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Show Vale nine will play :.!0 games in 19211 Rockford is back in baseball again, getting a franchise in the Mississippi Valley league. Buffalo Is spending $7,500 for several sev-eral outdoor hockey rinks to take care of the growing interest in the sport. John Meyers. New York amateur ice skating star, has but one arm, the right, which is needed to make the turns. Joe Boley of the Athletics runs close to Joe Sewell of Cleveland in being hard to fan. Joe struck out but 11 times in 102S. The Yankees haven't had a field captain in the last seven years, or since Babe Kuth drew a lenglhy suspension sus-pension and was demoted. Fred Morris Fussell, Pittsburgh southpaw, was gassed at Argonne and a machine gun bullet pierced his ankle just before the Armistice. Leo Diegel is the new professor of golf at Agua Caliente, which means "hot water." If you can think of a better name for a golf course, send it in. If Pat Malone could wipe out his 102S start he would have a great pitching record. After losing his first six he won 13 games and lost but seven. Swimming at Manly, New South Wales, Arne Borg of Sweden covered a mile in 21 minutes 6 4-5 seconds, beating his own world record of 21 minutes 40 3-10 seconds. - New York swimming fans see in Johnny Weismuller's turning pro a chance to gain some of the honor that has been Chicago's in the aquatic world for Uie last 20 years. Russ Crane, the new Illinois fool ha II captain, is a heavyweight boxer of great promise. Illinois turned oui Les Mariner, who is now one of ihe big fellows in the race for Ihe title. Al Ulhricksori. rowing coach at th" University of Washington, plans to discard the "spoon blade" In favor of the rigid type of oars used when Ihe Huskies were supreme on I lie water. Dr. A Mackenzie. British golf arch itect, Is planning Ihe formation of an international association ol golf arch: tects, of which there are now 20 ot recognized standing throughout the world. I'oulton Travels, recently dismissed as basket ball coach of City college. Baltimore, was on Hie job 15 years straight. Probably he was in one has ket hall job longer than any othei coach. The management of the P.irming ham Barons. Southern association champions, announced the purchase ol .lay Partridge. Infielder, from the Washington club of the American ieague. The Philadelphia Nationals an nounce the outright release of Jimmy Ring, veteran pitcher, and the sal,-to sal,-to Columbus (American association) of Johnny Schulte, thin! string catcher. "A canvass shows that college ath letes in the main are g 1 students." Er does this include the Souihwes! ern football squad wiiose coach com plained that he occasionally had to use students? Bobby Jones and Walter ll.'.gim. as well as several other star golfers, are right-handed but left-eyed and experts attribute much of their sin-cess to this combination, which permits an usual coordination. |