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Show jporffofes The average golfer walks about five miles In playing 13 holes. a a a The royal stable of England has won only two major turf events since 1000. a Golf Is Invading South and Latin America. A fine course has been constructed con-structed at Bogota, Colombia. a a a I'enn State handed the University of Pittsburgh Its only major sports defeat of the year In a recent track meet. a a ' a Gene Turiney says he thinks colleges col-leges and unlverrltles will supply many of our first-rnte heavyweights In the future. . '.';' Not since Jack McAuIIffe retired as undefeated .lightweight . champion in 1807 has an Irish-born fighter held this boxing title. a An eastern boxing writer says Gotham fans marveled at Sammy Mandell's "poise,"?,; evidently a New York word for r"purse." f One ot Kftute Bockne's football assistants as-sistants this fail will be John "Clipper" "Clip-per" Smith, who captained the 1027 eleven and played guard. ' ' , ' Judging by," the attendance at the recent Emunuel-McTIgue bout, the fever heat of the New York fans for boxers has considerably cooled. a a a Samuel M. Peacock, former president presi-dent of the Middle States Lawn Tennis Ten-nis association, has been appointed manager of the United States Davis Cup team. a a a The Peun State lacrosse team failed to win from a single college opponent this season. The best the Lions could do against a college team was a 4-to-4 tie with Syracuse. a a a Hans Hirsclifeld, a German athlete, recently established a new world's record for putting the 10-pound shot in Breslau, Silesia. His mark Is 15,-700 15,-700 meters, or approximately 51 feet 9 Inches. j a a a 1 When played by the Indians year? ago, the goals in lacrosse were place I t miles apart now they are 110 yards from each other. Where once the field had practically no side boundaries, boun-daries, it Is now 70 yards. a a a The title of the most unsuccessful team of the United States goes to Up-sala Up-sala college of East Orange, N. J. which has a record of no points scored in seven games and 285 points scored against It Penn State's opponents In football for next fall will be the same as In 1028, with one exception. ' Notre Dame returns to the schedule, replacing replac-ing New York university on the 1927 schedule. " . - a' a a . It Is understood that Mr. - Tunnej has Invited Professor Phelps to ofllel ate at his next pugilistic party, but II does seem as If they might get bar monlotiKly together pomewhere, some time, for a study of the ring and the book ' ' 1 - : .'V .". ; . ' - i. ' |