Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — THE SPORTING WORLD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE SPORTING WORLD.

The story of two deer dying with antlers locked in light Is literally true, though generally supposed a fabrication and too often published because believed such, says a correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicled There are iu the museums of the country many pairs of antlers found In the field so tightly locked that it is impossible for one person to separate .them. The peculiar angles of the numerous branches of the horns of a deer make it quite possible for them to lock when driven together at high velocity, because the flexibility of even the thickest horn is much greater than one would imagine. In one ease the two deer were found before decay had set in. but I know of no case in which the combatants were found before starva-

tion had done its work and no case where the horns were ever seen to lock. A fight between two bucks in which a lock is liable at any’ moment to occur is by no means uncommon, and many a hunter has seen that. In the fall several buekg often follow the same doe, and if any of them meet there is liable to be a disturbance of friendly relations. Many a hunter has shot several of these on the same trail, but they are generally a hundred yards in space and several minutes in time apart. But occasionally’ it is the other way, and two or even more may arrive on the disputed carpet at the same time. Some fun is liable to result when they do. although it is only on very rare occasions that it results in a death lock of the horns.

The Qneen of Skiers. Miss Freda Knagen, a charming and athletic brunette of Christiania, Is the only woman living who has eclipsed all male rivals in any branch of athletics. At the great ski-ing competition held last year at Holmenkollen she cleared the astounding distance of feet in a single jump, leaving the highest previous record 16 feet In arrear. The course at Holmenkollen, on the outskirts of Christiania, is the scene of the championship contests in the Swedish national sport. The course, which Is of snow, deep, crisp and firm, slopes upward from a frozen lake at a sharp angle to the height of 160 feet. Twothlrds of the way down the course there is a platform, from which there is a vertical drop of 30 feet. The competitor, with his wooden runuers strapped to his feet, slides rapidly down the crevice, acquiring momentum with every yard of the descent until he literally Illes drfwn the slope with the speed of an express train. When he reaches the "hop,” he takes a flying leap in the air, lands skillfully after a flight of from 50 feet to 100 feet on the soft snow, and at a still higluAspeed, due to the momentum of his leap, flashes down the rest of the course and sails away over the flat surface of the lake until, by a dexterous turn, he comes to a stop.

Snyder on I’ltctiinß - . “Pitching in these days seems to be confined to one specialty, and that Is throwing the ball,” says ’.'barley Snyder. “Of course we have several fine fielding pitchers in the big league today, but for all around wqrk, such as batting, base running and fielding, where can we find the equals of Bobby Caruthers, Dave Foutz and those association pitchers of the eighties? Why, when Bobby Caruthers was uot called on to pitch he was played In the outfield for his batting, being one of the timeliest batsmen on the team. Dave Foutz was also one of Commie’s outfielders when he was not twirling. This pair of pitchers alternated In the outfield. Many a game did they win out, single handed, you might say. That Is, when a timely bit was needed to tie or win, Bobby or Foutz was oftsn there with the goods. Ask a pitcher in this League today to double up In the outfield, and he would fall, knocked out enough to have ten seconds counted over him. ‘Old Hoss’ Radbourne often played the outfield for Providence, and it was a home run hit by Rad that won the Providence team an extra inning 1 to 0 game between the Detroit and Providence teams. This memorable game was played on the Detroit diamond, and Johnnie Ward pitched for Providence that day.”

ANTLERS LOCKED IN BATTLE.