The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-27

including the human. Trotters broke
record after record and. the PAGERS did al
most as we'll The thoroughDreds also lh-
Obliged in a few stunts in the record break
ing line. ,ool,
lou Dillon was the first equine to reach
200 and Mai. Delmar followed soon dt'el
Then Cresceus, dethroned by Bllllngs
mare. opened the eyes OF all by stepping ~
a mile IN l:5934 the first mile under Z:oO
ever trotted Later at Memphis, Lou
Dillon beat this time, doing l:5SE2, ana
Mai Delmar euualed the stallion marx:
Ion Dillon also lowered the Z:Oo94 OF
Maud s. to 2:05 fiat, without a Wind
shield. in spite of all that has been SAID
to the contrary. This mark !, has peen
thrown out on technicality: The MONK
and Equity, driven by Billings, loWereu
the team mark to 2:0S.
The PAGERS that stirred the public pulse
were Dan Patch and Prince Alert. Prince
Alert in hopples paced in l:57 and Dan
Patch went him one better by negotiating
the mile without the Indiana paJamas IN
1:56H.
jim Jeffries stands heads above all men
in the prize ring. His easy defeat OF F1tz-
simmons and Jim Corbett, the only men
who had the temerity to try him out,
shows that he need fear no man. The
only figure on the pugilistic horizon now
that needs cause the big boilermaker any
trouble is Jack Monroe, and if he defeats
Sharkey, the Californian will give him
battle.
'rRuby Robert" Fitzsimmons managed
to get married and win fight for the
middleweight championship in 1903. Al
though, as has since developed. the old
man broke his hands on Gardner. he sue
ceeded in outpointing the Eastern man,
and earned the praise of every follower
of the game by his great showing.
Young Corbett," the sturdy Denver lad
closed the year by administering defeat to
Eddie Hanlon. the most dangerous aspir-
ant to his title. The fight will go down
in history as the greatest featherweight
battle in ring history.
Joe Cans closed the wear with his title
of lightweight champion rocking. He
was out-pointed and out-punched by Lang
ford. but the fact that the latter was two
pounds over the lightweight limit saved
the champion his title.
In wrestling circles Tom Jenkins is the
boss of the heavyweights His defeat of
Mcleod gives him the right to retain the
title. Jenkins met many of the freak
wrestlers of ponderous weight that toured
the country a few years ago. There may
be men who can throw him, but they do
not appear anxious to undertake the task.
Among the track athletes no man has
won more distinction than Arthur Duffy.
the l0O-vard champion, whose record OF
9 3-5 seconds seems destined to go down
in history as the lowest mark possible for
man to achieve.
The history of the bicycle riding game
does not bear many names more brilliant
than Frank Kramer. the short-distance
champion, who has twice won the mile
championship in omen competition. Kram-
err has received offers to ride abroad but
whether or not he will accept them is as
yet unknown.
OF all the men that ever wore the steel
racers johnny Nilsson is the best. He
has CONQUERED all corners in international
comnetition and now unable to get men
oanable of giving him a race announces
his retirement. with the proviso that he
viii again race if his records are euualed
or lowered He holds every recognized
morl from the ouarter-miln to five miles
| AmOno the daredevils who howe gained
fame the automobile drivers all bow to
| R'rnev Oldfol1 Tho Toledo o.. hoy
whose wonderful track work Is tho talk &c
| the rac'"@ world Tn snite of bad acct
@o"t n'dfcld is now nrnnarin~ IN ride
feeter than ever Fo holds trac1y records
"ol""9 Nut wants the mile straightaway
before he quits.