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Show MANY NEW AND INTERESTING SQUIBS OF VARIOUS SPORTS Gus Suhr, unable to hit big league pitching, was benched by the Pirates. Ruth, Gehrig and Meusel twice hit three home runs in succession In 1925 aud 1929. Karl Sande, outstanding American Jockey, who is working on a percentage percent-age basis, earned $20,000 for having ridden Gallant Fox four times during the present season. He received 10 per cent of the winnings. Stella Walsh, Cleveland's great girl sprinter, expects to compete in the 1932 Olympics. .Buff Donnell, star backfield man at Duquesne, will become freshman football foot-ball coach this fall. The football field at the University of Washington has been covered with sod for the first time. The world's record for throwing the javelin is 232 feet, 11 inches, held by Lundquist of Sweden. Jimmy Fritts, Lehigh halfback, has completely recovered from Injuries in the Lafayette game last fall. Ike Boone, now playing the outfield for the Brooklyn club, is a lineal descendant de-scendant of Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Ken-tucky pioneer. Ed Rommel of the A's, knuckleball king, describes it:' "I like to have a little breeze behind me and then I just float it over." Ken nolloway, Yankee pitcher and former Tiger, is another college product prod-uct from the South, lie pitched for University of Georgia. Sammy Mandell, former world's lightweight champion, recently was reported re-ported to be planning a comeback attempt under the management of Ed die Long, one-time partner of his present pres-ent manager, Eddie Kane. Say It with brakes and save the flowers. Unavoidable Accident One where all the members of the Jury have cars, too. |