The New York clipper annual (1887)

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THE NEW YORK CLIPPER ANNUAL.
 

Oct. 19—Double-scull raatcli. $1,000: G. H. Hosmer
and J. McKay beat C. T. Elnright and W. O'Connor;
18m. 2>^s.—Lake Quinslgamond, Mass.

Oct. 19—Thos. A.Hield'beatW. R. Kent, Ij^ miles;
11m. 12s.—Staten Island.

Oct. 23—J. MuTh beat W. Shindewolf, $200, 3 miles;
24m. 80s.—Bellaire, 0.

Oct. 30—International double-scull race, $450 and
$200, 2>^ miles. First heat: G. J, Perkins and D.
Godwin, 12s. start, beat W, Ross and G. W. Lee,
scratch. Second heat; J. Teemer and A. Hamm,
scratcli. beat G. Bubear and W. G. East, 12s. Final
heat: Teemer and Hamm beat Perkins and Godwin
—Thames, Eng.

Oct. 31—J. W, Kennedy beat Ed. Sohn, 3 miles,
$300; 22m. 31Ks.—Quincy, 111.

Nov. 1.—W. F. Conly beat J. D. Ryan, am. ch, of
New England and $100 prize, 1)4 miles, straight¬
away; 9m. 7s.—Boston, Mass.

Nov. 5, 6—Wm. Beckwith won 20h. swimming
race, lOh. daily, 24 miles 29 laps; J. Collier, 22.39; J.
Haggerty 19—London, Eng.

Nov. 7—Lawrence M. Donovan jumped from centre
of New Suspension Bridge, a stated distance of
190ft., into Niagara River.

Nov. 8—Four-oared race, $1,000, 4^4 miles; Han-
lan-Teemercrew beat Ross-Lee crew—Thames, Eng.

Nov. 28—Miss Sadie Allen and George Hazlett
passed through the Niagara Whirlpool Rapids.
 

ATHLETIC.

Nov. 6,1885—Clarence Whistler, American wrest¬
ler, died—Melbourne, Aus,

Nov. 9,1885—Tournament; winners: Cumberland
wrestling, 1). Dinnie; Grseco-Roman wrestling, Wm.
Miller; Cornisli, Scotch and collar-and-elbow wrest¬
ling, D. Dinnie; putting 201b stone, D. Dinnie;
throwing I6tt5 hammer, D Dinnie; 501b weight, D.
Dinnie; dumbbell, Wm. Miller, 175ib; 1351b dumb¬
bell, D. Dinnie, 7 times; holding 501fe weight on
palm of hand, arm horizontal, D. Dinnie, 28s.; toss¬
ing 20ft. caber, D. Dinnie—Melbourne, Aus.

Dec. 5, 1885—Handball, championship and $500;
Langan (4 games) beat Jones (0)—Melbourne, Aus.

Dec. 12 1885—Wrestling, Scotch and Cornish,
$250; D. Dinnie (3 falls) beat Wm. Williams (2)—
Melbourne, Aus.

Dec. 22,1885—Wrestling, Lancashire; Evan Lewis
(2 falls) beat T. Cannon (0)—Madison, Wis.

Jan. 1,1886—Football; Americans (18) beat Eng¬
lish (12)—Staten Island, N. Y.

Jan. 2—Football; England beat Wales.

Jan. 9—Wrestling, Lancashire, $200; J. Faulkner
(2 falls) beat T. Cannon (1)—Cincinnati, 0.

Jan. 9—Football; Scotland beat Wales—Cardifl".

Jan. 11,12—Headpin bowling tournament; Mont¬
gomery Club 690, Harmonic 622, Newark, No. 1,612—
Newark, N. J.

Jan. 18,19, 20—Roller-skating, 3 miles, $300; Alex.
Snowden beat N. E. Clark—Boston, Mass.

Jan. 22—Wrestling, mixed; T. Cannon (2) beat
Greek George (0)—Peoria, 111.

Feb. 1—Wrestling, Lancashire; T. Cannon (2)beat
J. Faulkner (1)—Cincinnati, 0.

Feb. 2—Wrestling, collar-and-elbow; Harry How¬
ard (3) beat F. Budd (0)—Orange, N. J.

Feb. 3—Wrestling, mixed; T. Cannon (3) beat M.
Thompson (1)—Cleveland, 0.

Feb. 6—Football match, Rugby; England (1 try)
beat Ireland (0)—Dublin.

Feb. 11—Hockey match; Victoria Club (3 goals)
beat Park Avenue (1)—Montreal, Can.

Feb. 12—Hockey match; Montreal A. A. A. (2)
beat Victoria (1)—Montreal, Can.

Feb. 13—Roller-skating race, 5-mile heats; Fred
White won, 16m. 4>^s.—Boston, Mass.

Feb. 13—All-around jumping match; T. F. Kear¬
ney (8 events) beat S. 1). McLean (1)—Boston, Mass.

Feb. 13—Wrestling, catch-as-catch-can; J. Faulk¬
ner (2) beat T. Cannon (1)—Columbus, 0.

Feb. 15—D. Lament died—Kilbarchan, Scotland.

