Sporting and Athletic Records

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Racquets Amateur Champions. 1888, C. D. B UXTON; 1889, E. M. B UTLER; 1890, P. A SHWORTH; 1891, H. P HIUPSON; 1892, 1893, F. D AMES- L ONGWOUTH; 1894—1897 H. K. F OSTER. In the semi-final tie of the Doubles Championship on the 7 April 1897, W. L. and R. E. F OSTER beat F. C. S COTTER and C. H, M ORTIMER by 4 love games to love (15 — 0,15 —o, 15 — 0,15 — o). W. L. F OSTER opened service, scored all the aces in the first two games, and added six in the third, thus putting on a sequence of 36 aces. Ski Jumping 103ft. by T ORJUS H EMMESTRADT, keeping his legs to the finish, at Red Wing, Minn., 12 Jan. 1894. Best jump in Europe 91ft., but the man fell, at Trondhjem, Norway, in 1893. Skipping F RANK U NCLES made 2000 consecutive jumps with a skipping rope, without a miss, in 14m, 30s. at Auburn, N.Y., 1 Jan. 1891. Skittles J AMES G ARWOOD stuck up and knocked down 78 full frames in 30m.; 100 in 37m. 55s.; 155 frames and 7 pins in 1 hour; 282 frames and 5 pins in 2 hours; and 422 frames in 3 hours; London, 13—22 Oct, 1890. 1432 pins set up and knocked down in 1 hour by J. G AR­ WOOD, London, 5 Dec. 1892; 1410 pins in 1 hour by G. H UBBARD, London, 4 Dec. 1883 : 2792 pins in 2 hours by J. G ARWOOD, Lon­ don, 8 Oct. 1890. 125 "nines", sticking up and knocking down, within the hour, by N ED H UBBARD, London, 10 May 1893; 118 "nines", within the hour, by J. G ARWOOD, London, 17 Sept. 1892; 114 " nines", within the hour, by N ED H UBBARD, London, 30 Sept. 1892.