Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1907 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

A Leading Flret Basemen. “Jlgga” Donohue of the Chicago Americans Is Justly considered one of the greatest of all, first basemen. With Frank Chance/and Hal Chase be leads the world In this position.Donohue was one of the chief individual factors in the capture of the world’s championship ip the fall of 1906, his fielding being phenomenal and game saving and his batting most timely. Donohue was bom on July 13, 1879, at Springfield, O. He played his first

game of real baseball at Marietta, 0., In 1896, starting as a catcher. In 1900 he joined the Pittsburg Nationals. He finished that season with Minneapolis, then went to Milwaukee In 1901. At the close of 1903 he was purchased for the Chicago American White Sox and Joined them in 1904. He throws and bats left banded. English Baseball. Ted Everett of Buffalo, who is managing an amateur baseball team in London, England, has written a letter to a friend telling how the great game Is misplayed In dear old London. Part of the letter reads as follows: ' “Well, the game over here Is really strange, and I don’t know just what to say about it. Americans make up most of the teams in the British league, and yqp would he- surprised to see some of the resident Americans who come out to play. They are as regular as clockwork and play In all kinds of weather. The weather has been anything but good for baseball, and this has given most of us old horses stiff legs and sore arms, and the teams with young players have had somewhat the advantage. “Our team Is composed mostly of chaps older than myself, and you know, after an illness of some years, It Is no cinch to get out and run about bases, throw balls, etc. They are trying to make the game popular over here as. a summer pastime. So few Englishmen understand anything about It that the best plays are not generally wondered at “Close, snappy games are not wanted. What the people want Is lots of hitting, plenty of running, and errors don’t enter Into the thing at aIL We played a corking good 6 to 5 game not long ago, and the spectators didn’t have any use for It at all. We had several good catches, donble plays and some really good fielding, hut all of this was wasted. “Following our game came the reserve team, which ended with a score something like 52 to 38, filled with hard hitting, all sorts of running and Innumerable errors. This game was Just what the people wanted, and they had a great time. “There are some English football players and cricket players In the game, and you can tell them by every move. Throw a cricket flayer a high ball and he doesn’t know what to do with It.”

Olympic Games Programme. President James E. Sullivan of the Amateur Athletic uriion and secretary of the American committee, of the British Olympic games of 1908 has received * communication from the Right Hon. Lord Desborough, chairman of the British Olympic games committee. Inclosing for _ the Information of the American committee the proposed programme sanctioned»by the international Olympic committee at their meeting held at The Hague In May, 1907. This programme was sent to President Sullivan In order to give the American committee an opportunity to offer their suggestions before the final draft of the programme is made. Sports of all sorts will be represented, and In most of the events the entries from any one country are limited to twelve. . Crafty Young Jockeys.' A well tnown horse Owner says that young jockeys aye most difficult to manage. He further states: “As the boys gain some little experience In race riding they naturally become artful and at the same time conscious of their own shortcomings. When opportunity arises many of them, following in the wake of their Rider colleagues, attempt to take all sorts of liberties and often ride unfairly. When in difficulties they plead more often than not that the fault 1* doe to the waywardness of the horse* they ride.” Another Bingen Pilly. Oastanea, 2:19%. the dam of Cochatfl£ 2:11%, recently foaled a filly by Bingen, 2:06%. and will be bred to Tod 4, 2:14%.

“JIGGS' DONOHUE