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Show SPORT GOSSIP "K?" , . EL'GEN'E, Ore.. Nov. IS William K. Kodgers has been given permission by the Sacramento club to sign as manager of any other club and is a Candidate for the management of Seattle. It has been in-1 in-1 timated for some time that the former Portland captain would not be at Ute helm of the Senators in 1 ll'o. It is understood that Mike Kelly. St. Paul manager, will not accept the Rainier I management for because he will not be permitted to purchase a block of stock. Rodgers has filed his application with the owners of the northern team. Who will manage Sacramento is a problem, s Frank Frisch, Ford ham co'lege 'baseball star, who last season signed with the Xew York Giants, has signed a contract to play professional baseball with the team managed by Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey. author ox the famed war book. "Over the Top." Frisch. besides being a star on the diamond, was one of the best court players at Fordham. Empty's team, which will be known as, the "Treat 'Em Roughs," will represent Xew York City in the Interstate Basketball league. (Chicago Tribune Special Service." PEORIA, 111.. Nov. IS. Bryan Downey of Columbus won a clean-cut decision over Billy Doig of I-a Salle in a ten-round, no-decision bout here tonight, according to a majority of the newspaper critics at the ringside. Downey had the better of it all the way, except a very few seconds of the rounds. His best sessions were the second and tenth, when he rocked Dolg with terrific rights and lefts to the chin and stomach. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. IS. -The first Chinese athletic club organised on the Pacific coast is under full swing here today. to-day. It bears the title. "New Canton Athletic club," and will enter the Tield fori all manner of amateur events. Us nucleus is composed of Chinese runners. Crack tennis players as well are numbered among its membership. HoO Shuck Is athletic director. (Chicago Tribune Special Service) TRENTON. N. J.. Nov. IS. Jeff Smith, claimant of the world's middleweight championship, was unable to dispose of K. O. Sampson, the A. E. F. chafnplon, in their eight-round bout at the Trenton A. C. last night. Sampson outweighed Smith twelve pounds and displayed a disposition dis-position to take all the punishment Smith was able to hand out. SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. IS. Dr. John Berg. Spokane light heavyweight wrestler, has been matched to meet John EcklunJ in a finish match to be staged at Sheridan. Sheri-dan. Wyo.. Friday night. November 2S. The articles for the bout call for the wrestlers to make 17o pounds ringside for the contest, and the bout will be the best two out of three falls, without a time limit. s LOS ANGELES, Ca 1. , Nov. IS. Ge n e Doyle, local baseball promoter, today announced an-nounced plans to take two baseball teams, composed of big league stars now wintering winter-ing on the coast, to the orient, particularly. particu-larly. Japan, for a series of exhibition games during the wfnter season. The team will embark from San Francisco Fran-cisco and probably will leave soon. Doyle said. W h o Doyle hasn't announced who is going, it is reported he is figuring on Including Uabe Ruth, Casey Stengel. Gawy Cravath and numerous other heavy caliber players in his squad. MONTREAL, No . ti. Battling Levin-sky Levin-sky of New York outfought Hartley Madden Mad-den of Now York iu a ten-round bout last night. Madden suhstitu:ed for Eugene Brosseau. i he Canadian middle" eight champion, who is suffering from an attack at-tack of neuritis. NEW YORK, Nov. is. McNamara and Magin ia e finally come to terms to ride In the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Giirden during the week of November No-vember 30 to December 6. Tbe winners of last year's grind will receive a boost over their 1VIJ( price and arc confident of taking down the big sud of the $J0.-M6 $J0.-M6 to be offered In prise money. No stronger team ever entered the race, but the competition this jear wlil be far greater than ever before and at least six ; tama can be depended on to make- this pair tfavw their ( best. McNamara's sensational sprinting has 1 been a feature of several elx-day races, in fh e start In the New York race be has been third three times, second once and first once. "Mac" did not ride in the 1917 racv, having broken his jaw in a "'Jam" whjle riding In the Boston on- test. Magin also is a star and the team will bo one of the favorites to win the coming event. John Hummel. IMS Seal, has leen engaged en-gaged to manage the Reading club of the International league for next season. Hummel played with Reading the past season and besides covering the out field and second and first lsa occasionally and hitting the ball rather hard mid timely, time-ly, he served as captain. SIOUX CITY, lowk.fbr. IS. George 1 Red A ndreas, veteran 'laseball p.aycr, lias been elected to hend the Sioux City baseball club of Abe Western b-ague next year to slice d Harry A. Eells, It was announced last night by officials ot tho Sioux City Boosters' Athletic association. Andreas will occupy the position of pre.-ldent and sef-ertnry of the club. The' management and actMUes of the club will he under his supervision, although a plaving manuger wi! be selected. (Chicago Tribune t pedal Service. PUILADSLPHlA, ftL Nov. IS. Referee Ref-eree Crimson saved Andy Si-binader, the local I.' nit fd Slates nat y sailor, from a knockou. and deprived Bill Brennan of Ftuffalo from adding another victim to his long actual k. o record by stopping the bout at the ulympia A. C. tonight In tho fourth to sa e. tiehmader from further punishment. At the time of the officials offi-cials Interference Sehmader was on t.io floor and In no condition to continue.. Mel Coogan. the New York battler, bested Jimmy Murphy in the semlwludup in a stem -hung affair. f Chicago Tribune Hpeclal Service.) MEMPHIS. Tent).. Nov. IV -Tottering and redUog from lefts and rights to tho face and etoinach, Jabez White, tho Al-hany Al-hany bantam, was in Pal Moore's arms when tbe gong ended their eight - round bout here last night. It was a uo-declaloii ii f fair. but Moore literally showered White with nil varieties of punches g every round and especially In the lust four. White carried a cocked right throughout, but w hen he fired he generally gen-erally I'M fluid Moore's sill tided face or tho top of his head. |