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Show Tennis threatens to pass cricket In popularity In New Zealand. From 1870 to 18S9, inclusive, Vale never lost to Harvard at football. On the University of Illinois basket ball team Is a forward named Conn. And another named How. Frank Dougherty was re-elected to captain the Fordham basket ball team through next year, at a meeting of the letter men. Gus Feuer, ace of the Florida university uni-versity tennis team, Is considered a good bet to win the national intercollegiate inter-collegiate singles. Captain Swain of the Indiana wrestling team Is being boosted as an Olympic wrestling candidate by following fol-lowing at his school. George Quam, one-armed wizard of the handball courts, has held 'he Class A singles championship of the Minneapolis Athletic club for the past two seasons. Light harness racing experienced the most successful season In the United Stutes In 1027. Purses exceeding exceed-ing $500,000 were raced for on the Grand Circuit. Ruth llutchlns, captain of the Griffith Grif-fith high school girls' basket bull team In Minneapolis, caged 53 baskets for a total of 100 points n gainst a rival team recently. Man Mountain Murin has been working work-ing with the Princeton eleven. Tun-ney Tun-ney will lecture on Shnkespeare at Yule. We suggest Harvard hire Strangler Lewis. A Monte Carlo dispatch to the continental con-tinental edition of the London Dally Mail says that Helen Wills, California tennis star, Intends to play at the Monte Cnrlo tournament. Bill Scott, (residing genius of the Baltimore Country club and Five Farms course. Is the eldest of four brothers, all of whom are actively engaged en-gaged In the ancient sport. One of Cunsidu's hopes In tlie next Olympic marathon Is Percy Wyer. forty-two-year-old runner of the Monarch Mon-arch club, who has turned In consistently con-sistently fine performances. Walter Pursey, Pacific Northwest open title holder, bus made four holes in one during his golfing enrner Two were made In England one In India and tlie last In Victoria, B. C Alexa Stirling, the present Mrs. Fraser, Is a product of the schooling of Stewart Maiden, the Carnoustie Scot, who Is considered responsible for the wlzardy cf Bobby Jones. Lnclen Michard, France's best professional pro-fessional bicycle sprinter and Olympic winner in 1924, Is regarded as the most popular athlete In France. Rene Lacoste, the tennis champion, ranks second. Lloyd Mann, America's premier run nor, would like to go abroad two or. three weeks before the Olympic games In Amsterdam In July nnd finish up his training In England for the 800 and 1,500-meter runs. |