The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
SPORTING.

Feb Unison, of Minneapolis, becomes
professional skating champion and ]. K.
McCulloch of Winnipeg, amateur. at Mon
Feb ia c., B. & Q. train from Chicago
to Denver made the 1,O25 m. in LOGS min
carson so city Nev With c Fr6 fshy won an
worlds championship and $4,000 in 14th
Apr 1O-Tnle Anderson (Chicago) won G.
da. az hrs9 bicycle race in Detroit. max
at Denver, Col. set iol. 500 ems in hrs.
May 5-R. f. Beach swan Qndoors) 100
yds. in l;O7 l-5 at Chicago.
May 6-Farmer Martin Burns defeated
Dan S. Mcleod in wrestling match at
Davenport, Ia, for worlds championship
May. 1FCunard line steamer Lucania
went from New York to Queenstown in
May 2O-Lucretia Borgia, 4-yr-old FLY.
made m: in I'll, at Oakland, Cal.
Jun &c. H Henderson lowered bicycle
road record for 100 m. to 6:3OSO. at Denver,
Jun 24-F. c. Van de sande made u m IN
81 S-5 seconds, on Chicago bicycle track
Jul 1-Walter G. Sanger (cyclis) won out
Of 1a-m. heats in race against Albatrous,
Jul 2-McReynolds and Carruthers Gan-
dem bicycle pair lowered worlds records:
Ism, O:34 As; 1a-m. O;55 3-5; 2-S-m, 1:i72-5.
at Colorado Springs.
Jul 6-Wesley Robinson and John Dresher
CAMDEN cyclists rode from Orange, N. j..
to Atlanta; Ga 600 M; in 10 dys.
Jul 1o-IJ. H. lSH EyCh lAmerlcan oars
mani won finals in great diamond scull
races at Henley, Eng.
Jul Hilary Sidwell (amateur) rode m.
in AS 3-5, at Cincinnati
Jul 2O-Lizzie Claw (woman bicycle cham
pion) rode q m. in l mr. at Toledo, O.
Jul 24-Star Pointer defeated Joe Pachen.
at Chicago. in straight m.-heats
Aug 2-Pedro, carrier pigeon owned by
Peter Tollons of South Bend. Ind. lew 1000
Aug 3-John Flanagan threw 16-Ib ham
Aug Ralph Gregory and Ben Kelley rode
tandem (unpaced) " m. in 0551a. at Scran-
Aug 2s-star Pointer paced 1 m. in :5sH.
at Readville. Mass. A. L. Hachenberger
rode 100 m. on bicycle (unpaceD in hrs. Is
Aug so.Walters. on London track. rode
Sep Geo. w. Clark dlved into Chicago
river from height of les 1T.
Sep !s-Mlchael rode Is m. at Boston, In
Sep 2S-western league and Western as
ISOLATION baseball clubs close season with
indianapolis and Cedar Rapids clubs hold
Sep 27-J. w. Stocks broke all worlds rec
LIZA rs. In London A 2. jackson. of
Chatham, Ont, and Chas. Roberts. of To-
ronto, rode 200 m. in 13 hrs rs min.
Sep ga. L. Walters lowered every rec
and 81 m. in 2:G7:04 i-5
Oct 3-National league baseball season
closed with the clubs standing in the fol-
lowing positions: Boston. .705: Baltimore,
.e92: New York, ;6S4; Cincinnati. $40; Cleve-
land, .527; Washington. 1852: Brooklyn, 1862:
Pittsburgh, ass; Chicago, Az; Philadelphia.
AT: Louisville. 400; st. Louis, POI.
Oct 7-Mchael rode ! m. in Philadelphia,
in 1856. Six thoroughbred horses in relay
won 5-m. race against 4 crack cyclists by S
yds. IN 9:52
Oct S-John r. Gentry and Robert ]. in
team paced m. at Glen Falls. N. Y. in 2:0S.
Oct u-Baltimore club won Temple cup
in baseball contest with Boston, securing
Oct 27-Dan Mcleod won worlds wrest-
ling championship from Farmer" Burns.
Nov i2-Chas. M. Murphy rode / m. in
1 100 As, at New York. Michael rode 10 m.
in 81 :07 2-5, at Chicago.
Nov l3-University of Wisconsin in foot
ball game defeated U. of Chicago, In Chi
cago; score, % to s.
Nov 25-In football games in Chicago
Thanksgiving day University Of Chicago
association defeated New Jersey associa-
ton, and the ". of Wisconsin defeated
Northwestern Qll) team. In Philadelphia
U. of Pennsylvania defeated Cornell.
Nov 29-Union Pacific fast mail made $40
m in 500 min, from Cheyenne to Omaha.
Dec 4-Slosson won 6-das. billiard match
in New York, defeating Ives In last game 10y
Dec &c. N. Miller, of Chicago, won g.
da. bicycle race in New York, making 2,013
NC. Il. Buckley became champion quail
eater OF world, having eaten day for 30
consecutive das
Dec I7-"Kid" Mccoy whipped Dan Cree
don in fight for worlds middle-weght
Dec 22-Walter c. Sanger made " m. at
Milwaukee in | min. fiat.
Dec 27-Frank McDaniels jumped on
skates q #. In. at Minneapolis.