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Show And then .just think what a team Helen and Suzanne would make if they played together! Starting with only 12 clubs in 1S00, the British Amateur Boxing associa-, associa-, tiou now controls over 300. . ' j The Seattle Pacific Coast league 1 club sold Sam Crane, shortstop, to Buffalo of the International league. Jack Dunn, owner and manager of the Baltimore. Orioles, is reputed to be one of the , richest men in baseball. base-ball. j IL 3. Huff, athletic director at C.rin-1 C.rin-1 nell college, Grinnell, Iowa, has been appointed track coacli at Kansas university. uni-versity. At one time and another they have rated six ball players above Ty Cobb : but where are they now? And what is their names? Among the nature fakes are the stories of these college correspondents which tell of a wrestling victory avenging a football defeat. I Johnny Tobin, former outfielder of the St. Louis Browns, who was traded to Washington with Joe Bush, appears to be pleased with bis transfer. I Wise Ileal, eighteen-year-old Cliar-1 Cliar-1 lotte high school player, has been j t-igned by. lbs Charlotte club of the I 'ooutli Atlantic tongue, for a tryout. j 'J.e is a pi; c-her. Tony Faeth, veteran right-handed i.Ucher, who was with Des Moines j last season until his arm failed him, I has signed with Columbus of the American association. Babe Ruth, the batting wonder, uses a bat that weighs 42 ounces, while Rogers Hornsby. termed the most natural hitter the game has ever known, uses a 26 ounce bat. i Columbus of the American assocla-t assocla-t tion, has obtained Pitcher Elbert John-1 John-1 son from the Pittsburgh Pirates. He I was witii Albany of the Eastern league last season on option. Max Carey, outfielder of the world champion Pittsburgh team, is about the only real choke-hitter left in the major leagues. Now the demand 13 for bats with small handles and large ! ends, to permit of greater leverage. ! 1 ; Charley Hartnett, of the Cubs, was the only National league catcher to take part In 100 games or over last j seasoa. Hartnett was In 110. Then followed Snyder, Giants; Taylor. Brooklyn, nnd Smith, Pittsburgh, with 96 apiece. |