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Show COLLEGE TENNIS TO BE IMPROVED New York, Jan. 18 Every effort is being made to place the Intercollegiate Intercollegi-ate Lawn Tennis association on a firmer basis. Twelve colleges and universities arc now Included in its 1 membership, the list being as follows fol-lows : Columbia Cornell. Dartmouth, Har- j vard, Hobarl, Haverford. Princeton. ' University of Pittsburg, University of Minnesota, Williams and Yale. The new Indoor courts at Yale and Dartmouth are equipped with lights so that the players may engage in competitions at nibt In New Haven Ha-ven there Is hope of an unusually strong team, as William D. Cunningham Cunning-ham recently worked, a tremendous j surprise by winning the championship champion-ship in singles and Alrlck 11 Man Jr. and Stanley Walnwrlght the dou- j hies Cunningham, who was twice runner-up in the Columbia interschol-astlc interschol-astlc tournament, defeated Yander-bile Yander-bile C Ward and V 1 Badger Jr. in omlng 1 hrough. I Hnrvnrd also Is busily encaged in ; ! keeping its best men in training. The j ! Cambridge team is probably the vironseat that has been at college nce the days of lh" " Malcolm w blteman, Holcomb Ward und Dwlght Eavla St Paul la" 17 Robert Mcl.enn of Chicago" made a world's record to-da. to-da. ,h,. opening of the annual ire carnival oi Western Skating as-sociatlon, as-sociatlon, ooverlng HO yards in 38 1-;, secoria The carnival ill continue con-tinue four dayB pii8 Jan. 17. While riding in the Bix day blovelc race here tonight, c r vanbouwart, the Belgian cham-i cham-i fon and l11 Droton. a FYenchjman collided The Helginn suffered a broken brok-en collar bone, torn pletra and In. hemorrhages His condlUon is grave Breton as uninjured. I nwell Mass.. Jan. 17. Joe Thotn-ceiebrated Thotn-ceiebrated bis return to the ring , ght by knocking out Cunboat El- areSte In tho third round ol their scheduled twclvc-io.ind go Thomas 'started after his husky opponent in the opening session and never let up till he pul oer the sleep jroducer. lophn, Jan. 17. Itxi Teannette, the negro heavyweight, on a popular de-clslon de-clslon over lot i Clarke of Joplln. in a f.ist ten-round bout here tonight '.'lark waa the aggressor In the first four rounds, but alter that leannette I had all the better of the milling iJeannette landed often but without i serious effect. I Chicago, lan 17. The University of Chicago basketball team defeated i the University of Iowa squad hew tonight, to-night, 28 to 8. I St Paul, Minn.. Jan 17 Stanislaus Zbyssko defeated Dr n P Roller the lesller-phy.-ician. hero ibis evening: in two straight fall The first was; secured with a half-Nelson in " : minutes and the second i'1 :!- minutes with a combination reverse Nelson; and crotch hold. Zbyszko weighed about "17 pounds, while Roller tipped & the beam at J.'S The match was very t fast and the Pole was the aggressor most ot the time. i 1 Omaha, Neb.. Jan 17, I squad of :x: police and plain clothes men. head- led by a sergeant, appeared at tho ringside tonight when the scheduled l flghl between Packey McParland ami fj.' Prankle Whitney was ready for stag- t mg and prevented the belligerents from appearing as announced St Louis. Jan. 17. J. C Jones, I Ipresidenl Ol the St. Louis National fc?-:- league baseball team said tonight that as far as he Knew there was no oh- jectfon to 'Mill' Armoqr leaving St. i.nm , for Milwaukee. Sporting an- thorltles here point out that Nation- i ,,i league rules do not recognise the neceaBitj for scouts obtaining their fay. |