Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-06
SPORTING.

Feb nilsson, of Minneapolis, becomes
professional skating champion and j. X.
McCulloch, Of Winnipeg, amateur, at Mon
Feb 16--A c., B. G. @. train from Chicago
to Denver made the 1,O25 m. in 1O69 min.
Mar 17--,Fls2slmmons In prize fight at
worlds championship and $4,000 in Nth
Apr 1O--Tnlle Anderson (Chcago) won G.
da. az hrs) bicycle race In Detroit maxi
Apr 20-Eugene Taylor, linotype operator
at Denver, Col, set l0l, 500 ems in hrs.
May 5--R =, Beach swan Qndoors) 100
ydss. In :O7 10 at Chicago.
May G-Farmer Martin Burns defeated
Dan S. Mcleod in wrestling match at
Davenport, Ia, for worlds championship.
May 14-Cunard line steamer Lucania
went from New York to Queenstown in
das. II hrs. 81 min.
May 2O-Lucretia Borgia, 4-yr-old FLY.
made IN. in I'll, at Oakland, Cal.
road record for 100 m. to 6:SO:SO, at Denver,
Jun 24-F. C. Van de sande made u m. in
81 3-5 seconds. on a Chicago bicycle track.
Jul 1-Walter C. Sanger (cyclisU won out
of 3 la-m heats in race against Albatrous,
famous pacing horse, at Colorado Springs
Jul 2-McReynolds and Carruthers Can-
dem bicycle pair lowered worlds records:
Ism, 0:34 As; h-m., 0:55 3-5; 2-S-m, III 2-5
at Colorado Springs.
Jul G-Wesley Robinson and John Dresher
".
to Atlanta. Ga. Il 900 M, in 10 dys.
Jul lee II. Ten Eyck (American oars
NAM won finals In great diamond Scull
Jul Hilary Sidwell (amateur) rode m.
In ! 46 3-5 at Cincinnati,
Jul 20-LiZZie CLAW (woman bicycle cham
pion( rode q m; In hr; at Toledo, o.
Jul 2i-Star Pointer defeated Joe Pachen,
at Chicago, in straight m.-heats.
Aug 2-Pedro, carrier pigeon owned by
Peter Tollons Of South Bend, Ind. flew 1000
m. in 80 hrs
Aug S-John Flanagan threw 16-lb ham,
mer 157 IT. In.
Aug 4-Ralph Gregory and Ben Kelley rooe
tandem (unpaced) " M in O.551a, at Scran-
Aug 2S-star Pointer paced m, in 1914.
at Readvlle Mass. IA. l.. Hachenberger
rode 100 m. on bicycle (unpaced) in hrs IS
min., at Denver.
Aug SO-Walters. on London track. rode
Sep Geo. W. Clark dived into Chicago
river from height Of 165 TT.
Sep lS--Mlchael rode rs 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.
Sen 27-J. w. Stocks broke all world s rec
ords from to SO M, going latter distance In
1I:S4 2-5, in London. "A. e. jackson, OF
Chatham, Ont, and Chas. Roberts Of To-
ronto, rode 200 m. in l3 hrs. rs min
Sep pa. E. Walters lowered every rec
ord from "a to @ M, going "a m. in l;O5;1O1-5.
and GA m. in 2:07:04 As
Oct 3-National league baseball season
closed with the clubs standing in the fol-
lowing positions: Boston, .7O5; Baltimore,
.692 New York, .6S4; Cincinnati ,576; Cleve-
land, 527; Washington, 1852; Brooklyn, .462;
Pittsburgh, ASS; Chicago, Al; Philadelphia.
an: Louisville, 400; ST. Louis, .221.
Oct michael rode m. in Philadelphia,
in :36. e. Six thoroughbred horses In relay
won SIM. race against crack cyclists by
'3 Oct II s@John R. Gentry and Robert J. in
team paced m. at Glen Falls, N. Y, in 2:O8.
oct 11-Baltmore club won Temple cup
In baseball contest with Boston, securing
Oct 27-Dar Mcleod won worlds wrest-
ling championship from Farmer" Burns
Oct 2S-Eddie McDuflie rode m. In 1924. at
Nov 12@Chas. M. Murphy rode m. In
ZOO as, at New York. Michael rode Is m
in Sl:O7 Us, at Chicago. ,,,.
Nov 13-University Of Wisconsin In FOOT
ball game defeated U. Of Chicago, in Chi
e' Nov 25Ein football games in Chicago
Thanksgiving day University OF Sn tbfstg;Cs
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 mail made SO
m, in $40 min, from Cheyenne to Omaha;
Dec 4-Slosson won 6-das. billiard match
In New York, defeating Ives in last game by
Dec PC. N. Miller, of Chicago, won g.
d. bicycle race in New York, making 2OlS
NC B. Buckley became champion quail
eater of world, having eaten2 day for I'D
DEC Dec i7I"Kid" Mccoy whipped Dan Cree
don in fight for worlds middle-weignt
championship at New York.
Dec 22-Walter G. Sanger made u m. at
Milwaukee in l min fiat
Dec 27-Frank McDaniels jumped on
skates q #. In, at Minneapolis.