The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-05-22
Sporting Notes.

Harry Vardon, the professional golf
champion, beat J. w. Taylor in England
Saturday by up and 6 to play.
The Boys Latin School field and track
team will go to Washington next Satur-
day to compete in the games given by
the Y. M. G. A. and Emerson Insti-
tute.
In the contest for the amateur tennis
championship at London Saturday, E.
Fl. Miles, the present holder of the cham
pionship, defeated j. B. Gribbie by three
straight sets.
At St. Louis yesterday Lou Hazel at
odds OF 100 TO nosed out Rosy Cross in
terrific drive. Rosy Cross seemed 10
have the race by good margin at the
last sixteenth po e.
Major Taylor, the colored American
cyclist, and Jacquelin, the French crack
rider, have arranged for three races, to
take place Morday, Mar 81. The races
will be run with PAGERS.
At Ann Atbor Saturday, Michigan
wo n the dual track meet with Chicago
by the score of 735 to 32S. Chicagos
strong showing was a surprise, the Ma
rooms getting s tirsts to Michigans g.
Bobby Dobbs will join Kid Carter to.
day at training quarters, Catonsville,
and work with him to the night of Car
ter's battle with Patrick Reedy before
the Eureka Club. Dobbs is getting in his
licks to be ready Tor Cans.
+. P. Larned OF Chatham School, won
the interscholastic championship uf
Princeton Interscholastc League here
Monday afternoon by beating P. Leroy,
OF Cutler School, in the final round OF
the tournament by scores of 4-6, G-3,
6.1, ga.
The baseball grounds at Carroll Park
as laid out by John H Blackjack, will
be completed by Saturday. Mr.. Black
lock is anxious to have running track
for the boys at Carroll Park and thinks
one can be built next to the ball grounds
at small cost.
The Yale freshmen crew defeated Col
umbia freshmen on a course of one and
half miles on Lake Whitney Saturday
by one boat lenght. Time, s minutes 2i
seconds, making a new record for the
course. The freshmen also won the
championships Of the Yale classes.
According to private cable dispatches
from New York to London, the proposal
OF the English universities to hold an
athletic meeting at Montreal before they
meet the Americans in New York is op.
posed by Harvard and Yale, whose attn
letes want their meeting with the OK
ford-Cambridge team to occur first. In
reference to this prominent Oxford Of
fetal said that Oxford and Cambridge are
not in the least likely to give way on
this point. They wish to train in Can
ada, and not in the heat prevailing
around New York in August. tt ey will
visit New York at the latest moment |
possible before the day OF the sports, |
which may now be deferred to Septem-
ber IS if the Canadian sports are fixed
for September IA.
Casper Leon has been matched to meet !
Jim Smith Of Buffalo, at Hamilton, On.
:ario, on next Friday night in twenty
round bout.
Matty Matthews has arranged battle
with Rube Ferns for May "a at Toronto, !!
- last twenty rounds.
1t is not thought that Spike Sullivan
will return to the ring. as he has found |
, more profitable job. He is an agent for
, Louisville whiskey firm.
Peter Maher, the heavy weight pugilist
s arranging for a trip to Ireland during
he coming summer.
The fight between Kid Carter of Brook.
yn, and Paddy Reedy of Washington,
will be decided at Baltimore on next
Friday night.
Louisville will be the scene OF a twenty
.ound 60 Friday between Dan Creedon
md Marvin Hart, the undefeated middle
weight Of Louisville.
Fred Johnson, the former feather
weight champion OF England, has de-
ided to return to the ring. He has issued
de Fl to meet Dan Wallace, who was so
asily whipped by Joe Bernstein last
ear.
Pat DAILY, the American boxer, who
ecently won the lightweight champion
hip Of England. has written to the Lon
lon Mirror OF Life, agreeing to meet
pike Sullivan or any other American
ghtweight at the National Sporting
,lub on Derby night for side bet Of
1000.