Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1916 — INTERESTING SPOPT PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

INTERESTING SPOPT PARAGRAPHS

Izetta R., 2:13%, the dam of Directum I, 1:56%, is owned by John Porter, at Bredenberg, Sask. * • * The New York Americans will have their new park by 1917. Perhaps,, they’ll have a ball club by that time, too. . _______ * • • If Freddy Welsh’s ears should burn evefy time someone takes a rap at him, he’d need to keep ice packs on ’em. • • • Iron Man Joe McGinnity, the Giants’ famous pitcher, says that as a club owner he has lost $27,000 in Tacoma _ durlng _ Ehe last three years. * * * Tom Jones, manager of Jess Willard, says Jess is tired of the fight game. Jess tires easily. He hasn’t fought-since he became champion. Bowling is recommended for pitchers in the winter season. The only trouble is that some pitchers carry the bowling season over into the summer.

* • • Fielding H. Yost will return to Michigan next fall as varsity football coach. This was the positive statement made by athletic association officials. • « • Fewer runs were scored off Joe Wood than any other American league pitcher. Naturally, you can’t score runs off a pitcher when he doesn’t pitch. • • * It’s mighty hard to make some fighters understand things; Jimmy Duffy had to be floored nine times before he found out Ted Lewis had something on him. - ■ ■ • ■ Lawn tennis will be the chief sport to be promoted by the recently formed Kansas City Field club, which hopes to have a membership of 500” by January 1, 1916. • • • » Fifty-two teams with a total of 1,040 contestants, took part in the recent English army cross-country race, decided over a four-mile course at Codford, England. Dartmouth college, Hanover, N. H., will hold its annual wlfater carnival February 10 to 12. It Is expected the coming revival of sport will be the best in the history of the college. .* • * If the Boston Red Sox ever start trading off some of those pitchers reported to be in bad with the management, there will be a terrific rush by other team leaders to get to the front and bid. Six big league clubs made offers to Harry Legore, the famous Yale player, to join them next year. Legore wants to finish up his course before he listens to-the offers of the hungry baseball owners. Jack Donaldson, the Victorian, Australia, ex-professional sprinting champion, has two brothers with the Australian army. One of them is; a.promising sprinter. He is more powerfully built than his famous brother. • J