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Show SPORT GOSSIP ES with Montreal's National Hockey league team, the series between Seattle and Montreal Mon-treal having been halted by influenza last spring, when each team had two victories. vic-tories. Few new faces will be seen on the hockey circuit this winter, it Is believed. Frank Patrick will continue to manage the Vancouver team, Lester Patrick, his brother, will handle the Victoria end and "Pete" Muldoon will pilot the Seattle champions once more. Most of the players play-ers of last season are expected to report this year. Patrick recently denied rumors from Montreal that the world championship tourney would be played off In Seattle some time in December. There will be no world's championship tournament until the close of the next season, when the eastern and western championship teams meet on eastern ice. Ferdle Schupp, the sensational young southpaw whom John McGraw of the : Giants traded to St. Louis, will likely be back in a New York uniform next sea-I sea-I son. Schupp displayed his old form with the Cardinals and it is reported the arrangements ar-rangements have been completed for his return to the Giants. Nick Williams, former manager of the Portland and Spokane clubs of the Northwestern North-western league; George Engle, the veteran twirler, and Darby O'Brien, who won four pennants for Duluth in the Northern circuit, cir-cuit, were among the applicants for the position as manager of the Calgary team of the Western Canada league. Joe De-vlne, De-vlne, the Seattle scout, landed the position, posi-tion, and it is safe to bet that the Rainiers will ship their raw material to Calgary. No little speculation was aroused at the nonappearance of President Baum at the Vernon-St. Paul series. Officials of the American association aad the St. Paul team commented upon his absence. Baum himself explains that he was Ignored Ig-nored by the southern clubs and was not asked to participate in any way In the negotiations for these games. "Neither club referred any matters to me," he said yesterday "and naturally I could not be expected to take a hand. Originally, when the question was brought to the attention of the Coast league, no action was taken. So, at that time, I referred re-ferred the matter to the four clubs, any one If which was in line for the Coast league flag. "Since that time no reference has been made to me. I wasn't even asked to name the umpires, though you do read in the papers they have had several fist fights during the series and nothing of the sort occurred during the Coast league race." . SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23. American football and baseball have been successfully success-fully introduced at Tsing Hua college, Pekln, China, according to Ming S. Lowe, registrar of the college, who was here recently en route to China after a tour of the United States. Eight years ago Lowe left for China after having graduated from the University Univer-sity of California, where he was known as an all-around athlete. After his arrival In China he obtained the services of an American coach and physical director, D. K. Brace, a Reed college graduate, to coach the various teams then organized In a tentative way in baseball, American football, soccer, tennis, ten-nis, track and swimming. American football and Yankee baseball are among the most popular sports at Tsing Hua college. A golf course is soon to be laid out near the college. DULUTH, Minn.. Oct. 23. Johnny Tillman Till-man of Minneapolis shaded Johnny Griffiths Grif-fiths of Akron, Ohio, in a ten-round contest con-test last night, Bart Ing records for the minor league "world's series" between St. Paul and Vernon follow: i VERNON. 1 G. AB. R. H. P.C. : Dawson 12 12 .500 Hieh 5 13 0 7 .538 Meusel 9 20 7 12 .375 Chadbourne 9 "2 6 12 .375 J. Mitchell 9 30 7 11 .37 Alcock 3 6 12 .333 Dell 3 7 0 2 .2Sfi Fisher 9 36 6 10 .27S Kddington 9 32 0 8 .250 Finneran 3 5 1 1 .200 De Vormer 5 17 0 2 .US Peck 8 27 0 3 .111 Brooks 4 12 0 2 .083 Lone 7 IS 1 2 .111 Fromme - 2 2 0 0 .00 Ross 3 2 0 0 .000 Houck 2 5 0 0 .000 W. Mitchell 2 2 0 0 .0(10 Borton 1 0 0 0 .000 Totals 277 30 75 .271 ST. PAUL. G. AB. R. H. P.C. Martin 5 16 1 6 .37fi Boone 5 15 2 5 .33 Hareraves 4 31 3 10 .232 McDonald 9 33 2 10 .303 Hvatt 9 30 5 9 .300 Merritt 2 4 0 1 .250 Riscert 9 33 2 7 .212 Ferehammer 9 29 1 6 .207 Oriner 3 10 1 2 .20 Miller 9 34 4 4 .118 Corriden 2 10 0 .00 Hall 2 3 0 0 .000 Williams 2 10 0 .000 Niehaus 3 8 0 0 .000 I Totals 9 25S 21 60 .237 i ! VANCOUVER. B. C. Oct. 23. Three I clubs, Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle, j will again make up the Pacific Coast I 1 foekev assoriation this coming winter. I Frank Patrick of Vancouver, president of the association, announced here recently. , The same three clubs last winter fought through a three-month schedule for the ; roast chamnionshlp. whh'h was won by1 the Seattle Metropolitans. Seattlft at pres- 1 ent shares world championship honors |