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Show LITTLE PICK-TO OF 5P0&T Dick Grant is coach of athletics al the University of Havana, Cuba. Denison won the post-season series in the Western association from Tulsa. Speaking of game losers, how about the Athletics, Milwaukee and Cincinnati? Cincin-nati? President Lannin of the Red Sox declares de-clares no team is stronger than the umpires. The Japanese show up well in many lines of sport, but they haven't accomplished accom-plished much in boxing. James M. Burke, the well-known Boston A. A. middle-distance runner, has retired from tie cinder path. Boston sportdom is to lose another star, Patsy Sequin, the brilliant captain of last year's Arena hockey team, is the latest to desert the Hub. Buffalo wants the 1917 National Association As-sociation of Amateur Oarsmen regatta. The award will not be made until the annual meeting next March. Thirty-seven members of the Don Rowing club of Canada, including Amateur Am-ateur Sculling Champion Robert Dibble, Dib-ble, have joined the Canadian troops. A pitcher on the Oakland (Cal.) team tried to throw one of Maty's fadeaways and broke his arm. He's lucky. He might have broken the batter's head. Ned Egan of the Muscatine (Central association) club has sold two more pitchers, Detroit getting them both. They are Ed Pinkerton and H. W. Flanagan. Robert F. Herrick, coach of the Harvard Har-vard crews, is havinc two new eisrht- oared and a pair-oared shell constructed construct-ed which he will present to the crews for use in the trial work. Bobby Jones of Atlanta, whose playing play-ing was the sensation of the recent open golf qhampionship at the Merion club near Philadelphia, first played the game at the age of seven. He is not fifteen years old. Freddie Welsh has nothing but praise for Benny Leonard since his last meeting with the New York star. He says he has a wholesome respect for Leonard's ability. A page from history reveals the reason. Benny once made the champion look like a novice. |