The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-13
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.

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GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.
A momement has been started among
prominent sporting men of Salt Lake. City,
Utah, TO organize club and offer purse
OF $4,000 to Jeffries and Fitzsimmons to
meet there III twenty-round contest
during the EIks national convention il
August
In the bicycle races at Paris on last
Friday Major Taylor, the coIored Amer
lean rider, finished first; Rutt, German,
second, and jenkins, third.
Owing to the high price of foodstuffs
the preliminary fighters are returning to
real work.
Tom McCarey, of the Los Angeles Ath-
Ietic Club. has been dickering with Gus
.Ruhlin and Tom Sharkey. He wants them
for a main event the day before the JEFF
Ties- Fitzsimmons contest in case it IS
pulled off there
The motor is even invading yachting cir
c1es Several sailing yachts are Dow be
ing fitted with petroleum engines. exactly
the same as are being used on automo-
biles. to furnish auxiliary power when
there is no wind. the petroleum engine
having an advantages over the steam en-
CINE in tAat it takes up a small space and
is consequently light and easily slowed
away.
L. J. Purcell, a prominent English ath-
iete. who viii hereafter run for the Knick-
erboeker Athletic Club, visited Columbia s
track on South Field on Saturday and will
train there for his coming races. He has
a record OF Ais for the mile and 900 for
two miles. Other weII-known New York
athletes in training in South Field are
Marshall, Doll, Thomas, and Terry Of the
Seventh Regiment; Arnold, Of the Union
Settlement Athletic Club, and Edwards,
Fried, Edgren, and Sayles, Of the Knick-
erboeker Athletic Club
With thirty coliseum tracks ready for
the racing men and the big stars of cy-
cling under contract to ride certain wheels
at stipulated salaries, there is every in
dication of successful season OF compe-
tition- The sprinteTs will follow the Ma
tionaI Cycle Associations grand circuit
that starts early in July, while most Of
the middIe-iistance men are scheduled for
many races before July
Last year Bobby WaIthour won enough
money to buy handsome residence in At
lanta. and has two children and a con-
tented wife to encourage him Bobbie
holds the worlds record of 37:17 for
twenty-five miles and has the enYiable
reputation of holding track records on
every oval where he appeared last year
The $1,000 Empire State Stake, for PA
PAGERS, 10 be decided at Buffalo, August
;, has the following entries from Mary
land: a. H Gaffney, hansen, RoameT,
? 13 IA; o. e Kenmore, Nazareth, Lucy
Girl, 2:13 II; T. G. Phillips, Warren,
Sapphire, 2:I4 If, Terrace Farm, Titus
vile, Beausant, and Velvet Rose
John H Hanan, Of the New York Yacht
Club, has sold his imported yacht Taurus
to Levi Z. Letter, the father-in-law of the
viceroy Of India This fine vessel, which
is better known in England than here, is
195 feet long over all and 162 feet on the
waterline. She is of Scotch build, and
was brought here by Mr.. Hanan two sea
sons ago. Manning's Yacht Agency effect
ed the sale to Mr.. Letter. The Taurus is
not fast boat but she is comfortable.
and suitable for easy cruising which is not
tied to time.
kid Carter took of eight pounds IN
the first day of his training for his battle
with Marvin Hart. Carter is being
handled by big" Jack Mccormack
Corbett is credited with looking far
ahead to possible match between him
self and Fitzsimmons when he put on the
gloves with the Ianky man last week in 9
III
Eddie Connolly, after victories over Bar
ney Connors and Charley Burns, both OF
which were knockouts, goes 10 England
with Manager Abe Pollock
A Pennsylvania PAGER that will be seer
on the big tracks this year is Hal T.
2:1924. by Masker, dam by Bay Tom He Is
owned by Mr.. Titiey, of Chicora, Pa, who
brought out Star Pointer, 1884. His re-
cord was made over the haIf-miIe track
at Clarion, Pa, and he proved himself tC
be a Ieyel-headed race horse.
T Benton Dempsey, OF Springboro. Pa
has moved his campaigners, including
Nerya Patchen, 2:OS, the green pacing
stallion Shadeland D by CuyIereoast, dan
by Red Wilkes, and a fast green tTotteI
by the same sire, TO the Chenille, Ohio
track.
A D. Stranahan, a street car conductor
of Toledo. Ohio, ran 1.10I points recently
playing straight rail billiards He made
this run at the Lincoln Club, Toledo, il
the presence of a dozen spectators.
Trainers of thoroughbreds are asking
the Jockey Club TO keep touts from tht
tracks during the hours when the horses
are being exercised. The owners are after
the fellows who give out information Il
the betting public
At a recent liye-bird shoot at HazIeton
Pa, the trap for releasing the pigeons
was found missing. William SheIlhammel
offered his services instead. Lying fat OF
his back in front Of the contestants. be
let the pigeons fly when the shooters were
ready to shoot
Penn's chances against Cornell in theiI
dual games are becoming brighter every
day, owing TO the great progress that
PENIS track team is making under the
skillfuI coaching of DR.. Shell.
Efforts to introdii2e ping pong in Gin
feature is that II gsl be played with ice
water accompaHiulsn5s, and that necessa-
rily means that the q me hasn't a chance
there
Fought to a Draw.