Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — Sporting Gossip. [ARTICLE]

Sporting Gossip.

Pittsburg is after the 1911 U. 8. G. A. golf tourney. As most golfers are not averse to smoke, the home of Champion Fownes should land the “prise. That Boer grappler, Paul Nogert, is one of the biggest mat products imported for some time. Mahmout says the taller they are the farther they have to fall. Grahame-White, the English aviator, has cleaned up $85,000 in the last six months. No wonder so many are risking their lives in the "cause which IS now only In its infancy.” Ted Easterly, the Cleveland outfielder, bought his first overcoat the other day. Ted, who lives in southern California, never enjoyed the luxury before. He will pass the winter in Cleveland, where the garment will come in handy. r George Huff, scout of the Chicago Cubs, thinks the University of Illinois football team is the class of the west. Since George has had a chance to look each player over at close range he ought to know whether they are of the majqr league kind. Packey McFarland has gone on the road with a burlesque show and is declining offers to box. Packey doesn’t like show For*, because it takes him away from Chicago, and he would box much, he says, if he only could remain in Chicago all the time. ' Spring house-claining will be observed as never before in a baseball team, says Owner Hedges of the St. Louis Brawns. The dead weights that have kept the team at the bottom of the list for a long time now are to be asked the question, and if they cannot answer it right off the reel they will be told to seek jobs on other teams