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Show port Motes The Polo grounds, New York, will seat 62,612 fans at boxing shows this year. ... In Great Britain first-class soccer teams attract an average crowd of 30,000 spectators. ... William K. Murr, '26, of Detroit, Mich., has been elected captain of next year's Yale polo team. Frank ' "Duffy" Hanny, a former gridiron star at Indiana university, ! has become a professional boxer. ! ... Appointment of Arnold E. Barron, i former Penn State and. Olympic high hurler, as head track coach is announced. an-nounced. ... An eight-oared crew representing the Rowing Club of Paris is to take part in the Royal Henley regatta on the Thames this year. ... E. J. Meyers, high jumper on the Lehigh university track team, has been elected captain of the track squad for next season. ... A track expert has figured that Paavo Nurmi ran 118 miles 1,149 : yards in competition during his recent j visit to this country. This distance I occupied an actual time of 8 hours 58 minutes 9 seconds. |