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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER. UTAH Coveleskie Man of Honor I I fise ' pitcher has walked nrion?!y rafnPtlc f yew York Yankee camp. Stanley Coveleskie, who joined flr a Hal, convinced himself that he cannot do the Yankees " ' ana , " ' , 10 conceal iwuuiaLHc, iic uiu uui the fact that his pitching arm is bother- - r "",, iXi D, " . I 5 $ g ing him again. He might have done so $ and stalled, somehow, for weeks on end, 9 but that Isn't his way. He simply told Miller Huggins he was through and went S home. e r.. 1 It was only a very few years ago ? that Coveleskie was one of the best, and g certainly one of the smartest, of all the big league pitchers. He was with the Indians then. Tris Speaker thought he was through and tradei Aiira to Washington, where he pitched Bucky Harris' team to their second pennant in 1925, winning 20 games and losing only 5. Last year he was not quite so good, yet he managed to turn in 14 victories against 11 defeats. His service with the Washingtons ended recently when, unable to throw a ball more than 15 feet, he drew his unconditional release. His ' 'x trial with the Yankees was a challenge to that fate he had thwarted three years ago. Coveleskie, even in appearance, is unmistakably of the older school of proJunley Coveleskie. fessional ball players. It was Hot in a I of ntter hopelessness that Coveleskie quit the Yankee camp, for f hard with the stout hearted. He thinks that a long rest and L treatment will rid his system of the infection caused by his is the basis of the trouble he lias had with his arm and spring he will be able to demonstrate all over again ffulness to a major league club. The chances, unhappily, are years him for numerous reasons. One Is that he is thirty-siAnother is that he has pitched nearly 450 games in tUe majors. r to v Morsf.. v x B 8 . n (jetsuip ITT VVUI1 I Thirty Years Ago years ago Jacob Mazer winner of a bicycle race and Pitts-- , mi Cleveland The cup which Mazer fihe other members of the team won was awarded Spat away for future races. I was held, bicycle racing out of style. The cup was tten until the other friends of Mazer, who obtained it recently from Its It to the vet-- 6 jars, presented rty he eve-jiu-li- athlete at a banquet given Basketball is taken more seriously than football In the state of Indiana. Billy Sixty, a qualifier in the national amateur meet, is a Milwaukee sports writer. Dates Have Been Fixed for Olympic The following dates have been definitely for various events in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1028: Hockey, May 17 to 2C; football. May 27 to June 15; weight lifting, July 23 and 29; light athletics. July 29 to August G; fencing, July 29 to August 11; wrestling, July 30 to August 5; modern pentathlon, July 31 to August 4; sailing, August 'I to 9; rowing, August 6 to 10; cycling, track racing. Aueust 5: $ swimming, August 4 to 11; box- ing, August 7 to 11; riding, Au-g gust 8 to 10; gymnastics, Au- gust 8 to 10; basket ball and la- S crosse, August 7. J fixed Gene Tunney Tells Boys Right Road to Success Gene Tunney, heavyweight champion of the world, broke his characteristic silence at Dayton, Ohio, recently and told some 5,000 news carriers the way to success. Climbing from a marine who fought for y.W a month to the gentleman of! the ring with a million-dolla- r valuation on his services. Gene Tunney's admonition appeared to register. The first bit of advice he gave was not to smoke, because, he said, smok- ing kills the appetite and three square meals a day are absolutely necessary to proper development "Early to bed" was Tunney's second tip. "Never take a drink of alcoholic! liquor," was the next in line. Fourth in his catechism was this:) "Don't use profane language. It's a! vulgarity for cowards only." ,.. And lastly: "Have the will to wiD and you'll win." Three new types of rifles, designed to take the plaos of the reliable old Springfield rifles now In use, were given final tests at Camp Meade, Md., under the watchful eyes of high army officers. The new Pedersen, Thompson and Garand rifie3, much faster than the Springfield, are held by, left to right: Maj. Gen. H. B. Crosby, chief of cavalry; Maj. Gen. Clarence C. Williams, chief of ordnance, and Maj. Gen. Robert H. Allen, chief of infantry ; while Col. II. L. Cooper, extreme right, holds an old rifle. self-loadin- g c, Another Transatlantic Flight Planned French Golf Champion '.