SPORTS.
In a double-header at San Francisco last Sunday between San
Francisco and Louisville, the Seals tool: the first game from the
Colonels by a score of 9 to 0 and the Colonels took the second
game from the Seal# 9 to 7.
Eugene Sandow, known the world over as a strong man, died in
London last Sunday, aged 58. Sandow though sickly in youth and
frail, studied physical culture and develpoed for himself a bodily
perfection which has probably not been equaled in modern times.
He made many theatrical tours of the United States and performer'
many sensational stunts. In San Francisco, he agreed to wrestle
with a lion, provided the lion's teeth were padded. After a ter
rific struggle the lion was taken from the arena to prevent San
dow from injuring it seriously.
Although he had performed many prodigious feats of strength on
the stage without injury, it is beleived that an unwitnessed bit
of manual labor lead to the death of giant Sandow. Two years ago
while driving along an English country road, he met with a slight
accident and was forced to drive his car into a ditch, so he alight
ed without fuss and lifted the automobile back into the road and
it was probably this effort that which led to his death.
Benny Leonard thinks Jack 'Dempsey would make short work of
Harry Wills if they should square off in the squared circle.
The light weight champion said recently: “one swift round with
Dempsey and IT11 gamble that Will’s legs would feel like clothes
pins and his feet would he heavier than sacks of flour. Wills
can’t have logs at for£y that should "belong to a man of thirty,
Roger Peckinpaugh, captain and short stop of the Senators,
voted the most valuable player in the American League, received a
loving cup filled with bills totaling $2,00^ from Capital fans.
Tex Rickard is treading on dangerous ground in Jew York when
he suggests that it might be a good idea to go back to no-decisior.
bouts in that state. Tex is worried, as he might be expected, over
the unusual number of unpopular decisions of late in fights in
that state. The promoter and his backers have $5,000,000 tied up
in the Hew kadi son Square Garden. They rely on boxing to bring
in many thousands of dollars a year. Naturally they are concerned
lest the black eye be dealt the sport of late may result in it’s
death.
The twelfth six day bicycle race began in the Coliseum , at
Chicago, on October 25 to 31. Fifteen teams will compete.
There is no trouble in the Ceno,tors, says the owner. Sensational
reports that Leon ’’Goose*' Goslin, slugging outfielder, and Roger
peckinspaugh, veteran short stop, and Assistant Manager of the
.Nationals, would be sold to the Boston Red Sox for $225,00 were
flatly denied by Clank Griffith, club president.
"The baseball world after watching the career of Walter Johnson
should know that Washington ball players are not for sale", said
Griffith. "All the money in baseball could ’nt buy either Goslin
or Peckinpaugh"
"Miss Washington 1924", who is Helen Gould Sweeney, denies she is
engaged to "Goose" Goslin, who flew high with home-runs for the.
Senators in the series with Pittsburgh. Goslin and the Washington
beauty were seen frequently on the dance floor at the capital;
hence the reported engagement.