Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-09
SPORTING.

Jan. 5-Robert Waitnour tGa.) wins inter-
national 6-day cycle race in Boston; 1,09s
miles, 2 laps.
11-Frank Brill (Chicago) wins national
bowling contest.
Mar. 13-Frank Sherman Cd. c. wins world
pool championship at Boston.
S-Antonio Rodgers breaks worlds steer
tying record. roping and tying 3 animals
In 1:46 near Phoenix, Ariz.
Apr. 22-Fast Northwestern mail train
makes emile squirt in 6 min.
-Burto Downing breaks worlds k-mile
amateur bicycle record in $50 fiat.
Ellis Eminence captures 9th Kentucky
Derby at Louisville; 2:07%.
Jun. +Cornell wins intercollegiate athletic
tournament at Buffalo exposition; Chica-
22-Robert Waddell wins Am. Derby in
Chicago.
Jul. 1sSTrotting stallion Cresceus breaks
worlds record, making 2 successive heats
in 2:06& and 2:05 in Detroit.
@-Charles c. Fitzmorris, of Chicago, COM
pletes round-the-worldI tour in 60 das. 10
hrs, 29 min. and ~ sec.
26-Cresceus again breaks record at Cleve-
land; m. in 2:O2a..
8-Will Stinson breaks worlds paced BIZ
cycle record on CLAP track; m. In 1:24 is.
Aug. ICresceus lowers his record by " sec.
l4aInvader wins deciding yacht race In
Canada cup series at Chicago.
T-Anaconda breaks worlds pacing record
at Brighton Beach, N. Y; m. in 2:01s4c.
2O-Lawrence Auchterlonie (Ill.) wins open
golf championship of Western Golf assn.
in Chicago.
2-Cresceus defeats Lord Derby and
Charley Herr at Readville, Mass; final
quarter in 1914 sec.
&smLittle Boy broke worlds record for
Chicago; m. in 2:03 3-5.
3G-Jas. Mitchell breaks indoor bicycle rec
ord in n. Yam. in $40 3-5.
Sep: 6-Martha Wagenfuhrer goes through
whirlpool rapids of Niagara falls in a bar
26-First race between Columbia and Sham
rock ii. at New York a failure because of
light wind; Columbia was ahead.
Edith w. breaks records for 8 consecu-
2:O5k.
2S-Columbia defeats Shamrock H.. Am.
League baseball season closes with clubs
in following position: Chicago, Boston,
Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Cleveland and Milwaukee,.
Gelding Little Boy again breaks worlds
wagon record, pacing m. in 2:O2 in New
Oct. columbia and Shamrock II. again
fail to finish course in time limit; Sham
rock ahead.
3-Columbia wins second race IN cup series
over triangular course by 3 min, IS sec.
4-Columbia defeats Shamrock II. in decid-
lngracef for Americas cup, winning mere
~ on time NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Flanagan
On. " throws hammer ITO TT. "a in. and
the discus 19 IT. rs in, both worlds rec
ords.
G-Nat. League baseball ends with clubs in
following order: P%ittsburg, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, st. Louis, Boston, Chicago,
New York and Cincinnati.
IS. S. Kron Prinz Wilhelm makes new
Atlantic record crossing eastward in S
das. 8 hrs. and As min.
D-M. Santos-Dumont circles Eiffel tower
IN Paris in airship winning Deutsch prize
24-Mrs. Anna Taylor (Mich.) goes over
Niagara falls in barrel uninjured. ...Auto
records ! to 10 m. lowered at Detroit; m.
in LOS 2-5; 10 m. in il :09.
25-Little Boy again lowers wagon record
at Memphis; m. in 2:011a.
H-Prlnce Alert sets new pacing record for
,geldings at Memphis; m. in 2:0O%.
NOV. S-Heatherbloom breaks high-iump-
ing record for horses at Chicago horse
show; Z it. 4B in.
Des Moines, Ia, breaks worlds record,
setting S6,944 ems, nonpareil, in 8 hrs.
l5-Jim Jeffries knocks out Gus Rubin In
9Th ound.
16-Henri Fourier makes m. in 81 40 sec.
In auto races near New York.
2SaHarvard defeats Yale football game at
Cambridge, Mass; % to O..
2s-Ihanksslving university football
matches as follows: Wis. IS, Chi. 0; Mich.
60 Ia; 0; Cornell "a. Pa; 6; MINI. 16. III.
OWN. H: Rothwell ("Young Corbett")
knocks out Terry McGovern at Hartford,
Conn, becoming feather-weight cham
pion; 2 rounds.
Dec. Sc. C. Shaffer breaks worlds 5O0-yd.
swimming record; 7:24:05.
l0-Jacob Schaeffer wins worlds champion-
ship In billiard tourney at New York.
WnGeo. Gardner knocks out Kid Carter in
9TH round of fight at San Francisco.