( Fidel La Barba has deserted the prize ring to go to college. From resin to reason, eh? A Horseshoe pitching is said to be in need of a Judge Landls. "Ringers" are being used. W honor. i North Carolina's stadium is completed, a full three months ahead of scheduled time. ,0rgan Strains for Soring Bouts Not Liked bantam- - Bell, the New York seconds and his American tertled by the swelling, melodi-- s r.s of a pipe organ when the Me into Royal bout with F.aldoek, British fighter, which It on points. The New y Bell, looked around 4 wondering what it was all jprty was ushered lull for the York-ipeciall- in, often heard by the king hi, is one of the largest in the And is always played at big fcitests. Its base was hidden Americans by enormous black :e figures for use In indicating fnis, but &ome of its 9,000 odd sch nearly to the ceiling, fays he does not care for organ fc the ring. When the decision farted to Raldock, the organ feut "For he's a jolly good fel-)- t $e Cell didn't hear this cheers of the 7,000 or trs. owing more Harvard university may increase Its stadium seating capacity 1,000 to 1,500 for football games. Team Midshipman Michael Bagdanovitch, class of 1928, has been elected captain of Navy's varsity crew. On the roof of a New York builde golf course ing will be built a soon, the first of its kind in America. Denver Is said to have the longest public golf course in the United States, measuring 6,767 yards in length. The recorfl for the English channel last year by Georges Michel, the Faris swim is 11 hours 5 minutes, made the French has been barred from competition during next year's Mile. Susanne Lenglen, Olympic games. n While there is no standard weight for golf clubs, modern clubs are distinctly lighter than those in use 10 or 15 years ago. 1 HM it ? So popular has archery become in the Pacific northwest that an archery association has been formed to arrange for regular, tournaments. f , v3 Theodore Roebuck, (Tiny) phoctaw Indian, who starred at tackle last season for the Haskell team, has decided to enter the professional ring as a heavyweight boxer. full-blood- Harry Legg, who eliminated Oeorge von Elm In the national amateur race, won the transmississlppi championship four tfmes in succession, beginning in 1909. . Sun Edwina, regarded as one of the colts of the year, best has been sold to W. Averlll Harrimnn 2 "o shows Albert lluwley, u full- - of the Arden Farms stable by Willis J inn inn a Hninii,inA ri 11113 Sharpe Kilmer. The price was reportAS.IIHIUUlllC ui wlo will captaia the Haskell ed to be $75,000. ? ; rootball team this year. The Institute is the largest-IndiaMr.' Brisbane wants to know why ,n the J" United States, and its intelligent people will pay a million teum went through all last dollars to see a prize fif.'hr. The anwit'ont a single defeat swer probably Is that they do so because there aren't enough complimentary seats to go around. two-year-o- , n 1 : Ranges Help Football The lowest score for 30 holes In a u f athletics, believes the regularly supervised nnd recognized h,r r mnde in the football rules golf tourney Is credited to Oeorge L p Uw Pimc. He points out Livingston, a professional, who turned f sport will le aided as to the In n card of 13.1 at Nashville, Tenn.. :Ve L department and that the Inst year. ar C"l li'U'dy, as tliore has been ''"mi Inn Care Free, an old plater, bung up the past several victory at Dorvn! f 0 ,0 pny most ntteniion to build-- . his eiglily-eight"""' I fmni a defensive stand- - Park. Canada, and the Alexander fam ""'.ir.ntally