Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1911 — IN THE WORLD OF SPORT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

Lapp, Athletics’ Promising Young Backstop.

Manager Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Americans says that in Lapp he has one of the most promising young catchers in the country. The Athletics’ leader believes that in another year he will come pretty near being the best receiver in the junior organization. Lapp has a strong whip and has a good head. Besides being a good backstop, he is a heavy hitter. His batting average for forty-five games is .346.

McAleer Has No Use For Collegians. Jimmy McAleer doesn’t think much of college pitchers. Although he is badly in need of good pitchers, McAleer refuses to scout the colleges for material. ~J McAleer says the average minor league pitcher has an easy time fooling college hitters, and a college pitcher doesn’t need more than a curve ball. Most college pitchers have that and nothing more, he says. He points out for example of failures Walter Clarkson, Harvard’s pitching wonder, who failed to make good with New 7 York, and later with the Naps, and DeMott. who is having trouble to make good with Omaha after having had a fair trial with the Naps.

Caddies Are Very Scarce. Not long since a golfer, asked the question, “What becomes of the caddies?” The estimate that there are 500,000 golfers in the United States has given rise to the remark that there must be nearly as many caddies. Many golfers who began play in the United States back in 1894 are still making their rounds of the links, but several generations of caddies have come and gone. Where are they? Schoolboys make up < a large per- ■ centage of those who carry clpbs, and most of them do it for a little extra J money for themselves, while others have been a help in their homes, where help was needed. ■ * Sallee Says He Is Best Southpaw. “Slim” Sallee of the St. Louis Car- ' dinals, rated one of the best southpaw | pitchers in the business when he is right, loves to discuss his eccentricities on the ball field and, more so. his failure to down the demon rum. Sallee honestly believes he is a better southpaw than Nap Rucker, Lelfield or Wiltseand makes no bones about saying so either. There is not a question of a doubt ; that Sallee is one of the finest left I handed pitchers when he is on the water wagon. He was fined a couple of times last season for imbibing too much of the red water. Wrestling Popular Abroad. Wrestling is the popular sport in Europe, with the exception of London and Paris, where boxing is also popular. In Russia, Germany and other European countries the mat game has first call. In Warsaw they have wrestling tour- , neys which last three and four weeks. The tourneys occur seven nights a week, four bouts each night. The prices are 35 cents to $2.50 for the preliminaries, the prices being doubled for the finals. The tourneys are run off in hippodromes or stadiums which hold i 25,000 spectators. ■| ' ■ • ''. Offside Polo Rule Abandoned. Apparently the abandonment of the offside rule has been an unmixed blessing to polo. The day of “wooden play” has passed, and. best of all, the English players have been surprised and cheered to find that the new order has ‘ made it possible to keep combination

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