Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1916 — WORLD SERIES ON THE COAST [ARTICLE]

WORLD SERIES ON THE COAST

Plan to Have Champion Football Team of West to Play With Leading Team From the East. Officials of the tournament of roses, a festival held each year at Pasadena, Cal., plan an annual world series in football with the champion team of the West playing the champion of the East. r On New Year’s day, Washington State, representing the West, played Brown university, representing the East, and the affair was a big success. Washington beat Brown, 14 to 0. Next year the game will be offered the eastern team, winning the championship. A ‘ contest of the kind planned by the Pasadena men will be the biggest thing ever attempted for settlement of football supremacy.

Baseball in the Orient The recent matches of the Chicago university baseball team with that of the Waseda university established a new record for attendance for sporting matches in Japan. The previous record was 12,000 established when the Chicago team on its visit five years ago met Kelo university for the second time. The crowd at the Waseda ground in recent games was officially stated to have exceeded 50,000, including 2,000 foreigners. ■ Ma ke Sig ned Pl aye rs Known. ——- In the future baseball owners will be able to announce what players have not been signed, something which could not be done in recent years because of the Federal league being in the field.