Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1908 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Larned Four Time Tennia Champion. Year after year the lawn tennia folks wonder whether William A. Larned Isn’t ever going to get too old to win cups, championships and other things. But William doesn’t. His recent victory marked the fourth holding of the all comers title In singles for Larned. And that at forty years of age! In a way the recent match was the repeti-

tlon of his first winning of the title In 1901, when he met and defeated Beals Wright in the final and took the honors by the default of Malcolm D. Whitman. The next year Larned defended successfully against Reginald F. Doherty of the English cup team, but lost m 1903 to the doughty little Hugh L. Doherty. He regained his title last year by defeating William J, Clothier. The latter had previously taken his championship by defeating Wright, w ho stood in the place of challenger recently.

Changes In Basket Ball. Collegiate basket ball will be an entirely different game next season as a result of changes made in the playing rules by the collegiate basket ball rules committee at its annual meeting. Last season there was much criticism because of rough playing in the championship series, and the rules committee instead of doing the expected and making rules to prevent roughness has done the opposite. The most important change is to make legal a basket scored by a throw after a dribble. This was done, it was announced, with the object of making the game more popular. It will ainoug a certain class, and It will also make the game rougher than ever played and one that will make football mild by comparison.

Heidrick May Get $5,000. Emmett Ileldrick. star outfielder, quit the St. Louis Browns of the American league three years ago to go Into the coal business with his father in Pennsylvania. The Browns made him many tempting offers to get him back into the game, but Emmett was too busy helping pop make money. But the recent commercial depression must have hit the coal business in Pennsylvania, for Ileldrick Is again earning money as a ball player. He recently rejoined the Browns and will play the outfield the rest of the season. It is reported that Manager Jimmy McAleer has contracted to pay Heidrick a $5,000 salary for the last seven weeks of the season.

Halstead May Retire. J. P. Halstead of Cornell university, the most sensational one mile runner Ameriea has seen since the days of Tommy Conneff. is going to retire from the track. This piece of news, unwelcome though it Is. is vouched for by a member of the Olympic games party to whom Halsted confided his Intentions shortly after the London games were over. Halsted made no secret of the fact that he was sorely disappointed at his luck In London, both on account of the stomach trouble that affected his running and the “unfortunate” heat drawings that paired him against Mel Sheppard in his very first effort

Lajoie Praises Goode. Manager Lajoie of the Cleveland Americans Is loud In his praise of Wilbur Goode, the former left handed pitcher of the New York team who is now playing center field for the Naps. Lajoie thinks him the best looking youngster he has seen, and unless his showing in the recent games is a mere flash in the pan he believes that he has corralled a great player.

Record Breaker For the Reds. By shutting out Little Rock recently Ralph Savidge. the linger nail curver purchased by the Cincinnati Nationals, created a season's record In the Southern league with but one run allowed la forty-five consecutive Innings.

Refuses $40,000 For Allen Winter. M. H. Reardon, owner of Allen Winter, wlnuer of the Readvllle Derby, the richest purse ever hung up for trotting horses, recently refused an offer of $40,000 for the animal. Cardinals Buy Osteen. 1 Shortstop Osteen of the Fort Wayne Central league team has been landed by the St. Louis Nationals.

WILLIAM A. LARNED, NATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPION.