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Show George Hlsler la a modest king;. He much prefers the ranks When he waa asked to lrad the Browns He merely said: "Mo, thanks." Bob MetisnJ may blossom forth as the Tankers' first Backer next spring. At Jeajtt Hug-gins doesn't deny It. Joe Lynch plana to take part of his month's layoff In California, Every champion cham-pion goes to the coast. It seems, but most of them go Into the picture game wnile they are resting. Ohio State seems to have contracted the wanderlust In all departments of snort. The Hucks' ball club will take a Jaunt among Southern ui vers! ties early in the spring as a warm-up for their Northern schedule. Some statistician has dug up affidavits to show that Johnny Dundee boxed aix nights in one week at six different cities and won six fights. Traveling some. The citizens of tSan Jose, Cal,, met Ed j fStrangler) Iewis at the train and gave him a strawberry welcome on his homecoming. home-coming. He's their first world champion. Rabbit Maranville. the Boston Infield-er Infield-er whom John McOraw Is gunning for with both barrels. Is a crack basketball player. He Is managing a quintet oi New Englanders who are all rabbits. Maranville haa a little trick of dodging between the legs of big guards. Heinle Groh Is keeping In trim by doing do-ing a lot of bowling in the Cincinnati alleys. Frank Qulnhy. former captain of the Tale hasebll team, says that his alma mater's football is ten year a behind the times. He a boosting for the return of Al sSharpe. Billy Sullivan once the premier catcher catch-er vf th. baseball world. invested hia earnings in nn apple ranch near Newberg, Ore. Krienda kidded Billy at the time, but now he kida everybody who buys an apple at a fruit stand. Willie Keeler, leading hitter of the National league back In 1R97, Is now In poor health and broke. He haa refused aid from his former baseball pals. Nate Lewis says there's a big handicap handi-cap Richie Mitchell will h up against hen he meets Benny Leonard In New York. "It 'a having too many brothers in the fight game," ays Nate. Iri.h boxers rule the rinj, Juat as they like to do There's Drnipeey. Hritton and Kilbane And Lynch is Irish, too. Leonard Is a Hebrew boy, John Wilson eals spaahet Now Benny's crown is sittina1 strajffht But John ain't risked hia eL There doesn't seem to be inr limit to the salary an athlete may draw down these days. Jim Barnes hss tied himself up to a rold contract that calls for sa many nickels nick-els as Cobb ia to set for mansxing the Bengals. Gelfera. Ilka tha billiardlsts. continue to keep toelr form and earning capacities up inta tha ripening yaara. All of which goea to show that a little lit-tle sliver of wood, a smsll piece of leather lea-ther or a bit of solid Iv6ry possesses rr.saic If you ret hep how to use them And alona with it you can tiave a whale of a rood time snd keep your smile for the grandchildren. BROOKI.TV. Jan. 1. Chuck Wsrd. who was kept on the Robins' bench hr .illness most of last season, is earer for the bell to ring agaln Ward is 2i yeara old and realises that tf he doesn't get stsrted this season he will have to drop out of tha gam |
