Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1911 — GOSSIP OF SPORTDOM [ARTICLE]

GOSSIP OF SPORTDOM

Packey McFarland still hopes. Fogel thinks it’s Alexander the Ingrate. Coach Cavanaugh seems to be doing things at Dartsmouth. A Chinaman on the Brown team? Change the college yell. Who is the most valuable man in the National league, anyhow? *Davey Jones is slated to join the “ones who were” next season. Notre Dame appears, to be pretty well frozen out of football now. Perhaps it is called Indian summer on account of the football games. Minnesota’s football team is making haste more slowly this season. Karla, the Indian wrestler, is seeking a match with Mahmout or Zbyszko. It looks as if Harvard were to have a real nice football team this year, too. Late season golf doesn’t make much more of a hit than late season baseball. Why not a world’s series for the Boston Nationals and the St. Louis Browns? Usually a strike for more salary by a baseball player presages a falling off in ability. Kid McCoy Is also coming back. Ht knocked out some dub the other night in New York. Italian prize fighters with Turk names have been placed in the most absurd position. A rumor now that Ad Wolgast was contemplating aetirement would sour next year's peach crop. Japan having taught Russia the bear dance, Italy will try teaching the sublime ports the turkey trot Apparently lack of ability to "make’* the team is the cause for much of the “parental objection” to football. For reports on the prowess of Chicago football players one has to read the results of eastern college games. Unless Maroon football players Improve their kicking considerably, most of the kicking will be done by the rooters. Yost is not going to quit Michigan. Even the Imagined loss of Yost and Jennings In one fell swoop would hurt the state. Bob Beecher, the Reds’ outfielder, has stolen apre bases this year than any other phkyer ever did In the National Bob has stolen 79 bases, which beats Jimmy Sheckard’t record of 78 In I*o9.