Show zvi ma 1 enow e new york tork post remember when sloan got without ridin nag or DO when uben YOU remember way ba back k A jockey received bee because ause of a race in which lie he did not ride own officially train or bet on the winner that was in 1902 when the french filly rose di mai won the prix de diane at chantilly tod sloane per erp haps the greatest jockey ot of all time had been barred tor for two years by the english jockey club because lie he had committed the heinous offense of betting on his own mounts so he had come to paris and it was charged that he be had worked the filly in trials for the stake this annoyed the french jockey club which then had a tight working agreement with the british lords of the turl turf the stewards contended that tod had been refused a jockeys license and consequently was not in good standing so as punishment for his reported appearance as an exercise boy they expelled him from the french turf tod sued and the case excited comment over all the racing world while it dragged on into the highest court of appeals finally when the high stepping jockey who had arrived in europe several years previously with a bankroll ban kroll was down to his last pound the verdict arrived it created a legal precedent fo for r the turf but probably tod never concerned himself about that starting with the received in damages he soon was happily engaged in winning and losing a new fortune almost as large 0 as the one he previously had accumulated A group of american olympic athletes were forced to replace their drinking water with light wines that was when the U S team was on an the way to athens for the games A stop was made at an italian port and customs inspectors noted the huge jars of mineral water such a newfangled new aid to the well conditioned athletes was beyond the comprehension of the inspectors spec tors visitors always were trying to work new smuggling tricks on them and they thought they knew gin when they saw it so they confiscated this contraband gin but even though they were weak on yankee anz notions ions the italians were as stron strong on international gallantry as they were on red tape even now there are members ot of that team who smack their lips as they recall the gallons of vino which replaced at the inspectors expense each drop of gin water bill tilden turned down clown a offer to turn pro that so terribly long ago at that a matter of about a dozen years but since the lion of the tennis courts did make the switch he has harvested a crop of dollars that is not to be sneezed at and his example has been followed by other lights of the r racket game from V i 1 n n y richards down to fred perry j the odds though bill tilden are that tiddens Til dens earnings are a good deal ahead of any of his fellow tennis pros A player dusting himself oft off at third base received the greatest surprise ever to come the way ol of a hitter of a game winning triple that was years ago when moose mccormick had been with the giants only a few days ile he had been told to bunt but a ball came across the plate to his liking and he swung with full force he was met at third base by a red faced highly excited little fellow A season or two later moose came to bat as a pinch hitter six times in a six game series wh while ile winning five of the games and tying the other with his hits but such fame was in the future he slapped the dust from his clothes with one hand while he extended the other for the expected congratulations then he listened in awe the red faced little fellow was not in a congratulatory mood instead manager john J mcgraw was fining moose 50 for disobeying the order to bunt bob fitzsimmons was preparing to win the heavyweight championship of the world from jim corbett at carson city A visitor one day discovered ruby robert standing just outside the fitzsimmons bedroom door listening intently inside the room mrs fitzsimmons fould could be heard lifting her voice in in prayer for victory NOT IN THE BOX SCORE TIME baseball men who ullo for B BIG years have conducted their business with scant regard for the rights of customers probably will behave for a 1 while now the reason is they have been tipped off 00 that continued mismanagement will result in a governmental bureau taking char charge c of the national game in order ro to preserve it from the fate of the buffalo the thirteen year old national diving divin queen marjorie gestring is an accomplished pianist contrary to reports there is a stone on tex Kick ards lot at woodlawn there is however no marker on the great fight promoters grave and no provision for upkeep that pass interference rule will not be changed in spite of the clamor of the losers and the sillier reporters so far only one sane remedy has been proposed although dozens were discussed and laughed down during a meeting of the eastern association of football officials this was bill crowleys Crow leys suggestion that only one pass should be permitted during each series of downs in the last five minutes of each half it would minimize one of the two real causes of the trouble the number of desperate heaves that are made when scant scoring time remains big league clubs would do well to consider smokey joe martin sent to baltimore by the giants last summer since receiving in a chance to play regularly martin has become the best third baseman in the minors bill powers secretary of the new york hockey writers association and one of the games best informed reporters was born in florida giants to put mcphail in charge n of farms the giants are planning to put larry mcphail who provided the reds with night baseball and other circus features before departing suddenly from cincinnati in charge of their new farm system lee handley the young in infielder the dodgers tried so bard to get lias has a weak arm the strident jobje objections of one of the larry powers about the mcphail throne prevents the dodgers from making a deal for joe it if eddie mayo alayo recently transferred to boston by the giants can hit next season the bees believe they are first division bound mayo by the way should hit 20 points better than that when played regularly the slump which caused heinie manush to fall into possession of the dodgers was due not so much to failing eyes as a persistently ailing char lcy ley horse the forwards for pittsburgh in the eastern amateur hockey league are crossley sherwood and colin sherwood they are twins lawrenceville coaches speak with awe concerning the end play of afif teen year old puffy bigler son of Prince tons very good 1919 tackle he is six feet one inch tall and weighs pounds tony justice gonzagas pound end is another player who will bear watching in 1937 big brother eddie of the boston redskins Red skins claims the kid is due to be one of the nations best aside from the fact side always did borr worry y him there was another reason why wally berger had hitting trouble last year pitchers found they could keep the big bees outfielder under control if they threw at him ralph guldahl leading pro golf money winner is is not superstitious about it but his two Pe kinese dogs are named in and out ted kid lewis has found a use tor for yesterdays newspaper lie he uses it for wallpaper in his london cafe lewiss son morton is one of the more eminent british movie camera men and soon will visit hollywood to observe american film methods the stadium club in london where georges Car carpentier and joe beckett once drew is no bigger than new yorks st nicholas palace jimmy walsh the hard hitting lightweight charn champion is En glands best fighter benny lynch claimant to the worlds flyweight title is a crowd pleaser while johnny king bantamweight is fast and clev clever cr comment on the legalistic legerdemain by which baseballs high commissioner insured the extinction of all independent minor league owners and enabled the rich cleveland club to retain the sensational bob feuer feller the supreme court follows the elections judge landis follows his a year salary art chapman probably the best in the national hockey league comes by his skating ability naturally his mother having been one of the best figure skaters in the winnipeg neighborhood incidentally he met his wife who has won numerous trophies for speed skating when the two of them were appointed instructors at a winnipeg playground walter brown the bostonian who coached the united states olympic hockey team has discontinued his five year old practice of touring europe with american amateur sex bets each winter cant get any fun out ot of it any more feels that european amateur teams have so many canadian ringers these days that it would take a pro outfit to beat any of them |