Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1912 — GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS [ARTICLE]

GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS

Pogel denies that Cravath will he sent back to'Minneapolis. What is your candid opinion of a hewspaper that spells center fielder “centre fielder?” It Is said that McGraw, Dooin and. Clarke would like to obtain John Kling* if Boston is through with him. . The Boston Braves are to have a new manager, a new secretary and several new players next season. Eppa Rixey, Philly star pitcher, has returned to the University of Virginia and is playing on the basket-ball team. Ty Cobb announces he may quit baseball. Thine may be the first heat In Cobb’s dash for that $15,000 salary demand. Postponing a boxing match for two weeks on account of bike races shows Boston still remembers the middle ages of sport. % Harry 1 Abies, Texas southpaw, once with Birmingham, won a > mess of games for Oakland of the Pacific coast league this year. Clark Griffith. | after one year on the job as manager at Washington, had his salary raised from $7,000 to $lO.000 without a fight. No, Mahmout is not a Turk. He is a Bulgarian. He is fighting the Turks. When he returns it might not be safe to call him a Turk at aIL A football regular may depended upon to give his best effort There is always an ambitious “sub" waiting and itching to step into his shoes. Carpentier, former French title holder, renounced his claim to the title. Being ffit by a thunderbolt is an experience one does not wish to have repeated.