The Indianapolis journal., 1903-02-12
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS.

The twenty-seventh annual show of the
Western Kennel Club was opened on
Wednesday in Madson-square Garden
New York, with 6450 dogs on view
Winners at the Ingleside (Cal) track
yesterday: Melhanus, l to 2; Orosius, to
/; Galanthus. 3 to 1; Epenese, to l: Tower
of Candles. to /; Hermencea, to 5.
In the amateur billiard championship
lyn, Wednesday, Edward w. Gardner
of Passaic, defeated Arthur Townsend of
BROOKLYN. by the score of 300 to 1884, Gard
ner's high run was 5S and his average r.
Townsend's was 90 and 20-34.
Sammy McMakin, the well-known base
ball pitcher, died at his home in Columbus
o., on Wednesday, of pneumonia. He was
with the Columbus, Milwaukee and Chi
had an offer of a National League berth
for this year. He was well known over
the country
The St Charles Hotel stakes at New
Orleans yesterday for two-year-ol6s at a
half-mile, and worth LOIS to the winner,
was practically race between the Walden
flly Petunia and Aransas Pass, which ran
in the colors CIV Of w s. PRICE to whom she
won. Winners in order: Jositte to L;
Thone, to /; Ben Chance, to /: Petunia
16 to 5; Sue Johnson, to 2; Aurie B., IS
to g.
Everything settled You have Olympic
games," is the wording of a cable dis
patch received on Wednesday from Michel
La Grave. worlds fair commissioner at
Paris. by the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
tion officials. The meaning of the message
is that the Olympic games. which were or
iginally intended to be held in Chicago
in 1904 Will be held in St. Louis during the
worlds fair, the international committee
having now so decided.
Some unofficial correspondence has been
exchanged between Oxford and Cambridge
universities and Harvard and Yale indi-
eating Willingness on the part of the
I m mi g fn ahn1 -,
glishmen to an athletic meeting No chal-
lenge, however, has yet been received, and
II is doubtful If the English universities
could accent Their reason for nonaccept-
ance would be entirely financial one Ac-
ceptance of the challenge would involve a
return challenge in 1904 and the English
universities have no funds to defray the
cost of a visit to the United States
Pugilist Tom Sharkey was not able IN
withstand Wrestler Dan McLeods attempt
TO throw him three times within an hour
at Cleveland Wednesday night, and Mcleod
was successful in fifty-six minutes The
first fall was the longest OF the three and
kept Mcleod busy for thirty minutes.
After rest of fifteen minutes the men
went 10 the mat again and Mcleod had
Sharkey fiat in thirteen minutes The third
fall was in twelve minutes. Sharkey did
not attempt any aggressive work, simply
laid on the mat and baked as much as he
could the efforts of the champion to throw
him.
As a result of the amendment of the
constitution of the League of American
! Wheemen at the session of the National
Assembly in Boston there now but 1--WE
divisions in the organization. This was
brought about by the adoption of resolu-
| tions providing that divisions shall be dis
continued when membership shall have
| fallen below one hundred. New York.
| Pennsylvania Mississippi. Connecticut and
Rock Island are the only States entitled
| TO division honors, the league members i'm
| other States now being provided by the
| national body G. j. Obermeyer, of New
| York, was elected president; George L.
| Cook OF Rock Island. and George NJ
| Schell of Pennsylvania. vice presidents;
Abbott Bassett, of Massachusetts,, secre-
| tary-treasurer and Aaron Wolfson, of
| Massachusetts auditor.