The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-29
Sporting Events.
VARIED ITEMS
OF WORLDS SPORT
Tall Faro in New York-In-
ternational Chess Tourney
s Now on.

Ben Trimble, of San Francisco.
fought a ten-round draw with Billy
Stiff, of Chicago.
Eddie Toy, of San Francisco, knock
ed out Jack Jennet, of St. Louis, in
four rounds.
The National League baseball season
opened at Philadelphia ON April 18th.
The game resulted, Brooklyn II, Phil
adelphia Z.
The Newmarket Craven stakes of 500
sovereigns, for three-year- olds, was
won by Rigo. Sir ]. Blundell, Naples
Petronius, ridden by L. Reiff, came in
third.
The mare Sara Maddern, five years
old, by Axtell, dam Marguerite, is dead.
Symptoms indicate poisoning. A week
ago the owners refused $4,000 for the
mare.
Tod Sloan has sailed for England to
apply for license to ride. Nate Hill,
who sailed with him, goes TO Austria
to I'LL an engagement with c. Weinberg
to pilot his horses this summer for
5000.
De Orc won the worlds champion
pool tournament by defeating Frank
Sherman, 600 points TO 1873.
In a recent faro game in New York
more than $4,000 changed hands, and
the bank was the winner. The loser,
a steel trust magnate, turned over cash
to the amount of several thousand
dollars, and drew a check for $50, 900
at the conclusion of the game.
Thomas II. Williams Jr., has tender
ed Prince Poniatowski check for
100000 as first payment on the pur-
chase of the Tanforan and Ingleside
race tracks.
Charles f. Price has been appoint
ed general manager of the California
Jockey Club.
Morgan Williams, of Victor, Colo.
put out Jack Lavelle, of Butte, Mont,
in one round.
The Doveridge handicap of 500 SOW
ereigns, was won by Iohi Ban. ridden
by Johnny Reiff.
Gallant. Fabulous Fortune and Under
the Globe head the list of the best
greyhound sires of England for the
season of 1900-01
The sixth international chess tourney
between America and Great Britain Is
now being played in New York.
The annual Marathon race of the
Boston Athletic Association, from Ash
land to Boston, a distance Of twenty
five miles. was started on April 18th.
J. Caffrey, of Hamilton, Ontario, win
ner of the race last year, passed the
fifteen mile point in the course seven
minutes ahead of his time at the point
last year, when he broke the record
for the course of twenty-five miles,
which he covered in 2 hours 80 minutes
and A seconds.
Chicago 8, st. Louis q; Boston Z, New
York o; Brooklyn 10, Philadelphia 6.
King, who played second for Ber-
kelley in the first two championship
games this year against Stanford is,
according to a Coast paper, in Homo
lulu.
Owen Bradley, a prominent owner
and trainer of racehorses, was shot and
killed by William Nicholas in Lexing-
/ ton, KY The cause was an old feud.
/ Toby Irwin, of San Francisco, was
knocked out in eight rounds by Amelio
Herrera, of Bakersfield, Cal.
Willie Buchanan, the American jock
| ely, has been laid off for erratie riding
/ in England.
/ Stanford and Washington universe
/ ties will compete in a field day meet,
I the last of May This viii be their
: first meeting on the cinder path.
John ]. Caffrey, of the st. Patrick
/ Athletic Association, Hamilton, On
/ tario, won the Marathon road race
/ from Ashland to Boston. Winner beat
/ his last years time and record by il
minutes % seconds
/ St Dean, a three-year-old horse
owned by w L. Hadley, was killed in
collision with another horse at Mem
phis. Tenn, while exercising with Jock
/ ey Cochran up Cochran was stunned
I by the fall. but not seriously hurt. An
offer of SIS 600 for the horse was re-
Gently refused.