Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
SPORTING.

Jan. 5-Robert Waltnour (Ga) wins inter-
national 6-day cycle race in Boston; l,O99
11-Frank Brill (Chlcago) wins national
bowling contest.
Mar. 13--F'rank Sherman ID. c. wins world
pool championship at Boston.
@-Antonio Rodgers breaks worlds steer
tying record. roping and tying animals
In :46 near Phoenix, Ariz.
Apr. 2-Fast Northwestern mail train
makes 9-mile squirt in min.
%-Burton Downing breaks worlds h-mils
amateur bicycle record in :59 fiat.
S-His Eminence captures 9th Kentucky
Derby at Louisville; 2:0TA.
Jun. +Cornell wins intercollegiate athletic
tournament at Buffalo exposition; Chica-
22nRobert Waddell wins Am. Derby in
Chicago.
Jul. lSS-Trotting stallion Cresceus breaks
worlds record, making successive heats
In 2:O64 and 2:05 In Detroit.
N,Charles G. Fitzmorris, of Chicago. COM
pletes round-t -the-world tour in 60 daS. 1t
hrs, 20 min. and AZ sec.
26-Cresceus again breaks record at Cleve-
land m. in 2:02A.
B-Will Stinson breaks worlds paced BIZ
cycle record on Slap track; m. in "a is.
Aug. 1--Cresceus lowers his record by II sec.
AZInvader wins deciding yacht race in
Canada cup series at Chicago.
17-Anaconda breaks worlds pacing record
at Brighton Beach, N. Y; m. in 2:0lAc.
29-Little Boy broke worlds record for
wagon PAGERS with amateur drivers. in
Chicago; m. in 2:O3 3-5.
Sep. 6-Martha Wagenfuhrer goes through
whirlpool rapids of Niagara falls in bar
2S-Columbia defeats Shamrock IL. Am.
League baseball season closes with clubs
in following position: Chicago, Boston,
Detroit, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Wash
ington, Cleveland and Milwaukee,.
Geding Little Boy again breaks worlds
wagon record, pacing m. in 2:02 in New
Oct. 2-Columbia wins 2nd race in cup Sc
ries over triangular course by 3 min. %
4-Columbia defeats Shamrock II. in decd-
ing race for Americas cup. winning mere
ly on time allowance. John Flanagan
IN. " throws hammer 10 fl. q in. and
the discus lls IT. rs in, both worlds rec
6-Nat. League baseball ends with clubs in
following order: Pittsburg Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, st. Louis, Boston, Chicago.
New York and Cincinnati.
20-M. Santos -Dumont circles Eiffel tower
in Paris in airship winning Deutsch prize
25-LittIe Boy again lowers wagon record
at Memphis m. in 2:0l@.
8-Prince Alert sets new pacing record for
geldings at Memphis; m. in 2:00A.
Nov. S-Heatherbloom breaks high-jump-
ing record for horses at Chicago horse
12-Dan Tew, linotype machine operator in
Des Moines, Ia, breaks worlds record.
setting Sc. 944 ems, nonpareil, In hrs.
15-Jim Jeffries knocks out Gus Rubin in
9Th round.
16--Henri Fournier makes m. in 81 AS sec.
in auto races near New York.
2-HarVard defeats Yale football game at
Cambridge Mass; % to o.
2S-Thanksgiving university football
matches as follows Wis. 35, Chi. 0; Mich
30, la: o; Cornell a. Pa. s.; MINI. 16 Ill.
o.. VIM. Fl. Rothwell ('Young Corbett'O
knocks out Terry McGovern at Hartford,
Conn, becoming feather-weight cham
pion; 2 rounds
Dec Sc. c. Shaffer breaks world s 5OO-yd.
swimming record; 7.24:O5.
lO-Jacob Schaeffer wins worlds champion
ship in billiard tourney at New York
D-Geo Gardner knocks out Kid Carter in
Sth round of fight a San Francisco