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Show TIMELY AND INTERESTING BITS OF SPORT Joe Schultz Is managing the Houston club in the Texas league this season. San Antonio hns been numbering its players for the last ten years, claiming the idea started there. Lu Blue, now with the Chicago White Sox, was the Detroit Tigers' regular first sucker in 1921. Pic Trnynor, great third baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Is cnlled "Pie" instead of Harold because In his younger days In Somerville, Mass., he chased baseballs hit into the woods and for each one recovered was rewarded re-warded by a piece of pie. Wade Killefer, president and manager man-ager of the Mission, Pacific Coast league ball club, resigned because of illness. Almost as many box seats were sold to St. Louis Browns fans before the season opened this year as during all of 1930. Boxing, soccer and basketball are gradually taking the place of bullfights bull-fights in popularity of sports in Mexico Mex-ico City. Ty Cobb, who one year led the American league witli nine home runs, says slugging has hurt the game's popularity. Mordecal Brown used to do more with three fingers than some of our present ball players are able to do witli ten thumbs. BUI Moore, free agent pitcher signed by the Phillies, is not a youngster. He has pitched in minor league baseball for nearly ten years. Following successful experiments with high school football nt night, outdoor out-door track meets under the arcs are being tried at Kansas City, Kan. Some of us aren't clear on what "super-fractionated gasoline" is, but suppose It's what Gar Wood uses to set speed records in decimal points. George Kojae, Rutgers swimmer, rated as one of the greatest of all times, has announced that he will retire re-tire from competition to study medicine. medi-cine. The Tayne Whitney gymnasium, now being built at New Haven for Yale university, will be equipped with tanks in which crews may practice in live water. Johnny I.ayton. world's three-cushion billiard titleholder, has practically monopolized the championship for the past 14 years. In 1910 he also held the pocket billiard crown. ! Roy Jacobs, Los Angeles' young first baseman, is the son of Elmer Jacobs, veteran San Francisco hurler. Popularity of baseball among Missouri Mis-souri colleges is on the wane, a recent survey disclosed. Bad weather and conflicts with track are given as causes. |