Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1914 — GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS [ARTICLE]

GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS

Reports from the east are to the effect that the Red Sox are going to release Steve Yerkes.

Bill James, the former Cleveland hurler, has been secured by the Browns from the Pacific Coast league. <4-

Virginia and Vanderbilt have signed a two-year contract for football games. Virginia will play next season at Nashville.

Infielder Eddie Grant who was lucky enough to be in for a share of the world’s series coin last October, is said to be headed for Memphis.

Sixteen letters awarded at Cornell mark the culmination of a really successful team for A 1 Sharpe’s eleven and a justification of his methods.

The Michigan-Harvard game next fall will be about the closest possible approach to an ideal comparison of eastern find western coaching methods,

A bout that would prove of real interest is that proposed for the National Sporting club of London —a clash between Gunboat Smith and Georges Carpentier.

Fristensky, the heavy weight, brings news front Europe about Xbyszko. He modestly admits the reason Zbyszko is in Europe is because Fristensky is in America.

Joe Smith, world’s bantam weight wrestling champion, has invaded the ranks of the light weights and challenged several aspirants for Johnny Bllleter’s title. ,

Manager Branch Rickdy has a pick of 37 athletes from which to build up 1914 combination. Thirteen of them played with the Browns last season, while 24 of them are newcomers.

Bobby Messenger, who hip had several major league trials and who was once with the White Sox, will get another trial next season. He will go south with Rickey’s StL Louis team.

A close friend of Manager McGraw says there isn’t a chance of any team landing Fred Snodgrass from the Giants. He says that McGraw thinks Snodgrass is the best gardener in tha business.