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Show GOSSIP FOR THE SPORTS t . After prolonged negotiations. New York has been admitted to the National Bowling Bowl-ing association, the main question in dispute, dis-pute, the weight of the ball, being still left open. The stock of the Washington Baseball club, now held by the American league, is to be sold to John R. McLean, former Governor of Ohio, and Representative Wadaworth of New York. . Tom Sharkey has forsaken his routine city work for training in the country. The-aailor The-aailor has taken up quarters at Sheepshead Bay, where he will put on the finishing touches for his battle with Jack Munroe, which .takes place In Philadelphia, Febru-. ary 27th. ' a a Jimmy Stone, bantam, and Kid Beebe of Philadelphia have been matched to fight six rounds at catch weights in Quaker-town Quaker-town as a preliminary to the Munroe-Sharkey Munroe-Sharkey fight on February 27th. Stone. Is a fast, clever boxer and should win out from the Quaker City boy. . . - Joe Bernstein of Philadelphia, who is to be matched with Eddie Hanlon In Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, fought Terry McGovern twenty-five rounds. McGovern won on points by a small margin. Bernstein is also credited with a six-round draw with McGovern in Philadelphia. He has fought Corbett two seven-round battles, but was forced to stop in . each battle on account of a broken bro-ken arm, . . Dr. Humelbaugh, well known in local racing circles, who is now In the East, will, It Is understood, bring back to Zlon a specimen or two of horseflesh that will figure In Utah meets this season. . - ' J. T. Rathgeb of Illinois has applied for a position as coach on the University football foot-ball team next season. Rathgeb was captain cap-tain of the Illinois team -last season, and In addition to ranking high in football circles, has an enviable reputation as an all-round athlete. It has been decided that the Utah University Uni-versity football team will play the Denver University eleven In the Colorado City on October 29th. |