Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1914 — IN THE WORLD OF SPORT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

Arnold Hauser, Cardinal Star, Is All In.

One of the most pathetic cases In the history of the national* game came to light when Arnold Hauser, former star shortstop of the St. Louis Cardinals, announced his retirement from baseball. Hauser lost his mother and little daughter. Following this double catastrophe he was badly Injured in practice and worried so over his troubles that he suffered a nervous breakdown. Mrs. Britton, owner of the St Louis club, has offered Hauser a pension for life, and he will probably act as an adviser to Manager Huggins when be recovers.

Aqueduct Gets Classics. All the turf classics of the old Gravesend track, as well as most of the features of the Aqueduct association, will be run off at the latter’s course on Long Island this summer. A fine program of fifteen days’ racing has been arranged by the directors of the Queens County Jockey club, to begin on June 27 and end on July 14. £ome of the important stakes are the Brooklyn Handicap, Carter Handicap, Brooklyn Derby, Queens County Handicap. Rockaway stake. Canarsie stake and the Astoria Dinner stake. The Brooklyn Handicap was run off at the Belmont park track last year in conjunction with the Westchester Racing association’s meeting. The race will be worth $5,000, with that sum guaranteed to the owners. The Carter Handicap has been the feature event at'Aqueduct since that course became prominent jin the racing circuit of New York, tn the golden days of the turf it was the first SIO,OOO handicap of the racing season. It will not be worth that sum this year, but will have $2,500 added to the regular sweepstakes. The Brooklyn Derby. Queens County Handicap and Rockaway and Canarsie stakes will have from SI,OOO to $1,500 each added. None of the overnight races will have less than S4OO added, but the majority of the events will have SSOO added to the sweepstakes. ».

Yale Crew Named. The lineup of the two Yale varsity boats as they will race will probably be unchanged from the seating used by Coach Guy Nickalls at present. The lineup does not include Fitzpatrick, who rowed at No. 5, but suffered a nervous breakdown and has not been allowed to return, nor Gilfillan nor Vender Ropp, both considered among the best available material. The lineup will probably be: First Boat—Stroke, Croker; 7, Dqnegre (captain); G, Rogers; 5, Stillman; 4, Meyer; 3, Jenkinson; 2, Harrison; bow, Cushman; coxswain. Moore. Second Boat—Stroke. Appleton; 7, Low; G, Sheldon; 5. Sturtevant; 4, Oakes; 3. McHenry; 2. Coe; bow, Stauffer; coxswain. Blackburn. Murray a Comer. Billy Murray of Sacramento, Cal., gave Jimmy Clabby the fight of his young life In their recent liout at Coflfroth’s Daily City arena. The result was decided a draw after twenty rounds of fast figbting. I It was Murray’s debut as a first rater, and he established beyond any doubt that he belongs In the first division of middleweights. Murray almost had the clever Hammond boy out in the fifteenth round, but by bringing his cleverness into action Clabby was able to stem the tide. . Clabby was wild at times and b| judgment of distance poor. Murray is rated as a champion possibility by experts after seeing his performance.

Williams a Great Flinger. • ■ George Moriarty of the Detroit Tigers says Johnny Williams, the Hawaiian speed artist, will be a star pitched in the American league. Moriarty picks Williams as being the best of the young right handers and a fellow who will make his mark in baseball. “Williams has the natural 'ability and the head and heart to go with it.” says George. “There are a lot of pitchers with the ability of a Johnson, but they lack brains or the heart and as a consequence they are not even fair minor leaguers. Williams has a disposition that never gives up and I honestly believe he Is one of the best young right banders I have ever seen."

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