Utile lias a real ily, who own this thoroughbred, plan " .'if in forinor stars on bis to race him as long ns be continue . to stand training. Lilt,(. Oeorgetown university fr JJumsiiMsSl h I iiMiwniaiaii4 WMmtmii wmi r.iiunt.miii-- New d Sikorsky amphibian monophane in which Miss F ances W. Grayson plans to try a flight from to Europe, with a pilot and a navigator-radi- o operator. At the left is Miss Graysou In flying costume. Twin-motore- York KANSAS CORN King and Queen of Pulchritude Yale plans to build a field gymnasium for use of its athletic teams during the winter months. tennis professional, ! i 'Yi ( Tiny Roberts, former Oglethorpe grid star, is fighting under the management of Walk Miller. baker. "ij t Every Infantryman to Have Automatic Rifle "T Photo shows Mile. Simone de la Chaume, the French woman golf champion, who is coming to America in quest of new golfing crowns. Ttv French champion Is only eighteen years of age, and. has to her credit the championship honors of England and France. She hopes to add the American and Canadian crowns to bar y" 'JW,t' i list '"y "saw ry is" 1 PICK-UF- B. ' This new Giant catcher from the Bermudas Is said to be the goods. He knows his onions. I "Chief Crazy Horse walked with a slight limp." South Dakota dispatch. Terhaps his real first name is Charley. gi.... y Two short fielders who promise fo develop Into outstanding stars have broken Into the majors this year. They are Bob Reeves of Washington nnd English of the Cubs. The decision ot the state Supreme court of Pennsylvania banning professional baseball In Philadelphia will lie appealed to the Supreme court of the United States. The Boston Red Sox have purchased Joseph Doughty, eighteen years old, Mtortstop, from the Easton team of the Eastern Shore league, nnd CHIT pitcher, from ttic Gnrrlfy, twenty-two- . Kiliiilmrg club of the Tfjnt Valley : i I ! HWv v Miss Lea Tora, the prettiest girl, and Olymplo Guilherme, the handsomest man, of all Brazil, as they arrived in New York for a tour of the United States. President of Poland Invited to U. S. ' Artie Nehf, southpaw pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds, recently received notice of bis unconditional release and lias been signed by the Chicago National league team. i ASKS DIVORCE Ropp, pitcher, and Frank (Buck) Wallace, shortstop of the Greensburg Generals of the Pennsylvania league, have been sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Glenn The Minneapolis baseball club of the American association announces the purchase of First Baseman James R. Toole from the Philadelphia club of the American league. - Kansas farmers assert that this year's corn crop Is the best ever raised In the state. Above is J. A. Ostrand of Shawnee county with some of his choice ears of corn exhibited at tb Kansas Free fair at Topeka. Jack Dunn of the Baltimore Orioles, who has been an ardent dog fancier for a number of years, has been named president of the Oriole Field Trial club of Maryland. It is a stunning thought that If the season were divided Into two races, in Texas league style, the Red Sox would be about In second place, or adjacent thereto. . I sI , " Z . Ii hVwk s.t I v r I f I .,1 - ; t f I ' i -- I Vn , A fK i 'W 4 i 1 rlv IP f i " ' - t. mi. " - ! 1 1 I r " S " k 4 i hfo ; 7f V' Wv? i I M ..... U ! a fri ! ! 1 " i iB President Mosciikl of Poland, at the right, receiving from Alderman Stanley Adunildewlcz of Chicago an Invitation to attend the Chicago Centennial exhibition. r 7 - naraniprrfi William Jennings Bryan, son of ih late "Commoner," who lias filed suit in Los Angeles for divorce, charging his wife, Helen Virginia Bryan, with desertion. They were married in P.HW, when both were students at the University of Nebraska. They have Hire daughters ranging in age from thirteen to seventeen years. Hoboken's Treat The Iloboken speak-easproprietor who was arrested for putting 'rubbing" alcohol Into his refreshments should have known that that wouldn't prov grist to hi gin iullL Farm and y |