The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-18
ABOUT SPORTS OF
VARIOUS SORTS
Rubin Defeated Fitzsimmons in a
WrestIe-Dan Patch's Good
Mile.

| Cub Rubin and Bob E1tZSlmmOnS
wrestled in Graeco-Roman bout al
Madison Square Garden. Rubin was
both cleverer and heavier than the Cor
nishman and won two falls in succession
| with quarter ola hours rest between
them. Rubin weighed 1875 and F'itzsim-
mons $50 pounds.
| Tom Jenkins of Cleveland and Char
| lie Wittmer of Cincinnati have beer
signed for mixed wrestling match for
! the worlds championship.
| Aurelio Herrera is going East to at
! tempt to get a return match with Nc
Govern.
| Jim Jeffries is said to have made $40,
! 900 in oil speculations in Southern Cali
fornia.
Shamrock II again outsailed the eX-
challenger under circumstances Which
gave fair test.
Calm and fog prevented the third
trial spin between the Constitution, Co
lumbia and Independence.
An international sailing race half way
around the world will start from this
city the first week in August. The rae
ing ships are the Acme and the Bril-
liant. The Acme was built in Maine
and flies the Stars and Stripes. The
Brilliant was launched a few months
ago at Glasgow These vessels are the
latest additions to the big sailing fleet
of the Standard Oil Company. They
are loading at Bayonne, N. j., for Yo-
kohama, Japan, and their sailing dates
are almost identical. The two ships
will follow the same course, reaching
Yokohama by way of the China sea. 1t
is natural that there should be race
under the circumstances.
The officials of the companies pro-
posed it few days ago and found the
captains more than willing. The Acme
has never sailed a voyage before. She
was towed down the coast from the
Bath shipyards few weeks ago. She
registers 1887 tons, has four masts, 36
sails and carries a crew of SO men.
The Brilliant was launched in April
and made fast voyage across the At
lantic. She is somewhat larger than
the Acme. She registers $500 tons. She
is fitted to carry water ballast.
Jockey Turner has been fined 800 in
New York for suspicious ride on Wax
Taper.
]. E. Madden's Gunire won the We
nus stake of $4,000 in New York.
The Drexel stakes, run in Chicago,
was won by Jiminez, Robert Waddell
second.
Rory Ough, the good Californian 2
year-old Friar Tuck, is dead.
Dan Patch made sensational mile
In the 2:15 pace at the Windsor, Ont,
Driving Park, winning the first heat in
2:07k.
Many records were broken in the Ma
tional Amateur Athletic Union SWIM
ming championships at Buffalo. Otto
wahle of New York created new rec
ords for all distances from $50 yards up
to one mile. He lowered the $50 yards
record from 10:47 to 1887 As and the
1,760 yards from 29:51 3-5 to 2S:52 3-5.
Schaeffer of Philadelphia lowered the
440-yard record from 6:33 IL to 6.2s.
Julian J. Ephraim, one of the most
prominent of the younger bicycle riders
Of California, was nearly killed by the
breaking of the fork of his wheel.
Willie Dunn, the professional golf
champion of England in 1894. is suffer-
ing from a Slight fracture of the skull,
the result of blow from golf ball.
Tom Linton defeated Edouard Tay-
lore in a 2O-mile paced bicycle race at
Baltimore. Taylore's motors went
wrong.
In the cricket match between the Ca
madam team and New York the latter
team was dismissed for 81 runs The
Canadians finished their first innings