Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
General Sporting Notes.

Billy Madden has at last gotten a chance
for his heavyweight. Gus Rubin. in the
East; Rubin and Wolf Bendiff. of En-
gland, are to meet In an eight-round con-
test.
'Dago Mike" Magoni knocked out KID
Rennett in two rounds at Cripple Creek.
featherweight championship and winning a
purse of $500.
Jack Dougherty. manager. of Mat:y
Matthews. is willing to match the latter
against Bobby DObbs. who has been having
"A hard time to get a contest. They will
probably meet at Trenton.
Cornell is likely to begin arrangement
for Il general regatta at ~Poughkeepsie at
once. Crews from Pennsylvania, Columbia,
Wisconsin n Annapolis are certain TO
enter such n regatta. Harvard might also
do so.
Secretary Mcintyre, of the Brooklyn
Jockey club. yesterday announced S;emmier
4 Co.'S Fleur de Lis, 4 years. and c. T:
e gS9is. f fas i Rem BToo ! ye'F San al additional Tha
total number of entries for the Brooklyn
handicap is now forty-four, eleven more
than last year.
1t is not likely that the Saratoga Racing
Association will give a meeting next season
al the Spa. A prominent officer of the as
sociation says with the dates allotted to it
to conduct a meeting with profit. and there
was a strong probability that there would
be a loss.
At 10 o'clock yesterday. morning all en-
~ AAAabS. SiShSi tLAoo6A hlS LiiA VI III
person. to the stakes of the ST. Louis
n 10. I ,s,s made 2aer pu aator Until next ne PT SUNDAY. A The
of the St. Louis Fair Association. is the
r,cst extensive in the history of that or
MIA are splendidly represented.
President Potter. of the L. A. w, yester-
day received from the, department of state
%spondence concluding arrangements in be-
half of the L. A. W.. SO that any member of
that organization may enter Italy at any
10 the customs officials his membership
ticket and signing a card OF Identification.
Negotiations for similar concessions in
France are now under way.
The Coney Island Jockey Club has re-
ceived three additional entries for the Sub
urban handicap. namely: H. L. Franks
Senator E,d BLAND a. : years; a; J. stemm he &
The Roman, 4 years. The total number of
entries for the Suburban is f%orty-nine. Ad-
ditional entries have also been received for
the June stakes. Great Trial stakes and the
Double event. The total number of entries
for the eighteen events scheduled is 9S3. as
compared with S9 last year.
Kinks registered at the bonspiel Of the
Northwestern Curling Association. which
were represented. while Canada sent thir-
teen Kinks and Wisconsin seven.
Chicago. ILL.,. Jan. 1.-THE executive COM
mittee Of the Century Road club has re-
fused to approve the new rule proposed by
A. o. McGarrett, chairman Of the road rec
ords committee, relative to the checking
Of century runs. This action was taken at
a meeting of the committee held at the
Great Northern hotel to-day, and at which
President Shinkla and Second Vice Presi-
dent Bently were present. The rule which
is thus made imperative provided that CEN
fury riders must get the signature at least
every twenty-five miles of the ride. Of some
one who saw them making the century. The
executive committee refused to give its APP
nroyol mainly hpc1IlSe II would Interfere
with night centuries and with attempts at
records,