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Show INTERESTING SPORT pAkagraphs Most fighters are featherweights in everything but their weight. When a boxing match Is "roasted" it is not necessarily "cooked." Hans Wagner had his salary cut and Immediately grew too old to play. Some ball players would make fine bowlers. They strike out so often. Washington (D. C.) Athletic club has 150 members and alms to secure 1,500." Nick Altrock has abandoned his hope of being a vaudeville star and has gone into business. It seems that in order to. be a true amateur you must become famous as a professional. Scott Chestnutt, who umpired in the International league last season, has retired from baseball. According to a statement in Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, President Dreyfuss of thePirates admits that his club has lost $70,000 In the past three years. v There are two hard things to do in cricket. One is to serve tea and the other is to keep score. "It requires great patience to play billiards," writes an expert. Especially Especial-ly to play Willie Hoppe. It has been suggested that in case of war all baseball pitchers could be used as hand grenade throwers. The New York State League club owners have decided on the double umpire um-pire system for the coming season. Some ball players who insist on being be-ing paid "what they are worth" would have to go to the poorhouse'if they got it. Proposed match for one-armed golfers golf-ers suggests a similar tournament for deaf-and-dumb golfers if a mute can play golf 1 . . Peter Kilduff, shortstop, who was with the Western league last season, has been purchased y the New York Nationals. Ruby Robert used to put 'em to sleep with his fists, and now he is going to turn preacher and put 'em to sleep with his mouth. Now that golf Is rapidly becoming a game for the poor man as well as for the rich, there is nothing left for the excluslves but polo. Erwin, who umpired in the South Atlantic At-lantic league last season, will not be In the Sally league next season, as he has accepted a position to render decisions de-cisions in the Eastern league. The Portland team of the Pacific Coast league has traded Ilngerman, pitcher, formerly of the Cleveland Americans, to St. Paul of the American association, for Marshall, catcher. Freddie Welsh may be through ana then again he may be operating on the theory that it isn't worth while to show his best line of goods to customers custom-ers vh.i hMvon't the money (o buy. y ... |