The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-08
SPORTING ITEMS.

Tom Sharkey, the sailor pugilist. nut
Gus Rubin out in almost record time
in the arena Of the Greater New York
Athletic club at Coney island Wednesday.
Sharkey won after two minutes and sev-
enteen seconds of fighting in the FIRST
round, right-hand swing on the jaw
settling Ruhlin's claims to the winners
share OF the purse and heavyweight
championship ambition. 1t was a fast
fight and many hard blows were ex-5
. change D. It was clear that the battle
q1uently and with force, but only once
did he feaze the sailor. Sharkey was
remarkably cool and self-Dossessed. He
fought steadily and with good Judgment.
His tactics were also fair and created
very favorable impression. The blow
which knocked Rubin out was terrific
r,ght.hand punch on the jaw. Rubin
and then pitched forward, falling heavily
on his face. He tried to rise, but was
unable to get on his feet and was count
ed out. After the battle Sharkey adj
dressed the sports thus: Gentlemen,
l am now prepared to make match
with Fitzsimmons, Corbett or Mccoy for
a purse and $4,000 side"
Umpire Tip O'Neill has sei,t in his res
lgnation to President Powers of the East
ern league. -: Hl-health is given as the
cause. =.
The Dunkirk-Fredonia Iron and Oil
league club has signed Catcher Frank
Chilcott of Buffalo, First Baseman Hew-
lit of st. Bonayenture college and Third
Baseman Gilligan, late of the Southern
league. - =. ~. =.
Yousouf, the Terrible Turk, went to
Rochester on Tuesday and made Adam
Miller look like selling platter He
picked up the Syracusan and placed him
like child on his back.
Of all the wonderful rides of his great
year of racing, McDuffee made the most
wonderful Wednesday at Boston, consider
ing all the conditions and the trouble to
which he has been subjected within the
last forty-eight hours in Fighting things
for his race of Saturday with Michael
The Bostonian had three CUNTS, two
4uads, and triplet to carry him through.
He made the grand average of 1:41 40
tor the first five miles, doing the FIVE in
$50, the record standing to his own
credit at s:44. His time for ten miles
was !7:24, or an average of Ia %, and
his time for eleven miles was 1910 Is,
the worlds record against time standing
to the credit of Stocks at 1885 2-5. The
best mile for McDuffee was the second.
l:3S 80, and the ninth, in 1:49 3-5, was
his slowest. +:
If ever two boxers were fit to furnish
fast and clever battle they arc Tom
Sharkey, the sailor, and Gus Rubin, the
Akron giant, who are to meet in a TWEEN
ty-round bout at the Greater New York
Athletic club at Coney island tonight.
From the moment the match was ar
ranged: which is over three weeks ago.
until the present time, both men have
been training conscentiously for the bout,
and they will enter the ring in as good
condition as they ever did before.
William Armstrong and Herman
FRANKIE, board of trade dealers, returned
yesterday from their fishing trip to Trout
lake. near Woodruff. They were gone
ten days and in that time they landed
number of fine muskellunge and bushels
of pike. They report fishing at that lake
as excellent and say the, guides are
unanimous in the statement that it was
peyer better than this YEAR