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SFOm ING NOTES.Bummer nuw holds the record foi six furlongs over a circular track. H* stepped the distance at Kinloch Park last October in 1:12 flat, with 81) pounds up. The previous record wai 1:12%, held jointly by O'Connell, Flora Louise and Mary Black.Tommy Ryan of Syracuse has re* pented of his aetiod in denouncing the purse offered by the National Sporting club of London for a battle between himself and Charley McKeever of Philadelphia as being very small and has decided to accept. Ryan la a shrewd matchmaker and always takea good care of his own interests.Maxwell W. I^ong carried off the individual athletic honors of the year 3900. Long wears the colors of the New York Athletic club and Is a product of Long Island. For all distances from 300 yards up to and Including 440 yards Long has established all the records. Long defeated the Eng’ish champion at that distance and made the world’s record in the 400-meter run at Parts.McCoy announces his willingness to fight Jeffries, Corbett, Ruhlin or Sharkey, but up to the present writing each and everyone of the quartet has sidestepped his defl, giving as their ostensible reason that there would be no money, even for the winner, in a contest with him, on account of the supposition that his contest with Corbett was a fake.Ben Tlepel died in the Insane asylum at Lakeland, Ky., the other day. For years he was a noted figure in the trap shooting world, having won many championship prizes and competed against the best shots of the day. He was also the inventor of the Tlepel arm for throwing the old clay pigeons, as well as other improvements on traps, Tlepel was about 40 years o!d, and was taken to the insane asylum on Dec. 18, He was a participant in theGrand American Handicap in 1899,One of the best performances of 1900 was Cbarentus* mile and a quarter at Empire City, in 2:04, with 106 up. Charentus 1b a aix-year-oltl. The old record was 2:04%, held by Algol and David Tenney. Two new records were established at New Orleans last February. Teutons ran two miles and a sixteenth in 3:58. The horse 1b a four-year-old. and carried 94 pounds.Kid Broad's manager says that be had received an offer of 15,000 to meet McGovern at San Francisco during the first week of February.In 1891 John MeGraw played shortstop on the Cedar Rapids (la.) team. He was under 20, very boyish, quick as a flash, but very erratic in bis work. Barnie succeeded in getting him, but his work was too uncertain, and Barnie benched him and wanted to release him, but Von der Horst rather liked Mac’s dash and nerve and refused to allow it, He wanted Hanlon to look him over, Hanlon looked him over, tried him at second, third and short and outfield. Then he placed him on third in the regular team and kept him there, saying from the very Arst that he would he a great bail player some day.
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Herald
Eldora, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 06, 1901
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