Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1908 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Demarest to Turn Professional. It is about time for the billiard experts to chalk their cues for the busy season on the green covered tables, but for some reason the cueists are not showing much ambition to scramble after the big titles. Willie Hoppe ia now on a vaudeville tour. He says he isn’t going to engage in any championship this winter unless*cthe promoters show him something worth while. George Sutton Is .waiting for some one to challenge him for the 18.1 balk line Ale, Jake Schaefer Is out in Colorado for his health, and the lesser lights are plugging along in their respective grooves .waiting for something to turn up. The probable entrance of Calvin Demarest, amateur champion, into the ranks of the professionals may stir up

a match. Demarest has probably played his last amateur match. The great young champion has outstripped every one of his “simon pure” competitors bo completely that there is no one in this country, and perhaps not in the world, who can equal him. That Demarest is about to enter on a professional career and join the ranks of Schaefer, Sutton, Hoppe, Vignaux, Cure and the rest of the world's masters is practically admitted by those closest to him. Pittsburg Wants 1912 Olympic Games. “The world's Olympic games In Pittsburg in 1912!” That is the slogan that has beeu adopted by the uew Pittsburg Athletic association, which is to build a magnificent million dollar clubhouse in Oakland. The announcement was made recently that this organization was Teady to launch the campaign to secure the Olymplq games four years hence. The Olympic games were held the past summer In London and were attended by more than 3,000,000 people. Official reports from the management show a grand average attendance during the time that the visiting athletes were present from other countries of more than 100,000 daily. San Francisco will be Tlttsburg’s only competitor in this country for 1912. Lipton Offers New Cup. Sir Thomas Lipton, to encourage the racing of yachts of the 27 rating class, to be built for Massachusetts waters, has offered the Corinthian Yacht club of Marblehead a silver cup to be valued at 31,000. The offer grew out of the awarding of the Lipton cup for the 22 rating class, which was won the past season by the Eleanor, owned by Francis W. Fabyan. The conditions are that the class shall start with five boats built to conform to the scantling and cabiu restrictions of the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts. The cup will become the property of the owner winning three championships in the class in all open races in Massachusetts bay. The boats must be sailed by amateur helmsmen. 9225 Per Player Limit In Tri-Stats. It was unanimously decided at the special meeting of the Tri-State league held In Harrisburg, Pa., recently that the salary limit for each team be restricted to $2,500 per month and that no individual player was to receive an amount in excess of $225 for bis monthly services. York and Easton applied for admittance to the circuit, and in the event of Wilmington’s not maintaining a club either of these cities will be admitted. Further business decided was that 10 per cent of the gate receipts be turned over to the league next year and that the guarantee for visiting teams be reduced from SIOO to S6O. with S3O for postponements on account of rain. Akoose a Second Longboat. Paul Akoose, the Alberta redskin who won the big five mile holiday race in Winnipeg recently, is looked upon as ar second Tom Longboat, and many think he will prove even speedier than the Toronto aborigine. Akoose covered a five mile course of slush and mud and full of holes in the fast time of 27 minutes 26 seconds. Akoose Is a fall blooded Indian. Jonas to Manage White Sox Again. "Fielder Jones will be my manager next year,” says Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the Chicago Americans. “Jones made a great showing last year, and with the new men be will have when the season opens next year he will be able to walk to the front and keep up there throughout the season.” « Nancy Hanks’ Daughter. Grand old Nancy Hanka, 2KM! Her two-year-old daughter, Nancy McKerron, now carries a record of 2:18%.

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