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Show bJLnr J3LWTB HttFXlE, SPORTING TOTTSMTT) A TT TT SECTION WT TC1TT)TT TTTOTT TT SPORTING mil ECTION I A jk - A SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 191G BLANKENSHIP SIGNS THREE! Norwegians to TRUCK HANNAH AMONG T.hHold Tourney EACH DIVISION BOASTING TEAM on (Truck) Harry Hannah, veteran catcher on the alt train, was IN TOURNAMENT yesterday Douglas for the Colleges Arc Getting Line on Mason. Material; Aggies and 'Y' rom-In- K Han- nah, who last year hor the brunt of tin: attack of local pltvhers upon their ratt will again tio the btirden of work this season. Hannah's signature to contract means a lot to local fans who haven of adntlra-tiofor the catcher who was out to win hall games If he had to nacrl'lee a Irs or at tiim imperil the welfare of nis entire boiy. as ftr instance the day when ho fat himself down on home plate to block a slide of Tins I'odte to that Strong. MUCH INTEREST IS SHOWN From Extreme North to Far Dixie, Highs Are in Action. schedule now under way an,! th collrlat teams h'Klnnin: to get ready for their fasnn. It looks rror and more a f thin state were dn t v.ir In the indoor sport,, for a livery dtrt:on In t: e Mch school teic: I showing fnthuiam anrl foiiif s teams nro bring developed, both H northern and o'ilh'rn end of this sfat n well as In the middle. As l the p.im in 'iT. chief Interest in whl"h Miffim found It Utah ro'intr. basketball - sbnvB alt othr sport. Th rriti- ciate tram- hav practteally The m.fc,! thtr preliminary work. Coach of although Fta't. FrUerttv Nelson H. Ncrsrfn ha good material, a." It h ro'ralc char doe not hold were scheduled. The It.! hfor pam inrn In wfrk!ns hard enough. bit the riiinK from lntr ol!csclat ruiiit: l th r, w an. more ytem rf the varsity runnlni pam-- s has thrown Coach n hoys at t disadvantage, and his a hard tlnie getting having I strtnTt fouling st!pu-Tatit t boast of a T?.e Aacrirtitturnl net- - basketball roach this year, an! from reports from that school. H.U"M Of?l is worklns the. l'nfli Farmers r.nrdr than they ever have I ff Is a student f th warn" la fvrk- -i. r an. J n Y the result of hi drilling uroUr Coach Yost regime know r.n njh'r method of ehooslng I'fsycrsi their abilities. As th result than cf this, a record nntnlr of studcrts are Ma-tlo- yotmK rk f-- - vt . " c. V. 1 vrniiM;, ! v . w-- !'!" llu-K- n . Is to he frarr.l by all th collsc teanrs. division. I'lrss- tn th h!sh ml Vf?t iiitrh of Crm Fatt lak tra favorites In Ilcht of thlr last flaht for tharrchampionship vetwell auppll! with y.ir. Both team arreat fam ran he put nr erans ani a Neither tram has thus far hy either. lost n. name. c boast of All the thrr tttvlsfoiis an-- l f rm too. stake. (rtetla team?, North a'h anil ntchmontl Hljch on lown to M'lMork cadeniy.nil lllchfieM are ald noutherrr.ost nhools. anl tor a harl year. to be In rat shape The I P. H. I, team of this division, which until last jrear always mnaKil t Et In on th rhamptonsiip finals. for the tiIlkewts pulllnc stror.Klv itoiriit to he a prtty tle, anil It of at horn to deef, which .'Ihltwohere West H!h or I,. 1. S. rtva th. will (to south for the Ms tournament. .t si-hf- May ; . ' v r j,- -. , Sx'-- ... ' v- - h-o- 1 1 ht 1 - -- MY two-yea- lnt-rva- p: . 1S-1- 3. 15-- 7-- S-- 17-1- 5, 2. n . ! 7, 1. la-1- 3. 13-1- 3. 15-1- 3. Brown lleclslon Over Knock-oAfter Twenty "Hound of ut Milwaukee. Jan. 15. Les Darcy, Australian, defeated George (Knock-out- ) Brown, American, In a twenty-roun- d bout at. Sydney, Australia, last night, according to a cablegram received today by Tom Andrews, boxing promoter of Milwaukee. Darcy was given the decision on points. 