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Show JpoHifffSaiubsl Tony Canzoneri, featherweight champ, has lost his tonsils. That would be fatal to a congressman. . . University of Pittsburgh's basket ball team won only 21 games the past season which was all they played. ... Gene Tunney has purchased a farm, but It should be noted in Gene's case that he had the good sense to make his fortune first. ... Johnny Prudhomme, a big hurler, Is said to be the best prospect for the major leagues' on the Toronto International Interna-tional league club this season. ... The week wouldn't be complete if Jack Dempsey didn't resign from the ring again. The comical part of it all Is that he may really mean it. ... Jockey Clarence Kummer signed to ride for the Hirsch stables recently. He will make close to S15.000 a year under his contract, It is estimated. ... Milwaukee fans think they have a future ring champion In Mickey O'Neill, the "fighting journalist," now a sophomore at Marquette university. ... Al Lnssman of New York university's universi-ty's football team, who broke his leg hist fall, has had to have it rebroken twice since when the limb knitted wrongly. ... Eleven allies, 31 geldings and 154 colts have been nominated this year for the Kentucky derby, the oldest stake on the American turf. The number num-ber establishes1 a record for all times. ... The Hamletonian stakes, which has a value of SGO.(HX) and is the richest trotting fixture for three-year-olds in the world, again will be run at the New York State fair at Syracuse this year. ... Dr. Al Sharpe, former coach of foot-hall foot-hall teams at Yale and Cornell universities, univer-sities, has been nan'd director of athletics ath-letics and head football coach at Washington university for next season. sea-son. ... Daniel J. Kelly, the first man ever to run 100 yards In 0:00. Is now a resident of Baltimore. Md. Only three sprinters Howard Drew, Cyril II. Coffee and Charles Paddock have equaled his mark. |