The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18
IN THE WORLD or SPORTS



A We notice that the pitchers a
A hog has been transformed in A
A to the hurting mound" this a
"A year. Otherwise we cannot see A
A but that the grand old game Is A
A about the same as it was last A
A season. - Chicago News A
A There have been other changes. A
A Fer instance, the home plate A
A has become the residential A
A dish. New York Mail.
A And the base line is the gutter. A
A It's great game If you get the A
A proper English! Buffalo News" A
A And then, too, we note that A
A a sacrifice hit has become A
A "Aartyrdom tap" Nothing like a
A having variety in writing up the A
A grand old game Philadelphia A
A Telegraph" A
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
President Taft declares that he
does not like bunting in base ball and
prefers clean and hard smuggling. Most
of the pitchers dislike both-and their
wishes go with the magnate and
managers Of the present day. !.
Ian Hague. England's champion
heavyweight, entered the ring two
years ago He won all of his fights
with one terrific punch, which landed
before his opponents had a4chance to
show boxing skill; against Sam Lang
ford, however, Hague's chance never
glimmered. For three rounds the
husky negro played with the giant,
and then as Ian dropped his guard to
start the famous punch, Sam hooked
a terrific right to the point of the jaw,
and the stuff was off. Langford weigh
ed 15S, and Hague 1876 pounds.
Jack Johnson, the worlds champ
ion heavyweight fighter, who is now
in Boston, gave out the following
statement: 1t is now conceded on
every hand that Jeffries has been
blhffing the public about meeting me.
! am ready to box every week in the
year If / am given my price for my
service. bar no man who has any
right to challenge. / am ready to box
.JeRries, Ketchel, Kaufman, Hart or
any one else who wants to meet me-
The University Of Wisconsin. base
ball team; has received an invitation
to go to Toxic, JIlpan, to play ten
games with Keio university during
September The Japanese school
guarantees to pay the expenses of the
Badger team both ways, besides Civ
ing them royal reception while, ia
the land the the Mikado.
The Cincinnati Reds, and the
Chicago Nationals have perfected ar
engagements to spend the winter sea-
son In Cuba.
ANY time the head of this great
Nation says anything it counts heavily
with the general public. President Taft
says that "base ball is the one clean
sport What a SPLENDID testimonial
to the typical American game,
Florida is now in line with a nod
est little four-club State League COM
posed Of clubs located in Tampa, Con
cordia, Lakeland, and Barlow
The balloon University City of st.
Louis, with John Barry and John Nc
Cullough aboard, is the winner of the
ed from Indianapolis. Official reports
from the contestants were before the
Aero Club of America and show that
the University City covered a dis
lance of 1882 miles, landing 6 miles
south of Fort Payne, Ala. The balloon
New York, was second in the distance
contest, landing IL miles south of
Corinth, Miss. covering distance
Of S55 IL miles
Writing to Pittsburg sport.
ing editor writer in reference to
Jeffries bout with Berger in Pittsburg,
Jack Johnson says: This, bout, i un-
derstand, Is too give the public a line
on his condition. Please state for me
that ! will have seat at the ring
side and at the conclusion of the bout
Will demand from Jeffries an answer
regarding the date of our coming fight
know very well Jeffries is training
for me on the quiet AS for myself
well, tawe it from me, don't intend
to be caught mapping on the question
of physical condition. II have an Of
fer of purse of $4,000 to fight
Jeffries in December and | think it
could be to our mutual benefit to
accept the offer. However, intend
to have some sort of an understand
ing with the boilermaker before
leave Pittsburg.
Stanley Ketchel, middleweight,
champion, defeated Jack O'Brien III
the third round, in their fight at
Philadelphia, thus accomplishing a
feat that Jack Johnson, the heavy
weight champion, failed to achieve
in six rounds some three weeks ago.
The fight was stopping in the second
minute of the third round, after
O'Brien had been knocked down twice
in the second and once in the third,
and was almost unable to raise his
hand to defend himself.
"Chick" Fraser has formally an
nounced that he will not join the New
Orleans club and that he will. play
in the Chicago City leaswe this year.
Veteran ball nlaver Ganrea Van.