Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — ODDS&ENDS SPORT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ODDS&ENDS SPORT

All records in baseball were broken Friday a week, when two National League teams were shift out without a base hit. Jack Daly and Kid Lavigne are to tackle each otH£r again in the hitter end of May. This time they are to try conclusions at Long Island City. Peter Jackson has retired from the ring, giving as a reason the statement that the youngsters like Jim Jeffries, who are coming up, “are too speedy for him.” Major Taylor, the colored cycle rider, is matched to ride against Jaap Eden, Kiser, Gardiner, Boulay and August Lehr, five races, each on a different track. On March 21 the stallion Boyets trotted four miles in a race in Russia in 10:07%. This performance lowers all records for the distance, not only in Europe, but America. John C. Knowles, the century rider, who made a 00-century run in 1804, died at the New York, last week from consumption, brought on by excessive riding. There has been no let-up in the enmity between Tom Cooper and Eddie Bald. Sooner than train at the Fountain Ferry track at Louisville, Ky., where Bald is, Cooi»er went to Cincinnati. There is a good deal of interest manifested in the coming contest between Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey in California, inasmuch as the winner is likely to be pitted against Peter Maher. In his day Bobby Mathews, who died the other day, had no peer. He was the second pitcher to knack the art of curving the ball. The first to throw a curve was Arthur Cummings. The pitching rules in those daya called for a 45-foot distance* Hobby’s curves furnished columns of sensations in the newspapers at the time. Cordang, holder of the world’s 24-hoUi record of GIG miles, is again in great form, and wilt make an attempt to ride even further in the double revolution of the clock some time during the spring. The League of American Wheelmen has secured the support of the State Department in pushing the claims for indemnity against Turkey for the death of Frank_Uenx, the American cyclist, who was murdered by Kurds while making o tour of the world awheel. The Turkish Government has signified Its willingness to pay an Indemnity, but thin Lit $40,000, the amount claimed, ‘oo high.