Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-01-06
SPORTING.

Feb nilsson. of Ninneap polls. becomes
Professional sk2tlng champion ana :; Is
Feb FEB 1G-A C, B. & O train from chicago
Mar I7-FiizslmmoEs in prize fight at
worlds worlds championship and $1,000 in 18th
Apr Apr 1e-Tillie Anderson (ChicagoD won g.
da- az hrs-i bicycle race in Detroit. MAX
Apr 2s-Eugene Taylor, linotype operator
May 5-R- Z Beach swan Qndoorsl leo
yf Nav IN ar s3 G mafn Burns defeated
Dan S. Mcleod In wrestling match at
May ECunard line steamer Lncania
went from New York to Queenstown in
May 20~LucreJia Borgia. 4-yr-oid FLY.
made m in 7;ii. at Oakland. Cal
road record for leo m to 6:3o:SG. at Denver.
Jun 24-F. c, Van de sande made y q. in
81 3-5 seconds. On a Chicago bicycle track
Jul 1-Walter g Sanger tcyclisIl won out
famous pacing horse. at C6iorado sprinEs.
Jul 2-McReynOids and Carruthers (tan-
I i esi s lE3 nOTeSsS G3r:H ffc ~
al Colorado Springs
Jul 6-Wesley Robinson and John Dresher
CAMDEN cyclists rode from Orange. N. J..
| to Atlanta; Ca 9.ooo MI; in 10 dys,
Jul ICE FL Ten Eyck (American oers-
mani won finals in great diamond sculI
races al Henley, Eng.
Jul Hilary Sidweil (amateurl rode m
in :46 S-5. Il Cincinnati
Jul 20-Lizzie Claw (woman bicycle cham
Jul 2iNSiar Pointer defeated Joe Pachen.
at Chicago. in straight m--heats.
Peter Tollons of South Bend. Ind. few Loo
Aug SJohn Flanagan threw I6-Ib ham
Aug ERalph Gregory and Ben Kelley rooe
tandem tunpaced) " M in o-55lz. at cran-
Aug 2s-star Pointer paced m. IN 1884.
| rode 100 m. en- bicycle (unpaced) in 5 hrs. Is
| min. at Denver.
Aug 9e.Walters. on London track. rode
Sep Geo. W. Clark dived into Chicago
| river from height of les TT
Sep IS-Michael rode 25 m. at Boston, In
Sep 2s-western league and Western as
| indianapolis and Cedar Rapids clubs hold
ING Sen 5espef'iWXe gsoeRs broke all wor,
9rds from to % n going layer distsnee IL
ronto. rode 2O9 m. in i3 hrs. Is min
Sep "a E, Walters lowered every rec
Oct GNationai league baseball season
closed with the clubs standing in the fol-
lowing positions; :. Boston: ;5e5: Baltimore
Gss Nsw fSss; "a; Gine am ,S1S2Ciexs-
PLt,s6uEgh as: c l1a ~; Pbtlsa,deIphia.
Oct michael rode I m. IN Philadelphia
| in / Is Six thoroughbred horses In relay
won 5-m- race against crack cyclists by 6
Oct s-John r. Gentry and Robert J. IN
| team paced ! N. at Glen Falls N Y In a.0S
| Oct Il-Raltimore club won Temple cup
| in baseball contest with Boston. securing
\ 4 of games played.
| Oct z7-Dan Mcleod won worlds wrest-
1 ling cha m pionship from 81 armeF'' Burns.
| Oct 2S-Ecdie McDuffie rode m In 3:2i, at
/ Nov IEChas NJ Murphy rode m In
| 90 As, at New York Michael rode Is M
i in 81 on 2-5 at Chicago
4 Nov 15-University of Wisconsin in foot
ball game defeated u OF Chicago. in Chi
| cago. score. q to s.
Nov 15-in football games In Chicago
| Thanksgiving day University OF Chicago
defeated u. of Michigan. Chicago Athletic
| association defeated New Jersey associa-
| ton. and the II. of Wisconsin defeated
| Northwestern (IllD team In Philadelphia
u of Pennsylvania defeated Cornell
Nov 2eUnton Pacific fast mail made SIS
| m in $50 min. from Cheyenne to Omaha
Dee 4ESiosSon won 6-das. billiard mate h
| in New York. defeating Ives in last game By
Dec &c N Miller. of Chicago. won o
da- bicycle race in New York. making 2oIa
NC B. Buckley became champion qua II
eater OF world. having eaten 2 q day for %
/ consecutive das.
Dec I7-.-KidI Mccoy whipped Dan Cree
don IN fight for worlds middle-weighs
/ championship at New York.
| Dec z2-Walter g. Sanger made = m az
Milwaukee in l min fat-
/ Dec 27-Frank McDaniels jumped o.
skates n IT ia. at Minneapolis