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Show Ichiya Kumagae, the Japanese iawti tennis player, intends returning next year. Jim Thorpe, the Indian, is to be given giv-en another chance by the New York I Giants. i It is a mistake to speak of the golfing golf-ing season. Golf has all seasons for its own. It's a bum football team that can't get its name in the sporting page these days by walloping trie freshmen. George Sisler is every bit as good a ball player as Benjamin Kauff, but he's wise enough to keep mum about it. Shortstop Rawlings of the Toledo club of the American association, has been drafted by the Boston Nationals. The rules of football this year, we presume, will not permit the use of those new British "tanks" for gaining a few yards. Benny Kauff isn't having near as much fun comparing his batting average aver-age with Ty Cobb's as he thought he Was going to. Looks as if Howard Ehmke, the Syracuse Sy-racuse twirler, will stick with the Detroit De-troit Tigers. Ee has all the earmarks of a big-time heaver. There soon will be a lot of college athletes explaining by mail to the home folks just why they didn't make the varsity football team. It looks as if Earl Blackburn, the catcher who was with the Reds three years ago, had returned to the big league to stay awhile. The Interstate Three-Cushion Bit liard league will, it is understood, consist con-sist of 15 billiard rooms in 13 prominent promi-nent cities this winter. The Cincinnati Reds have announced the purchase of infielder Kopf and outfielder out-fielder Twombley from the Baltimore International league club. Pitcher Dick Niehaus of Covington has been recalled by the Cardinals from St. Paul, where he has been going go-ing at a great clip this year. Big Ed Walsh of the Cbicago White Sox has signed Marty Lamers of Little Chute, Wis., a man who has won all of his 19 games this season. The turnstiles at Shibe park have now ceased to turn, but Connie Mack won't have to spend much on 'em for repairs incident to wear and tear. The rittslmrgh club of the defunct Federal league owes $17". 0-1 1. Whirl! shows that the high cost of living has nothing on the high cost of pastiming. Richard F. ("Dick") Kinsella. scout for the New York Americans, announced an-nounced recently that he has retired from baseball and will devote his time to business interests in Springfield, 111. Before Fred Fulton mingles with Jess Willard, he had better acquire' a little more coin. It is the duty of every ev-ery man to leave his family well provided pro-vided for. The Bloomington club management announced with the close of the season sea-son In the I. I. I. league that not only w-ill It be in the league again next year, but also that Howard Darrioger will be retained as manager. |