Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-11-12
A PAGE OF LIVE SPORTING NEWS.
sport for their guests, and some bril-
liant nlav may he lnnked for

| sport for their guests, and some bril-
| liant play may be looked for.
| The women'S tournament at Phila-
| delphia was the means of emphasizing
several points which are of interest.
| One of these was that the ladies have
made good use of their opportunities
| since the preceding championship, for
| the average of the players is much bet
! ter than it was a year ago. Although
Miss Beatrix Hoyt was defeated, she is
still undoubtedly the best woman
! player in this country, as Findlay
| Douglas is the best of the men players,
! though neither is now champion.
A great deal has been written in re-
gard to golf etiquette, especially as 10
| the behavior of spectators. The atti-
| tude of players has often been ridiculed
owing to their supersensitiveness to the
least sound or disturbance when max
ing a stroke. 1t is fact, however,
| that the talking of onlookers at the
women's championship at Bala may
| have had a good deal to do with Miss
| Hoyt's defeat, although the ex-cham-
| pion, of course, has not even limited At
anything of the sort. On the contrary,
she gracefully acknowledges that she
was outplayed on that occasion.
| These are the facts, however. At
every previous championship Miss
| Hoyt has worn a short skirt and no
| hat, whereas this year she had on one
of the new tight fitting garments COM
! ing down 10 her feet. She also wore a
smart specimen of headgear.
| Several women in the crowd were
discussing this change in Miss Hoyt's
| dress while she was playing. Their
| conversation was quite loud enough
! for her to overhear. Naturally, she
became disconnected. Then, too, the
| long skirt also unquestionably impeded
her movements somewhat.
At a critical point in championship
game no reference to the player should
be made that she can overhear, as it is
bound to influence her play, specially
| if she is at all nervous.
Now that the date of the fight be-
tween Terry McGovern and George
Dixon is settled, ring followers are be-
ginning to figure out the probable win
ner of what promises to be one of the
greatest contests of the decade. The
| bout will undoubtedly attr~~t more at
tention than any contest of recent years
between small men, not excepting even
that manifested over the go between
Terry and ''Pedlar" Palmer
As the fight will be at 11S pounds,
there will be no advantage to either
man on the score Of weight. No one
doubts that the colored wonder will
give good account of himself, yet his
age, 20, and long service in the ring
will certainly be factors affecting the
result This is more particularly the
case with a young and vigorous hitter
| like McGovern as an antagonist.
Tom O'Rourke, Dixon's manager, is
confident tkat the dusky champion will
beat the lad from GowanuS and
ORourke is clever manager who is
rarely wrong in his estimate Of a pugi-
lists ability. However if the bantam
champion does not turn up the winner
on the night of January authorities
certainly shall miss their guess"
There are at present in the boxing
arena just two men who are regarded
as capable of giving McGovern a stiff
argument. They are George Dixon and
Oscar Gardner, and both of them can
get down to a weight acceptable to
Terry. If the latter defeats Dixon,
Oscar will be his next important oppo-
nent.
Indoor cycling, according to all signs,
will be very popular this winter, and
preparations for meets are going on in
good many citiA. A number of for
eign riders will shortly visit this coun-
try, among them some of the fastest
of the Frenchmen. Edward Taylor,
the middle distance champion of Eng
land who recently defeated Tom Lin
ton, is said 60 be anxious to come over
and meet Harry Fixes. Taylor now
holds the English hour record of Sc
miles 1923 yards, and should give the
Glens Falls lad good argument be-
hind pace
H. E. Hillman & Co. have not raised
prices on watches.
Fl f. HILL MAN e. m