Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1899 — ODDS & ENDS OF SPORTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ODDS & ENDS OF SPORTS

There are about 1,000 trotting tracks in the United States. Sharkey's future is more problematical now than it ever was. Young riuto, the Australian boxer, will remain in this country. Sockalexis will not be on the Cleveland baseball roster next season. W. A. Brady’s re-entrance into the pugilistic field has caused a sensation. At the Olympic Club of Portland. Ore., Dudley Evans knocked out Jack Hill in four rounds. Tom Keane, the Boston runner, came very near winning another Sheffield handicap the other day. Jack Hammond of Detroit knocked out George Ryan of Milwaukee in the fourth round at Milwaukee. The All-Star bowling club won another series of games from the Cincinnati experts, beating them five straight gamea. A new toe weight has been invented, loaded with quicksilver, which can easily he run out, thus lessening the weight when desired. The opinion seems to be gaining ground that, if harness racing is made two in three, instead of best three in five, it will prove popular with the public. “Of course, I am the champion pugilist of the world,” says Jim Corbett. “I have challenged the only man who ever beat me, and he refsses to fight me. What better claim could a man have than that?”