Word: champion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dates for the coming match-races between the champion amateur runners of England and America have been arranged as follows: Half-mile, Saturday, Nov. 4; one mile, Saturday, Nov. 11; and 1.320 yards, Saturday, Nov. 18. They tossed for choice of the distance to be run first, the New-Yorker winning, and of course choosing the event which he is considered most likely to win. It is not yet settled as to the track on which the races will be run, but it will be at either the Polo Grounds or the track of the N. Y. A. C., with...
Fitzgerald, champion of the great walking match, is in first-rate condition, showing no ill effects after his long walk. He has already opened negotiations with Rowell for a race for $5000 a side...
...continue his efforts. The foot-ball season has already opened at Harvard, and candidates are at work. Hard work alone will enable Harvard to make a good showing, as some of the best players in college graduated last year. The university, however, has Richard D. Sears, the amateur champion of the United States at lawn tennis, and many other fine players. That the interest in athletics will not only be maintained, but will be greater than ever, is evinced by the fact that all lockers are taken, and the 125 new ones in course of construction will no doubt...
...Champion L. E. Myers has given up business for the time and gone into strict training for his matches with Mr. George. The American is directing his efforts to the mile race, realizing that that will be the odd event...
...American eighteen were badly defeated by the champion Australian eleven in New York yesterday...