9 ic 'f f-- ' OFI-"- 1 me-?r- l 1 WINS AGAIN FOIl HI NT. Eureka. Jan. 15. A special train of three passenger coaches and a box car will leave the San Pedro depot of this at 7.30 on the morning ofatJanuary city L'S for the Adams grounds switch on hunting the main line of the Salt Lake Route, where the annual rabbit will take hunt of the Tintic isdistrict said the rabbits place, and where it are exceptionally plentiful this winter. It LITTLE Lf;r.It Th Coast on 1 - DARCY Milling. p. BARLOW, wlio of the West school girls' baseball team. Barlow is a pitcher of unusual IN NIK jiyriSS I is captain-elec- t - !hzh capabilities and with her on the mound for the indoor team, which ! will f. tart play at West hisrh after ! midyear examinations, Panther confident of a chamare students ! pionship team in the local high t school perls' baseball league. Miss Barlow is versatile. She J can pitch, and unlike most pitchers, has a crreat eye for batting. Her average last season was 7ol in bat- titirr and !!)2 in fieldinpr, makinp; j only one error durina: the entire I vear. She can play behind the bat, ! in the infield or m the outfield with success. She is also the mainstay of the senior trirls' class baseball team at J West liitrh; is an officer in the JtJirls Athletic club and holds sev-- i etal other positions of prominence. I ! Year? it Will t s- Get Will Salt Lake Follow Up Its Admirable Lead of Last - v H ,)fK.: . BlanK-enshl- 1 rr . LES . tloj 1 v; ' r l, 5p--'- - s 1 ME who ensafre the Norsemen will be Axel M. Andresen, A. Jorgensen, Uertsen Carl Strand, .1. Schau and liernt Hovick. Miss Burg-hil- d assoof the IJerstedt. secretary ciation: Mrs. Valburg Andresen and Mrs. K. Lynn are said to be the most expert of the women entries. Considerate Interest is attached to this sport nt present. Local sporting" !f)ods stores say they have sold more few skeeinx paraphernalia in the weeks that snow has been on the ground than in all the past seasons put together. Some of the men who will engage Fay they are going to try for today distance leaps. The record in this event is 180 feet, which is considerable of a flight. -- m TE if recruit Isn't verv seafar baseball the fourth of son win open . a wait of seventv-ctgAorll. which more days. Each dav has twenty-four a mathehours, so If vou areinav IlKiir matician and curious, vou manv moments out for yoursifto how while awav before vou have Oakland will be the 14 dav comes. here then, andon a nad dav will It be that fourth of April. for o.iklard. In the There seema to be no question fans as to how thi minds of Salt Inke baseball this year. will support city here and The game Is an obsession a snorting footcity RICHFIELflWINSTfRST the town, natnrallv which lovrs boxlns:. wrestUnK. snorta ball, basketball and all other In eswhere cleanliness features, holds teem above all other sports the AmerSEVIER-SANPEican game of baseball. who are- fleur-in- g are any fans If there on n bad ialt Lake la no for them. the attitude of the For one thlnK. themselves will count forthea tlayers Fast Southern Team Takes season The ball stars willon iro Intohands lot their last with more work a little less pav than probably Monroe Down Line in Bitter and has a murmurIs vear. but not thus far the In fact, opposite heard. been Basketball Fray. Manairer the rule accordingtheto men are so Jaa who says i cau-- r a pennant that thev don win to car.- - about salaries nor anything else. TSe !IrM n;x;r.fVi?t Thev rr.av fall short of the pennant, Ri- nfie:.!. Jan. 13. screater but halt Lake fs.ns will be satisfied Showing ! countUssr baskets with and out at Majestic park rooting dally p e.i and c k k rsroIarlty. th Kb hfiehi Hish so lonir as It baa n tram of flichters. school team was tonight victorious ovr That, after all.if Is the Me thing. trim of th the Monroe lilsh Arthur if r division aft r a hard Sanpete-Selt; the GHHiG. Wtiuer Federal strusrsrle. 13 to 2:. PatterHam Manager The tt.r of the. game was Svaln. t ill the Vernon club. for of the Morro tram. He scored son has been after renter r contract with the - points and was U under, a 17 of Monro' of his rpiintet. He Brooklyn Federals, but so far has been the main-da- y easily disposition wa h.rd to icuard and on defensive unable to learn Just what he can obhim. If was nhl. tJ k"ep the KlchfU-1boys Is to be made of he sitcnn icladlv will his release thetr lead. tain front further Increasing If he does. a Patter-yowon the game for with the Tigers Haves, left icuard. savs he will use him as .304cleanon atdiitr Rlehft'ld. He showed!s ko1 ran with down up utility man. Griega hit defensive an I at 1912 and In Americans Cleveland of a the for to rait" floor throw the pointers Montreal vear with thfoliowine .;94 Sfcte. his tin to the time he fumoed to the Feds. The line-uPosiWhile first base la his regular MONROE. mcil FIELD. second for the Nans in