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Show INTERESTING BITS OF VARIOUS SPORTS PICKED UP EVERYWHERE mr-K 'hy dn,t all these heavyweight boxers Just forgive and forget? Thirty-four players have hit .400 or better in four or more world series games. Elephant Bardos, French heavyweight, heavy-weight, stands six feet and a half and weighs 210 pounds. Carl Ehrensberger, one of Ohio's centers, Is a star field goal kicker, lie boots with his left foot. The Northwestern football squad geemcd strong enough this fall to keep the opposition at a distance without smallpox. The St. Louis Browns are the only baseball club in either major league that has not won a pennant According to scouts in the big leagues there are fewer good young baseball players in the United States today than ever before. There seems to be a growing opinion opin-ion among amateur football players that the amateur football player also is worthy of his hire. Beggie McXamara, "iron man" of bicycle racing, always tends to bis own cycles, replacing tires and making mak-ing repairs and adjustments. Miss Stella Walsh now holds nine world's records in women's track and field sports. She recently returned from a triumphant tour of Europe. One factory is turning out S.700 radio sots a day, and still that's not enough to take care of all the foot-hall foot-hall fans who cannot get into the stadiums. sta-diums. Football used to be considered a dangerous game, but now the fatalities fatal-ities have been transferred from the gridiron to the fan traffic bound for the games. Two women are suing the Cleveland Cleve-land Baseball club for injuries suffered suf-fered when a foul tipped ball bounced Into the grand stand. They are asking ask-ing for $30,000. Jess Haines has been with the Cardinals ten years, having cost $10,-000 $10,-000 when bought from Kansas City. That was the most money the Cards ever paid for a player. Night baseball cannot he adopted by clubs in the major leagues until rule No. 22 on the list governing or- ganized baseball is changed. The rule stipulates that every championship game must be commenced not later than two hours before sunset. If you get up to your knees in a name like Sch'm'ch, in the condensed box score next season, it may be Outfielder Out-fielder Schulmerich, sold to the Braves by Los Angeles. |