Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-06
SPORTING.

Feb 7-Nilsson, of Minneapolis, becomes
professional skating champion ana :; n.
| McCulloch, of Winnipeg, amateur, at Mon
FEB Feb ga c., B. & Q. train from Chicago
Mar 711Fitzsimmons, in prize fight At
worlds championship and $l0'oOO IN Atn
ADJ 1o-Tillie Anderson (Chicago) won g.
da. az hrs) bicycle race in Detroit max
A Apr 2sEEugene Taylor, linotype operator
at Denver, Col. set l11, 500 ems d in hrs; ,oo
yds. in / :07 Is at Chicago.
May 6-Farmer Martin Burns defeated
BAN s. s f6 On woFds
May 12-Typhoon II. won sd Kentucky
Derby at Louisville dsr5 i,na s+aaner 1rcar,a
went from New York to Queenstown in
das. IA hrs: "a min. .u
made m. In Iii. at Oakland, Cal.
Jun &c. H. Henderson lowered bicycle
road record for 100 m. to 6:30:SO, at Denver,
Jun M-F. c. Van de sande made n m. in
| 81 3-5 seconds, on Chicago bicycle track.
| American amateur bicycle record from to
Is m. and made new marks up to 50-n., at
| Boston.
Jun 2s-Arthur Gardner lowered worlds
mile bicycle handicap record to 2:o5 1-5. at
Jul iNWalter c. Sanger (cyclist) won out
of 3 1k-m. heats in race against Albatrous
| famous pacing horse. at Colorado Springs.
| Jul Z-MCh0yHOluS anu \tdn~
dem bicycle pair lowered worlds records:
1-3-m., 0:34 AS; 12m., 0:55 35; 23m., II %,
at Colorado Springs.
| CAMDEN cyclists rode from Orange. N. J.,
! to Atlanta. Ga. Q,0O0 ND. in 10 dys.
| Jul 8-R. NJ. Alexander lowered world s 20
m bicycle road race record to Al :5S, at SIAM
Jul de. H. Ten Eyck american oars
mani won finals in great diamond SOUL
races at Henley, Eng.
Jul Hilary Sidwell (amateur) rode m.
| in :46 3-5 at Cincinnati.
Jul 2O-Lizzie Claw (woman bicycle cham
pion) rode "a m; In mr. at IoIe ole O. Q;
at chicago, in straight m.-heats.
| Aug 2-Pedro, carrier pigeon owned by
Peter Tollons OF South Bend. Ind. few 1000
Aug $-John Flanagan threw 1s-lb ham
Aug ERalph Gregory and Ben Kelley rode
| tandem (unpaced) u m. in 05515, at Scran-
Al Aug 2s-star Pointer paced m. in 1854.
rode 100 m. on bicycle (unpaced) in hrs. Is
| min, at Denver.
ID A u sosXa Wall on London track rode
Sep SEQ W. Clark dived into Chicago
river from height Of 1S . It; 81 snr,noee,a
Sep Sep i1s1Iichael rode Is m, at Boston. in
Sep Ss-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
ords from to 80 M, going latter distance in
chatham, Ont, and Chas Roberts, of To-
ronto. rode 200 m. in ID hrs. Is min.
Sep 2S-A a E; Walters ioWered every rec
and a m in 2:O7:04 As.
Oct 3National league baseball season
closed with the clubs standing in the fol-
| lowing positions: Boston, .705; Baltimore,
| 692; New York, .624; Cincinnati, .576; Cleve-
ShlIrDh AKA. Chfca n. All Philadelnhia.
| AT; Louisville, 400; St. Louis, .2H.
Oct Michael rode m in Philadelphia.
| in SO. Six thoroughbred horses in relay
| won. 5-m. race against crack cyclists by
team paced m. at Glen Falls, N. Y, in 2:OS.
Oct 11-Baltimore club won Temple cup
in baseball contest with Boston, securing
Or Oct 2MDan Mcleod won worlds wrest-
| ling championship from Farmer" Burns.
Oct 2S-Eddie McDufie rode m In S:24' at
Nov IaNChas. NJ. Murphy rode / m. in
90 As. at New York. Michael rode Is m.
| in 81 :O7 2-5, at Chicago.
Nov 13-University of Wisconsin in foot
bali game defeated U. of Chicago, in Chi
ed Nov s 2pin football games in Chicago
thanksgiving day University of Chicago
association defeated New Jersey associa-
| ton and the U. of Wisconsin defeated
Northwestern GIID team 9a+a In I Phnad1eiphia
| Nov 29-Union Pacific fast mail made SO
| m in $40 min, from Cheyenne to Omaha
| Dec +Slosson won 6-das. billiard match
| in New York, defeating Ives in last game by
| points.
| da bicycle race in New York making 2Ols
| NC. 3. Buckley became champion quail
eater of world, having eaten a day for 80
| consecutive daS.
Dec I7-"Kid'' Mccoy whipped Dan Cree
don in fight for worlds middle-weight
| championship at New York.
| Dec 22-Walter c. Sanger made n N. al
Milwaukee in / min dat