Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — ODDS & ENDS OF SPORT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ODDS & ENDS OF SPORT

Jack Taylor lias pitched in thirty games for St. .Louis this year and won fifteen. The success that is attending the pitching of veteran A 1 Maul, who has been resurrected by Baltimore, has fired the enthusiasm of Galvin. The possibility of another fight for the heavyweight championship is remote. Fitzsimmons continues to hold himself aloof from any of the men who are anxious to meet him. "N Anson has applied to Ferd W. Peck, United States Commissioner at the Paris exposition, for permission to establish a department of athletics as a feature of the American exhibit. Eddie Bald is showing that form which liis friends have constantly predicted Since the opening of the season. His decisive win at Indianapolis, when he lowered the colors of his old-time rival, Cooper, shows that he still has the speed. This season has been one of the poorest the cycle manufacturers have yet experienced and as a result many failures have occurred that a year or two ago could not possibly be dreamed of. Tom O’Rourke, who is managing Sharkey, is moving heaven and earth to get on a match between the sailor-pugilist and Fitzsimmons. He says that the Lenox Club will give $15,000 for the match. A redaction of the price of chhinless wheels may be looked for in 1899. Some gucssers Who think themselves shrewd predict that in the sprihg the best chainless wheels will be obtainable for $75.