Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1908 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

En Sue, Chinas* Bail Player. Chinamen in this country have not yet taken up the great American national game of baseball, but there Is a Celestial- In Hawaii who threatens to break Into the doings in this country very soon. This Chinaman Is En Sue, one of the greatest sprinters of the present age. He haß a record of 5 2-5 seconds for the fifty yard dash and is t

reputed ta be able to run 100 yards In 9 4-5 seconds. At present be is playing third base for a team in Honolulu, and his work In tbe field, with the bat and on the bases is s&ld to be marvelous. He has played against several American ball teams, and his ability has been very highly spoken of. In another year some enterprising manager in the United States will probably Import him. Taft Bays Jap Can Defeat Gotch. “I believe Hitacbiyama, the Japanese wrestler who recently visited the White House, cau defeat Frank Gotch,” said Secretary of War Taft recently. “Anyway, I don't think Gotch has a right to consider that be has finished the job until he has made my old rrieng Hitacbiyama cry ‘Enough!’ 1 don't know whether it would be possible for tbe two men to agree on terms.” said the secretary. “Wrestling lu Japan is a very different matter from wrestling in America. Instead of being roped in on a mat, as they are here, tbe Japanese wrestlers struggle not only to throw each other, but to push each other outside the marked area. When a combatant steps over tbe line with both feet be loses tbe bout, just as be would if be bad been thrown on both shoulders.” Vigilant to Rac* Again. Tbe old America’s cup defender Vigilant will be put in commission this Summer and raced by C. Oliver I sell n. Tbe famous yacbt is now laid up high and dry on the beach of Gardiner’s bay, at Greenport, N. Y., but work of uncovering her and fitting her out Willie begun shortly. She will be put overboard tbe middle of May. Mr. Iselln bought tbe Vigilant last sum-* mer, but did-uot race her. She Is elaborately furnished and therefore much heavier than s*he was when she defeated Lord Dunraven’s Valkyrie KL off Sandy Hook in 1893, but-she is still fast and probably will be queen of the coast this summer In windward work. Though now rigged as a yawl, she retains a large mainsail and has little less power than a sloop of the same flze.

Sayre Champion Revolver Shot. Lieutenant R. H. Sayre of New York won the revolver champlonsWp at the recent indoor tournament of the United States Revolver association, conducted simultaneously in fourteen states. Scores were issued recently by Secretary J. B. Crabtree of New York. Sayre’s score was 451 out of a possible 800. R. M. Ryder of Paterson. N. J.. was second, with 436 and W. G. Krieg of New York third, with 435. Sayre also won the New York honors in the state championship division. Schoenlein Champion Wrestler. Gus Schoenlein, better known ss “Americas,” of Baltimore ia now the champion light heavyweight eatch-as-catch-can wrestler of America. He won that title recently at Baltimore, when be won two straight falls from Fred Beell of Wisconsin before 4,000 people. Nelson to Fight Unholz. Battling Nelson has signed articles to fight forty-five rounds with Boer Unhols before a San Francisco dob on the afternoon of May 16, the weight to be 183 pounds. The men are to fight for 50 per cent of the gate receipts. Griffin Swarthmoro Basket Ball Captain At a meeting of the Swarthmore college basket ball team and substitute., recently Frank Griffin of Chester, Pa., was unanimously chosen to lead the team for next year. Griffin baa played on the team for two years. Oddly Named Trotting Horses. Among the odd named trotting horses that will be raced this season are The Pig, Loony, Too Much Mcgregor, The Candy, Wables, Wick! Wlckl And The Limit. Versatile Charley Hiekman. Charley Hickman'of the Cleveland American league ball club has filled every position In baseball. Including 1 substitute and selling diamond parapbemalia.

EN SUE.