Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1910 — GOSSIP OF SPORTDOM [ARTICLE]

GOSSIP OF SPORTDOM

Bat Nelson thinks he has several youthful wallops in his haymaker mitt yet. , Dave Barry has been appointed manager and matchmaker of the New Orleans Athletic club. An expert has said Attell’s fighting days are about oyer,, but Abe keeps right on gathering in the coin. Yost’s trickery did trap the Gophers —it was not the double cross, but the double pass that turned the trick. Milnor league magnate? already are planning for that Texas conclave and have Invited President Taft to address them in 1911. ' Mr. Stagg is starting early. He already has predicted a good season for 1911 in football, as far as the Midway school is concerned. Chicago turners do not cater much to indoor ball and basket ball, but wrestling is gaining a strangle grip on their attention just now. Chicago is highly honored in the amateur athletic world. The supreme rulers of both the A. ( A. U. and the A. A. F. hail from the windy city. Those striking hockey skaters can’t see the use in amateurism when they hear the jingle of the coin at the bos office. It is the semipro influence.