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Show HCP AWT PAQQIP LITTLE ITEMS 1 Dt Ji I. IJU'U&JIF OF INTEREST "When they l ell an Irish tale, Mike and Pat Are the heroes, wifhout fall Mike and Pat. "When a n Ir'sb I a le is 1 "'d, Be it young ur be it old, Those two names wo find enrolled Mike and Pat. They are honest names and true , Mike and Pat. They are old. but ever new Mike and Pat. But I never feel a grin Nor a smile grpw on my chin When 1 hear a tale begin, "Mikq and Pat." "When 1 hear a story start, "Mike and Pat," There's a feeling in my heart, Mike and Pat. That the per.ion with the smile, Who is telling tales the while, Never came from Erin's Isle, Mike and Pat. George XJ, Phair. BOSTON, March 1. Jim Cooney is only a substitute infielder of the Red Sox and he never has had any major league j experience wrorth mentioning, yet he ap- 1 pears to be in big demand. Garry Herrmann Herr-mann is trying to buy him to fill the short field berth on the Cincinnati R.ed, hut he finds out that it will be next to impossible to get the pla yer out of the American league. Clark Griffith and Jimmy Burke are said to lie prepared : to claim Ihe player if waivers are asked. Griff being a bit shy on infield talent since Johnny 3 avan retired f rom the 1 game. At any rate. Cooney seems as- sured of a place in the majors next sea- j son. some thing tha t cannot be said of : most substitutes at this time. j I VANCOUVER, Wash,, March L i Frank M. Troeh of this city is recojj- i nized among trapshooters of the coun - 1 try as one of the greatest, if not the ! greatest, shots in the nation. His rcc- j ord of the last year is one long scries of triumphs. Here's how it reads: I Traveled 27,000 miles; shot in fifteen cities, eleven states and two Canadian i cities; won high average crown. Jlo 'broke CGGr of K8J5 registered targets, an average of .11722: won single championship champion-ship of Washington ; won doubles championship cham-pionship of United States; won doubles championsh ip of Canada; won interna -tional doubles championship: won all-around all-around amateur and open championship of United Htat-as; tied for international singles championship: made 4t runs better bet-ter than 50, of which 15 were better than 100. , Troeh journeyed from coast 1 o coast to take part in the tournaments of the In ter-Sta. to Trapshooting association. When the. season closed he went to t he Crow Indian agency in Montana and participated par-ticipated in a Liberty bond shoot and then went to New York to take part in the United War AVork fund events. NEW YORK. March I. In discussing extraordiuarv yjio'.s in cmf. quo made bv A. B. Nelson of the Wollasfnn Golf, club, the other day. would be worthy of a first -row plc. The .shot wns made during a four-hall match, in whieh one member iood his ball at Ihe twelfth hole before i-ecoll'3'-! big that at was Nelson's honor. He toid Ihe last named to drive, which he did. teeinc his ball a yard back of l!o other, which was left on a rubber . When Nelson .swung two bn lis left the t ee. One -went a hmit m yards up the course, while the ot her got a. f w yards to the right, almost out nf bounds. An cxaminni ion disclosed that the bad which went only a. few yarus was the one which Nelson had driven. whilo th sphere which went about 40 ya rds uphill was ihe ball which his rubber cor had hit. P. was almost unbelievable, that on hall eeuld have struek tli" other with enough fnj-eo to cau.--o it to f'y almost as far as if it had been Ihe no nriginallv struck. LOU'SVH.LK. March 1 Genera Man-ace Man-ace r . o.i i an nou need Hia I. ihe Colonel; have k'-'t one of t h'r , - 'erj iog t wirh'i-s in the I'-iban Adnifo Lnmie. Lmpio. who .Imnfd t m ' i u-- una 1 i R ds at 'he cl. of t"'e American nvsoeiaf in, will be givu a not h"r trjH 1 bv I hat c'nb. This is due tn (h fno-r that, tlv Rds held an npijnnl on the s-M-vi.vK nf the Cuban, and it. was I duly exercjer-d when Pal Mora n t r-k eharge of ti-g (incmnu team. In the e-.nt that Luoue lan.4 to sind-i with tlie Reds'he wi'l '.rnhabP' return to Loni:---iile. ' ' XI A" VOH K. M-u-eh J. -There's a eai-;- p:t'Cll n Ti 'dpi - ,T.n i,, ow.ii'l'S of :!