Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
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Radtke Holds Worlds Record

Arkansas, he recently created n world
record by forcing four ponies across
as winners in one day, completing {
record of twenty-five first places il
one week. The record at one time was
held by Tod Sloan, who rode eighteen
winners in one week. and this perform
ance was afterwards broken by
Eugene Hilderbrand when he came
over with twenty in the same length
of time.
How Can 1t Be?
During the course of any noted ath.
lete's career, and in fact after he has
passed into oblivion so far as the pub
lie is concerned, wonderful stories fine
their way into print regarding the
coups which he has succeeded in get
ting away with to the discontinue
of his opponent. The latest which
deals with Jack O'Brien requires ever
more than a vivid stretch of magma
ton to reflect upon without sincerely
doubling the intelligence if not the
veracity of the originator. The fol
lowing story is finding space in nearly
every sporting page in the country and
as yet no comment has appeared as
regards a certain discrepancy which
is decidedly manifest when one stops
to consider the situation. There are
tricks in the ring game as there are
in everything else. Jack O'Brien is
claimed to nave pulled off one in Alas
ka that comes very near taking first
prize.
"A big, husky kid was in the ring
with him, and he was going along at a
mighty slow pace. In fact. his OPP
ponent was awllwardly clever, and
that means a whole lot more than the
ordinary fan would think.
when the gong sounded for the next
round O'Brien jumped to the middle of
the ring with his SHOE open. Then,
with excuse me. please Jack stopped
over and started to tie his shoe lace.
1.-The friends of the youngster fairly
went wild with applause. So absorbed
did the youngster become in the cheer
ing that he turned his eyes toward one
of the corners OF the ring.
"O'Brien saw the opening, and like a
flash he planted his right under the
boys jaw and he went down and out"
The spectacle of Jack O'Brien en-
deavoring to tie his shoe strings with
his hands encased in boxing gloves
would be something out of the ordin-
airy and clever though the Philadel-
phian is about $4,000, 900 offer to wager
any amount to the contrary would be
forthcoming should Jack come out with
a statement that he was capable of
such u feat
Terrible Terry Again to the Fore
Anything but skeptical are a great
number of ring followers regarding
Terry McGoverns chances when he
meets Battling Nelson at Philadelphia
March IA. 1t is claimed that the little
Brooklynite is in better condition now
than at any time since he fought
George Dixon for the featherweight
championship of the world. With in
creasing years-Terry is now twenty
six-added strength has come and
when he enters the ring with the Dane
he will weight three pounds more than
before any other contest. He is prov
ing the old glutton for work and the
difficulty which his trainers expert
ence is i'm keeping a leash upon him.
At all events the sporting world will
possess another opportunity of wit
Messing a "Fras-been" against top
notcher and whether the old, old story
of wasted powers showing up pttiably
is to be repeated remains for the gods
and Terry to prove. The prostitution
had it's counterpart when young Cor
bett" and Aurelio Herrera were signed.
Will it be repetition?
The Spit Ball Will Go
An undercurrent against the use of
twirlers themselves, and the famous
deceptive sphere which baffed many a
good batsman promises to be an UNI
known factor during the coming sea-
son. According to pitchers who have
used this particular brand the effect
is ruinous as il throws the organism of
the throwing arm out of gear. The
spit ball calls into play an entirely
different set of muscles than the or
I III
these muscles are built up to the detri-
ment of the others. Many pitchers in
the major leagues declare that they
will forever discard the innovation and
rely upon the we'll tried and effective
curves which have done yeoman SER
vice in the past.
A New Swimming Champion
There may he disputes as to who is
master in the ring, who the lord of
them all on the race track, who in a
thousand other departments of sport,
but at last real champion has come
without one disputant to say him nay.
-Four years ago the father of Charles
Daniels, who in the past week has
electrified acquatic circles of the world,
brought a puny, shapeless boy to the
New York Athletic club and threw his
struggling son into the swimming tank
with Il rope secured around MS waist.
The cause of this procedure came as
a result of the younger Daniels desire
to go boating with his comrades and
not being able to propel himself for
the distance of one stroke in the water.
For six years he had refused to take q
turn in the tank and heroic measures
were finally resorted to by the father.
During the championship meet of the
Amateur Athletic union in New York
last week Daniels outclassed every
competitor, smashed or equaled al
most every American record and broke
many of the worlds records. But one
swimmer that the world has produced
may be compared with the new cham
pion and he was the Australian athlete
Herman, who died several years ago.
Vanderbilt's Great Two-Year-OId
All the turf papers published in
Paris concede that the best two-year-
old of the French turf in 1905 was Will
liam X. Vanderbilts Prestige, by LIE
Pompon- Orgeuilleuse. He won seven
races, was never beaten, and is selected
by the turf prophets at the horse most
likely to beat NJ. Edmond Blancs great
Flying Fox colts in any race in which
they may meet.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Vanderbilt,