he played tion, . A rnli;rsnn J. If. Salnsbury Bowman a scood many games. NeiiZ r.f. .. Sw aln c Knker t President I K. 7m. U right ...Bell.Anderson Hayes on Zeb to Ramble CNFIlKCE Beat r.g to stay In the ma"I had a talk with Rowland when BROOKE AND WEAR WIN jors. I was in Chicaco recently." he said, "and he told me that I didn't stand a Kettlnsr Zeb back, and that chance Jan. 15. Georce H. I might of as well go out and get me Philadelphia. just "W. Tlrooke and J. Wear, f representing a shortstop, there was no use counting the Philadelphia Racquet lub, defeated on Zeb. th rucipuet double champion.. C. c. From what the Chicago manager told Pell and S. 1. Mortimer of New York him Powers Is led to believe that Buck In an Intercity contest here todav. Weaver mav be switched over to third Fcores: and that Terry orwill fill the regular Whit Sox. If berth at short Is notthemade. W will r. D.K. Brownley. J. uch a chansre and M. as utllltv Inflelder Terry the with Whitman remain defeated Philadelphia, savs that Chlraeo Americans. Powers and J. 15--F. Waterbury, New York. 15-Rowland is not alone in liklnsr Terry 10.15, win-,tn- iqhiiwkjh mn During Past Five Years the Number of Fair Shots '.".V 1 Lw'Ol Greatly Increased. A K. DOWNING has Sf.-- . 5W XVSXXN-.'.- v " JV.V J- 5 1 appeared . he The many friends of Kid local featherweight who Davis, has been Utah, his home for making Cleveland, the past couple of years, will be glad to hear that he will be back In the game again tomorrow night to meet Kid Kmmett. Martyhis Rowan, middleweight, will debut and make will meet Ern Jack Wright offourMurray, who battled rounds a couple Downey lough of weeks ago. Marvin Gould, a brother of Young Gilberts will meet Pug Dyle in the first preliminary and the regulation curtain raiser will be held. UUEIlN Rank GUNNERS GOOD Among1 the Heat nt End of Fourth Hlfle Competition. Jan. 15. At the end of theWashington, fourth week's competition In the national interclub Indoor rifle chamclub of Bridgeport. pionshipis the Parkwith a total score of Conn., leading 39.r7. Kings Mills.O..O.. is second with 3952, and Bucyrus, third with 3941. Scores made public tonight by the National Rifle Association of America show the high counts during the fourth following week: Mills,-clasA7 992; Park club, Kings Conn., class A, 990; BucyBridgeport, rus, O., class A, 989; Auburn, N. Y., class 98S; Marlon. O.. class A, 986; Ogden, I. Utah, class B, 9S6: San Francisco, class C, 984; Kane, Pa., class B. 983; Salt Lake City, class B. 982; Watertown, S. D., class B, 982; Bangor, Me., class A, 978; and St. Paul, class C. 977. AVeek" s "WHITE TO BOX MO "It AX. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 15. Joe Levy announced tonight that he had signed Charley White of Chicago to box Vic Moran of New Orleans eight 2. rounds before his club here February 133 Is limit Weight upon agreed pounds at 3 o'clock. SAMMY GOOD. GOOD, coast SAMMY who is on the lightweight trail of Callahan for a bout this be used by Hardy en-K. winter, may one d of hi3 Downing in at the Manhattan club, actertainments last night, who says cording to Good he is eager to stay over in Salt Lake for a few weeks before resuming his to New York, and meet Young Journey and some of the other local Gilbert boys. Good keeps in continual training, alhe has no bout in sight at presthough ent other thand the chance of breaking He game here. into the works out daily in Hardy Downlng's gymnasium on E. Second South street and yesterday put in a busy day boxing fifteen rounds with Marty Rowan and George Christian. Good started the professional mitt same time Ralph Gruman game at the did. Both come from Portland. Owing to the broken jawbone with which Ralph Is suffering at present It is possible that his manager, Billy Roche, will take Good along with him to substitute in a number of coming events for his clever protege. four-roun- four-roun- PROCTOR ENTERS LEAGUE Alpine Division Coaches Meet and De cide to Take In Academy Team. ttniat in Tlif llerald-Renublicau- .l Jan. 15. At a meeting of the coaches of the Alpine division x ot i uliui scnooiwasicasue, State illgli Provo taken into the of academy to be the sixth school. division cahnge each As the result of this division can play every team in the to this the odd team had week. Prior to remain idle. The schedule for next week with the new entrant in will be as follows: Leh against Proctor, American Fork against Provo. Pleasant Grove against Ileber. LeM. CHEER UP! THE BASEBALL SEASON WILL SOON OPEN ! h Jack umiimn hard-hittin- s. Ike . 