Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1905 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Breamoham ma a Catcher. Owing to the loos of the services of Jack Warner, Manager McGraw was ■compelled to look about for a new catcher for his New York Nationals.

Roger Hroflnnhan. the hard hlttlng center fielder, having had some previous experience as a backstop, was given a chance to show what he could do. Itoger “made good” and will continue through the season as catcher for the National league champions.

Lon Dillon, li&8 1-2. It Is understood that Lou Dillon, 1:5814, the trotting queen, is soon to be shipped from California to the east, though exactly when has not been stated. Very Interesting reports concerning her present condition eomo from San Jose, Cal., where she has wintered under the care of Budd Doble, the “dean of the sulky.” She was shipped to him last December, and he has devoted most of his time to her ever since then. She now weighs 865 pofinds, which is more than ever before, and as she hns not been heavily fed it is all hard, solid flesh. A year ago she was wintered at Memphis and given a complete let-up for weeks, not being harnessed, but Doble has driven her from eight to eighteen miles daily ever since he received her, though so far she has scarcely seen a track and has not been a mile faster than 2:40. The two minute mare, as Is well known, is at once the gentlest and the highest spirited thing of her sex and breed, and Tier peculiar ways have added much to the wonder that her record breaking has excited. Doble, it is said, has devoted himself studiously to perfecting her manners and with such success that she now Jogs quietly at any gait, does not fret or chafe at restraint and seems in many respects a different mare.

Owen Moran. Owen Moran is another English boxer who has Just come over and has been taken under the protective wing of the once fairly prominent Thomas O’Rourke, which means that most of the little Englishman’s fighting will be done in the New York newspapers. Just what Moran's claims to being a fit opponent to meet any one of the half a hundred American second raters are based upon would be hard to say. To be sure, he has fought Jem Bowker, the little Johnny Bull who did funny things to the unsatcd Frankie Neil of San Francisco not loug ago, drawing twice and getting licked once, but these performances are hardly sutflcient to justify a serious rating for him on this side. It. is rather queer he did not get on with Bowker again, since Jem won the championship from the Californian and demonstrated that his defeat by the latter was a fluke, ami thus fit hint as a. candidate for a battle with America’s ex-champion. It is an odds on bet. however, that Neil or even Harry Forbes can defeat Morau so easily that lie will hardly have time to realize that he lias landed. These British importations in a lighting' nay for many years' "have'"been Jokes. —

Young I orbed’* Two Matches. Young Corbett, tin* ex-featherweight champion of the world, has two good mutches ou. Ills first will be with Eddie Hanlon of San Francisco, whom he meets for twenty rounds, weigh iu at ♦5 p. in. on May 25), liefore the Hayes Valley Athletic club of San Francisco. His second fight will lie with Spike Thompson of Butte, Mont., with whom he clashes for twenty rounds at 130 pounds on June 13 liefore the Silver Bow Athletic club of Butte. .

Promising Young Harness Horsea. James Evans of Atlantic City, N. J„ has in training at Maplewood stock farm, Uqudstown, N. J„ several promising youngstei-s—a three-year-old filly by Maplewood Norval, dam Mlgnon. by Yorktown Boy, son of Jersey Volunteer; a two-year-old pacer by Maplewood Norval, dam Lady Garrison, by Tramp Panic, and a yearling by Straight Cut, son of Director, 2:17, dam Mlgnon.

The Texas Racing Bill. Mainly through the efforts of Senator J. W. Bailey the legislature of Texas has passed a racing bill which admits of making books and selling pools on race tracks. Several big trotting meetings will be held in that state.

WutMl, m Taker. Frwl M. Knowles, aecretary-treasurer of th ' New York Olanta, is empowered to tK SI,OOO to SIO,OOO that the champion repeat their performance of 1004 and iat the National league pennant afii ’ floats over the Polo grounds.

ROGER BRESNAHAN AS A CATCHER.