Feb. 15—Wrestling; Greek George (3) beat A.
Christol (1)—Denver, Col.

Feb. 16—Roller-skating, am. ch. and medal,
6 miles; D. J. Doherty won; 17m. 26,5.—Boston, Mass.
 

Feb. 16—Roller-skating, $400, 5 miles; Bromley
beat Freeman; 15m. 38s.—Winnipeg, Man.

Feb. 19—Wrestling, mixed; J. H. McLaughlin (1)
beat Moth (1); latter refused to continue—Minne¬
apolis, Minn.

Fel). 19—Hockey: Crystal (3) beat Montreal A. A.
A. (0)—Montreal, Can.

Feb. 20—Football; Scotland (4) beat Ireland (0)—
Edinburgh.

Feb. 20—Roller-skating, 5 miles: C. Walton beat
J. F. Bartlett; 16m. 20s.—N. Y. City.

Feb. 22—Handball; Sweeney's Spaniard (140) beat
Jas. Dunn (103)—N. Y. City.

Feb. 23—Backward jumping; P. J. Griflin beat
Fish Carter, 9ft. lO^in.-Philadelphia.

Feb. 24—^Vrestling, collar-and-elbow; E. 0. Pooler
beat A. Butler (injured shoulder)—Cleveland, 0.

Feb. 24—Wrestling, catch-as-catch-can; C. Mitch¬
ell beat T. George—Leadville, Col.

Feb. 24—R. S. Haley died—San Francisco, Cal.

Feb. 25—Wrestling, catch-as-catch-can; T. Can¬
non (2) beat A. Pierre (0)—Cincinnati, 0.

Feb. 26—Wrestling, $300, catch-as-catch-can; M.
Sweeney (2) beat T. Connors (O)—New Bedford, Mass.

Feb. 27—Football; Wales (5) beat Ireland (0)—
Wrexham.

Feb. 27—Amateur boxing and wrestling cham¬
pionship meeting—N. Y. City. See "Amateur Ath¬
letics."

March 6—Tug-of-war, champ, of N. G. S. N. Y.;
13th Regt. (2) beat 7th Regt. (0)—N. Y. City.

March 8—Wrestling, mixed; E. Lewis (3) beat 0.
Moth (0)—Milwaukee, Wis.

March 10—Handball; Sweeney's Spaniard (144)
beat M. Lundy (99)—N. Y. City.

March 10—Wrestling, catch-as-catch can; B. Jones
(2) beat H. Keenan (1)—Newark, N. J.

March 11 —Amateur championship gymnastic
competitions—N. Y. City. See "Amateur Athletics."

March 13—Wrestling; A. Latham (2) beat D. J.
Mullen (0)—Lynn, Mass.

March 13—Football, England vs. Scotland; draw-
Edinburgh.

March 15-20 —Roller-skating tourney, 8 boura
daily; J. A. Snowden, 669% miles; W. Boyst, 669>£
—Minneapolis, Minn.

Marchl5—Wrestling, catch-as-catch-can; T. Can¬
non (3), J. Faulkner (1)—Cincinnati, O.

March 20—Football; Scotland (7) beat Ireland (2)
—Belfast, Ireland.

March 20—Roller-skating, belt, 5-mile heats; won
by C. Walton, beating Gus Anthony—Brooklyn^ N. Y.

March 25—New York State Football Association
organized—N. Y. City.

March 27—D. B. Chamberlain, '86, Harvard, put
161b shot 38ft. 63^in. —Hemenway Gymnasium.

March 29-April 3—Roller-skating, 3 hours daily;
J. A. Snowden, 245 miles 14 laps; W, Boyst, 244.8—
St. Paul, Minn.

April 1—George Sanderson, wrestler, died—Lon¬
don, Eng.

April 3—Thomas Conroy, handball player, died—
N. Y. City.

April 3—Football; 0. N. T. Club (3) beat Kearney
Rangers (1), final tie for championship of American
Association—Newark, N. J.

April 4—Albert J. McLellan, bowler, died—Jersey
City, N.J.

April 5—Wrestling, mixed; J. H. McLaughlin (2)
beat H. M. Dufur (1)—Minneapolis, Minn.

April 5-10—Roller-skating, 3 hours daily; J. A.
Snowdeb, 292 miles; W. Boyst, 288—Chicago. 111.
. April 6—W^restling, catch-as-catch-can; J. Faulk¬
ner (2) beat E. Bibby (1)—Cincinnati, 0.

April 6, 7—Cambridge defeated Oxford University
in racket matches; 4 to 2 in doubles, 3 to 2 in
singles—London.

April 8—Roller-skating, 5 miles; C.Walton won,
F. White second; 16m. 3s.—Boston.

April 8—Tug-of-war; Columbians (2 pulls) beat
South Boston A. C. (1)—East Boston.

April 8-rRoller-skating, 25 miles, heats; E. J.
Weston beat J. A. Mitchell; Ih. 40m.; Ih. 47m.—To¬
ronto, Ont.

April 10—Football; Scotland (4) beat Wales (1)—
Glasgow, Scotland.
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