1 1 '. y, icim, according to Tonmy riMpatrb k of th ii srlonl tram. which East Sid ! k aso. has thr rollr p!a t.r In irIts . also train h history am! It Tliis larsrt th stfntucrst. nil! prohahly who mu-t- i Is tmus;j.ii for ioarh mrn to v has h bunrh of .small , 1,0. from If tic Is nhlr to trt his a all to ! as fiavywfUhlp his othrr trams. It U IouttfuI If thr Is nn aicprrtatton In th co intry that fouhJ tor Ihrrn. Th northern "V" Irani Is plannlnr on a t r r to th wrstrrr. const h'for thr oprtiint: play in I'tah. Th" lirisiS.am Yttnr university tam Is an nnknowit oah Uritlty. Is iuit about ht. pros-prt- s Iiohrts ns ttjni.il. whicli nutans that hr will sprtns? a aiirpr. prohahly on lalr for vn. This i"h ha. an ohs-.haskcthall championships. jnt winning no matter what th matrrial Is at hanl. B. rjlHi: X I'onctt . semi-wlndu- " or it. ' MANY DIANAS OF TRAPS First Club Founded in 1913 Now Has Membership of Over One Hundred. 1 . t a m. th r . j n. Oakridce. N. ntank was tipped off to this promts-Ins- ; southpaw pitcher by ft chooll pal of hia and looking for hi in to Into an develop Munsell Kmntflt t!tls season. May for will report practice this sprlnir. Herbert t". Mor-thiiu-!- i the lousht-fo- r Spokane Inflelder, was alo finally n'.cnril by teanv. the Salt said the skipper last nltht, who had jtist romplrleilMur-'a busy week. phy is an Inflelder hy disposition, but is ulso roo.1 in th; outfield. Manager Pdankenshlp "will probably use him in the role of utility man this year. Owlnwr to the reduction In player limit, it will be necessary for him to have a man who can play both out and Infield positions. from Nor-gre- nut is- .- h. - a! " Headliner. a With yesterday's to announcement thr effect thatllan-tia-he had sltoted M a n a R e r also Klar.keiiship sid hr had stKi'd htsch-ctas- r-.e- n ' Eddie Duffy and Joe Wright to Furnish the Club's matched townsmen will have chance HARDY LOCAI looks like a good bunch some skeelngr today on the of battlers for his card at the Fort Douplas reservation, when the Manhattan club tomorrow night. Norwegian Vounvr Folks' societyarewill The headliner will bring together to stace Its first sportslaK. I'rizes bo awarded the most successful entries Eddie Duffy, one of the best welterin the various competitions and the weights that ever boxed at the Mannumber of events will include every- hattan club, and Joe Wright toofa Bingdraw from speed trials to blR leaps. ham, who battled Jess Oren thing Not only will the sons and daugh- last Monday. were a The Binghamltes little disters of the ancient Norsemen, whose at Wright's showing Mondost endants say came over to this counappointed Columbus was still very day and asked that he be given another try while be entered, but there will also chance. They figured that Wright young, he some other nations represented. The- should have easily beaten Oren but skeeins society, head- say that he had not taken part In a nterniountaln d by Walter Moyle. will be one club to bout in several months and was not at his best. p take part in the events. between Tom The The Karnes will start at 3 o'clock in and Red Newey of Ogden the afternoon and will continue until Crawford one o'clock or thereabout. Judges for should be g of the best ever. Newey the awarding of places will be Ramm is a welterweight and N. Christopherson, II. C. is always trying, while Crawford Is Hansen. Andersen and T. Urll. improving with every bout and Is one Some of the more expert skeers of the most wicked battlers that ever at the Grand. In the festivities for will y pl-nt- lntercholatlc basketball i- mm BIG PART IN TRAP SHOOTING Route to Gotham lT ht-rs-, WITH Slated Again En Fort Range TomorrowEve Skeers Will Hold Competitions in Leaping and Time Trials. Clifton hy ManagerBlanken-shlp the Boy After Go WOME N TAKING Wants to Meet Locals ike Hignl Are DowningCard Coast and that Comlskev was very much taken vith him from what he saw of In the Hie former Stanford Player preseason games between the Sox