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Show Sport Mates John J. Lawless. "JS, of West Newton, New-ton, left wing on the Boston university univer-sity hockey team, has been elected captain. He also played left field on the varsity baseball team. Seven members of the Oneldas of Boston, the first organized football team In history, which made Its appearance ap-pearance in 1802, are still alive, all of them over eighty years old. At the close of lust year's bowling season there were 300 city associations associa-tions and 19,000 leagues affiliated with the American Bowling congress, the governing body of this sport. e e e Mrs. Myrtle Iluddleston of Long Beach, Calif., the first woman to swim the 22-mlle Catnllnt chnnnel, will nt-tempt nt-tempt to swim In the 1'sslssippl river from St. Louis to Nv; O-leans. e e Toledo's Grand Circuit event, which will take place In July, with purses aggregating $72,000, Is the largest In history with the exception of the $7.".-000 $7.".-000 event held last season at the New York state fair. e . e , A Florida track owner tried to evade the new nntl-gatiilUng law by i soliciting bets on owners instead of ' horses. It would be exciting to watch the average race horse owner d six f'jrlougs In the mud. e e e t A new hockey league has been formed In the Northwest, to be composed com-posed of Vancouver, Portland. Victoria Vic-toria and Seattle. Players have been recruited from the Western Canada league, now defunct. |