The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-25
MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO SPORTING MEN

seem to be disappearing from base
ball and their ancient and honorable
enemies-the Germans-seem 10 be
horn:ng their way into basebalis
Hall of Fame that once was peopled
almost altogether by the sons of Erin.
One OF the recent lists of aver
ages for the American League shows
only TWO oat and out Irish names on
the list of 80 pitchers This pair
was Collins. of the Red Sox, and Nc
Hale. of the Yankees, Against these
there are Ia pitchers who have un-
.mlstakeable German names and
about six others whose names might
be German-and may not. But
whatever they are they aren't Irish.
Forty-ive pitchers were in the
National League list and only four
had Irish names Ragon of the bod
gers. Ames OF the Reds and McOuil-
len and o'Toole of the Pirates. And
there Is a question as TO whether
Ames. despite his red hair is an
Irishman. Fourteen real German
names appear in the pitching list
and there are about seven other
pitchers whose names seem to have
a German flavor,
In the American League batting
list that included all hitters over
200 there were rs names. The Irish
had a somewhat better representa-
ton there than in the pitching list
but it wasn't enough to give the
Irish cause for a celebration for once
again the German outnumbered
them. The list showed Is sure
enough Irish names against 20 real
German names and others that
sounded suspiciously German.
In the National League batting
list so names appeared, and once
again in the fight between the Irish
and the Germans the former were
worsted, the out-and-out count be-
ing % Germans against II Irish.
Matt Koch, a Cincinnati black
smith has just perfected a spiked
horseshoe that may revolutionize the
style of shoes now worn by racing
horses. Tt is very much on the order
of the spiked shoes worn by sprint
ers.
Koch in discussing his idea says:
spiked shoes help sprinters, Why
shouldn't spike shoes help race hor-
lses? With this question in mind
set about three years ago trying tc
make a spiked horseshoe that would
aid the running horse and increase
his speed. l believe that have final
ly discovered the process.
II make the. shoe the same wa!
any other shoe is made and plac,
four spikes in the plates. 1 hai
some trouble for time getting tn
spikes just the right length. In som
of my early experiments some of tn
spikes were too long and others wer
to short
II equipped several horses with tn
. perfect spiked shoes and in privat
} trials they made a mile in two SEE
onds better than their average rec
4 ord
\ 81 believe if the spiked shoe !
adopted for all racing horses it wi
mean the smashing of nearly ever
existing race record
II Those who used to call Feathel
weight Champion Johnny Kilbane
Cheese Companion" and "a ma
without a punch" have ceased sine
a Detroit statistical fiend figured
out that Johnny has done NOR
II fighting and more knocking out tina
any present day champion.
Kilbane has been severely crit
cized because Of his ring tactics tn;
to some seem to lack aggressivenes
But his style has been no differel
- than that of other champions. The
all fight cautiously when they staC
y, up against unknowns. The "dul