and Angels. AnIn the first came between the PowSox. Comlskey sat with and gels ers In his private box. The first three balls which came to Terrv came first to his right, then to his left and lastlv right in front of him. He han cleanlv and Comlskey dle. all thre turned to Powers with the remark, "You don't need Blackbnrne. That felneed." .This was after low Is allt. you .1 aU I tho White KoV Tirvn'ra owner for Lena and had reectve.l Co- - j promise that he would sen mlskey's him to him. SEITI.VEIIA. San RETAIN Jan. If.. Some fans are gothat men whom ing to be surprised were valuable to the they have figured Seals were overestimated, and they win be perhaps still more surprised to hadn't figured find out that men on are reckoned b they the Seals' manager as Particularly valuable. lor For Instance, behold Ioul has Sepul-vedstood three years Ixuls on the outskirts looking In on the Seal staff. He has been No. 3. He has waited around catchercatching to learn what he could learn. has rigured that Harryhas Wolverton Louis arrived. He plans to make Louis the catcher for the club, and he thinks Louis will catch at least P0 per cent of the games and that he will everybody by the class of his surprise work. Then, there will be Johnny Couch, to deliver pitcher. Johnny Is expected of goods this seaan excellent qualitv son. He Is one of those fellows alto make good, but ways never threatening coming through. Ho is quite young, very young. Je 1 r a. ! 3j( CONTRACT. TWO I'MIEIl has but two men under are ;?c WHITE V ate MAY MANAGE DENVER. writers are boosting White as a manger of the Denver club in the Western league. to Harry Williams, when According was recently In Los AnOwner McGUI he was favorably Impressed with geles recommendations on behalf of the lie would White and promised that It aptake up the question at once. pears that Jack Hendricks, who man- - 5$C . " ; FURTHER SAYS. Speaking of "Slim" Love, the former Angel HEshould make good with the Yankees. Bill Donovan Is the manager who will make the lanky heaver a winner. To win games Love must be kept out on the field a half hour after the other athletes have turned in, and during but field time he should do that weakness. bunts. That is his big nothing SMITH. "Tub" Spencer and AFTER Ryan, chums of many years' may have a falling out standing, over a baseball player. Clarence Smith, a former Poly High baseball player, was used In the Calexico outfield this winter. Both veterans are anxious to for his respecsign up theandyoungster each one claims to have tive team, the prior claim to his services. OLD BOSS. There CONGRATULATES angle at when Frank Chance received a telegram of congratTinker was ulations from Joe Tinker. the mam who formerly congratulating now held the Job he occupies. He stated he would help Chance after January js 5fC - con- Chick Autrey, the They the season first packer, who finished with the club, and who signed up on the season's last day. and Poll Perritt, the former Ixs Angeles pitcher, who. In the opinion of Wolverton and Berry, should be a winner with an organization of sluggers, like the Seals, behind him. This week the contracts to the other Several members will be sent forth. men will be disappointed, but Wolverbe any ton does not believe there will great difficulty in getting- - them to tract. see what Hendricks thinks of such a scheme before he reaches a definite decision. ?c ijc I1I1A1 NS.' According to Matt CREDIT coast scribe. Jack out with a complaint. He Ryan says a youngthat the sporting writers give a. ster with steel arm all the credit and to mention the veteran who has aforget good season because of a large amount" of brain matters for himself, Ryan is not Baum. He but for "Spider" speaking says .the ball than he better pitched "Spider" ever did before, but that the writers "Slim" Love and kept on boosting who only tried to "Lefty" Williams, throw the ball by the batter. 