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Show Golf is to be adopted by Japan. Field hockey is now played by women wom-en athletes in Japan. . Yale has won 12 intercollegiate swimming championships in 13 years. In the matter of engaging in a fight, Mr. Dempsey still is on his war basis. John Farrand, the son of the president pres-ident of Cornell university, is a track star. ' . Canada will not send boxers to South America this spring, as requested request-ed to. Indiana has no fewer than 3,000 bas- ket-ball teams with upwards of 30,000 players. The prince of Wales is president of the Yacht Racing Association of Great Britain. Clas Thunherg of Finland, Olympic skating champion, established four new world records this year. P. W. Wright, '27, of Bellevue, Ohio, was re-elected captain of the Williams college basket ball team in ,1927. If we had to play Helen Wills two sets out of three, we don't know but that we'd be a little nervous also. Stanford university will be the scene of the annual Pacific coast conference con-ference track and field sports May 22. There are no fewer than 5,000 golf clubs in the United States, or an average aver-age of one to every county in the Union. Hawaii has a swimming star named Johnny Woodd, who is 'somewhat easier on the headline writers than its famous duke. Claude Cooper, veteran outfielder, has been given his unconditional release re-lease by the Oakland club of the Pacific Pa-cific Coast league. The British government, plans to spend $1,000,000 to provido athletic grounds in different parts of the country coun-try for its civil service emplovees. Yale won the Ivistern Intercollegiate league titles in both swimming and water wa-ter polo by defeating the Princeton swimmers. 34 to 23. and the Tiger water wa-ter poloists, 50 to S. . . . Stakes and purses totaling .37.".0O0 will be distributed when the Illinois Jockey club holds its 31 -day meeting at the new Washington Park course, beginning July 3 and ending August 7. Ninety-three trotters and pacers have been nominated for the four stake events, carrying a total value j of $17,000, to be raced at the opening open-ing grand circuit meeting at North Randall the week of July 5. |