Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1913 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

°f SPORTDOM It is now up to Hal Chase to make second base famous, also. A sure cure for baseball players who are nervous on the stage: Keep off the stage. Wolgast also is a holdout—for $lO,000 —a pretty big sum for a fellow who's loßt a belt. No one who knows will blame Ritchie for refusing to let down the bars to the hefty ones. Bender and Oldring have both promised Connie Mack that they will be mighty good in 1913. From all indications the intercollegiate basket ball Beason in Texas this year will be a record breaker. ) McCarty is chased by vaudeville agents now. A short time ago he was doing the chasing—after meal tickets. At St. Louis Joe Sherman of Memphis badly outpointed Denny Goodman of New York in an eight round bout Third league boosters are showing lots of backing, but ohances are it will begin* to dwindle as the sun starts northward. Pitcher FTomee of the Reds did not lose a game to Brooklyn last year, but lost at least two to every other club in the league.