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Show INTERESTING : SPORT PAfiAGMPH$ Penn has lost Elmer Smith, its fast quarter-miler. He has left college. A complete American rifle and pistol team will compete in the Olympic games. Judge Ira W. Jayne has been made chairman of the Olympic committee of Michigan. k America's hockey team which is to compete in the Olympic games has arrived ar-rived in Antwerp. The Horse Review futurity for foals of 1920, closed with 917 entries, a gain of 13 over last year. Heglar, raced last season with little lit-tle success by Pop Geers, is to be out this season as a member of Tommy Berry's outfit. Even a good old sportsman like Sir Thomas Lipton may grow weary of finding his yachting challenges so frequently fre-quently becalmed. Pete Herman, the bantam champion, offers to meet Jimmy Wilde at 118 pounds ringside, or Johnny Kllbane at 124 pounds ringside. " Carpentier's press agent is not very good at that. He hasn't said that Georges licked the town bully at the tender at of thirteen. Lee Tide, by Lee Axworthy out of Emily Ellen, is touted as one of the great two-year-olds of the season. Lee Tide is the property of David Look. The first contests for the Wightman tennis cup for women have been postponed post-poned to 1921 because of the inability of European clubs to send teams this year. Olympla fields is out with a bid of .$2.(100 for a match between the British Brit-ish players aud James Barnes of St. Louis, western open champion, and Waiter Hagen of Detroit, national open titleholder. The club would stage the event as an aftermatch of the western open tournament in August. |