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Show I Snappy Items of Sports Mews II CHICAGO; March 12. The Araeri- I can league baseball team -will leave t tonight for Waco, Tex,, for spring training. Manager William Gltason and thirty-five members of the White Sox, including Eddie Cicotte, the veteran vet-eran pitcher, who has been holding out for a better contract, will make up the party. Cicotte said he would accompany ac-company the team south regardless of whether he had signed. The White Sox will be the last major ma-jor league team to go into training. NEW YORK, March" 12- Miss Marie Wagnei, six times holder of the worn en's national indoor tennis title, will bounable to compete in the national championship tournament which stalls here next Monday, because of an injury to her knee. Mrs George W. Wightman, the title holder, is now oa the Pacific coast and will not defend de-fend her title, it was said today. ATLANTA, Ga., March 12. A new national basketball champion wil emerge from the amateur athletic union tournament now being played. The Los Angeles athletic club team, former title holders, was eliminated from the race yesterday by the New York University five, 35 to 22, going down to defeat before an offensive that never faltered. Los Angeles endeavored to play a j gamo of long pauses, only to find al- most every throw intercepted, by the 1 fleet collegians, who carried "'the ball forward by dribbling and perfect teamwork. team-work. The New Yorkers led throughout, through-out, ending the first half, 20 to 16, and holding the champions almost helpless in the second. Mooney scored five field goals and seven out of ten tries at foul 'goals for Now York, and his j team mate, Goellor, made six field j goals. Swann scored fourtoen of Los 1 Angeles' 22 points. I The fast Crescent athletic club team j of Brooklyn, was eliminated, 27 to 19, by the Kansas City athletic club play ers. Brooklyn led until the last eight minutes of play whon six field goals in rapid fire order put the Missouri quintet ahead. , Rutger's colleger, New Brunswick, N. i., 35; University of Utah, 32. Rutger's college of New. Brunswick, N. J., will be another contestant In the semi-finals by virture of its slender victory vic-tory over the University of Utah 35 to 22. The westerners led nearlyy all the way, closing the first half With -14 points to the easterns 12, but a New Jersey rally in the last minutes of the game gave them the necessary margin. Taliaferro, for Rutger's, made three field goals and 11 out of 1 tries at foul goals. Clark and Rbmney shot five field goals each for Utah. Young men's order of Detroit 5; Atlanta At-lanta A. C, '26. BROOKLINE, Mass., March 12 Ted Cann. of the Detroit Athletic club, won the national senior indoor 100-yard swimming championship from a field of eight starters at the Brookllno public pub-lic baths last night. His time was 55 3-5 seconds. Clement Browne; Chicago Athletic association, was second; H. J. Hebner, Illinois, A, C, third, and Leo Handv, Detroit, A. C, fourth. Perry McGilllvray, Illinois, A. C, who entered from the Great Lakes naval traning station when he won the championship at-Pittsburg- last year, drd-not compete. Cann's time was one-fifth of a second sec-ond .slower than that made by McGil-livray" McGil-livray" last year and 1 3;5 seconds behind be-hind the record of 5-1 seconds established estab-lished by McGillivray at Chicago in 1916. NEW YORK, March 12. The stewards stew-ards of Jockey club today, denied applications ap-plications for trainers' licenses by B. Traverse, Michael J. Sheedy and Mosc Williams and labelled an application by Thomas Hodge. Applications for jockey licenses were refused C. II. Shilling, Joe Byrne, Wil-mer Wil-mer Ward, Eddie Taplin, George Gore and Rufus Wilcolt, and an application by James Butwell was laid on the ,table as recommended by the license committee. Numerous licenses were granted. I C. H . Petlingill failed to apply for position of judge for the year 1920 arid . E. (V Smith and C. Coxehlsen were ap-I ap-I pointed. H. J. Morris was selected as steward to represent the jockey club ' at Havre de Grace, E. C. Smith at Bowie, and F. J. Bryan, at Pimllco. The stewards confirmed the appoint- niont of J. E. Cowdcn as deputy stew- ard for F. R. Hitchcock during his ab-senco ab-senco abroad. 1 Approval was given to the United Hunts Racing association to conduct races at Belmont Park terminal on May 22 and July ID. A now rule providing pro-viding that "no trainer shall start any ! horse with toe calks on his plates' J was adopted. I HURON, S. D., March 12. Representatives Repre-sentatives of baseball enthusiasts from eight cities of this state met here last night and peifected temporary organisation organi-sation of the South Dakota State Basc-I Basc-I ball League. Another meeting will be 'held Monday at Redfield to complete organization and arrange for a schedule. sched-ule. Cities represented today were Huron, Aberdeen; Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Madison, Madi-son, Canton, Wossington Springs and Miller. T. E. Rogers, of Huron, was . elected chairman and Carl WIer, of ' Huron, secretary. ' It was decided to limit the total salaries for each club, including the .managers' to $2,400 a month. HOT SPRINGS, Ark.. March 12. 1 Young Fitzsimmons of Oklahoma won a referee's decision over Jack Dillon of Indianapolis in ten rounds hPre last 1 night. The men are middlcweights. SAN ANTONIO. Texas., March 12. Otto Wallace, of Milwaukee, easily outpointed out-pointed Babby Waugh, Forth Worth, In a fast ten round bout last night, according to newspaper men. The men arc lightweights. I STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif., March 12. University of California boxers won an inter-collegiate boxing contest from Stanford last night, taking tak-ing six of seveno bouts staged. ST. LOUIS, March 12. Jack Lawler, of Omaha, was given the newspaper decision over Frankie Tucker of Tulsa, in an eight round mout here last night. The men fought at 128 pounds. MILWAUKEE. March 12. The boxing box-ing exhibition between Ritchie Mitchell Mitch-ell and Willie Jackson scheduled for March 15, has been called off, the promoter pro-moter announced last night, because Jackson reported he lrad injured a hand. Seat sales for the match exceeded exceed-ed $15,000, it was said.. ANNAPOLIS. Md., March 12. By a vote of 49 to 65 tho house last night adopted amendments to tho Burke trace commission bill providing for a referendum at the next election. .Before the roll call was announced six members changed their votes, the object being to provide for a reconsideration recon-sideration of tho voto by which the amendments were adopted. If there is no change in the vole the bill having hav-ing gonp to the third reading will, with tho amendments, be passed and sent to the. senate. |