Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-24
SATURDAY SPORTS.
How the Athletes Fared in Many and
Various Contests.

Various Contests.
Boston, Feb 24.-Iver Lawson OF
Chicago by his famous jump sprint
won the six days bike race at the
Park Square coliseum Saturday
night. He completed Ais miles and
8 laps in 81 hours. John Bedell Of
New York was second, two lengths
behind Lawson. Floyd Krebs OF
Newark, N. j., third; Joe Fogler of
New York, fourth; Charles Sher-
wood of New York, fifth; Walter
Bardgett of Buffalo, N. Y, sixth;
Matt Downey of Boston, seventh,
and N. M. Anderson of Denmark,
eighth, all covering the AIS miles,
9 laps.
Springfield, Mass, Feb 24.-Be-
numbed by cold, which was so severe
as to freeze their food and their bags
of wet sand, and render their regis
tering instruments useless, A. Hol-
land Forbes and Leo Stevens of New
York, who assembled in a balloon at
North Adams, came to earth at
Wales, village three miles from the
Connecticut line, southeast of this
city, after a trip of about ninety
miles. The bags of sand used for
ballast had frozen so solidly that TIE
sand could not be thrown out in tie
ordinary way by handfuls, and the
men thought it inadvisable to try to
make longer journey.
Bristol, Feb 24.-In the fastest
and closest game of the season hero
Bristol high school defeated Spring
field high at basketball Saturday
night, 80 to 81. At the end of the
first half the score was 22 to 10 in
favor of Springfield. The passing
of the home team was a feature.
Scott starred for Springfield.
Boston, Feb 24-Quincy A. Shaw,
jr: of the Boston Tennis and Racquet
club Saturday Afternoon won the ma
tional amateur racquet championship
by defeating Percy ID. Haughton of
the same club, three games out of five
in the final round. The scores were
9-15. 1871, 1873, lib and 15-5.
Haughton put up much better
game against Shaw than did nay of
the latter's other opponents during
the tournament which was i'll pro-
gres all last week. Shaw was handi-
capped to some extent by lame thigh
and a sore eye, but his placement
shots were executed with great bril-
llancy.
Cincinnati. Feb 24.-The prize list
Of the winners i'm the five men teams
who participated in the American
Bowling congress was made Satur-
day night and the checks were mailed
to the successful teams. The Bonds
of Columbus won first prize with a
score of 2.92T and will receive $3.50.
The Tosettis of Chicago finished sec
ond with 2.SS6 and their share of the
prize money is 500. The Blue Rib
bons Of Erie, Pa, with 2.S51, receiv-
ed $525. Other teams won smaller
prizes.
Princeton, y. j.. Feb 24.-Princc-
tons gymnasts displayed excellent
form and defeated Yale Saturday in
n dual meet in the Riokaw gymna-
stun by 34Ia TO 1914 points. +. W.
McCabe. who was the intercollegiate
champion gymnast in 1906 and II. /.
Dowd scored % OF Princeton's points.
Everhard and Osborne excelIed for
Yale.
Boston. Feb 2i.-The Bay State
association conducted its
first winter endurance run Saturday
from Boston to Providence and wor-
cester and return, distance Of 49,
miles. Fourteen Of the twenty cars
entered finished with project scores.
The ears left Boston at Z n. nj. de-
parting one minute apart. according
TO number. Controls at Walpole.
UXbTidge. Worcester.
Concord and Boston regulated the
speed Of the cars and each car was
Obliged 10 register in order or suffer
penalty. The first car. Marmon No !.
driven by Frank Ewing. finished at
42:1. the actual time for the 13J miles
being hours. - minutes.
New Haven. Feb 2I-Thc Connec-
ticut Whist association held an all
day competition in this city Saturday.
and the team matches were won
finally by the Pequabuck club Of
Bristol. with nine victories. The team
was composed 81 W. G. Ladd. NJ l.
Iadd. ]. ii. Peek and W. g.. I.add.
This team has won tho trophy ten
times and becomes its permanent
owner. The Young Mems RepubIi-
can club Of this city Immediately Of
ferei new tropy-a So cup-to be
played for under the same conditions
as the one which has gore to Bristol.
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