St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-01
SPORTING.

Jan. 5-Robert Waltnour (Ga.) wins inte rs
national 6-day cycle race IN boston' A'o''
11MFrank K Bril- (chicago) wins national
bowling contest.
Mar. 13-f'rank Sherman %. CO wins world
pool championship at Boston no-,d,s stee,
tying record. roplng ana Tying . anA'A10A-
in las near Phoenix, Ariz. IN +~.,n
Apr. 2-Fast Northwestern man
makes smile squirt in min. ,o,,s
23-Burton Downing breaks worlds h-mlle
amateur bicycle record in 50 nat:
3--His Eminence captures 9th kentucAS
Derby at Louisville; 2:U7A.
Jun. 4Cornell wins intercollegiate a1ni ;a
tournament at Buffalo exposition; ch1ca-
go university End. :,
22aRobert Waddell wins Am Deros ~
Chicago.
Jul. 18-Trotting stallion Cresceus breaks
worlds record, making successive meats
in 2:o6N and 2;o5 in Detroit: ch,cogo com.
pletes round-the-world tour In " CAS- =
hrs, 70 min. and AZ sec: c,.,..
26-Cresceus again breaks record at Cieve'
n laHa H sti In zSl breaks worlds paced b
cycle record on clap track; m. IN ~ l-O
Aug. 1-Cresceus lowers his record by y sec :,
l-Invader wins deciding yacht race II
Canada cup series at Chicago.
17-Anaconda breaks worlds pacing .h1 recore
at Brighton Beach, N. Y; m: IN 2DlAc.
3oLawrence Auchterlon1e ln:l WITS Wahs o ss,,
in Chicago.
2-Cresceus defeats Lord Derby ane
Charley Herr at Readville, Mass; ma
29-Little Boy broke worlds record tG o.
wagon PAGERS with amateur drivers. II
Chicago; m. in 2:03 3-5.
30-Jas. Mitchell breaks indoor bicycle rec
ord in N. Y; m. in 8 10 3-5.
Sep. 6--Martha Wagenfuhrer goes through
whirlpool rapids Of Niagara falls In bar
26-First race between Columbia and Sham.
rock H. at New York a failure because OF
light wind; Columbia was ahead.
tSa hea W s st as
@-Co1umbia defeats Shamrock liam
League baseball season closes with club:
Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Cleveland and Milwaukee,; 4:
Gelding Little Boy again breaks world
Oct. columbia and Shamrock II. agar
fail to finish course In time limit; Snam
rock ahead.
3Columbia wins second race IN cup serie!
| over triangular course by min. % sec.
4-Columbia defeats Shamrock II. in decid
ing race for Americas cup winning mere re
| ly on time allowance. ..John Flanagan
IN. V throws hammer 40 #. y in. ant
| the discus 119 It. IN In. both worlds rec
| ords.
6-Nat. League baseball ends with clubs II
| following order: Pittsburg, Philadelphia
| Brooklyn, st. Louis. Boston. Chicago
New York and Cincinnati.
is. S. Kron PrinZ Wilhelm makes new
| Atlantic record crossing eastward In
| das. 3 hrs. and 48 min.
| ON. Santos-Dumont circles Eiffel tower
| in Paris in airship winning Deutsch priz'
M-Mrs. Anna Taylor (Mich.) goes ovel
Niagara falls In barrel uninjured. Auto
| records to 10 m. lowered at Detroit; m
| In 1:06 rs; 10 m. In II :09.
| &-Little Boy again lowers wagon RECORD
at Memphis; m. in 2:0119
| 26-Prince Alert sets new pacing record To-
| geldings at Memphis; m. in 2:00A.
| Nov. 8-Heatherbloom breaks high jump
| ing record for horses at Chicago hors@
| show; #. ~ in.
12Dan Tew. linotype machine operator !.
| Des Moines, Ia, breaks worlds record
setting 1884 ems, nonpareil. in hrs.
16-Jim Jeffries knocks out Gus Rubin II
| 9Th round.
16-Henri Fourier makes M In 81 IS sec
in auto races near New York.
| 2-Harvard defeats Yale football game a
! Cambridge, Mass; q to 0.
/ 28-Thanksgiving university football
| matches as follows: Wis. IS, Chi. @; Mich
| SO, Ia. 0; Cornell n, Pa. s; MINI. is. Ill
| OWN. II. Rothwell ("Young Corbett''
| knocks out Terry McGovern at Hartford
Conn.,. becoming feather-Weight cham
pion; 2 rounds.
/ Dec. Sc. C. Shaffer breaks worlds 500-yd
| swimming record 7:24:05.
| 1O-Jacob Schaeffer wins world champion
ship in billiard tourney at New York
| 20-Geo. Gardner knocks out Kid Carter II
/ 9Th round of fight at San Francisco.