OCR Text |
Show PENN STATE SMASHES PRECEDENT ; Fancy Pair of Yankees IJ Even thongh Carl Mays la about through. Bub Shawkey slipping a J a J 5 I J I1 j! and Joe Bush past the peak of hla gume, Miller Huggins of the Yankees is not worrying about pitching. In Pipgras and Roettger he liaa two of the most promising rouble right- handers in the country. Anutlier years experience and both will he ready to step In and deliver. 5 S c 5 sP P JP jfi I Events in the Lives of Little Men TENNESSEE HOME OF FINE THOROUGHBREDS Breeding Industry Has Lost Ground in Late Years. Basil G. Gray, star center, a sophomore, has been elected to lead the 1921 Penn State eleven. In choosing Gray captain, the players broke a precedent of many years standing, for he Is only a sophomore, and has played on the varsity but one season. He made the unusual record of Intercepting a forward pass In every game played during the season. His older brother was captain of the 1910 Penn State eleven. Thirteen prominent women in land have racing stables. Eng- The United States Golf association is now represented by 627 clubs. The Boston Bed Sox have selected San Antonia as the 1924 training camp. During the past summer there were e leagues In the United States playing basebull. thirty-thre- The next problem of overpopulation will be centered on the Southern golf links. Tennessee possesses advantages unsurpassed anywhere for the breeding of horsea of all types, the trotter as well as the thoroughbred, and that other distinct animal called the saddle horse. This fact was exemplified SO years ago when that state was breeding for the open market horses of superior quality both for the running and the trotting track and for use under the saddle and for show purposes. There is something, call It what you will. In the climate, the grass and the water of Tennessee that Imparts to the blood of native bred horses the highly desirable potency that tends to the fullest development of their powers of speed and endurance. Exceptional opportunities for revenue are offered In the breeding of saddle stock, horses of that type being especially in good demand just now and likely to continue for many years to come. Riding clubs are popalar in many of the larger cities of the country, and evidence Is not lacking to show that they are multiplying at a rata that soon will result In their establishment, in every populous center of the United States and Canada. Time was when Tennessee thoroughbreds were sought In every market on this side of the Atlantic. But the breeding industry In late years has lost much ground. ICwilZV.II.U The Dope Went Wrong WA GOMNA yrm kay ,tuua DOtjr mamdat' UFE- - IVlSOfcANCt, KUOVll WtOCU ABOUT t TT Dodgers Sign J. Jones A book la out on Inside Golf. Is the game getting as Intricate as all that? Johnny McHugh, James II. Sheldon of Auburn, N. Y., has been elected captain of the Brown football team of 1924. nlneteen-year-ol- d state amateur golf champion of Cali- fornia. The youth recently annexed The Chinese team In the hockey the state title and has also won the league at Wisconsin university la one San Francisco Bay counties and the of the strongest In the circuit. San Francisco Municipal Links chamMcG raws visit to Europe may have pionships. been to look over some of these dictators as possible pinch hitters. Novelty in Golf . Sport Affords Much Amusement George W. Greenwood, writing In the Golf Illustrated, tells of a new Indoor game In England which seems difficult enough to provide many of the tantalizing elements of the game. It Is called Target," and Is not played with a shotgun. On a net 60 feet high are placed four small targets, A, B, G and D, A being the lowest target and D the highest A' and B are the marks for wooden club play and G and D for Irons, To bit the target constitutes a bull and Is a perfect score. On each side of the targets are white vertical lines. To miss the target and hit within the lines counts one. A hit outside the lines counts two; a topped ball lands In bunkers In the foreground and A hit over the net counts three. counts four. The A target represents the elevation the ball should be hit against the wind ami the B target Is about the elevation the ball should take off the tee with the wind. Editorial Attacks Niche Given College Football Football should be shoved back In Its place, says the leading editorial In tbe Circle, monthly literary magazine at the University of Giles go. The editorial declares that collegiate gridiron rivalry has reached a stage of abnormality when thousands of dollars are sprat In preparation In the months period detwo and one-havoted to football. The editorial suggests that although there Is no enmity against football, that sport nevertheless should be put In Its place. lf Ten baseball stars who were collegians are Mnthewson, Overall, Bender, Plank, Stahl, Collins, Burry, Devlin, Slsler and Frisch. Because of the earthquake Robert Roth of Switzerland, who won the heavyweight wrestling championship at the last Olympic games, has become a professional boxer. Johnny Jones, shortstop, who, with another player, has been purchased by the Brooklyn, N. Y basebull club Jones or thereabouts. The new Tanforan race track, near for $50,000 iius a batting average of .300 for 130 Is known as the San Francisco, Calif., man on the field la a There Is no betting games and on fast betless track. the paths. He la from gg well as either or Inside out permitted, the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league. Bob Mnrtln, heavyweight champion of the Ameilenn expeditionary and forces, Is a member of the Considerable Criticism state constabulary of West Virginia. on Steel Shaft Markings as If tlie United States It appears Eddie Knnetchy, former first basehas left Itself open man for St. Louis and Brooklyn In Golf association criticism for the stand the National league, will not man- to considerable It has taken with regard to the steel age Omaha of the Western league, shaft. i again next season. According to official word, markings on the face of iron beads must not Several veterans are Included In the exceed of an inch In Notre Dame basketball squad. En- width nor shall the be less than . right, Layden and Crowe, forwards; three thirty-seconof an inch apart Captain Muyl and Klzer, guards, and Also all rough or raised edges must Don Miller, center. be eliminated. In the opinion of most golfers, the whole situation could have been simMcLean in Exhibition plified If the officials had come oat clubs, devoid of all for smooth-face- d lines and punches. inte- r-allied Seven Champions Credited by International Union Other Sports Added to Olympic Games in Paris The International Boxing union In Paris has credited seven world 'championships to the United States. The following boxers were recognised, as world champions by the union: Flyweight, Pnncho Villa; bantamwefght, Joe Lynch; featherweight, Johnny Dundee; lightweight, Benny Leonard; welterweight, Mickey Walker; middleweight, Harry Greb; heavyweight, Jack Dempsey. Gene Tunncy of New York Is the recognized American In addition to track and field sports will be represented in the 1924 Olympic festival In Paris In speed and figure skating, hockey, rugby and soccer football, polo, target shooting, shotgun matches, fencing, wrestling, lawn tennis, swimming, boxing, gymnastics, weight lifting, equestrian sports, cycling, and yachting. Hewing, too, will probably find the United States colors In evidence despite the earliness of the July regatta dates. the United States Ten Prominent Veterans Among Football Coaches There are no fewer than ten football coaches who have had more than 25 years of service each. Among the prominent veterans are Ilelsman, who started coaching 81 years ago; Btagg, 81 years; Yoat, 25 years, and Warner, SO jears. Japan will send only ten athletes to next years Olympic games Instead of thirty, as orginally Intended. champion. Notre Dames Ball Team to Take Southern Trip Notre Dame's baseball team will make another long southern trip in the spring. s Ice Games with Vanderbilt, Georgia Bobby McLean, skater, Is shown giving an exhibition Tech and Alabama are contemplated. Besides the contests with southern of fancy skating. on a specially-buil- t rink in a big New York department nines, the Irish are booked with Iowa, The novel Idea was Inaug- Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northstore. urated for the Christmas shopping western, rurdue and Indiana. Thirty games In all art in sight. world-famou- Yes, Its the Head That Counts |