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Show BRIEFS OF SPORTDOM PICKED UP IN DIFFERENT PLACES The San Kraucisco Tennis club is building new courts which will be Illuminated Il-luminated for night play. New York university nnd Carnegie Tci-h will play their iOlll game on 'thanksgiving day in New York. Lew C.'arr, who played for the I'itts-burgh I'itts-burgh club In 1001, bus been coaching IniHCbull at the l'ni ersity of Syracuse for 'Jl years. Jess Sweetser and .Ceorge Voight, two of the most prominent amateur golfers lu the United States, never took a lesson from a professional. The Japanese swimming federation has challenged the 12 best swimmers of lite American Athletic union for a pre-OIympIc meet, August, 11)31, at Tokyo. The rose bowl, scene of the annual touninment of roses fool ball game at fasaOena, Calif., has been enlarged to seat 70,000 persons for the IPol contest. That foul lighters in every part of the world should be prohibited from appearing In the ring is the opinion of Jimmy Wilde, former flyweight champion of England. t'.ob Zuppke, veteran football coach of the University of Illinois, never played the game himself, although he was a good runner, water poloist and hammer thrower In his youth. In order to friter interest in the game, the American Professional Basketball Bas-ketball league has adopted a rule which prohibits a team from using more than three veterans at one time. Dui-lnu live season of 100S, six no-hit games were pitched four In the American league Rnd two in the National Na-tional league. The barters were Young, Reed, Sox ; Ithondes, Indians ; Smith, White Sox ; Joss, Lillians ; Wiltse, Giants, and Uucker, Brooklyn. Eddie itaker, of i'itt, Is rated the best ipiarteibacl! the Panthers ever had. Tony Cnnzoneri received only $7,253 for knocking out AI Singer, lightweight light-weight champion. William Wrlgley, Jr., owner of the Cubs, claims he has put !::,000,000 in baseball in ten years. Duke university cross-country runners run-ners dou't have to leave the campus which includes 0,000 acres of wooded hills. The Cleveland Indians will return to New Orleans for spring training but are considering a jaunt to California in 1032. Philadelphia baseball men hacked Hemphill's campaign for governor in the hope that Sunday ball might be legalized. Old Tom Morris won the Britith open golf championship four times and then His son, young Tom, annexed the title four times in succession. Dan Brouthers, who played first base for the world champion Detroit Wolverines in 18S7, has been employed at the Polo grounds for many years. George Earnshaw wants $30,000 to pitch for the Athletics next year. No wonder Connie Mack picked Christy Mnthewson as bis ail-star all-time pitcher. The Brooklyn National league base- ball club will erect 15,000 new seats at Ebbets field In Brooklyn. This will Increase the seating capacity to 30,000 as 0,000 seats In use at present will be destroyed. |
