Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1904 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Datr a WeaiMtsl Rasaer. John J. Daly, who recency won In New York the five mile refhnlng championship of America, Is the champion cross country runner of Ireland. Daly, hailing from Dowras, County Galway, first attracted attention in

1901. Since then he has acquired a reputation by leaps and bounds, as his records show. Ills maiden efforts In athletics were In the broad jump, but he soon discovered his abilities as a runner and confined all his attention to this branch of sports. Daly has not only beaten all the best runners in Ireland, but has held his own with England’s best men. In an eight mile race in England he finished second to Schrubb, Great Britain’s most famous distance runner, and was only beaten a few yards. 1 He has won in all four cross country championships of Ireland —the four miles fiat once, three miles once, two miles once, one mile twice, international mile and four miles once. Dnn Patch, Great Record Holder. Dan Patch, the unbeaten pacing champion, has now made his last attempts of this season to reduce the pacing figures. The brown son of Joe Patchen will go into winter quarters with till the world’s records to his credit, just as he did a year ago. By recently pacing a mile to sulky in 1:50 flat Dan Patch broke his own world’s record for such a performance and incidentally set new figures which stand today as the fastest mile ever negotiated by a horse in harness. The record, while the fastest of many held by Dan Patch, is not regarded with any more importance than is the half mile mark of 0:50 made over the local track In 1903 or any other of the wonderful flights against time which marked kls appearance each season. The three choicest records sought for by horsemen are held by Dan Patch. They were made with a pacemaker In front, but without the aid of the regulation wind shield: Mile pacing record to sulky, 1:56; mile pacing record to wagon, 1:57%; half mile record to sulky, 0:56. New Automobile Record*. Frank Croker, driving a seventy-five horsepower racing car, has made new track records at the Empire City (New York) track from one mile to twelve In a twenty mile trial against time. On his thirteenth mile one of the tires exploded, and be had to withdraw. The first mile was covered in 57 3-5 seconds, four-fifths of a second better than the previous amateur record of 58 2-5 seconds, made by Frank G. Garbutt last month in Dos Angeles, Cal. Croker’s time for the twelve miles was 11 minutes 32 1-5 seconds. His best mile was the eleventh, made In 56 3-5 seconds, which is the world’s amateur record for a mile. Frank Kulick sent a twenty horsepower car against Alfred Vanderbilt’s thirty horsepower car And W. Gould Brokaw’s sixty horsepower racer. Kulick won and made new records for two and three miles, 1 minute 64 seconds and 2 minutes 51 seconds.

Kltegr Btill With Sale*. Johnny Kllng, star catcher of the Chicago National league baseball club, will be with the club another year. In an interview in Kansas City he said there was little likelihood he would have a team In the American association next season and that he fully expected to resume bis place under Manager Selee. Bella The Admiral. Walter Palme# of Ottawa, IIL, recently sold the pacing stallion The Admiral, 2:07%, by Be Sore, 2:06%, to Edward Brilliard of St Martinsville, La. A Haw Chleagra Athletic Ctmh. The Illinois Athletic club is the name of a new organization projected In Chicago by wealthy backers.

JOHN J. DALY, INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC CHAMPION.