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Show INTERESTING SPORT NOTES Frank Hanney of the Indiana university uni-versity holds a record of hurling the Javelin 175 feet. The only time the Olympic games were held ln the United States was ln St Louis, Mo., In 1904. A bill has been submitted to the N'ew Tork legislature to limit the price of admission to races to $1.50. Luis Flrpo, South American heavyweight heavy-weight champion, Is 6 feet 3H Inches tall, and weighs 210 pounds. Miss Martha Murdock of Saratoga, X. T., Is the champion woman discus thrower of the United States. Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania was a four-letter man at the University of Pennsylvania. The average athlete Is said to reach the height of his muscular power during dur-ing his thirtieth and thirty-first years. Jack Dempsey has gone Into the coal business. He'll have to go some to hold the underwelzht championship. A major "Y" Is awarded by Tale to an undergraduate golf or tennis player who wins a national championship. champion-ship. George Flnlayson, coach of the Naval Na-val Academy lacrosse team for thirteen years, has signed a contract to return for another season. |