Evening star., 1901-10-05


the race is to take place under their direc-
ton. The two aeronauts will be given a
certain period of time in which to initiate
their balloons and travel fixed distance
through the air.
Fought Twenty-ROund Draw.
Jimmie Handler of Newark and Andy
Walsh Of Brooklyn fought a twenty-round
draw in the Coliseum at Hartford, Conn.,,
last night before LOCO people Referee John
F. Willis Of New Britain called the contest
a draw. although Walsh had an advantage
in nearly every round and did~net have a
mark at the close, while Handlers lip was
badly cut and he took severe punishment.
Handler was nearly out in he ninth as he
received a hard blow over the heart and
took a count Of nine seconds.
Cans Knocks Out Mcdonnell.
Joe Cans of Baltimore knocked out Dan
Mcconnell Of Philadelphia In the third
round of a bout scheduled to go eight
rounds at Baltimore last night. Cans did
as he pleased with Mcconnell Harry Ly-
ons, the colored featherweight Of BaIti-
more, and Kid Thomas, the New York
lightweight, fought an eight-round draw.
1t was science against strength and Lyons
seemed to have a shade the better Of the
argument.
Cold Day for Cricket.
In the match between Bosanquet's team
Of English cricketers and the eleven of all
Philadelphia at the Mannheim grounds yes
terday when stumps were drawn for the
day Philadelphia scored 292 runs for the
loss of eight wickets, having remained at
the stumps during the entire day.
An unusual feature Of the innings was
the fact that every man was clean bowled
The weather was cold and the Eng.ishmen
although brilliant in the field, felt the ef-
fan Of fha cnl6 C,Qa
tors witnessed the days play.
Lord Derby's Owner Declines.
Harry Hamlin, owner of Lord Derby has
wired Secretary Horace Wilson of the Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders Associa-
ton, that he positively will not accept Mr.
Lawson's amended offer of $4,000 for the
match race between Derby and Boralma.
King Won the Live-Bird Trophy.
Harry L. King of Cincinnati, Ohio won
the Gilman and Barnes live-bird trophy,
valued at $50, at the Rusch House grounds.
Detroit, yesterday This was the last day
of the shoot and the weather was almost
perfect.
When the fifteea-bird event was COM
pleted four men had made the same score
They were Joseph A. Marks, Detroit; j. A.
R. Elliott of Kansas City, Mo-; j. A. Fan
ming, New Jersey, and Harry L. King of
Cincinnati. In the shoot-off Elliott and
King shot up to the twenty-frst bird,
when Elliott missed and King scored
w. c. Crosby of OFallon, Ill., won the
diamond trophy for the highest average in
all events, and Caleb OF Flint, Mich, won
the trophy for the amateur high average.
The NJ. A. c.. First Game.
The foot ball team of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, at College Park, Just
ha icf hoe had
of line-ups against scrub teams. The first
scheduled game will be played today in
Wilmington against Newark Del.) College
The lineup is as follows:
M1tcneil, c.; Dunbar, r.g. and captain;
Naylor, l.g.; Hamlin, r.t.; Smith, 1t
F'ressmeyer, re: Page. le.; Brown. Lh.b
Turner, r.h.b.; Warield, f.b.; Bryan, u.b.
Today's Important Foot Ball Games.
Harvard and Bates at Cambridge.
Yale and Tufts at New Haven
Columbia and Williams at New York.
Princeton and Haverford at Princeton.
Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State
College at Philadelphia.
Cornell and Bucknell at Ithaca
Georgetown and Naval Academy at An
napolis.
Military Academy and Franklin and Mar
shall at West Point.
Brown and Syracuse at Providence
Carlisle Indians and Dickinson at Car
Isle.
Joe Nelson Lowers Records.
In an official trial for the ten-rnfae anna
teur paced record Joe Nelson, brother of
the late Johnnie Nelson of Chicago. yester-
day at Vailsburg, N. j., lowered every rec
ord from six to ten miles, inclusive. cover
Ing the ten miles in 1923 3-h The former
record for the distance-20.O4 4-5rwas rnada
by johnnie Nelson in Chicago in 1898, while
an amateur.
BelmOnt's Valuable Weanlfnr.
The brown weaniing by St. Simon, dam
Lady Real, for which August Belmont paid
$4,000 at the DAILY sale in New York. ar
rived by express at Lexington, KY la at
night in good condition and viii be taken
to the Nursery stud farm today.
BoraIma In Zine Condition.
|, Boralma arrived at Lexington. XIV. las
night and looks in the pink OF condition
for the race with The Abbot next Wed
nesday for 10000, the largest sum ever
trotted for Cresceus and The Abbott win
arrive today.
Base Ball mt Amer1can Park
The Cuban X Giants wHi begin series
of four games of base ball at American
Park Monday with the Capital City and
the Census Office teams. The Giants are on
their way to San Francisco. where they
VIII play the coming winter. The Capitol
City team has been. strengthened, and a
s. Wolfe Of the Southern League and Blew
ett of Georgetown win do the pitching for
the Census team. The Giants viii have to
play BALI to win.