chicago, won G.
da bicycle race In New York, making 2.OI.
m....-C. B. Buckley became champion quail
consecutive das.
Dec 17-"Kid"2 ~ay whipped Dan Cree
don m fight TO -gorld's middle-welgh
championship q. New York.
Dec 22-WaIter c. Sanger made u m. a