Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-30
SPORTING,

Feb 7-Nilsson, of Minneapolis, becomes
professional skating champion and J: K.
McCulloch, of Winnipeg, amateur, at Mon
Feb 16-A c., B. & @. train from Chicago
to Denver made the 1.O25 m. in l,O6s min:
Carson City, New, with Corbett won
worlds championship and $4,000 in 14th
Apr 1o-TiIie Anderson (Chicago) won g.
da. az az hrs) bicycle race in Detroit. max
Apr 29HEugene Taylor, linotype operator
at Denver, Col. set iO1, 500 ems in hrs
May 5-R e. Beach swan Qndoors) 100
ydMs Nav Fa arr a1 Martgfn Burns defeated
Dan S. Mcleod in wrestling match at
Davenport, Ia, for worlds championship.
went from New York to Queenstown in
das IA hrs. "a min
made m. in I'll, at Oakland, Cal.
Jun &c. III. Henderson lowered bicycle
road record for 100 m. to 6:3O:SO. at Denver.
Jun A-F.- C. Van de sande made u m. in
81 3-5 seconds, on Chicago bicycle track.
Jul 1-Walter C. Sanger tcyclisD won 2 out
famous pacing horse, al Colorado Springs.
Jul 2-McReynolds and Carruthers fan-
dem bicycle cs pair lowered ere worlds records:
at Colorado Springs.
Jul 6-Wesley Robinson and John Dresher
10 Atlanta Gas d ESdg in 10 dass
Jul 16-E. H. Ten Eyck american oars
mani won finals in great diamond scull
Jul Hilary Sidwell (amateur) rode m.
in AS 3-5, at Cincinnati.
Jul 20-LiZzie CLAW (woman bicycle cham
pion) rode n m. in hr. at Toledo, 0.
Jul 24-Star Pointer defeated Joe Pachen,
at Chicago, in straight. rl.-heats.
Aug GPedro. carrier pigeon owned by
Peter Tollons Of South Bend, Ind, flew 900
m. in 3S hrs.
Aug S-John Flanagan threw 16-lb ham
Aug 4Ralph Gregory and Ben Kelley rode
tandem (unpaced) " m. in 0.551a. at Scran-
Aug S-star Pointer paced m. in :5sh.
at Readville, Mass. "A l.. Hachenberger
rode 100 m. on bicycle (unpaced) in hrs is
min, at Denver
100 m in 5:5S S-5
Sep Geo. w. Clark dived into Chicago
river from height of 165 1T.
Sep lS-Michael rode Is m, at Boston, in
Sep 2S-Western league and Western as
ISOLATION baseball clubs close season with
in Sep 5SS ~J. W. Stocks broke all worlds rec
il:S4 rs, in London. "A. Z. Jackson, OF
Chatham, Ont, and Chas Roberts, of To-
ronto, rode zoo m; in 10 hrs. Is min.
sra t 81 Il in 4 "a gong 81 M IN
Oct, 3-National league baseball season
closed with the clubs standing in the fol-
lowing positions: Boston, .7O5: Baltimore.
692: New York, 1884, Cincinnati, .576; Cleve-
land .527; Washington, .462: Brooklyn, .462;
Pittsburgh, ass; Chicago, AT; Philadelphia.
AT; Louisville, 400; st. Louis. POI.
Oct michael rode, m. in Philadelphia,
in :36. :. Six thoroughbred horses in relay
won SIM. race against crack cyclists by s
yds. In 1852.
Oct S-John r. Gentry and Robert ]. in
team paced m. at Glen Falls. N. Y, In EOS.
Oct 11-Baltimore club won Temple cup
In baseball contest with Boston. securing
Oct N-Dan Mcleod won worlds wrest-
ling championship from Farmer" Burns,
Oct 2S-Edde McDuffie rode m in S:2i. at
Nov l&Chas. M. Murphy rode m. in
100 AS, at New York, Michael rode Is m.
| in 81 :07 2-5 at Chicago.
Nov 13-University of Wisconsin in foot
ball game defeated U, Of Chicago IN Chi
Nov 2Nin football games in Chicago
Thanksgiving day University of Chicago
defeated u. of Michigan, Chicago Athletic
association defeated New Jersey associa-
ton, and the u OF Wisconsin defeated
Northwestern Qll) team. In Philadelphia
u. of Pennsylvania defeated Cornell.
Nov 29-Union Pacific fast mali made sls
m in 500 min, from Cheyenne 10 Omaha
Dec 4-Slosson won 6-das. billiard match
in New York. defeating Ives Ia last game by
Dec &c. N. Miller OF Chicago, won T.
da bicycle race in New York. making 2.0ia
&C. b. Buckley became champion quart
| eater OF world, having eaton ? a day for 20
| consecutive Gas.
Dec l7--"Eid" Mccoy whipped nan Cree
| don in fight for worlds n,iGdlr-we,ght
championship al New YORK
Dec 22- Walter g Sarcsr made " m at
! Milwaukee in min rai
l Dec 27-Frank McDa-icis irmped on
skates q It. Z In. at Minneer-!'s