Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1902 — The Queen of Skiers. [ARTICLE]

The Quee n o f Skiers.

Miss Freda Knagen, a charming and ' athletic brunette of Christiania, Is the only woman living who has eclipsed all male rivals In any branch of athletics. At the great ski-ing competitionheld last year at Holmenkollen she cleared the astounding distance of IOS’/i feet in a single jump, leaving the highest previous record 16 feet In arr?ar. The course at Holmenkollen, on the outskirts of Christiania, is the scene of the championship contests in the Swedish national sport. The course, which is of snow, deep, crisp and firm, slopes upward from a frozen lake at a sharp angle to the height of 160 feet. Twothirds of the way down the course there is a platform, from which there is a vertical drop of <3O feet. The competitor, with his wooden runners strapped to bis feet, slides rapidly down the crevice, acquiring momentum with every yard of the descent until he literally flies down the slope witfc the speed of an express train. When he reaches the "hop." he takes a flying leap in the air. lands skillfully after a flight of from 50 feet to 100 feet on the soft snow, and at a still higher speed, due to the momentum of his leap, flashes down the rest of the course and sails away over the flat surface of the lake until, by a dexterous turn, he comes to a stop. Snyder on Pitching, “Pitching in these days seems to be confined to one specialty, and that is throwing the ball,” sayw t’harley Snyder. "Of course we have several fine fielding pitchers in the big league today, but for all around work, such as batting, base running and fielding, where can we find the equals of Bobby Caruthers, Dave Foutz and those association pitchers of the eighties? Why, when Ifcibby Caruthers was not called on to pitch be was played In the outfield for his batting, being on» of the timeliest batsmen on the team. Dave Foutz was also one of Commie’s outfielders when he was not twirling. This pair of pitchers alternated in the outfield. Many a game did they wl» out, single handed, you might say. That Is, when a timely bit was needed to tie or win. Bobby or Foutz was often there with the goods. Ask a pitcher in this League today to double up in the outfield, and he would fall, knocked out enough to have ten onds counted over him. ’Old Hose' Radbourne often played the outfield for Providence, and it was a home run hit by Rad that won the Providence team an extra inning 1 to 0 game between the Detroit and Providence teams. This memorable game was played on the Detroit diamond, and Jolymie Ward pitched for Providence that day.”