( PliiMn-;; ;tvI Athh-ii.-s i. win o.r pli'la-dc)p'r:a pli'la-dc)p'r:a fans. Bn.ii of the v .'Ma- rr ' ';! - .')!.-' r a 1 if-"' III hi'! 'tV I 1 til.- i ;J r f" 1 O 'l-'b.idy" for t--i in-.l.-om.-. ' i .!'.:.ie Ma--k Rr the f:r--t to ;-lump ' ' n t n P.- -f.-.ir t in ho brr-i-.-. un 'nc t-MP-.n : rad';intage of wartime conditions in 1917-HUS 1917-HUS 'to dispose uf Jhe remaining tried and I (rue members of Lhe once-famous world's champions. Mack has come forth now with the announce an-nounce men t t hat ho is through abso-luiely abso-luiely through selling star players. William F. Laker, 'president of th Phill ies, is banking on .lack Coombs to restore his club to popularity. Whether or not Baker was at, the bottom of the sale of Alexander and Killefer to the Cubs, and tho surprising release of Pat Mora n as manager, or whether other s-took holders demanded t hese moves, the fact remains that the Philly owners are in bad with Quakertown fans. The deals made by the Phillies being more recent. I lie fans of. Philadelphia will remember them longest, and unless Coombs proves to be another "mtraolp man" the chances of t he Phils to gain popularity look mighty slim. Inasmuch as wo arc at last officially informed that the boxing bill now pending pend-ing in the legislature stands little chance of becoming law in its original shape, as devised by Gene MHady, and as long'as it is rumored that it may pass with a number of a in and m en t attached, it wouldn't be a bad idea for those interested inter-ested in the sport to communicate to the powers just what amendments they think would fit the emergency. So far as I am Individually concerned, I think twelve to fifteen rounds to a decision would be the most sensible and virile change that could possibly be made, and give greater satisfaction to the greater number. The decision to be reached by a referee and two judges, and the whole matter to be strictly under the supervision of a state commission to be appointed by Governor McKelvle. AVith a m referee and two judges, the chances of unsatisfactory conclusions would be reduced to a minimum, mini-mum, and f rom ten to fifteen rounds would bo Tione too many for a satisfactory satisfac-tory contest with big gloves. Sandy Griswold in Omaha AYorld-Herald. ST. LOUTS. March 1. What effect will the change of managers of the Cardinals have on the playing of Rogers Hornsby? Last season ihe Mound City aggregation was piloted by Jack Hendricks, but next summer Branch Kiokey w ill bo the manager man-ager of the elub. Wha I ever it was. the Rogers Hornsby who played with the Cardinals last season sea-son did not appear to be (lie same youngster young-ster who set the circuit ablaze with great playing during tlm previous two sea-sonsf sea-sonsf He slumped in all departments of the game, and a t bat. where he shone so bright in IflR and 1017. he was especially espe-cially weal;. He played in IKi contests and hit only .CS1. AY hat caused the unexpected un-expected slump? AYas it the tremendous increase in salary he reepived or was it his inability to get along wilh Jack Hendricks? Hen-dricks? He cei'l ainly is a better pla yer tha ti the 1 01S records indica to, and because be-cause a majority of tlio fans in St. Louis bet ieve thai Hornsby and Hendricks did not. agree, very well during the playing season they look for a decided improvement improve-ment in the vmjng star's work under the leadership of Branch Rickey. Tho Cardinals' manager is expecting the youn? sensation' to brace up. and he i is coiislructing bis infield strength around the shortstop. |