SPORTS.
Rabbit Maranville,the star second baseman of the old Boston
Braves, !te,ter of Pittsburg, and now Captain of the Chicago Cubs, re
cently broke his ankle while sliding into the plate at the Cub's
training ground in California. At present it is believed that the 1.
jury will keep him out of the game for the first half of the season.
Gar Wood,builder of the world's fastest motor boat, recently drov:
his craft in the Midwinter Regatta in Florida, and won the fifty mi"*
race in the remarkable fast time of 1 hour, 4 minutes and 56 seconds
His average speed was slightly over 46 miles per hour.
Latest reports from the American Bowling Congress tournament now
being held in Buffalo, Hew York, show that the highest score in the
five man team event is 2937, The two man event shows the highest as
1288, and the individual event at 703. Each event being 3 games.
The best score for an individual who has rolled in all three events
1892,an average for his 9 games of a little better than 210.
Cannon Rail Eddie Mattin, bantam weight champion of the world
f lost his title to Phil Rosenberg in a fifteen round battle at Madi
son Square Garden on a judge's decision.
A new stadaium having a seating capacity of 106,000 is being duiix.
at franklin Field, Philadelphia.
Tommy Gibbons and Gene Tunny, have signed for a 15
be held at the Polo Grounds, in Hew York, on June 12th.,19^5. ine
American Ligftt-Heavyweight championship title will not be at stake.
Baseball guessers who have been predicting that Babe Ruth has
seen his best days and was now on the downward path will have to wai
another year before their predictions come true. Ruth, altnough he
was in juried in the first few days of practice is hitting the ball as
hard as ever and predicts that he will pass all his former re cords
for home runs as well as lead the two l&ajor Leagues in bathing.
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The big league teams are all on their way home now and getting
ready for the start of the league season, host of them have already
sent their cast offs on the way back to the bush leagues. while
managers all claim that they picked up some splendid naze rial, very
few of the youngsters wefce kept with the big squads. The u-ant^
keeping three men who are new to the big tent while the Yankees
only keeping two,
Freddie Welsh trained on vegetables;Paavo Nurmi generlly ea s
fish; but the latest of all in training methods is advanced by Jim
my Sacco, the Boston welterweight. His main article di P 1
jhetti and from his recent showing on the Pacific Coast his appetite
•nas not ruined his fighting ability.
Mike Ballerino, of New Jersey, was crowned, wori s c„TT^n
weight champion &ast week, in Brooklyn. He defeated Steve Sulliran
in a ten round bout.
A telegram received in Seattle last weekthgm Paavo Nurmi’s sec
retary said that Nurmi would not be able to there May 2nd or .
as he has planned to sail for England immediately after his race in
San Francisco, April 30th.
The New York State Athletic Commission has closed the Dempsey
case by which it was sought to force Dempsey into a title match wit
Harry Wills or Tommy Gibbons and returned the =12500 each which th
two challengers posted to bind the match.
BOY SCOUT BENEFIT DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT - APRIL 1*1 Th. - A. B. HALL.