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Show SPORT GOSSIP ? Pennsylvania, is planning to challenge one of the universities in Sweden lor a dual -track meet next summer. Goaded by incessant criticism of his football coaching this fall, Dr. Albert Hayes Sharpe, Yale's new athletic director, di-rector, recently said: "If Yale, alumni and undergraduates really attribute the loss of the Harvard and Princeton games to my coaching, and want, to bring Tad Jones back as head coach, I shah not demand that Yale carry out my three-year three-year contract. "If my work is unsatisfactory and there is a popular demand that I go, I will go. Thy re have been cliques that were not working for the best interests of Yale and tin re wn s not harmony. ; There is too great a bridge between the academic and tho scientific department. ! Yale lost its two biggest games because , of loose playing. Dr. Sharpe was atked to comment on ; I the statement made last week by Trainer ! , John Black to the effect that, when an eleven is on the one-yard line, and can-j can-j not score because of a missed signal, - something is wrong. He answered: "The j play that was called for was an off tackle play and Braden, who tool; the '. ball, went through center." j "Then Braden disobeyed his signals?" ! "Either that, or he misunderstood j them." I Something a bit unique in the way of , scouting for young baseball pliers is j to be put in operation next season by ! Manager Mitchell of the Cubs. When a 1 manager sends a scout out to spy on the training camps of his rivals he's stepping a bit farther than anyone ever has before. That's what Mitchell intends to do next spring, and, as was recently announced, he has hired Patsy Donovan, veteran ball man of serene disposition and keen intellect, to do the scouting. Incidentally, while looking the young-I young-I Enters over at various spring camps of the enemy, he will drop off at opportune ; times to inspect college teams and pos- sibly might go so far as to hesitate a ! few minutes on the" side lines of a high j school combat or a prairie contest. The idea is that young players of excep-I excep-I tional ability are coming out every year, j Some of them aren't really discovered t until they are tied ud to some major ! league' club. Donovan will attempt to get j the "dope" on dozens and dozens of the j live looking youngsters, and then when 1 the rival big league managers ask for 1 waivers, as they always do, the Cubs will know which ones might be worth claiming. Also they will know the names . of active collegians who are big league prospects and they might even grab a "prep" candidate or a prairie prospect. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Phila-I Phila-I delphia Athletics have arranged a series ' of seventeen exhibition games at their j respective training quarters next spring, , J to be divided between Lake Charles, La., , and Brownsville, exas. The Athletics lost 104 games during the season, winning only thirty-six. The Cardinals did better, bet-ter, winning fifty-four games and losing eightv-three. The Athletics finished in last place, a position which they occupied occu-pied nearly the entire season, while the Cardinals wound up in seventh place after af-ter a struggle with the Phillies. They seem to be badly matched, as, on past, performances, the Cardinals should hard- ly lose a game to the American league ' tailenders. . I ! HONOLULU, T. IT., Dec. 22. Norman Ross, world champion middle-distance . swimmer, who took part in two swim- ! ming meets here'this autumn, sailed recently re-cently on the steamer Niagara for Sydney, Syd-ney, Australia. Practically all the local swimmers and a great many swimming funs were down to see the staV depart. The crowd was estimated at 1500. Ross was hung with lets so that his clothes were lust a mass of gaily-colored flowers. A Hawaiian orchestra made up of Waikiki beach boys played "Aloha." and the mator portion of the crowd joined in the singing as the big liner drew away. Ross was touched with the spirit of the occasion and shook his head and just blinked his eyes when they called upon him for a speech before the hawser was cast off. Glenn Warner, perhaps better known as "Pop" Warner, coach of the University of Pittsburg football team, and considered consid-ered by many one of the greatest gridiron mentors of the day, has signed a contract to remain with the Smoky City eleven for four more years. It is reported that his salary was $9000, but the terms of the new contract have not been revealed. Absolute denial that any negotiations for the sale of the Beavers to Thomas H. Ince were pending wns made by Judge W. W. McCredie and Walter H. McCredie. "We have had no correspondence with Ince whatsoever," said the judge. j NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The TSO posts ! which comprise the New York stae de- i partment of the American- Legion will soon become affiliated with the Amateur' Athletic union. Application for membership member-ship in the Metropolitan associa tion of the union was received Tuesday from Hugh W. Robertson, assistant to Commander Com-mander Russel E. Sard of the state department, de-partment, so that its members i-an take part in athletics under the jurisdiction of the amateur body. Thomas H. Ince, motion picture producer, pro-ducer, is negotiating for the purchase of the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league, it the deal goes through, it is understood "Chief" Meyers probably will manage the team next season. Ince, "Meyers and Judge W. W. McCre-die McCre-die of Portland, owner of the team, have had several conferences, and it is said a definite offer is to be made soon by Ince. The turning over of Harry Wolter to' Seattle by Manager Bill Rodgers of tho Sacramento club did not come as any surprise. It has been known for some time that Rodgers had been planning on trading or selling Harry. Wolter and Rodgers didn't hitch well last season. Harry accused Bill of trying try-ing to teach him how to play tho outfield, out-field, how he should hold his bat at the plate, and all that sort of thing. Seattle will get a mighty good out-gardener out-gardener in the former Senator. Branch Rickey has relegraphed "Red" Killefer, Angel manager, to stop off in St. Louis on his way east and have a tall; with him before he disposes of either Brown or -Pertica. :i: Several clubs in the American league have made overtures to the St. Louis Browns for the services of Joe Gedeon. The former Bee is rated as one of the best second basemen in the league. Other teams are also after Sothoron, Shocker and Williams. X Wade Killefer, boss of the Angels, will leave next month for a tour of the east In quest of certain players to boisier up a few weak spots in his club. The sorrel sor-rel top has hopes of landing two or three more pitchers, a third baseman and a seasoned backstop. "Gavvy" Cravath has offered Killefer "Lena" Blackburne, in fielder, and Lee Callahan, outfielder, in exchange for either Curley Brown or Bill Pertica. Kil--lefer is said to be giving the deal serious seri-ous consideration. George Cunningham, the pitcher turned over to Portland by Detroit, will probably prob-ably be used in the Beaver outfield if he reports. Cunningham is said to be a f;ist man in the gardens and capable of holding hold-ing his own with the best of them. By taking Jack Knight, the lanky in-f in-f ielder of the Rainiers, as part payment for Clyde Wares, Del Howard, manager of the Oaklaond club, has completed his Infield lineup for the 1920 -season. Knight will be stationed on first for the Acorns and should put up a good brand of ball. He was handicapped in his playing last year on account of the short training camp period. The Oaks will loom pretty strong next season if Knight comes through." There is little chance of Guisto returning to the Oaks. Rollic Zeider, the former brilliant in-fielder in-fielder of the San Francisco Seals, who has been in the major leagues for a greater part of the past nine j onions, will be stationed at second, and "Red" Wise, who was purchased from the Toledo club i of the American association, will fill MnrphyVs shoes at third. Bohne will be the short fielder. The Uaks have a strong outfield quartet in Miller, Lane, Wllie and Cooper. Miller, Mil-ler, it is said, Is a holdout, but he will I come to terms before tho opening of the training camp period. a The Oaks will probably have a number of new twjrlers next season. They will probably get a couple from the Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Catcher "Rowdy" Elliott. 'A: Dave DriscoM, manager of the arena In Jersey City, has completed his program pro-gram for another all-star boxing show, to be held in the Fourth Regiment armory on Monday night, December 29. Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion cham-pion of the world, will meet Young Chancy of Baltimore, winner of the king's trophy in the Interallied tournament in England. This fellow Chaney is not to be confused con-fused with George Chaney, whom Benny Valger recently defeated. Young Chaney met the best boxers that England and France could produce and came through with flvlng colors. Al Reich will clash with Tom Cowler of England. Cowler is scheduled to meet Joe Bockett and several other heavies abroad early next year. Harrv Greb of Pittsburg and Augic Ratner of New York will round out the program. The winner of this bout will meet Mike O'Dowd in a match for the championship. Get your farm through a Tribune Want Ad at practicully no expense. |