Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1911 — SPORTS OF ALL SORTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SPORTS OF ALL SORTS

Cyclone Johnny Thompson beat. Billy Papke, the thunderbolt. Walter Johnson says he will pitch only 20 games in 1911. Jake Stahl refuses to badge from his soft Beat as a full fledged banker. A 1 Kaufman has sold all rights in himself for two years for $50,000, it is said. “ ‘Kid’ McCoy retains his judgment of distance and his eye,” says Jack O’Brien. Will the Chicago White Sox draw a booby or a Texas burro for a prize on October 8 ? * Walter J. Travis is copping medals as an amateur in sundry and divers tournaments. The game of billiards was introduced Into England at the. close of the sixteenth'century. Ootch and “Hack,” they say, may not meet this season, but may come together in the fall. Chinese athletes train on duck brains, which they consider the most strengthening food. - Good old Tom Lynch gets a substantial Increase in salary from the National league magnates. , Kid McCoy wants toicame back and

meet some “white hopes.” He might stow away a lot of ’em at that. Arthur Irwin, scout of the Yankees, has an idea that his team will finish on top of the American league heap. Frank Chance expects to train off 20 pounds on his spring jaunt to be in fighting trim for the finish bout. Jack Knight, Yankee shortstop, added to the joy of the New York fans by affixing his signature to a three-year contract. For the sake of safety, a baseball player’s shoe has been patented in which the deadly spikes are replaced by pieces of chain. Garry Herrman, chairman of the National commission and owner of the Cincinnati Reds, has won a new nickname. They call him the “Official Banqueter” now. Patrick Donohue, who is a catcher as well as being the brother of “Jiggs,” the old White Sox first baseman, has been turned back to the minors. Memphis is his destination. Claude Ritchey, at one time with the Pittsburg Pirates and later with the Boston Doves, has agreed to the terms of the Louisville Colonels and will be classed as a Nightrider this season.