3(c Jf 20. - Jc sc sjc FOR. DITCH. Tub of the year and rush back, all within two weeks. Just for the joy of traveling:. Six or seven (lavs on th marl onrl about a week in Chicago certainly wuuiun t count ior mucn by way or While refuses to the it, one. are that it is the admit chances Rowdy case of Johnston that is the lodestar Jimmy ana drawing him eastward. matters stand, the Oaks don't know just where they figure as regards their star outfielder. lie cost them a considerable sum of money a. year ago $2000 to be exact and in addition iney paid mm a fine salary. He with the Feds, it is true, before signed onpeace negotiations were. cluded. or even As before had been mentioned. At they same time, the publicly it must be remembered that Johnston hasn't played a game of ball with the Peds never had a chance, in fact. Whether this will make a difference in his case or whether he is presumed to be the property of the Feds, for such disposition as they may see fit, is somethe Oakland club would very thing much like to know. And is why unquestionably, Messrs. that, and Cook are planning Leavitt for Elliott to do some scouting duty. "No contract has been forwarded to Johnston," wis the cautious statement made by yesterday, "as we don't know justRowdy where we stand. Unless we receive word to the contrary, we will forward a contract within the specified time, merely to protect ourselves. we would like to have Jimmy Naturally with us again, as he is a valuable man arid a good ball player. "As 1 have said, this trip is not for All the same, any particular reason. to pick up a good if I could manage d first baseman, a right-han- of hitting outchoice fielder and a couple pitchers, I would be glad of the chance." can so look much ypu later, And, not that will be of parout for some news ticular interest to the Oakland team. Spencer that "Dutch" Reuther has GOOD, Claiming that of a star pitcher. He SCOGGINS Scoggins will be the is supposed to go to Kansas Citv in exof the Coast league for Morris Rath. Reuther was change Jack Ryan, the star the coming season, with the Angels for a time. He is a twirler of the Los Angeles club, arrived and appears to have a lot in Los Angeles recently from the Imof stuff on the ball. Valley league. STRONG f- ago the women who wer as trapshooters could be counted on the fingers of both hands and at that some of the finger would be in Idleness. Conditions are different now. are thousands of women who areThr pro- xicient with the "scatter run" a.nd ardent devotees of "the Snort Ailm-tni- r There are Just as many Dianas of the traps now as there are women golfers. xnis Is a broad statement: neve.rthlas It is true. Woman loves and admires the there is in the world. She loves best th great outdoors just as much as the memDers of the stronger sex; she loves the surf, the mountains, the stream and She enjoys the pleas,f?resture ?6U outdoor recreation in which she ZVlv, pai'tlciPate with her sweetheart, or children. Many of the outdoor pastimes are too strenuous for isn't a strenuous Trapshooting is pastime, ideal outdoor sport for the fairit sex. the It is a sport that lends all the pleasure, minus all the disturb- associated with field shootln861113 ,sn,t a faa- It isn't a cnLrf?fri?ting that any particular section the country leads in or sets the ofpace not to the traps and taking )nien "? bIue rocks" because it is a.the ili ffashion; they are becoming inter- because of its beneficial ,nFthe. effects.5port want to remain They Annie Oakley, known in young':, vate life as Mrs. Frank E. Butler, prifor more than a score of years and the woman shot in the world says greatest no other recreation will do much towards a woman so in good health as keeping trapshooting. Jt keeps them young, interested and enthusiastic. Mrs. Harold Almert of Chicago, the on of America, became awoman's champ scatter gun" because she devotee wanted to t1!9, in the same participate as her husband and children andsports she is never when she is with them traps. Some Good Records. Sinners' day shoots con ducted last fall more than 500 women 522 faced the traps. H.exCtV tfaSa nB The number has faced the gun clubs interested club ,r8iifild1wltl? th,e wome" FIVE years - - healthier. c Sb Forty-thre- e Rod and Guu at nfKahqU,que Conn.; Chapmim Hflrst llme'in or more at nearly every one of the beginners' days shoots which were conducted in all parts of the country. eligible to in aUgTn luba! and in a membership number of cities are women s gun clubs. Chicago. there Knokann and Kan., fathe National Game Has Enjoyed a eS Dianas1"1 Conservative and Steady Growth All the Way ?;c .v?"w BY PETER