| Show A dt 7 CIA arno fals AND a a C N the premier jockey the premier jockeys hp p honors for 1902 are by common co consent cosent sent award ed to odom redfern and lyne horsemen are not agreed as to which s the best jockey and therefore are not prepared to abaid aw aid the palm of s iprema cy but they are united in the belief that the three lads ads named are the greatest trio of riders the ameri can turf has had in any one year each of the jockeys named has a large and arid loyal following which be alieves him to be the best joel ocl ey in the country and each of the three armies tf t followers is equally confident the of deciding as between them Is one not to be undertaken lightly odom s admirers inset that he is the most capable and most finished rider n america to day the s ip porters of redfern point to his dash and his gentle persuasive style which when occasion demands it is changed to riding of the most vigorous kind the west is a unit in support of lyne and he has an army of follow ars rs here who NN ho hold fast to the estern faith in him odom has ridden these many years and never so brilliantly as this season redfern was a find of last season and did not ripen into the full measure of his fame until this year lyne made his place as the lead ng jockey of the west secure last year and crowned it with his splendid worl in the east this sea son lon american athlea c team E W hjortsberg trainer of the columbia varsity track team has an that he expects to take to england next summer a team of american trad athletes to compete with the athletes of great britain the financial success of the venture is sure and enough money for ex benses has already been promised those rhose who so far have been chosen to go and who have accepted according to hjortsberg are mike sweeney holder of the world worlds s record at high jumping arthur duffy holder of the world worlds s record for the yard dash harry gill all around A A U chain pion in 1900 frani M karaly holder of the five mile A A U champion ship in 1901 george peary the weight thrower and tom keene and ed hobbs the boston sprinters denies backing A american merican team various stories have been printed lo 10 the effect that timothy D sulli van Is the backer of the proposed american league ball club to be located in new lork city and that tames james 0 kennedy in his authorized representative in negotiations with president ban johnson I 1 when mr sullivan was asked about the matter he be said there is absolutely no truth in the stories kennedy is a friend and I 1 think well of him but I 1 eo 0 o not know anything about his base hall ball plans I 1 am not the backer of a proposed american league club nor im ini I 1 exerting any influence to have the new york baseball club turn over manhattan field to the new league I 1 have other matters to occupy my attention without getting into baseball meade may R de for drake new aorl dispatch says john A drake has secured the services of jockey tommy meade to take the place of lucien lyne who has gone over to the keenes for next season meade has ridden a good deal the last two seasons and was regarded as a fair boy he is a bright well aducat L I 1 ed fellow and so good an entertainer that be he has been on the stage during a part ot of his career titus will try again C S titus the champion amateur oarsman of america will go to hen ley next year again to compete tor for the diamond sculls this time as the le ie of the atalanta boat club of new york he was elected a member of the club last week the atalanta is singularly enough the oldest rowing club in the world although its claims to this distinction were at first amicably disputed by the london rowing club it was as curtained certa ined however that although england Is the home of the rowing game same as it Is of the football the ata lanta club had the distinction of geni seril onty having been organized in 1848 a few years before the london row ing club when this interesting circumstance was discovered the englishmen I 1 truck medals for the members of the older organ bation and also issued certificates of honorary membership to the members of the atalanta club ibe At alantas were the first ameri can club to oe represented in europe ending a crew across in ch cagos cago s champ on R fie shot will am D stannard who won the chicago gun club s championship for a season Is one of the youngest and best target shooters in chicago his percentage for the season was 98 4 he has been shooting tor for several bears ears and has taken part in most of the larger shoots held in recent ears stannard s most remarkable performance was at racine on may 30 when he equaled the record ba b killing blue rocks without a miss 1 I here were forty two competitors imong them hirschy the minneapolis epert who won the grand american handicap landi cap at kansas city he made K I 1 I 1 W 11 II am D stannard mother phenomenal score in the shoot of the chicago gun club on kug 30 then he shot at anant mate irate targets breaking the last being without a miss mis s stannard has also made some excellent scores at live birds at the illinois state shoot at peona peoria in 1899 which was won by crosby who killed sixty ot raight stannard ards s sixtieth bird fell dead just out of bounds batt ng lecul angies many a good ball player has been lost to fast company owing to the fact that he did not do himself jus tice at the start young murray ol 01 manchester who was given a trial by chicago 1001 ed like a coming player out selee was not satisfied with him and concluded not to retain him joe kelley the cincinnati manager says in this connection you can cant t tell anything about a player s hitting ability in a few games I 1 have seen lajoie go though through a whole series without a single hit and yet he is re carded as one of the greatest hitters n the business why when I 1 first came into the b g league I 1 went through my first fifteen games with out a hit and yet I 1 have always been hitting over the mark since I 1 v as in pittsburg then yes and I 1 remember that I 1 went brough eleven games without mak ng a hit and I 1 made twenty seven the next week added mike donlin in order to give a 3 oung player a fair chance he shot sheild ld be allowed to remain in the game for at least a month this is particularly true it if le he gets a bad start peace comm atee fails after a meeting between the peace committee of the southern league of baseball clubs and the owners of tle the memphis club at memphis tenn it NN as annoni ced that all efforts to ettle the differences between the two fictions ions had failed manager frank of the memphis lub says the new southern league as planned will be formed at once among those mentioned tor for the dency doncy are president hickey of the western association and R L C white of nashville pepper yearl to be sold the colors of james E pepper the proprietor of the meadow meadowthorpe thorpe stud ear lo 10 i 1 aville ky will not be seen on the turf next season his entire rop of yearl by imp and blue and the grey will be sold at the fasig tipton sales together with a number of his I 1 lest est brood mares these include Styli tene dam of kings courier batot dam of king barleycorn gold en fleece debut and others new track for st lou s negotiations have been closed for the lease for eight years of a acre baat known as dark clark place situ abed at the corner of natural bridge road and union avenue st louis for a new race track to be operated under the a apices of the mound city racing and breeding assoria lion bon it Is proposed to have the tract leady for racing before next may cornell W 11 II go to henley it is stated that everything except the final step has been completed toward taking a rowing crew from cornell university to take part in the henley regatta next year no formal vote has been passed but it ie is taken for granted thai the entry will rill be made |
