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Show gpnrtfjatES Football has been substituted for head hunting among some of the Filipino Fili-pino tribes. Rog Hornsby has always discounted discount-ed the theory that wh,ie shirts handicap handi-cap a batter. Renaming mountains and conducting conduct-ing beauty contests rate among the leading sports of 1927. Twenty-two of the candidates for the 1927 Minnesota varsity eleven weigh 190 pounds or more. A world record, 13 consecutive: double dou-ble ringers, was set by G. Garvey of Boone, Iowa, at the Iowa horseshoe tournament. Chick Evans, veteran golfer, uses square-handled clubs so that he is more certain to take hold of the club In exactly the same way every time. The feat of Charlie Sweeney of the old Boston Nationals in striking out 19 men in one game has stood as -1 major league record for over 40 years. In capturing all four National A. A. U. senior fancy diving contests. Helen Meany has rccomplished a feat no other has ever achieved in a single sin-gle year. Rumors are heard that Marty Krug will not be re-engaged as 'manager 'man-ager of the I-os Angeles team, following follow-ing the poor showing of the Angels this season. Now In his seventeenth year, Single Sin-gle G, famous racehorse, still enjoys whizzing around the private track near Richmond, Inch, where his own er, William llareroot, r.as retireu mm to the stud. Shortstop Buddie Dear. whom Washington hud an option with New Haven of the Eastern league, has been transferred to Clarksburg of the Middle Atlantic. It Is a matter of record that pitchers, pitch-ers, after leading the majors, usually follow up with a poor season. George L'hle of Cleveland Is certainly living up to that precedent. Add to the list of baseball players with Jaw-breaking cognomens Chris Kolod.leczysk, who has reported to the Waco Cubs In the Texas league for a trial as a pitcher. "When I don't play tennis," says lovely Helen Wills, "I get thinner." Her countrymen trust sh will continue con-tinue to play tennis. They do not want any le.s of Helen Leslie Mann, veteran outfielder now with the Giants, comes close to being the oldest player In the big leagues, yet he still appears lo he among the speediest on the base paths. Still another bespectacled player has entered the major leagues, the latest being Haskell Billings, a collegian, col-legian, who bids fair to become a star hurler for the Detroit Tigers. The rumor persists that all Is not well between Owner Clark Grillilh of Washington and Manager lluekcy Harris. Cosslp has Tr!: Speaker as the man who will sureevd Harris. Al Cllifirkson, successor to Kutsy Callow as crew coach nt the I'nlver-slty I'nlver-slty of Washington, was captain and stroke of the Huskies' championship boat two years ago. During the past season ho was freshmen coach. The (Jitantico Marine Corps football foot-ball eleven will play ten games this season. The feature event will be the contest with Ihe Army for the President's Presi-dent's cup to take place at Ihe Catholic Catho-lic university Hladlum, Washington. November 19. |