P. CARNEY. left-hand- er DOING SOMETHING. Silent ROWDY Sphynx, writes Harry B. and mysteriously inclined Smith, when it comes to giving the reasons why, "Rowdy" Elliott, the boy manaleft San Francisco on ger of the Oaks, a rush trip to Chicago, as he says to look over the field and see for himself how things are going. In one breath Rowdy admitted he will be on the outlook for baseball talthe next he told us that his ent, and in was to be merely a pleasure journey with not a thought of baseball. ages McGIll's Indianapolis American trip, But managers are not apt to make association team. Is his adviser in such hurry-up trips to Chicago at this time matters, and the magnate wanted to perial said Scog-glnis in fine condiRyan tion and will be a big winner for the Angels. d is a little The would be able to but he said hepitcher heavy,the take He extra weight off inthea week's was shot ear by time. through on a Imnting Williams while "Lefty" trip, but-i- t was not serious. LITTLE TROUBLE. MAY HAVE Stovall says he is after the management. He may have little trouble in grabbing it, as there is said to be bad feeling between Ban Johnson and Stovall. s right-hande- Wilmington have the largest especially for the mod-Th- e first gun club for women was Harriet D. Hammond in Wilmington. Del., in July. 1913. and Is known as the De Nemours Gun club. The club now has 100 members. The Diana club of Chicago was the next one organized. A majority of the aro being formed as to the men's auxiliariesclub?u gun clubs, and the women are instructed in the finer of a points are handling gun the men. by a There number of women "scatter enthusiasts who are quite to take care of themselves able gun" in comwith the members of the petition sex. Possibly Mrs. Ad Topperwelnmale of San Antonio, Tex., is the best known of these. She is the best of the women She has concluded atrapshooters. tour of Utah, Idaho, just Montana Oregon, California, Nevada and Washington. She shot at 8010 targets and, missed but 397 of that number, giving her an average of 95. There is nothing the matter with that average. Many women wuum ramer nave that average than be listed in the social Mrs. Topperweln had one runregister. of 168 at Reno, Nev., on straight, ofand the October she missed her seclast day ond "blue rock" in a J00 "bird" match, and then smashed the 98 in order. A woman whoremaining can do that no has fear of burglars entering her home. Another woman who is able to A. II. Winkshatter the targets is Mrs. quite ler of the Chicago Gun club. She rewon the fifth annual championcentlytournament of that club. She ship won the high average honors with also 186 breaks in 200 targets. In the club championship competition after runs of 25, 24. 23 and 21, it was necessary for Mrs. Winkler to meet D. E. Thomas in for the the shoot-of- f and she broke 23 targets to 22trophy, for her male opponent.oneRecently in a 50 "bird" contest at of the weekly shoots the only person to defeat Mrs. Winkler was her husband. He broke 50 straight, and Mrs. Winkler missed one of her fifty. That is a fine combination. Sirs. Vogel Consistent. A consistent woman trapshooter is Mrs. L. C. Vogel of Detroit. She apteam peared on the Detroit ball players' trapshooting againstonthe the recent tour. She has the squad distinction of being the only unique woman member of the Wresty Hogans. Mrs. Vogel took up shooting as a pastime several years ago, and as Anna Pa., she made Reiker of Lancaster. a reputation as a wing shot. In quite 1909 she made her debut as a target 20 Prehooter and broke she had straight. killed 93 birds vious to athat in 100 in live bird match.28 She brought Oi down 33 straight from yards. devoted she has later years, however, to the breaking of the her attention and enjoys the sport mucfc pigeons, clay more now than she did when she first took, to the gun. In June, 1913, in Deshe won high gun average with troit, 396 breaks in 425 targets. In March. 1914 in New York she won the ladies individual championship trophy, abreak50 targets. out 44 thret In of ing shoot in Cedar Park, O:, in June, days' she broke 450 out of 500 targets 1914, 98 in 100. In one aevent she smashed in all im-1 She is prominent figureand can events, portantbe shooting found in the leading list. ways all-st- ar |