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Show S' PAPT iPAQCro LITTLE ITEMS if OK 1 ilUdlJli''' OF INTEREST J Many tibuBs which have crept into the sport will be eliminated under the Avuiy, Navy mid ' CivHino Bourl of Boxing Control, Inc.. the new organization which is being launched under un-der powerful hd(1 practically nation-wid auspices to Rnvorn ' the u f fairs of the roped arena and to put them ou a plane with bos -ing ss it is carried oa in England at the present time. No longer will it be possible for slacker champions to hold ot.i to their title indefinitely. Instead of beinp allowed to turn aside challenged chal-lenged and offers of bouts until such time as best suits thenjNChes, they will be compelled under the ruling of the board to defend the championship at lnast once every year. For that purpoHe a championship beit will be offered in every dhlaion from bantamweight to heavy-, weight. i BOSTON, Mans., Mnrch 15. Hall Junvriu, former Red Sox iufielder, now the property of the Washingtou club, is a victim of pii''ii-mnniu. pii''ii-mnniu. Last week . Ja'jvrln wan hufft-ring from influenza, but it iis staled he was getting belter. Tonight the player's phiBiciau announced an-nounced lie wan "resting com fori abb " fl' recovery is expected. It is considered certain now that jHuvrtn will take no part in the I W'aBhiugton team's spring practice in the ooutu I and it is feared that fhe ailment will leave j him in such condition as to delay his entrance ; into the game until the season is well advanced. ad-vanced. Janvrin was traded to the "Waphing-ton "Waphing-ton club early this year. He has not yet uigned a contract. NEW YORK. March 15. The Chicago Cubs received some welcome news today when they learned that (.rover Cleveland Alexander, their $50,000 pitcher, left Kyltburg, Germany, March 6, and is now on hie way home. 1 1 is expected ex-pected that AIpx will b back be.Core lb? spring training season in California is over. He will be mustered out ot the service when he arrives ar-rives in this cily. Alex wan with the Eighty-uintii Eighty-uintii division of the army of occupation. His battery Paw real action before 81. Minimi, j Afler Mint engagement Alex was made a kct- i gennt. His return to the Cubs will give the Chicago club the most formidable pitching stuff in the National league. The Washington state puciug commission bill has beeu put in u coma tose sta te, where it will remain in slumber for the next two years, according to Hubert A- Wilier, who was active in support of tti- racing bill. BMW states tbnt the measure went lo sleep of ennui. During ihe past wek t he leaders of 1 he committee of rulcn of the house of representatives representa-tives favored the bill, but it had beeu allowed to go without recognition until too late. One of (lie surprises In connection with the consideration con-sideration of the racing Ih w was that Mrs. 1 Frances M. Haskell, chairman of the public morals commit he. was the only member of the committee to understand the intended work-; ings of Hit; measure, and to favor its enactment. enact-ment. Mrs, HaPkll is the only woman member of t he Ivg'slii t ure. Hiller staled that friends of tb measure will be working in the interest of a ractog commiss-ion f"f Ci'ls stale for the nrjt two year. and fr--l highly pnoviraged to knw that t he broad -m indrd members of t he houc and . Mna!" took enough interest person n lly lo loon , into how racing iy conducted in Kentucky. j Seattle I'Obt-lLiielllgDCT. Confident of his ability to fool American le.igiic ba tterw this &c.t on. lludy Kail I o, born and reared in nori h Kortiand. will d.. part lo-nlcht lo-nlcht for Macon, lia.. where 'he Ivtrolt Tigrs will train. Last year. Ins first oration Id tho big k'iow. Rudy won eight a nd -b t thi ft-u f-nn tents with a club t H--h finir-Ivd "fvmth. Mann cer Jennings ordered his ba ; ic rymf a t- report March 17. ono wr-ok ahid of 'be rKl . of th' crew. Portland Oregcnian. PBTT,. DTTI.rrn A. M:rrh 1 .j. Connie Vn-k. n ho omv tiM en "ni f re i "h m under c-nt m fT . (roiv'd vn ne-re '-iff-d dnimenls to!ny-. T1" wre Pitchers p.a'pn Seibold and Joseph R.'l;er. pfibe-Id i- kn-.un to lb'- patrons or M:ibe i-.uk. We wii with the Athletics in 1!17, but "as at Camp Meade all last year. Raker is a n"v-Ci'THT. n"v-Ci'THT. who won n ton of medals o"r tbr. H Is h.