The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-08

rior, except from a spectators View
point, to the battles for international
supremacy fought o. the course on
Sandy Hook.
Team work by certain Of the profss-
sional cycle racers has very properly
called out the censure Of the N. G. A.
board of control. This pernicious prae.
tice has cropped out particularly In the
open events Team work in important
matches would do more han anything
else to bring cycle racing into disrs-
pute. The penalty imposed BY the
board of control for team work is se-
we're, but not too nue. so. All "pros''
found assisting a supposed rival will
be disqualified together with the In.
tended beneficiary.
The east will be the center Of cycling
affairs throughout 1901. Every pedal
pusher CT note has engagements on the
tracks of the middle Atlantic and New
England states.
In New York city the season was in
augurated with races Of an imposing
nature in Madison Square Garden. The
matches are to continue during the
summer and early fall. The races are
to take place every Monday evening.
Such speed merchants as Johnny Nell
son, Harry Elkes, Floyd Mcfarland,
Jimmy Michael, Frank Kramer, Bobby
Walthour, Tom Cooper, Freeman and
Taylor will participate.
Racing authorities state that the new
board track in Madison Square Garden
is the fastest indoor course ever con-
structed. 1t is 26 feet wide, is banked
IA feet on the turns and has 10 laps to
the mile.
The annual golf championship for wo-
men will be held at Baltusrol, N. j.,
during the second week in October. The
amous Jersey course will at that time
be in the best of condition. Last year the
matches were held in August on the
Shinnecock Hills (Long Island) Golf
club. The hot weather, however, was
found to be detrimental to good play.
This years date will place the tourney
at the season when the cool, crisp air
will be a material benefit to the fair
contestants.
The Pacific Coast Golf association 10
one of the most important organtza-
tons to spring into existence this sea.
son. The champions of hi Pacific
coast are numbered among its mem.
bers. This association comprises the
Southern California Golf association
an organization composed Of north.
western and British Columbia clubs.
As a sample of the sublime confidence
reposed in the Brooklyn team a remark
made by the usually conservative jim
my MCGUIRE may be sufficient. A Phil
adelphia rooter during the Quakers'
last trip to the city Of trolleys and
churches started to guy the veteran
back stop on the weakness Of the
Brooklyn team as the result of the de-
sertion of McGinnity and Jones.
Why" said Jim, with a grin, well
stop playing the 1st of August"
"How's that?" asked the Philadel-
phian, with evident surprise.
Because we won't have to play" 70.
piled Jim. Wen be so far ahead Of
he rest that they won't be able to
catch up"
The Quaker rooter Immediately disap.
peared from the neighborhood.
Jay Hughes, the veteran Brooklyn
pitcher, likes a joke occasionally, and
he is not particular who his mark may
be. Roaring Bilr' Kennedy is hungry
for long shots and is always after Q
good thing on the races. They were
talking horse, and Bill asked Hughes
for a tip.
Play lunch" said Jimmy without
cracking a smile. It's IL to l."
That looks like a good thing" re.
marked Kennedy i~nnocentiy. Where
did you get it?"
Good thing, Ell? Why, I'd welcome
programme"
Are you going to play it?"
Bet your life, and to the limit. It's
on at tn. noon hour"
And it suddenly dawned on Roaring
Bill' that IL to 1 is a good time for
lunch.
Instead of taking to the woods" or
going back to the mines the pugilists
nowadays seem to be jumping head
over heels into the wrestling game.
Wrestling is SO closely akin to boxing
that this move on the part Of the ex-
ponents of self defense is not to be
wondered at. No sooner Sailor
Tom Sharkey sacrificed himself on the
altar of Tom jenkins, the Cleveland
mill worker who downed Ernest Roe
Der, than freckle faced. long legged Bod
Fitzsimmons sprang into the breach
and exclaimed: "All is not yet lost! Z
am still alive!"
The recent match with Gus Rubin
in Madison Square Garden, New York,
was the first result of the histrionie
blacksmith's entry into the wrestling
world. Bob says he intends to continue
his career on the mat and warns all
Corners to look out for trouble when
they tackle him. Nothing short Of
championship honors, he says, will SUI
flee.
Fitz. when preparing for an impor-
tant fight, has always had a wrestler
on his staff of assistants, and, accord
ing to the men who a seen the Cor
nishman at work, he knows the game
thoroughly. Ernest Roeber, h for
mer worlds champion wrestler, helped
Fitzsimmons train for several Of his
big battles, and the Teuton says Bob