The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-09
NEW Dy.

Jan. 15-Geo. Bothner of N. Y. defeats Jack
Harvey Of New Haven in wrestling
match for lightweight championship OF
N-Fred Strong Of Chicago wins bowling
championship Of U. s. at Buffalo. N. Y.
won amateur billiard championship of
America at New York.
2l|Swimmer II. F.. Brewer breaks all rec
ords for 500 and 1000 yds. at Chicago....H.
J. Avery makes 70 in 81 innings In three
cushion billiard tourney at Chicago, es-
tablishing record.
Capt. Grossman walks 100 miles up the
Danube river on newly invented water
walking shoes.
Mar, a-Jerome Magee of University of
chicago breaks record for indoor pole
Apr. 5r-H. c.. Hirschy wins great Amer.
handicap at Kansas City, and becomes
VIM shot Of America.
new record from Tilton to Granite City.
$50 miles In $50 minutes including s stops.
lo-Buriington flyer breaks all speed rec
ords: las miles in 9 minutes.
%. u. Wing makes auto record at Long
leland: los miles in 2 hrs. % min.
May log. P. Meier, Edward Clancy, A. J.
krause and w. Gefeke, all Of West Point,
IN T., start on tour of world on foot.
z4-Record-breaking run on Wabash road
from Montpelier. O.. to Detroit, Mich;
Jun. 22-Wyeth "a - to / entry) wins Amer
lean Derby in Chicago; Lucian Apple
2s0 Dy "a; and Alladin g. onno ,0oz
IdIiS TO NieIHd toZo
m;) won by Marcel Renault; Is hrs. %
Jul 6-Pigeons fly from Holly Springs,
Miss, to Mishawaka 600 NO. in IL hrs.
sB. & o. Southwestern train makes
Washington, Ind, to East st. Louis Q65
M in los min.
25-Jeffries defeats Fitzsimmons in s
ROUNDS at San Francisco and retains
heavyweight championship.
Zo-N. Y. Central train makes Syracuse to
Albany QE mo- in 129 min.
Aug lg-I4aka Shore train hrea kc nravin1c
orecof1s, gong VI m. in rs min.
&IE. r; Parsons and Jas. Wallace reach
New York, having padded 13-ft. canoe
from Chicago; started July %.
@ICarlisle D.. Graham swims from whirl-
pool below Niagara falls through lower
rapids at Lewiston.
Sep. 6.Chas. A. Percy goes through whirl-
structed BOAT.
2S-Dan Patch at Reading, Mass, goes mile
in 1914 -. Mrs. Bullock Workman, Amer
lean authorities and traveller, breaks Him
a4aya mountain climbing record by as
cenalng Loongma glacier.
Oct. 4-Nat. Baseball league season closes:
Pittsburg wins, Championship; Brooklyn,
"a; Boston, Sd; Cincinnati, 4th; Chi
age, 5th; St. Louis, 9th; Philadelphia,
9TH; New York. Sth.
15-Onwar6 Silver breaks Pm. racing rec
ord; 4:29k.
16-Sir Thos. Lipton's Sd challenge for
Americas cup accepted by N. Y. yacht
Ia club. LIST race to be run Aug. 20, 1908.
Z~mPr1nce Alert paced " m. at Memphis,
Tenn, in 0:57A.
3l-Cresceus trots 2 m. in Ait at Memphis.
Nov. 1-Heatherbloom cleared in high
jump at Chicago horse show Z #. s in.
ben Stell made bowling score in Chicago
of 300.
l4-Prlnceton Qll.) football team won
championship of athletic club teams of
u. S.
22r-Yale wins title to American football
championship, scoring % to 0 against
Harvard.
27-Michigan university wins western
championship in game with Mimi, at
Ann Arbor; % to 6.
2s-Army wins over navy in annual foot
ball game bet. West Point and Annapolis:
% to s.
Dec. 13-Geo. Leander wins 6-day team
cycle race in New York; 2,733 miles.
LAX Shore train makes 1874 M. in 127
min.