-i-ibriTs chmripi'-'D ovcr-ine-top ir.su. for the officinl records f the war of pn rtnic;it lint nlm doing that stunt no fower than ei-'it timeF. Tiie youth, ho is a left-handed pi: h-r. j is u pro.Ju'-t of Shamokin. P.l. that biit-y linl eili that gave major Ir.-ictips the fr.-f I hro hrs Co "! sk te. Bud Wefr. and "I on ' M.-.riWua. He is p;-t twenty and s n j t-sa fe"l tall and Mp-lga 17," pn:nd.s. He . wn? with K compare. S"-'r,'h infantry. Tii-d ii'.' is ion of i he r'c;ila r a rri y . nn'l m r i, 'n h-first h-first let of AxTi'-in -n!'ii'-'-fe ;o IslW ;n Kra FL1 T. MirK. Marrh 1.V- - 'I be M-.n Ont.ino basfhaii league na.v frrcM wre t..;:iy as a class R org..n i7.a t tin. .k S . .1 ;ir-kon ef the ptmit Fr- pr.- s et-t-d prf-.jrj.--nt and Fr-M WiNon o the Tr.rr-nro f.ir.r-e w.-,-, iiiudc afccretar -irciuurr. LiULUciLiiH ucurgii H. Mains of Flint was made honorary president. presi-dent. The present idea is to open play in Michigan Michi-gan May 15, four games to be played in two cities in this state. On conclusion of this first series the clubs will move to Canada, l he first series there taking in the dominion holiday of May :M. The -schedule meeting will be held at London, Out., at the call of President Presi-dent Jackbon. A fonat, but husky, little person dropped iDto the sporting department yesterday and announced an-nounced with extreme modesty that he waa the greatest wrestler in the world of bis weight. He sa id that he would be willing to grapple with anything from a lion down, provided be could make the welterweight limit. He stated I ha t his name for wtage purposes waa Charley Neilaon and that, be came from Denmark. "I've been full of electricity," he bald. "Ouce I was shot with '.MOO volts when I was a lineman line-man and It didn't kill me. That electricity is still in me and I cm wrestle like a tiger. An '.i i her time I wus drowned, but they rescued me. I'm a tough feller and can pack the ;arden." They bay that violets have already been discovered in the woods, but this fellow was no shrinking woodland flower. He admitted admit-ted that he was so strong that be iuh afraid of himself. New York Herald. Some records are bound to go for low scoring if the L'&t turned in by Jim Barnes in winning the seventy-two-hole College Arma tournament in jL'eiuuu, rm., is lo dc iHKen as a criterion of what is to develop in similar tournaments the coming season. There are those who have predicted that Barnes is in for a slump this ; year, after three uniifually successful years, j and hereafter they must speak softly. He led i the Del and field by si x strokes, his nearest j oppoueut being Walter Ha gen. the l'nlma CMa professional. Hagen. incidentally, did the last I nine holes in 32 strokes. Mike Brady iied with ) Jock Hutchinson for third place, with 'Jfi'J. i lirndy was individual low scorer in a four- j bnll match at Belleair a day or f.o la tr, who i he and Barnes defeated Alec and George Smith j by :i up and ? to play. Brady scored 74. for j v hich he received a specia 1 prize. H may he i said that Brady leads the profesMona Is in sou t hern honors after a fashion, for he won i tho open at Aunts In before finishing in a tie for t bird at He bind and scoring lowest iu the fourball exhibition. |