Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Pittsburg In Grand Circuit. Pittsburg, once one of the best members of the grand circuit, promises to again become a prominent factor In tbe light harness world. Land has been secured for the construction of a-large park with a mile track and a big clubhouse that will accommodate not otaly horse owners, but automobile owners us well. Tbe present Idea Is to bold a great fair in .connection with a race meeting of national importance. This combination seems to be tbe solution of the racing question, so far jia tbe light harness horse Is concerned. It is probable that tbe new association will ask for membership in tbe grand circuit, and those who remember the great meetings that were held in other days will extend a cordial welcome. Kstchsl May Fight Johnson. Stanley Ketctel, the two time middleweight champion, who is fast growing 'out* of his class, will soon forsake tbe middleweight ranks and will take on big Jack Johnson after the negro’s battle with .Tommy Burns, Dec. 26. , The report has been circulated that Johnson had challenged Ketcbel to n long distance bout, no matter what

STANLEY kETCHXL. the termination of his battle with Burns would be. Johnson is confident of winning the heavyweight title and says that Ketchel is the only available man in the w-orld to put up a stiff battle with him. Ketchel has expressed his willingness to meet the negro, but Says that he will rest up first before be tackles any one. Driscoll Wants Attsll’s Title. That the world's featherweight title Is In dauger of, changing bands and adorning a subject of the British isles was presaged at the National Athletic clnb recently. Jem Driscoll is one of the classiest little men who ever came out from England. He can both box and punch and knows all tbe artifice of the game. Abe Attell. the present holder of the title, showed in his recent bout with A 1 Wolgast that he is on tbe down grade. An anaiyzatton of the contest proved that he has lost speed, cleverness and ring generalship. These three attributes made him the great little champion that he is. If Driscoll can make the featherweight limit required in this country, 122 ponnds, he will prove a dangerous customer for Attell to tackle. Circling Globe on Bikes. Robert Hellinich, a German bicyclist who, accompanied by George Weldon, a Hungarian rider, left Paris early In July on a trip around. the world, arrived in Los Angeles, Cal., recently. The trip was started originally as one only of pleasure, but a prize being offered to the man who arrived in Paris first after having ridden around the world attmeted an American rider, Henry Fisher, who joined the foreigners at New York and entered the race. Hellinich is hundreds of miles ahead of his nearest competitor, Fisher. Bat Nelson Will Rest. Battling Nelson issued a statement recently that he would silence, for awhile at least, the demands of Welsh, Thompson. McFarland et al. for a fight in the near future. *T am through with the game until spring,” said the Dane. “I may consent to tight some time in March, but 1 hardly think so. April, however, probably will find me back in the ring.” $12,000 For Young Trottor. The two-year-old trotter Robert C.. by Peter the Great—Cocoon, was sold fpr $12,000 by the Pateheu Wilkes stock farm to C. G. Moore of St. Clair. Mich., recently. This is the highest price paid for a two-year-old for n long time. Robert C. won the Lexington stakes in October trots held In Lexington, Ky., and took fourth money in the two-year-old futurity. Middies’ Strong Gymnastic Team. The Naval academy will be represented Ip a strong gymnastic team this season and will have several meets with the best college teams In the. llfie of athletics. It is expected that Columbia will* send a team to Annapolis on Feb. 20 and tbe University of Pennsylvania on Feb. 27. A meet with I.ehigh will probably take place on an earlier date. MoCloakay to Manage Milwaukee. Former Manager McClopke.v of the St. Loots National league' team will manage tbe Milwaukee baseball club in 1908. He succeeds Barry McCoemlck. :

banks for the presidential nomination and Incidentally attacked the , other aspirants. Delavan Smith is widely known in the business world throughout the country. Besides his newspaper, he Is interested in typewriter manufacturing, street railways,, advertising and newspaper machinery. He is a member of the American Historical association and the Chicago Historical society. He te a bachelor, 1 firing In Tndianapolts.

DELA VAK SMITH.