Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1902 — ODDS & ENDS OF SPORT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ODDS & ENDS OF SPORT

“Kid" Lavigne, the ex-lightweight champion, according to report, has lost his mind. s The make-up of the all-American bowling trio which will tonr the country to the Pacific coast, beginning Oct. 6, has been completed. Tom Sharkey, the Dundalk sailor, who is now in England with Sam Fitzpatrick, is planning a visit to his native city before retdrning to America. Manager Ed McKean, so many years famous as shortstop of the Clevelands, has made a marked success as manager of the Rochester club of the Eastern League. Matt Killilea thinks Danny Green of the White Sox is the greatest outfielder in the busines, but his brother believes Seymour of Baltimore is even better in the outer garden. Bob Fitzsimmons is back at his old tricks again. He hit his sparring partner, “Soldier” Welsh, on the jaw the other day, and came near sending the “aid-de-camp” to the hospital. “Rube" Waddell is styled the king of the California League. In fifteen times at bat in a recent week he scored twice, made nine hits, including two home runs, a triple and two two-baggers. Very little is heard from Terry McGovern or his manager, Sam Harris, these days. The erstwhile Brooklyn terror is apparently leading a quiet, retired life and taking extra good care of himself in anticipation of his next battle with the only man that ever made him lie down for the ten count. In a magnificent finish, and in the fastest time on record for the race, Gold Heels, the noted 4-year-old coit, by The Bard-Heel and Toe, won the SIO,OOO Suburban handicap at a mile and a quarter at Sheepshead Bay by half a length. Shouldering 124 pounds and showing nU the good qualities of 'a high class thoroughbred, Gold H£els ran the'distance Tn 205 1-5, which was one-fifth of a second slower than the record for the Sheepshead Bay track, made In 1890 by the great Salvator, then a 4-year-old, with 122 pounds Am his baek£ Patronize those Who advertise.