The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-08
SPORTING,

Feb Unison, or Minneapolis, becomes
professional skating champion and J. K
McCuIloch, of Winnipeg. amateur. at Mon
FEB 1s-A c., B. & @. train from Chicago
Carson city, New, with Corbett won
worlds championship and $4,000 in Nth
Apr 1O-Tillie Anderson (chicago) won g.
da. az hrs.) bicycle race in Detroit, max
Apr 2sNEugene Taylor, linotype operator
at Denver, Col. set FOL, 500 ems In 8 hrs.
May 6R. E. Beach swan Qndoors) 100
yds. in 1:O7 is at Chicago.
May 6-Farmer Martin Burns defeated
Dan s. McLeod in wrestling match at
Davenport, Ia, for worlds championship.
went from New York to Queenstown in s
das. Il hrs. 81 min.
May 20-Lucretia Borgia, 4-yr-old FLY,
made 4 m. In I'll, at Oakland, Cal.
Jun &c. H. Henderson lowered bicycle
road record for 100 m. to $50 80, at Denver,
Jun 24-F. C. Van de Sande made Il m. In
81 SIS seconds, on a Chicago bicycle track.
Jul 1-Walter c. Sanger (cyclist) won 2 out
famous pacing horse. at Colorado Springs.
Jul 2-McReynolds and Carruthers Gan-
dem bicycle pain lowered worlds records:
1-S-m;, o:St 4-5; 1z-m., O:55 s-5; 2-S-m., LII rs
Jul 6Wesley Robinson and John Dresher
CAMDEN cyclists rode from Orange, N. J.,
to Atlanta. Ga. 1000 M. in 10 dyS.
Jul l6-E. Fl. Ten Eyck (American oars
MANI won finals in great diamond sculI
races at Henley. Eng:
Jul Hilary Sidwell (amateur) rode / m.
in 46 3-5, at Cincinnati.
Jul 20-Lizzie Claw (woman bicycle cham
pionl rode q m; in hr; at Toledo. o.
Jul 2i-Star Pointer defeated Joe Pachen.
at Chicago, in 3 straight m.-heats.
Aug PEDRO, carrier pigeon owned by
Peter Tollons Of South Bend. Ind, few LOO
Aug 3-John Flanagan threw 1s-lb ham
| mer 157 II. 4 in.
Aug ERalphG Gregory and Ben Kelley rode
tandem (unpaced) II m In 0Sh. at Scran-
Aug 2s-star Pointer paced / m. in 1:5s4.
at Readville, Mass.:-.A- l. H~achenbergeY
rode 100 m. on bicycle (unpaced) In 5 hrs. u
Aug SO.WaIters, on a London track. rods
100 m. in 3:25:53 3-a
Sep Geo. w. Clark dived into Chicaxo
river from height Of 165 #.
Sep lS-MIchael rode Is M. at Boston, In
Sep 23-western league and Western as
| ISOLATION baseball clubs close season with
Indianapolis and Cedar Rapids clubs hold.
ing respective ~pennants..
i Sep III. W. Stocks broke all worlds rec
ords from 6 to SO m, going latter distances in
Chatham, Ont. and Chas. Roberts. Of To
Sep ga. E. Walters lowered every REQ
ord from q TO- S6 s. N, m; going "a m. in 1:o5dol-.
Oct GNationai league baseball season
closed with the clubs standing in the fol-
lowing positions: Boston, .7OS; Baitimore,
| .6e2; New York, .6A; Cincinnati, SIG: Cleve-
land. .527: Washington. 1862: Brooklyn, .462:
| Pittsburgh, ass; Chicago, AT; Philadelphia,
AZ; Louisville. 400; st. Louis, .zl
Oct michael rode ] m. in Philadelphia,
in 1876. Six thoroughbred horses In relay
won 5-m- race against 4 crack cyclists BY .
Oct gJohn r. Gentry and Robert J. In
team paced / m. at Glen Falls. N. r. IN 2:Os.
Oct u-Baltimore club won Temple cup
In baseball contest with Boston, securing
4 of 5 games played.
Oct 2s-Eddfe McDufie rode 3 n. in s:24. st
Nov T|Chas. NJ. Murphy rode 1 m. In
LOO As, at New York. .Michael rode Is M
Nov isNUniversity of Wisconsin in foot
bal game defeated U. of Chicago, In Chi.
cago: score, q to 8.
Nov 25-fn football games In Chicago
Thanksgiving day University Of Chicago
association defeated New Jersey associa-
ton, and the U. of Wisconsin defeated
Northwestern GILL; team. In PhiladeiphiA
U. OF Pennsylvania defeated Cornell
Nov 29-Union Pacific fast mall made So
m. in $40 min, from Cheyenne to Omaha:
in New York. defeating Ives in last game By
Dec &c. N. Miller. of Chicago. won g.
m....aS. B. Buckley became Champion quail
eater Of world. having eaten z . day for 80
Dec T7s."Kid" Mccoy whipped Dan Cree
don in fight for worlds niddle-weighi
Dec 22-Walter c. Sanger made 4 N. q,
Milwaukee in l min. fat
Dec H-Frank McDaniels Jumped On
' skates q #. Z In, at G~inSeaes.A