Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-01-08
NEW RECCR DS.

Jan. I5-Geo. Bothner of N. Y. defeats Jack
Harvey OF New Haven in wrestling
match for lightweight championship OF
the world
24-F'red Strong of Chicago wins bow ling
champions hip of q. s, at Buffalo, \ Y
Feb. 19-W. P. Voss, of Hayerstraw, n. Y,
won amateur billiard championship of
America al New York.
2l-Swimmer H. T. Brewer breaks all rec
orGs for $50 and 1000 yds. at Chicago. H
j Avery makes so in 81 innings in three
cushion billiard tourney at Chicago, es-
tblishing record.
II Capt Grossman walks 100 miles up the
Danube river on newly-inyented water
Mar 2o-Jerome Magee of University Of
Chicago breaks record for INDOOR pole
vauiting; II #. in
Apr. ST G. Hirschy wins great Amer.
handicap at Kansas City, and becomes
champion wing shot of America
15--Wabas Continental Limited makes
new record from Tilton to Granite City,
$50 miles in 1S0 minutes including stops.
B-Burlington flyer breaks all speed rec
ores: Il s miles in minutes.
z6nJ 2, Wing makes auto auto record re . at Long
May 1e-G. p. Meier, Edward Clancy, A J.
krapse and W. Gefeke, all of West Point,
N; T., start on tour OF world on foot.
2-Recor6- breaking run on Wabash road
from Montpelier, o., to Detroit, Mich;
81 m. in IS min.
Jun 22-Wyeth "a T. TO l entTyl wins Amer a,er
by I'd, and AlIadin Sd
2S-Automobile race Paris to Vienna CS25
m:) won by Marcel Renauf; 10 hrs y
Jul 6-Pigeons fly from Holly Springs
Miss, to Mishawaka 600 m.) in II hrs.
S-B. & o. Southwestern train makes
washington, Ind, to East st. Louis l60
m.) in 158 min.
25-Jeffries defeats Fitzsimmons in 8
rounds at San Francisco and retains
heavyweight championship.
N-N. Y. Central train makes Syracuse to
AlDanV (I17 m ! in 100 min
Aug. B-Lake Shore train breaks previous
records, going 81 m. in IS min.
&-E. R: Parsons and Jas. Wallace reach
New York, having padded l3-ft. canoe
from Chicago; started July D.
So-Carisle ID. Graham swims from whirl-
pool below Niagara falls through lower
rapids at Lewiston.
Sep. 6-Chas. A. Percy goes through whirl-
pool rapids of Niagara in specially con-
structed boat.
23-Dan Patch at Reading, Mass. goes mile
in1:59A Mrs. Bullock Workman, Amer
lean authorities and traveller, breaks Him
aiaya mountain climbing record by as
cenGdng Loongma glacier.
Oct. 4-Nat. Baseball league season closes:
Pittsburg wins championship; Brooklyn,
20; Boston, Sd; Cincinnati, 4th; Chi
cago, 5th; st; Louis, 9Th; Philadelphia,
-7th; New York. Sth.
15-Onwari Silver breaks 2-m racing rec
1s-Sir Thos Lipton's Sd challenge for
Anne america cup accepted by y; Y yacht
club, 1st race to be run Aug. 20, l9G3
A-Prince Alert paced " m. at Memphis,
Tenn, in 0:5734
Ssl-Cresceus trots m. in III at Memphis.
Nov. 1-Heatherbloom cleared in high
jump at Chicago horse show it. in.
5-Ben Stell made bowling score in Chicago
of 300
14-Princeton qll) football team won
championship of athletic club teams of
u. S.
22-Yale wins title to American football
championship, scoring % to against
Harvard
27-Michigan university wins western
championship in game with MINI, at
Ann Arbor; 20 to 6.
29-Army wins over navy in annual foot
ball game bet. West Point and Annapolis;
% to s.
Dee. Is-Geo. Leander wins 6-day team
o.cle race in New York; 2,73S miles
22-Lake Shore train makes 1874 m. in 127
min