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Show SpartjptES John J. Lawless, "JS, of West Newton, New-ton, left wing on the Boston university univer-sity hockey team, has been elected captain. lie also played left Held on the varsity baseball team. Seven members of the Oneldas of Boston, the first organized fool ball team In history, which made Its appearance ap-pearance in IStJ'J, are still alive, all of them over eighty years old. At the close of last year's howling senson there were .".mi city associations associa-tions nnd B.I.OOO leagues alllllaled wllh the American Bowling congress, the governing body of this sport. Mrs. Myrtle llnddleslon of Bong Beach, Calif., the first woman to swim the 2-mile Calalltu. channel, will attempt at-tempt to swim In Ihf- ' ', lHissiHl river from St. Louis to Nov (Means. Toledo's Crand Clrou't ("'enl, which will take place In July, wllh purses aggregating fT'-'.OIK), Is the largest In history wllh I he excep'ion of the :;'7.V 0K) event held last season at the .Now York stale fair. A Florida track owner tried lo evade the new anil -gambling law by soliciting ticts on owners Instead of horses. It would be excillni; lo watch the nverngo race horse owner d" six furlongs In the mud. A new hockey league has been formed In Ihe Northwest, to ho composed com-posed ,of Vancouver, I'oiil; nil. Victoria Vic-toria end Seattle. Players have been recruited from Ihe Western Canada lejigue, now defunct. |