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Show i 1 .- . - , . About the only exercise Jack Dempsey Demp-sey gets is side-stepping. Charles C. Peterson of St. Louis has refereed 247 billiard tourney matches. The Meji shrine, nearing completion in Toklo, is the largest athletic field' in the Orient. The new forward pass rule has caused many coaches to open up a brisk air attack. A stadium with a seating capacity of 30,000, and costing $100,000 has been proposed in Honolulu. Billy Papke, the old middleweight champion, is now a regular farmer on his ranch,, near Altadena, Cal. America's tennis star is about the most famous Helen since a certain flapper caused some commotion among the sheiks around Troy. Manager Casey Stengpl of the Toledo To-ledo Mud Hens announced the release of Infielder Clarence Forsythe and Southpaw Tommy Long. f It costs $100,000 to put on a six-day six-day bicycle race. Each racer eats on an average of more than $100 worth of food during the grind. At last Miss Wills is having some competition. It is reported that her latest opponent, Miss Joan Ridley, is "almost as pretty as our Helen." A metallic element, illinium, has been discovered by scientists at the University of Illinois, an institution heretofore made famous by Red Grange. Mrs. Adele Cook of Detroit, prominent promi-nent horsewoman, who has achieved fame as a polo player, is the only woman to win honors as a coach in the ancient game. Hawaii's former golf champion has gone in for politics, and will run for a seat in the territorial senate. But will the constituency believe the planks in a golfer's platform? Among the greatest fighters in ring history to come from California are James J. Corbett, James J. Jeffries, Abe Attel, Willie Richie. Frankie Neil, Joe Rivers. Joe Choynski, Jiuunie Britt and Fidel La Barba. |