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Show Columbia reports 145 freshmen out for the frosh crew. Fencing Is the favorite sport of Mussolini, the Italian premier. The record for circling the bases on a baseball diamond is 13 4-5 seconds. Walter Johnson says he is through as a pitcher. Yes, indeed, through and through. For three consecutive yeare, 1905-06-07, no home runs were made in the world .series. This new fellow Cello was beaten in his latest ring battle. They say he fiddled around too much. From all we hear there wasn't as much demand for debunking history as for debunkering golf. Alumni frequently are able to do more yelping and less helping than any other body of individuals. Early season games show that Alm-nuist Alm-nuist of Minnesota is likely to lead the Big Ten in scoring this year. Lillian Copeland of the Pasadena (Calif.) A. C. holds the national record rec-ord for shot put of 39 feet Inch. We recommend that the United States air forces sign up Knute Rockne and his Notre Dame gridders. A good job for an umpire during the cold months would be the selling of bottles thrown at him during the summer. Aubrey Ireland, elected commodore of the American Canoe association, is the first Canadian since 1900 to be so honored. . . 4 Nearly 300 dog show? will be held In all parts of the United States this year under the auspices of the American Amer-ican Kennel club. Nothing that the esteemed Judge I.andis can say will prevent the successful suc-cessful pitcher from being the real "czar" of baseball. One hundred and forty-three of the one hundred fifty leading American (Colleges include tennis among their athletic activities. This will always be remembered as that year without a summer, in which a New Jersey football player succumbed suc-cumbed to heat stroke. The Yankees are the fifth club In modern major league baseball to finish fin-ish the season with better than a .700 percentage of victories. The most strike-outs on record for a nine-Inning game are credited to a minor league pitcher named Dorr, who fanned 23 batters on August 12. Olio I'errltt. who managed the Petersburg Pe-tersburg team of the Virginia league, this season, has been signed as manager man-ager of the Richmond team for next season. Out of Babe Kuril's total of 416 home runs made during bis big league career, the greatest number. 71, have lxen scored at the expense of Detroit pitchers. Harry Payne Whitney was elected a steward of the Jockey club at a meeting meet-ing to fill a vacancy caused by the death of his brother. Payne Whitney, last June. The major league record for n hlgM si-ore Is 36 to 7, made In 1S97 when Chicago defeated Louisville, when a member of the National league, in a one sided game. The manner In which radio atvl lllms evade the payment of ringside prices Is all that prevents pugilism front being recognized as one of the leading Industries. In his memoirs Tom Sharkey admits ad-mits having been In 3.000 lights some ,if them at a few hours' notice They say half the time Tom didn't even catch the opposition's nan.e. One of the few rnfesHonnl golfers to regain bis amateur status Is Harold Har-old ,1. Galloway of La Grange. Ga., whose Ihrce years of "penance" were recently comph'ted. The Chattanooga team owns the tallest and shortest players In the Southern league In John Weaver, who Is six and a half Inches over six feet, and Eddie Lewis, who Is elx and tt half Inches under six feet. Tad Jones, bend coach of football at Yale, was n star baseball player wbUe at college lini' turned down 11 lucrative offer by John McGraw, man-lifer man-lifer of the Giants, to play professionally. profession-ally. Waller A. Weiss "2S, captain and ipiarterback of the Iowa Slate college col-lege eleven. Is I lie smallest regular In the .Mis-ntirl Valley cotilciviicc this season. Webs weighs only 135 pounds Football c.'trnlne.M ure expected to pay for the cost of I'tilverslty of .Michigan's new kIihIIuiu, ii well us I he $;illl),000 1 1 1 ! i n 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 Sports building build-ing and the $100,000 women' 'leld house. |