New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
CartmeII Out with Challenge for
Sprinting Title.
"AD" W0LGAST A BENEDICT
TEX" Rickard Sails Away say
ing He Is Done with Boxing
Game for All Time.


sity of Psnnsylvania was the intercollegiate
champion sprinter, and who has beaten
some of the best men in England. has Is
sued a challenge from his homo at Capitol
Hill, ". c.. TO Lawson Robertson, coach OF
tho Irish-American Athletic Club. ID rsrs
for the American professional champ1on-
ship. He says he will race Robertson for
81. 900 at any distance from 10 yards to so
yards on any fair cinder track.
Csrtmers challenge wsA brought out oy
statements In an English publication st~
tributed to Robertson that cartmeu was
unwilling to run any distance under $40
yards.
Lawson Robertson said last night that the
challenge had not reached him. and until ~
did he was not In a position TO make fse~
NAL answer. He explained. hovever. mss
he had offered 10 race cartmsn on several
occasions at the standard sprinfing disk1aes
Of 100 yards. but 10 no avail. and was 0fSh
willing 10 test his speed against the old
Pennsylvania flyer. In al probability .
match race ut two distances will be ar~
ranged Il CartrneL Is In earnest.
Adolph r.Ad'0 wolgast. the champiou
lightweight pugfIist- was quietly married
yesterday st Grand Rapids. Mich. to MISS
Mildred Ensign, aged nineteen yeaSs. Tns
ceremony was performed by the Rev. >. e
strickland, AZ his home There were no
witnesses The bride was ch'dhcod
schoolmate OF wolgast- The honeymoon
trim will be To this city, whAfs Wesssss
will meet Knockout" Brown In tam
round bout on March 2.
G. 7. r'Tex') Rickard, Of Ely. New. olns
ing man. cattle raiser and promoter OF tho
.Jeffries-Jobnson fight AT Reno last July !.
sailed for Buenos Ayres yesterday. on the
Lamport G. Holt liner vsssri. He wss
accompanied by his wife and Mason Peters
the theatrical manager. with whom ns VIII
enter partnership in the cattle business.
I'm through with the fighting rama
said Rickard yesterday, before SAILING
There is nothing I'm It. I'm slsd 70 sss
awav from II, because it IL not In my line.
I'm a frontiersman. | like 10 20 10 new
nIaces and tackle new enterprises / VIII
Iook over the field and may make venture
IN mining as well as in raising cattis
r.. N Daniels will make an attempt TO
break the American record TOT ." yaroS
and the worlds record for 30 metres to-
morrow, at 4.S0 p. nl.' at the Ne" ror~
Athletic Club, and he will go Tor the Ainsr-
lean records for $50 and 300 yards on tues
day at the same hour. The wondenui I'M
provement shown by J. IA. Reilly ana ~
r. Nericb has forced Daniels TO undergo
some hard training TO win the oD.Sard
METROPOLITAN championship, and. being III
perfect condition, the human nsh' was
anxious to try for some new marks.
The New York Athletic Club has applied
for a sanction 10 hold open races to-mor-
row and Tuesday, and all rules VIII De oo-
served. so that there will be no question
as to any records that Daniels may es-
tatiish
Sherwood Magee. the star out6elder OF
the Philadelphia National League baseball
team who had been holding out for an IN
crease in salary. came TO terms with 'he
club yesterday and signed contract Tor
three years. Magee says he is satisned
with the salary he is TO get and also with
the promises made.
Connie" Mack, manager or the werlhs .
champion Athletics. has turned over
Tommy Atkins, one OF his pitchers. 10 the
Baltimore club OF the Eastern League.
n
and Mack can pull him back IL he needs
him. May 81 has been set apart as DAVIS
Day," when a big benefit viii be given at
shibe Park in honor OF the veteran captain
of the Athletics. Davis will continue to
play first base this year.
The Red Sox left Boston yesterday on a
transcontinental tour, the longest ever un-
hal a
trip. Ten players began the Journey and
others will join the squad az Chicago. and
by the time California Is reached it is ex-
nected that the entire list of players re-
served by the club will be on duty and
ready for the warming up drill The Red
Sox will play exhibition games throughout
the West and Middle West until the season
opens, on April u
Frank Chance, manager OF the Chicago
Cubs predicts another pennant for hts team
by saying:
THE National League is going to have
great race this year. II will be fight that
will stand out. Four teams az least VIII
he strong contenders throughout the sea
son. The Cubs will surely have their hands
full. 1t will take a whole lot OF work and
a lot OF fight, but | think Wen VIII hisnt
now our chances are brightest. and ~ would
be strange II anything happened before ths
start Of the season that could darken
them
Twenty-Five baseball writer's and critics
do not agree with Frank Chance. In
SYMPOSIUM published In a Cincinnati paper
the New York Giants are picked 10 win.
with Chicago second. Cincinnati third ard
Pittsburg fourth. The following. table tells
the story:
plaza isf "a "A ath. Sth. 9Th Ith. 9th.