The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
Sporting Notes.

The Burlington Fishing and Cunning
Club has elected the following officers
President, John A Vandegrift, Jr. secre
tary, Nelson P. Greeley; treasurer Ell
Lawrence. The club house is located al
Grassy Sound, Cape May County.
Mount Holly lost the game of ball with
the Century Wheelmen on Saturday by
the score of 10 to 8. The home team out
batted the visitors, but lost mainly on ac
count of poor base running. AS there wa,
plenty of hitting and the score was close
it was an exciting game. Score:
6 a9Tai HS %Seemen L
Batteries.-Black and Thackara; saxemeyel
| ana Schwartz.
The thirty fourth annual regatta of the
Riverton Yacht Club was held yesterday.
The starting time was TO- 30 and the class
for cat boats, Peerless, Captain Stoddard
Leila, Captain Fergerson; Nettle Charles
Biddle; Seagull, Lee Cook, started The
Seagull took the lead from the first. The
wind died out when the boats sailed. over
half the course, and the race was called
off, to be sailed next Saturday.
The mosquito fleet started at TO- 81
o'clock over the usual Riverton course and
the following boats were sent away: Sum
merville Solomon, Charles Biddle Jr.,
James Coale, Charles Rianhard, Abbie
Cook, McIlvain Biddle The winners
were Abbie Cook sailed by Charles
Biddle, first; McIlvaine Biddle second,
and Charles Rianhard, third
Tub races were also held, being won by
Willie Bishop, who received silver match
safe, and Thomas Kerrigan, who finished
second, received a pearl handled pocket
knife
There was quite large crowd at the
fair ground yesterday to witness the bicy-
Gle and trotting races and base ball game.
The paid admissions numbered slightly
over 1900
The bicycle events went off on sched-
ule time and proved quite interesting.
The rain interfered with the trotting
races and the base ball game, the latter
being called at the end of the sixth inning.
The base ball game was Mount Holly
against the Quaker City Wheelmen The
home team won by the score of 5 to 2, as
! follows
| Mou Holly 3O0I 0-5 s
| Quaker City Wheelmen % 0
Batteries-Black ana Thackara; Carr and
| rolan.
The bicycle races resulted as follows:
| One mile novice first heat.-Charles L.
| Cameron, list; G. H. Dennis, I'd; Godfrey
Boehm, Sd. Time 2.35
One mile novice, second heat.-Howard
Plasket, LIST; Richard Clausen, I'd; Harry
Rightmire, Sd. Time 233.
One mile novice, final heat Richard
Clausen, list; Howard Plaskett, I'd Time
2,24aa
Two mile match race between Eddie
Stoops and Goldy Worrell, won by latter
| Time Az.
One mile open.-Goldy Worrell, 1st;
A. L. Hilaman, I'd. Time 1926
Half mile open, first heat-A. L. Hill
aman, list; c. H. Dennis, Jr, I'd; G. H.
Warrick, Sd; A. H. Thompson, 4th. Time
| 1.094
Half-mile open, second heat Colby
Worrell, LIST; Edward Stops, I'd; 0. F.
Evans, 3d. w. P. Fish, 4th Time l. 12t
Half-mile OPEN final heat.-A. L. Hila-
man, list; Colby Worrell I'd. Time l. H.
The trotting races resulted thus;
Free-for-al join P Shinn Baitzimer,
LIST; Elwood Steads Three Feathers, Cd;
W. Thompsons leila, Sd.
2.40 class.-H. G. Phillips Starward,
1st A. W. Lofand's Eagle Medium, Cd;
Elwood Stead's Red Mantle, 3D.
Three minute class. - Elwood Stokes
Minnie, list; George Riggs Prince, I'd;
William Paneoast's Santa Fe, Sd.
$50 class. Jesse Wells Kit, 1st; Silas
Belts Hull, ID; Walter Scullys Harry
Kale, Sd.
William H Fearing made an exhibi-
ton half mile with his stallion Mahogany
in III His mare Nathalie and Mahog-
| any made half in 2 205 driven double.