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Show France bag 71 bull-tight ing clubs. Billiards is played more than any other sport. The International polo cup was first played in competition In 1880. "Young" Stribllng has a particular weakness for Ice cream. He eats a quart after every contest. Hope Is flint precious thing which makes the dub golfer yell "Fore!" at someone a quarter of a mile ahead. The Germnn Sports union has an- pervislon over nil sports in that country. coun-try. Its headquarters are located In Mnntf'ti ' The first cinder path In America was built on the grounds of the New York Afljletlc club at Molt Haven In the year 1871. The record for the greatest distance ever to be run In an hour Is 11 miles 1.442 yards, made by J. Bouin of France In 1013. It Is odd that our President haa never evinced nn Interest In golf, when you consider thnt Vermont would make a wonderful bunker. President von Hlndenberg Is enconr-aging enconr-aging the great sport movement which has swept Germany since compulsory military training was abolished. Jack Brltton. former world's welterweight welter-weight boxing champion, although forty years of ace Is still active after 21 years of labor In the squared ring. a Argentine nololsts, who are admittedly admit-tedly among the best m the world, follow fol-low H'o American style of play rathef than that of the English polo experts. : A club has been organized to con duct greyhound racing In New Or leans nlon.-r the lines thnt have made the sport highly popular at Miami and other southern resorts. I.os Angelas will' put np $10,000 In pr'7es for nn open golf tourney to he held next January. The Sontbem California Cali-fornia Professional Golfers' assocla tion is booming the project Now that tbey are playing Ice hockey In Minneapolis In midsummer the next thin? we knowcuckoos of the sportj world will be stairlng tennis tournaments tourna-ments on Lake Calhoun In January. ... . , rr .- |
