Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1908 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Longboat Starts Trouble. Thomas Longboat, the famous Canadian Indian long distance runner, has once more made himself the center of an athletes' wrangle by accompanying the Canadian Olympic team to London In spite of the fact that his entry had been refused. Longboat is blacklisted for all athletic meets in this country on the ground that he Is a professional. No positive proof to this effect, however, has ever been produced against him. On account of the fight made against him by the A. A. U. it was announced from England that Longboat’s entry had been refused by the Euglish Olym-

pic committee. But Canada intends to use Longboat If possible, and be was taken along in an effort to get the English committee to change its decision. Longboat is undoubtedly oqe of the best long distance runners on this side of the Atlantic, and there is good ground for the belief of the Canadians that he can win the Marathon run or the five mile event at the Olympic meet. Canada ls extremely anxious for Longboat to win, because Sherring,

Canadian, won the race at Athens two years ago.

Billy Bullivan's Glass Leg, On the train bearing the Chicago White Sox home from the eastern trip Catcher Bill Sullivan rose to fatne as the only star backstop in the world with a glass leg. The glass arm is a common feature and always will be, but the brittle leg is an entirely new idea. In the last Boston game Dennis Sullivan slid into Bill at the plate and stung him on the left shank with the cruel hoofs. Professor guckner has covered the wound with an isinglass cup as big as an ice cream saucer, which is held In place by strips of adhesive plaster. The glass cup Is perforated so that BUI can peek In and see how the wound Is getting on without disturbing the bandage. Thus we have the latest thing in baseball mangling. the hothouse eliarloy horse stabled under the glass. Bill is proud of the new eminence he has attained and will exhibit his glass leg upon request. Bacon’s Great Hurdling. Carelessness on the part of Charles Bacon of the Irish-American Athletic club of New York prevented him from ' breaking a world's record which has stood for thirty-one years recently at Celtic park. New York. He won the quarter mile high hurdles event in the phenomenal time of one minute, bnt In doing so‘toppled over two hurdles and deprived himself of the mark. Bacon’s time was eight and a quarter seconds faster than the world’s mark, established by R. S. Symmerhayes of Canada at Montreal in 1877, and eight and three-fifth seconds better than the American mark, held by .1. T. Mahoney of the New-York Athletic club. The Cubs’ New Pitcher. A new pitcher has reported to Manager Frank Chance of the Chicago world’s champions. He Ls William F. Mack, who has been studying at Syracuse university. Mack is a tall and slender youth and looks much like Harry White of the Chicago White Stockings when in action. Although Mack adds another ball player to the Cub roster, Chance is anxious to get more men in good physical condition with the club. Almost from the opening of the season the champions have been heavily handicapped by injuries, yet they have dung tenaciously to first place. * - Mack Signs Shortstop Barry. Jack Barry, captain and shortstop oi the Holy Cross team of Worcester, Mass., has been signed by Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Americans. Barry, wbd has played for four years on Holy Cross, has fairly earned ths title of the “best shortstop who ever wore the purple.”

The largest stock of furniture ever in Jasper county at Williams’.

THOMAS LONGBOAT, FAMOUS INDIAN LONG DISTANCE RUNNER.