Show III II 1 J. J sf Snappy Local r i I Amateur Gossip By ByI l I Sports I I Albert F. F I Told in Shorts Here and There Warden f I I EORGE BORGE HORNE HonNE is the real T L-T GEORGE mystery man manof of sport Now we hear of him Jumping over pig pig- I arid and doing general athletics athletics athle athle- tics on his ranch in Wj ton getting ready for the Far Western Vestern championship championship championship champion champion- ship but the latest story is that he is tossing a Javelin around on the San SanI Joaquin county ranch in preparation I for doing the on September Septem Septem- ber bel 28 23 at Fresno Cal Homes Home's friends hope he enters both high jump and I spear sling I I Despite rumors rumor to the contrary contrary Muton Milton Mil Mu- ton Homney star atar quarterback and I captain of the East High gridiron team of last year ear will again be in harness when the sound pound for Cor warriors warrior la Is issued at the Leopard school TUes TUBS day clay Mit l had hall just about made mado up his mind to enter the Billings Billings' high h school under his brother Ott but hut after talkIng talkIng talk- talk Ing to Coach Fitzpatrick the star was persuaded to again return to the east bench Alit MIt will be one of the mainstays mainstay of the gridiron aggregation and his work as general should aid tho Leopards considerably t S Nelson Norgren is again in our I midst Nels Nel has been enjoying the cool waters of the California beaches for the past three months and andis andi 1 i is Ig now ready to start the annual I gridiron practice at the U Welcome Welcome Wel Wel- come com home Nels Gosh It is certainly a relief to the athletes to know mow positively that Nelson Norgren will again be on deck Vonder Wonder how many athletes will enter ener the Aggie camp now Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps Nelson will wilt have a little encouragement encouragement encouragement for some of the downtrodden athletes At any rate lets let's hope that the gridiron team at the state school will be able to show the other teams a merry time a If the freshman rule iz z abolished for the time being the various branches of college athletics will not want for material but on the other othere hand sports ma may be he burled buried with a i if lf great e f funeral r l. l Grid Gridiron iron basketball s al baseball and track track games games rest in In the hands of the school officials and we only hope hat the rule will be forgotten forgotten forgot forgot- 1 t ten n if but for one season S S The he annual marathon which is held yearly at San l Francisco over a ahill ahill ahill hill and vale course will be held Sep- Sep temmer 15 and will see at least men in action The course Is ten miles in l length and endurance Js is the big factor in the run Hills are numerous and the athletes who win the events are usually in tip top shape shape- Grizzly Jones the Stockton star who won von the event last year is again entered and Oliver Millard the coast five and ten-mile ten champion will vill probably be the hardest competitor tor that Jones will have The event is held in the nature of a handicap affair and the limit men get fifteen minutes over the scratch men S S The first gridiron battle of the season sea season sea jea- jeason son was staged at San Francisco yesterday The San Francisco Poly beat beat the fast Oakland Technical aggregation aggregation aggregation ag ag- ag- ag by a 22 to S 8 score All of the scoring was done in the last half I and the fans were well pleased with the outcome A yard fifty-yard drop kick was the outstanding dl g feature S This Is Js shocking Douglas Fairbanks Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks the film star has hag ha challenged Billy Sunday and his crew to a first class baseball game and the hatten latter lat hat ten ter being f a former baseball S bug im immediately immediately im- im mediately d excepted x t the challenge le and rd I the big battle will be staged at Linda LindaVista LindaVista Vista Ca Cal on September 24 and the I proceeds will be turned over to the soldiers of that tha I section Billie Sun Sun- day was at one time one orie of ot the b best st ball players in the the- country bel being gi git t a t- member of the Chicago Cubs I. I Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- a r- r banks is an an active gentleman and amI with Nut Sundaes on the field he should be able to star S S S Chief Bender is au out out t for foi a guard position on the University of oC Calt t or-t team But this gentleman is s no not the self same same ame man man that bends em era over the plate in professional baseball baseball base- base ball S S V Bay county high schools school's have their tot alL season under a full head of oC steam Palo Alto Oakland Berkeley Berke Berke- ley Icy and and such of ot the San Francisco teams as are playing the American game report report- god progress It is understood un un- that an attempt will be made to ge get the San l Francisco Athletics Athletics' Ath Ath- league league- teams league teams teams' into into competition thIs year with the California interscholastic interscholastic inter- inter scholastic which h Vc federation federation n. n organizations org in the past have not cOmbined cOm cOm- sport in contests tS' tS S S S i Rob Bob A Weaver W av r of or the Southern Pa- Pa Association l l of the Amateur Athletic Ath- Ath letic union A n J ha has V promised fa a a strong team IS for Fr the 1 Far ar Western Vestern track derby on oh September 28 23 Weaver states that when the T s In n the vicinity of Los Angeles open he will know definitely deli deli- what men will enter but that in the meantime enough athletes are areto hanging around to assure i ii a good combination S With the Far far Western track and i field Championships which will be bo held beld at Fresno In the not far future up now for serious consideration Frank Franl Foster coach of ot the Olympic club of San Francisco is getting enthusiastic en- en c about his chances Foster Is particularly enthused over the showings of Johnny Norton and Maurice Maurice Mau Mau- rice Kirksey In n the recent Labor day games at Golden Gate park Foster believes that Norton is Is' Is due to break some Borne kind of a worlds world's mark In the near future for any tone one who can tramp over the yard ilO-yard low sticks even in an exhibition race in 14 H 5 1 seconds can certainly threaten the record book Kirksey after staying out of comI competition competition com com- I petition for a along long time showed a lot lotof lotof lotof of class in the Labor day sprint sprint events arid will certainly be berl betides titles tides rl considered res ered In the awa awarding S Local fans fans fans' who cart recall Johnny Williams the heaver with the tile Sacramento team of the Coast league and who afterward w went nt to the Detroit Tigers then back to Salt Lake and finally back to the land of fish and pol pot will will- willbe be Interesting interesting inter Inter- esting eating to know that Johnny Is now pitching for Cor a Japanese team In H Honolulu Ul This Japanese team according to the Honolulu Press i I ls a a. pretty good ball team and has several classy players in the lineup only they dont don't happen to be Japanese Here Is the lineup lineup- recently lineup recently presented against the tho First and Thirty-second Thirty infantry U.S. U. U S. S A. A team McGavin c. c Bill Inman Inman Inman In- In man a former Seal p. p T. T Mont Morl- yama ama p. p Johnny Williams p. p Willie Williams lb Ib C. C b. b Kauhi Kauhl Kovish ss as Rice If Ie Senney benney enney rf nf and i Anik-i cf |