Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1910 — IN THE WORLD OF SPORT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

Ad Woigast, Pugilism's China Doll Ornament

No limelight champion has ever been so unpopular with the fight fans as Ad Wolgast. the present holder of the title. Since he defeated Bat Nelson last February he has evaded all the cracks of his division and has taken on third raters instead. But the so called easy marks have not proved the soft plucking that Adolph thought. In the two last contests he has engaged in Wolgast has broken his left arm twice in different places. This will surely make him timid and injure his hitting powers and perhaps force him to quit the ring. Critics have now dubbed him the prize ring's china dolt

Trades Help Ball Tossers. ! A change of scenery oft eh works wonders with a ball player. A star who is practically no use to a eer- ~~ - / . '• '

tain club with ■ uother team regain bis old time so. a. For ins:uttt‘e. Jim Delahanty was more or less of a failure at Washington simply because the fans wouldn't give him credit for the good things he did, yet criticised strongly every failure to deliver. Detroit secured Delahanty when the team was badly in need of a. good second sacker. The fans welcomed him with open arms and gave him all kinds of encouragement. The result was that Delahanty began to play his real game, and his work had a big bearing on Detroit’s success in landing the bunting in 1909. Earl Moore was of no use to Cleveland or New York in the American league, yet after a year in the minors he came back to life and is now regarded as one of the best twirlers with the Philadelphia Nationals. Pitcher Suggs was of little use to the Tigers; in fact, he appealed so little to Jennings that he was turned back to the Southern league. Cincinnati picked up Suggs, and he has made good with a vengeance for the Reds, he being the winning pitcher of Clark Griffith's club.

Schaefer to Go. Washington baseball scribes say that “Germany” Herman Schaefer will be sold by the Nationals and that Minneapolis will be the most likely purchaser. McAleer has been in communication with the Minneapolis club owners, and if the Cantillon clan will take Schaefer’s Washington contract and fulfill its requirements it will not be strange to see the former BrewerTiger and more recently National player cavorting around the Minneapolis infield next year. If he goes he will probably fill in at shortstop, the position being made vacant by the drafting of Altizer by Cincinnati Value of Chicago’s Franchise. Asked what he would sell the Chicago Cubs for. President Charles Murphy, who controls the institution, declared the Cubs were not for sale, but were the club on the market nothing less than $1,000,000 would be considered. This is just ten times the price that Murphy and Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati paid for the franchise in 1905.

American League Umpires. * One of the reasons why there is so little kicking against the umpires in the American league is that the club owners believe in sustaining President Johnson in his policy for clean ball. It is reported to be a fact that not a ■ingle American league club owner has filed a protest against the work of any of Johnson's umpires this year.