The herald., 1897-01-03
FLYING DUTCHhAN WALLER
Wins the international Six.
Day Race
MADDOX WAS CLOSE BEHIND
Wonderfully Close Contests for the
Other Places
Eddie Bald Concludes to Go to Europe
to Race for Glory and Some In
cidental Cash
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
| WASHINGTON, Jan. about 1000
people witnessed the closing struggle of
| the great six day international bicycle
race at Convention hall tonight. The
men finished in the same order that they
have maintained during the last four
! days, with Waller, "The Big Flying
putchman," who has been riding in the
colors of the Cycling club, heading the
line one and one-half laps ahead of Harry
| Maddox of Asbury Park, N. J., who had
| been nearly even with Waller since the
| start, and Charlie Ashinger of New
| York. third. Lawson, THE Terrible
Swede." won the fourth prize by about
| ten feet. beating Hunter over the line,
although both men scored the same num-
ber of miles and laps. Forster of Ger
many. was in sixth place when the shot
was fired that brought the race to an
| end.
After the race closed the official league
! measures ascertained that the traLk was
several feet over the reported length, so
| that a new computation of the several
| records had to be made. The official
score as finally announced stood: Waller
| S74 miles laps, Maddox STA miles laps,
| Ashinger S73 miles Z laps. Lawson S71
miles 10 laps, Hunter S71 miles 10 laps,
| Forster $40 miles 10 laps.
Eddie Bald, the champion wheelman
of America, will compete in France and
| other European countries during the
coming season. This is his latest state
| ment, and, according to his present
plans, he will leave America sometime
within the next three months.
'I have won everything is is possible
for me to take in this country" said
| Bald, "and it is barely possible that
| will not be able to win nearly as much
| money in Europe as in this country; still
I wish to race there for the glory rather
than the cash prizes. 1 viii not race
there, however, until have been put
in perfect condition and have become
acclimated.
"If I remain in America this season,
am confident that can win from Sls,-
900 to s20, 900, but could do nothing more
than repeat my former record of last
season, when won the American cham
pionship."
THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2-The
coast championship at the chess board is
not yet established. The chess match be-
tween Victoria, B. c., players and their
San Francisco rivals resulted in a tie
early this morning.
The moves were sent over the wires,
and many interested persons remained
all night at the Mechanics institute
chess room to watch the game.
Play began last evening at o'clock,
and the tie was announced twelve hours
later. In the last previous match with
Victoria. four separate, simultaneous
were played, but the present one was
single consultation match, with four
players to a side.
A DYING PUG.
NEW YORK, Jan. Jimmy Duffy,
feather weight pugilist, who boxed
ten rounds with George Justice of this
city at Tom O'Rourka's Broadway Ath-
letic club tonight, is dying at st. Vim
cents hospital.
Both worked hard and fast during the
entire ten rounds, and after they had re-
tired to their corners neither seemed to
have suffered any injury. The referee
decided in favor of Justice, and as soon
as his decision was announced Duffy
collapsed. He was carried to his dress
ing room in a helpless condition, and
physicians worked for half an hour, but
their efforts were futile, and he did not
regain consciousness.
The physicians say that, as near as
they could judge. Duffy was suffering
from hemorrhages, but said this might
have been brought about by undue exer-
ton and was not caused by any blow
received during the contest.
At late hour tonight the hospital
surgeons pronounced Duffy's condition
to be almost hopeless.
Manager O'Rourke. Referee Dick
Roche and George Justice, who was Duff
fy's opponent, were placed under arrest.
THE STAR THUMPERS.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 2.-The World the
ater was well filled tonight by a crowd
anxious to see the star pugilists knock
out their opponents. Jimmy Barry did
not succeed in getting any one to go
against him, Forster not being we'll
enough to enter.
Choynski had an easy time with
Frank Dwyer, the champion heavy
weight Of West Virginia, and Dwyer ad-
mitted that the Californian was too
| much for him with the big gloves.
Peter Maher simply played with Geo.
! Gels, who had the temerity to enter the
| ring with the Irish champion, and George
quit in the third round of his own ac-
! cord, rather than be knocked out.