Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1907 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Slugger Jordan. x Tim Jordan, first baseman of th# Brooklyn National baseball team, has been eagerly sought by major league team managers iu need of a heavy

hitter. Jordan's batting Is the Joy of Brooklyn. He Is up among the league leaders in home run hitting. "Jordan will not lie released at any price,” says President Ebbets of the Brooklyns, "and the same may be said of Harry Lumley.” First Baseball Rulos. The first set of baseball rules of which thefre is any known record was framed by the old Knickerbocker club away back in 1845. They are brief as compared with the present code, being as follows: Section L The bases shall be from "home" to second base, forty-two paces; from first to third base, forty-two paces—equidistant. Sec. 2. The game to consist of twentyone counts or aces, but at the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played. Bee. 8. The ball must be pitched, and not thrown, for the bat. Sec. 4. A ball knocked outside the range of the first or third base Is foul. Sec. 5. Three baUs being struck at and missed and the last one caught is a hand out; if not caught. Is considered fair and the striker bound to run. Sec. 6. A ball being struck or tipped and caught either flying or on the first bound is a hand out. Sec. 7. A player running the bases shall be out If the baU is in the hands of an adversary on the base or the ruifher is touched by It before he makes his base. It being understood, however, that In no instance is a ball to be thrown at him. Sec. 8. A player running who shall prevent an adversary from catching or getting the ball before making his base Is a hand out. Sec. 9. If two hands are already out a player running home at the time a ball Is struck cannot make an ace If the striker la caught out. Sec. 10. Three hands out, all out. Sec. 11. Players must take their strike In regular turn. Sec. 12. No ace or base can be made on a foul strike. Sec. 13. A runner cannot be put out In making one base when a balk is made by the pitcher. Sec. 14. But one base allowed when the ball bounds out of the field when struck. Section 7 was afterward changed so that the first baseman only could put a player out by bolding the ball on the base before the striker reached It.

St. Louis Ball Recruits. The St Louis Nationals have a large number of new young players. Manager McCloskey has flagged old Jake Beckley, who has gone to the minors. A youth from Oshkosh or some other Wisconsin league team is first basing for the Cardinals now. Another first baseman, Burnett 1® doing outfield duty temporarily. He is from the Pacific coast, where he was quite a hitter. Outfielder Kelly has been returned to Baltimore, and as Burch has been sold to Brooklyn the St. Louis outfield has been made over. Murray, the college lad who, started as a catcher, remains in left. He isn’t a very good fielder, but he is a red headed youth who can smack the ball, and be is gradually improving In his fly chasing. Lafferty’s Good String. Ed Lafferty, the man who trained Nut Boy,* 2:07%. during the early part of last season and who drove him in his races previous to his being turned over to M. E. McHenry at Buffalo, Is at Stony Ford farm. In Orange county, N. Y., where he has nine head of promising speed prospects in training, seven of which were sired by Austral, the brother to Boreal, 2:15%. Only two of the lot are record horses—Bucklock, 2:15%, by Axworthy, and Trampas, 227%, by Austral. Lafferty Is a fine conditioner and a good reinsman, and under his charge the Stony Ford farm horses are likely to win some money and glory before next fall.

v Jay Northrop. Jay Northrop, who has been made captain of the Northwestern university baseball team for the season of 1908, will be a senior in the college of liberal arts next year and will also play his third year of baseball. He is catcher on the team and besides being a good backstop was one of the best hitters and a good judge of batters. His home Is at Woodstock, 111. __ Three Rising Bell rlsyere. To take the place of Lajoie when he drops the title of hero of the league there are now three youngsters who .will probably be battling for the honor, t’hey are Hal Chase, Tyrns Cobb and Harry Niles, and experts say that never have three young ball players shown greater promise of being the three greatest ball players In the league at one time. j — Atlantic League Change. The Pottsville club of the outlaw Atlantic league baa released Manager-Cap-tain Wall and has appointed OutflekSar Cook as team manager.

TIM JORDAN.