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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION, UTAH HUNNEFIELD NOW IS STAR ROOKIE Alex May Pitch Cards to Flag Mines Cave In and Houses Disappear Wilkes-Barr- e Given Wrong Label by Numerous Ivory Hunters. The gents who gum-shothrough the hushes in quest of Ivory" for the major leagues sometimes err In their Judgment. Some have been known to tout a peach when In reality It was a lemon. Others latve been known to get the wrong slant and put the lemon label on what wus destined to become a peach. It wa an error such as the latter that made Bill Honey Boy Ilunne-flela comparative unknown, slide Into White Stockings and practically overnight become about the most widely advertised kid shortstop In either major. But this sudden ascension to fame hasnt surprised the young athlete In the least. He Is what you might term the essence of confidence, writes Irving Vaughan In the Chicago Tribune. Now for the error of the Ivory II minefield was hunter, whereby dropped Into the lap of the White Sox. Last year the Cincinnati team made-Parsons Borough, in Wilkes-BarrFa., faced a serious situation as a result of one of the worst mine first payment of $5,000 on the lad cave-in- s in the history of Wyoming valley. When this picture was made, two large dwellings had disappeared to the Portland (Ore.) team. Before Into the earth, and two smaller ones were on the brink of the gaping cavern, ready to topple In. The main line completing the transaction the dub of the D. & II. railway was so affected that service was abandoned. final decided to send an emissary for a look. The expert made the Journey and wired hack something about not sending good money after bad. What adds interest to the Hunne-fleh- l plunge Into a regular major-leagu- e Job Is that he had Manager Ed Collins fooled during the spring trip. Collins, weighing the cockiness of the player against his skill, couldn't decide whether Honey Boy" was Just a fresh kid or a real star. The answer came many weeks later when Bill Knnun was hurt and Ilunnefield had to play third. He showed em something, both In the field and at hat, so when Kamm recovered there was nothing else to do than to move our hero to short. Hes been there since and In no appurent danger of being hoisted e ' i h U 4 , vi 3 i 4 d, i4n ,7 Jr Grover Cleveland Alexander, St. Louie Cardinals There ure wise basehuli persons who profess to believe that drover Cleveland Alexander Is destined to pitch the Cardinals to the first St. I.oiils pennant In modern baseball, writes Harry Nelly in the Chicago American. They advance sound reasons for this assumption, und In a considerable degree they appear to be correct. In any event the acquisition of Alexander gives the Curdmals a chance they did not theretofore possess, albeit the National league is passing through the tlgl test race In many a year. Before Alexander went to the Cardinals that team was shy of pitchers. It Is a outfit, but often found Itself without a proper person to prevent the other side from scoring frequently. Vic Keen, who figured In n trade with the t'ubs, helped materially. lie was exchanged for a shortstop the Cardinals did not need. If Alexander Is not emplojed too often, say If he works oidy once In .. v Newly Acquired Ace. five days, he will be very hard to beat. The summary manner In which he was dismissed from the North side cluh must have been a serious blow to his pride, lie had been honored only recently by the fans In Hignal manner. The fans are Inclined to coin-plaiof his passing, saying the dismissal might have been accomplished In a more diplomatic manner. It Is a matter of fuct that this sentiment Is more than murmured In ninny public places In Chicago. This Is a matter entirely between the Chicago National league ball dub and Its patrons and Is a subject upon which this writer cares neither to dwell nor comment. Hut, sufficiently piqued, O. C. Alexander Is likely to follow the scriptural admonition, (!lrd up thy loins, and go to work. Nothing Inspires one so much as a desire to convince others they were In error In handing out a severe Jolt. It works In many walks of life other than professional baseball. n g Cutts Wins Medal BASEBALL NOTES The seating capacity at ComisKey park, home of tin White Sox, Is to be Increased from 110,000 to 50,000. Sale of Joe Wyatt, outllelder, to the Columbus team of the American association Is announced by the Indianapo. , lis club. Santorini Volcano in Eruption After Long Rest out. In the spring of 1923 Ilunnefield went South with the Macks and made such a wholesome Impression that he was farmed to Montreal for seasoning Nothing could stop him. lie stole bases until they threatened him with Injunctions and hit the ball hard. In the fall his good work forced the Athletics to recall him. Because of Macks purchase of Sam my Hale It was necessary to send something to Portland In return, so Pill was picked. He made the journey across the continent only to be shipped right back to the Williamsport (Pa.) team. He wus too good for that crowd, so Portland recalled him and last season he almost ran the leugue breathless with 52 steals. - - 3 w a,, W!2fr of the volcano of Santorini In the Greek Cyclades which has come to life again after many years Since February the volcano has been In eruption, and many lives have been lost View el Inactivity. Museum Is to Have Presidents Pike MRS. H. DE SIBOUR ' John Puller, although still weak from his serious illness hist spring, Is putting up a great game for the Dodgers at short. Horace "Red" McPrlde of the Mns-sdlo- Brothers are burred from acting as seconds for fighters in New York state. n the O. and I, league has been bold to the Washington Americans for $10,000. team In John Smith, the outfielder, obtained from the St. I.ouis Cardinals by the Poston Itraves, will no doubt be a regular member of the Poston out Held. d ship in Marine corps mutches. President Thomas L. Turner of the Portland baseball club of the Pacific More women read the sport