Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-08
NEW RECORDS.

Jan. l5-Geo. Bothner Of N. Y. defeats Jack
Harvey of New Haven in wrestling
match for lightweight championship Of
the world.
Alfred Strong of Chicago wins bowling
championship Of U. S. at Buffalo, n. Y.
Feb. l9-W. p. Voss, of Haverstraw, 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 so in 81 innings in three
cushion billiard tourney at Chicago, es-
tablishing record.
H-Capt. Grossman walks 100 miles up the
Danube river on n~ewly-invented water
walking shoes.
Mar, N-Jerome Magee of University of
Chicago breaks record for indoor pole
.vaulting; II #. 5 in.
Apr. 5H. C. Hirschy wins great Amer.
handicap at Kansas City, and becomes
champion wing shot Of America.
15-Wabash Continental Limited makes
new record from Tilton to Granite City,
$50 miles in $50 minutes including 5 stops.
l6-Burlington flyer breaks all speed rec
ords: las miles in 8 minutes.
Isl. E. Wing makes auto record at Long
Leland: los miles in 2 hrs. % min.
May 1Q-G. p. Meier. Edward Clancy, A. j.
krause and w. Gefeke, all of West Point,
N. Y, start on tour of world on foot.
24-Record-breaking run on Wabash road
from Montpelier, O., to Detroit, Mich;
81 n. in IS min.
Jun. 221Wyeth Ia - to 1 entry wins Amer
tN"i DClDy III IlIlCdBU, LuCldll %ApplC-
by I'd, and Alladin Sd.
2S-Automobile race Paris to Vienna (S25
M won by Marcel Renault; Is hrs. %
Jul. 6-Pigeons fly from Holly Springs,
Miss, TO Mishawaka 600 M in Il hrs.
%B. & o. Southwestern train makes
washington, Ind, to East st. Louis Q65
M in los min.
25-Jeftries defeats Fitzsimmons in 8
rounds at San Francisco and retains
heavyweight championship.
On. Y. Central train makes Syracuse to
Albany Qf7 M in l29 min.
Aug. 1S-Lake Shore train breaks previous
records, going 81 IN. in rs min.
SIE. K. Parsons and Jas. Wallace reach
New York, having padded 13-ft.
IRON Chicasoi started July %,
&-Carlisle d. 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
in 1854. MRS. Bullock Workman, Amer
lean authorities and traveller, breaks Him.
alaya mountain climbing record by as
cending Loongma glacier.
oct, 4-Nat. Baseball league season closes:
Pittsburg wins championship; Brooklyn,
"a; Boston, Sd; Cincinnati, 4th; Chi
cage, 5th; st. Louis, 9Th; Philadelphia,
9TH; New York. Sth.
ord; 4:29K.
lo-Slr mos. Llpton's ID challenge for
Americas cup accepted by N. Y. yacht
club. LIST race to be run Aug. 20, 1903.
Z'--Prince Alert paced "a NJ. at Memphis.
Tenn, in 0:57&,
$lo,crescens trots 2 m. in AZ at Memphis.
jump at Chicago horse show Z #. s in.
Ben Stell made bowling score In Chicago
of 800.
14-Princeton CIll.) football team won
championship of athletic club teams of
u. S.
22-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; 20 to 6.
29--Army wins over navy in annual foot
ball game bet. West Point and Annapolis;
% to 5.
Dec. 13-Geo. Leander wins 6-day team
cycle race in New York; 2,733 miles.
ii Shore train makes 1874 m. in 127
min.