Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-17
General Sporting Notes.

When King Edwards steeplechaser, Am
bush II. was SO badly beaten at Kempton
Park, on January 30. he struck himself In
such manner as to require q veterinarians
attention. h:. ~ t9y>
The easy manner ins which Alexander
Grant, the old Pennsylvania runner, won
the two-mile run at the Boston games on
Saturday night Is evidence that he, has not
lost any Of his -oid-time speed. ta7as -
Pugilists Mike Daley and George La
Blanche (the marine) have been sentenced
to two years in the state prison at Bangor.
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Billy Madden Is coming east from the Pa
cific coast to New York. where he says ne
will give every heavyweight q call He has
both Gus Rubin and Denver Ed Martin
ready to take On any Of them, from JeHries
down. @--E
In a celebrated lawsuit in London. in
which a wen-known betting agent sued to
a commissioner. placed wagers, the court
Of appeals has just decided that the plain
tiff has no case, because it involved bet
ting transaction.
Sydney Paget Is back In New York, after
q three months trip to Europe. Jack
Joyner has at Sheepshead Bay large sta
BILE Of two-year-olds leased by Mr.. Paget
from J. B. Haggin. One Of them, the Wa
tercress colt, out Of Pensa, cost $21,OOo. He
Is giant now.
Yale ranks first in tho intercollegiate
Basket Ball League, with four games won
and none lost Columbia second, with four
won and two lost; Harvard third. with TWO
won and three lost; Cornell fourth. with
one won and two lost and Princeton last,
with none won and four lost. -
During the last thirteen months Jack
Johnson has defeated George Gardner.
Hank Griffin, Jack Jeffries, Fred Russell.
not least. Denver Ed Martin. Johnson is
now after either Joe Choynski or Sharkey.
The anglers tournament at the coming
sportsmen's show In Madison Square Gar
den. New York, promises to be interesting.
There are two classes for experts and nov
ices and for men and women. The star In
the woman's class this year, as last. Will
doubtless be little Miss Cruikshank OF New
York. Miss Osgood Is pursuing her studies
in college and it is doubtful II she can be
present.
Coach Hanlan Of Columbia does not hesi-
tate TO say that he will win the Pough;
keepsie regatta this year, in spite OF the
loss Of several veteran oarsmen. Hanlan
builds much Of his confidence upon the
large number Of candidates who have re-
ported There are now more than LOO men
working for the various crews, an uh-
precedented number for Columbia.
w. w. Redfern, father Of the great Jockey
who will ride for w. c. Whitney this sea-
son. declared to the stewards Of the New
Orleans track that he would not allow his
son to ride at any track where he was
barred out Of the paddock. Redfern was
recently expelled from the paddock and
fined 500 for making charges about the
running Of the horse Pyrrho. Arthur Red
fern is losing $500 week by standing on
the ground.
The phenomenal swimming of Harry LIE
Moyne OF Brookline" Mass. indicates that
ne will be the successoreto EH G. Schaeffer.
the former UniversitNo- of ,aPennsylvania
athlete, as the American champion LIE
Moyne has on several oecasiops lowered the
a Cab Eos khn ord f7oo
On Saturday night, sLaa Moyne. swan the
distance in 1 minute / rs seconds. AS
Schaeffer has announced positively that ne
will not enter aquatics, LIE Moyne will have
to uphold his reputation 10
with a sweeping challenge to catch-as-
catch-can rivals Tom Jenkins has issued
the following statement YFhey can all
have their championships but Will con-
tinue to wrestle any man inithe world as
long as there Is enough money In 1t for me.
These pugtlist-wrestlera-S harkey, Munroe
and others-who want to go on with me,
why, will take them ofi;dn =one night and
throw them one after the other. II Dan
Mcleod wants to meet nae the same night
I will give him the chance, too. will post
my money to show that mean business. I
am through with Graeco-Roman wrestling
after Thursday night"
The Automobile Club OF Paris has re-
ceived $50 entries for the Paris-Madrid
flrst-class race. The entries will prob
ably exceed those Of all previous long
distance contests In speaking Of the
coming race, NJ. Gabriel, a noted auto
mobilist. stated yesterday In Paris that
while there were some splendid stretches OF
straight, level roads. there were some ter
rife descents In the mountains and curves
that would make motorists hair stand on
end. One OF these can emily be negotiated
by stopping the car and reversing the gear
Major Daingerfield. Bessie Spahr and Lin
guist have been declared out OF the Brook
lyn handicap: The withdrawal Of Major
Daingerfeld. the rival OF Hermis last year,
caused considerable discussion among horse
men last night. Recently Major F. C. Nc
Lewee paid visit to his old favorite and
tered exceptionally well. In the annual
champion stakes Major Daingerfield was
badly cut above the coronet and the blood
flowed freely from the wound. Most train
ers believe he will be reserved for stakes
late In the season. as he is not a horse that