Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1917 — LITTLE PICK-UPS – OF SPORT [ARTICLE]

LITTLE PICK-UPS - OF SPORT

Cornell has rqade walking an intercollege sport. * * * President Weeghman believes the Cubs will be in the race next year. The Australian woman swimmers’ tour of this country will not take place. The most exciting thing about a sixday bike race is a spill. In up-to-date races there are no spills. See that a college astronomer has discovered a new young star. Stealing Connie Mack's stuff. - There Is a difference in the style of bats that feature baseball in the summer and baseball in the winter. ■ • ♦ * With the baseball magnates Dave Fultz is about as popular as a walking delegate at a bankers’ convention. Milwaukee didn’t do very well in baseball this year, but she was there with the bells on in the Skat league. ■’ * r • The . baseball bosses , have reduced the prices of world’s series seats 50 per 1 cent. Good. The cost of living falling at last! • • • - If Jess WillartL keeps on increasing his price, he will have Packy McFarland beat for the -title as champion kale grabber. _ : y

It is w(*li not to be too certain that wpn’t; Repeat. Several of the Robins may be fat north of the ears, but the club has a pilot who carries all his fat south of those protubet* ancea.