pages of newspapers than ever before, and the reason is the recent extensive development of amateur sports, said Edward W. Cochrane, sports editor of the Kansas City Journal Post m addiess lug the Inland Daily Press association at Chicago, Put professional sports In the d and play up the games in width many take part and are interested, such as tennis, golf, basket ball, track gild swimming, and circulation figures will leap upward, he advised. More people know who Walter llagtii is than the Prltish ambassador to the United States," he said And more of them read the sport page before they look ut the big stories on the first page. After twelve years service In the big leagues ns a pitcher and pinch hitter, Raymond Uubo I.ressler has realized Ins ambitii ti to play regularly, being assigned to (over left field. Pie Tray nor of the Pittsburgh Pirates is said to have the most powerful find act urate firm In baseball He throws like a rllle shot on every play and invariably right to the mark buck-groun- United States golfers have won practically all of the Prltish and Scotch trophies and titles but the glorious traditions of the ancient game still remain In England and Scotland. It is said Poston school pupils are Using the baseball averages for examples in arithmetic. Ask some of the statisticians if figuring batting every day isnt a real test of Bennett With .563 Pet. Led 1925 Pinch Hitters arithmetic. Wilfred (Ttoscy") Kyan has finally stepped down as a big leaguer. The former Holy Cross pitcher could not win for the Poston Braves and was released to Toledo of the American association. Macks Athletics should be tojsthr than ever to whip now that Ilovvn.-Ehmke has joined the Quaker brigade. Ehrake Is one of tbe best hurlers In the league when he feels inclined to fi-his best d e j And It would be news If the pedestrian occasionally bowled over the motor car. Suzanne Lenglens skill with the racket is equuled only by her skill iu raising one. Sometimes Sport Tages Well Read Among Athletic Women Coast league announced the purchase of Catcher Lew Wendell of the Cleveland Americans. Popularity of baseball In Japan Is shown by the announcement that In the seven games between the University of Chicago and Japan university the gate receipts amounted to more than 70,000 yen g pions. Walter Johnson, In 19 years of Ills career, from 1!H7 to 1925, has pitched The photograph shows Lieut, ltlch-ur110 shutout games. This Is the greatCutts, Jr., son of Col, It. M. Cutts, est number of shutout games pitched U. S. M. C., who has Just won his In either league. eighth gold medal for rifle marksman- Otto Vogel, former Illinois athlete and later a member of the Chicago Cubs, who is head baseball coach at the University of Iowa, is playing third base with an Iowa City Independent team. elements the highly-struntennis are rackets and lady cham- Among In llerschel Bennett, the Browns' young outfielder, was the best pinch hitter In the American longue last season. On 1G trips to the plate he lut safely nine times for an average of .5C:i. Harry Klee, another Bownie, was second, making six hits in 14 calls at the plate for a percentage of .429 ltobert Eothergill, who was tied for third with Boone and Carlyle of the Bed Sox for pinch hitting honors, has won a regular berth In the Tigers i Eothergill, at hat 11 tunes, averaged .304 Its fennls that happens Suzanne appears, when times it and some- - isnt. A niun Is some one who remembers every golf score he ever made In his life and cant recall his own wedding anniversary. j Climaxing a series of elopements that have stirred Washington society. Miss Mary Bickers and Henrf L. J. de ihanipion, has just signed a five- - ear movie contract that will net SIbour, 6on of Vlcomte and him $225,000. Jules Ilenrl de SIbour, were (ov, A1 Smith Is here seen holding the which President quietly married In Baltimore cathedral pike Ivan Poddubny, the giant Russian Coolidge caught and gave to him. The governor, Instead of eating the fish, The bride Is the daughter of Mrs. Wilwrestler, is the oldest man now en sent it to the state taxidermist, and after being mounted It will be liam M. Webb of Washington. Mr. De placed gaged In strenuous competitive sport. In the state museum. SIbour has long been noted for his He's prowess in athletics, and was coach both In baseball and football at Yale. A city lu Europe Is putting up cylindrical dwellings. If they prove COLONEL ROOSEVELT successful we shall only have to cut windows In our silos. Tom boxing Kennedy, old-tim- e amateur Vlcom-tess- e three-poun- d j fifty-seve- Rickard and His Fair Fiancee l When It comes to a choice among golf, gardening and horseshoe pitch- lng, a not Inconsiderable number of people seem to prefer the movies for exercise. Kaplan Resigns Title Olympics for 192S The Olympic games at Amsterdam, It Is authoritatively announced, will begin June 30, 192S, and close July 24. Soccer and rugby football will he played until July 8. lleld hotkey Is hooked July 2 to 7 ; fencing, July 5 to :9; lawn tennis, July 6 to 15. Track and field will hold the boards July 9 tj 15; the marathon race will occur July 15. Swimming will occur July 1G to 23; boxing from July 18 to 23, and cycling from July 20 to 22. Louis (Kid) Kaplan, after a year and a half of service as featherweight boxing champion of the world, has resigned Inability to train himself down to the class limit of 12G pounds without Injuring his health is the rea son given. Kaplan will now enter the lightweight division. For the first time since the World Col. Theodore Roosevelt the other day donned a uniform. He was assigned to a fifteen-datraining period at the Plattsburg barracks with the Twenty-sixth- , the same regiment that he was attached to during the war when on duty In France. war, photograph of Tex Rickard, prize-figh- t promoter, and his bride-to-bMiss Maxine Hodges of New York, made at the Congress hotel In Mr. Rickard said the weddii g would take place in September imme-d- : Chic; Exd-is.v- t 'v e. . f - the Dempsey-Trnne- y fight. y |