The leader., 1898-01-05
SPORTING.

Feb nilsson, of Minneapolis, becomes
professional skating champion and !; Is.
McCulloch. of Winnipeg amateur al Mon
Feb 12-Frank belmont. of London, skated
Golerl m. in 2;4s, at Epping, n. II;
| Feb ia c., Il. & Q. train from Chicago
! to Denver made the LOIS m. in l,O69 min.
| Mar 17-Fitzsimmons in prize fight at
Cars9n CITY Mevb wi ana s5So in WGh h
Apr 1o-Tillie Anderson (Chicago) won g.
! da az hrs) bicycle race In Detroit, max
Apr 2G-Tillie Anderson rode z m in
81 80 sec. at Youngstown o.
ABR 29-Eugene Taylor, linotype operator
| at Denver Col, set 10l, 500 ems in S hrs.
May 5-R. Z. Beach swan Qndoors) 1oo
yds. in 1:O7 10 at Chicago.
Dan s. Mcleod in wrestling match at
Davenport, Ia, for worlds championship.
May l2-Typhoon H. won 2Sd Kentucky
May 14-Cunard line steamer Lucania
went from New York to Queenstown in
Nj May 2o-Lucretia Borgia, 4-yr-old nlly.
made m. in I'll, at Oakland. Cal.
May 2S-Frank Sem made new worlds
/ strikes before leaving alley, at Louisville,
Jun 5-J H. Maybury University of Wis.,
! ran 220 yds. in Chicago, in q 2-5 sec.
jun dc. H. Henderson lowered bicycle
road record for 100 m. to 6:SO:S0 at Denver,
/
) ton, Mo, to Greenbay, Wis, 500 m, in 2 dys,
| Jun 23-Yale defeated Harvard and Cor
nell, in boat race on Hudson river making
2 m. in min. 1872 sec.
Jun 2i-F. C. Van de Sande made Y m ir
81 3-5 seconds. on a Chicago bicycle track.
Jun 25-Cornell defeated Yale and Harry.
! ard in m. boat race at Poughkeepsie, n.
Y: time 20 "a Side wheel steamer City oil
Buffalo broke speed record for great lakes {;
average time from Cleveland to PUTIN
! Bay, ~ m. an hr.
| Jun 26-Rudolph Lauricks broke every
! American amateur bicycle record from 10
25 m. and made new marks up to Som, at
Boston.
| Jun 29-Arthur Gardner lowered world s
mile bicycle handicap record to 2:05 is. at
Jun S0NCornell defeated Columbia and
Pennsylvania in Pm. freshman boat race at
Poughkeepsie; time, 9:21 is.
| Jul 1-Waiter e. Sanger tcyclisD won out
| of h-m. heats in race against Albatrous,
famous pacing horse, at Colorado Springs,
| Jul 2-McReynolds and Carruthers Qan-
| dem bicycle pair lowered worlds records:
1-S-m., O:34 4-5; M, 0:55 3-5; 2-S-m., III 2-5
Jul 6-Wesey Robinson and John Dresher
| CAMDEN cyclists rode from Orange. n. j.,
| to Atlanta. Ga 1000 m.). in ~ dys
Jul S-R NJ. Alexander lowered world 90
IN. bicycle road race record TO Al 49, at Siam
Jul io~Wm. Duffy philadelphia linotype
| operator in das. set 1863, 800 ems, nonpareil
Tom Cooper rode m in l "A la, at De-
Jul ice. II. Ten Eyck american GA RS
mani won finals in great diamond scull
races at Henley, Eng.
| Jul Hilary Sidwell (amateuD rode | m.
| in AS 3-5, at Cincinnati
| Jul 20-LiZZie CLAW woman bicycle cham
pion) rode q m. in hr at Toledo, o.
Jul 24-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 S-John Flanagan threw l6-lb ham,
mer ISL #. in.
Aug 4-Ralph Gregory and Ben Kelley rooe
tandem (unpaced) Y M in oS5ls at Scran-
Aug 6-Joe Pachen paced m. in 2:O11a at
| Columbus, o.
at Readville, Mass. A. l.. Hachenberger
rode 100 m. on bicycle (unpaced) in hrs 10
Aug so-Walters. on London track. rode
iV Sen Geo. W. Clark dved into Chicago
| river from height of lG5 it.
Sep l5-Michael rode 20 m. at Springfield.
Sep iS-Michael rode Is m. at Boston. in
As :5S AS
| Indianapolis and Cedar Rapids clubs hold
| ing respective remnants.
Sep 2rKaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. North
! German liner, made run from Bremen to
/ New York in das. 2 hrs. 45 min.
Sep 27-J w. Stocks broke all worlds rec
ords from to 80 m. going latter distance IN
Graham. Ont. and Chas Roberts. of To-
ronto, rode 200 m. In Is hrs % min,
Sep ga. E, Walters lowered every rec
ord from "a to 81 M, going 81 m In ;oo:lO 10.
"1 Oct 2MBritish ship Andrada sailed from
Europe to San Francisco in ll6 das.
| Oct 2-National league baseball season
closed with the clubs standing in the fol
/ lowing POSITIONS Boston. .7O5; Baltimore,
6s2 New York 6a; Gne aka S.p Sie ass
| pitt sburgh ass; Chicago, Al; Philadelphia.
! AT; Louisville, 400; st. Louis. .22l,
| Oct michael rode ! m. in Philadelphia.
! In / az. Six thoroughbred horses in relay
won SIN. race against crack cyclists by
S3 Oct s-John r. Gentry and Robert J; in
team naced M at Glen Falls, n. Y, in 2:0S.
Oct Il-Baltimore club won Temple cup
IN baseball contest with Boston. securing
of games played; ,oo -
dem in London in hr. 26 min. Joe Pachen
! broke worlds wagon record, pacing m In
Z9 Gs,' a 3. Dan Mcleod won worlds wrest-
lsine championshipf from Farmer" Burns.
oct 2S-Eddie McDuffie rode m. in 1924. at
nas usap1,hase lowered loom. road record
| .Shr 1s min IS sec, in London
Nov l2-Chas. NJ. Murphy rode ! m, IN
+, ID as. at New York. Michael rode Is m.
~ Nov is~University of Wisconsin in foot
hall game defeated U. OF Chicago. In Chi
eago ss sSrin 2 football 10 games in Chicago
rhanksgiving day University of Chicago
defeated u OF Michigan. Chicago Athletic
I'association defeated New Jersey associa.
/: lion, and the ". of Wisconsin defeated
| Northwestern GILL team. In philadelphia
i. OF Pennsylvania defeated Cornell.
/ Nov 2s-Union Pacific fast mail made SIS
m In $40 min, from Cheyenne to Omaha.
1 Dec 4-Slosson won 6-das. billiard match
| In New York. defeating Ives in last game BY
bee &c. n. Miller. of Chicago. won .
d. bicycle race In New York. making 2elS
! eater OF world, having eaten a day for 80
consecutive das.
Dec l7--Kid" Mccoy whipped Dan Cree
don in hight for worlds middie-wetEht
| Championship at New York.
| Dec 22-Walter G. Sanger made y m. al
4 Milwaukee in ! min, Hat.
| Dec 27-Frank Mechanics jumped On
,xates = r, n. 81 Minneapolis.