Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1919 — INTERESTING SPORT PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

INTERESTING SPORT PARAGRAPHS

The Great Lakes Athletic association bowling alleys, just opened, cost SB,OOO. ♦• * • Joie Ray of the Illinois A. C. will compete in Indoor track meets winter. •• * " Heinie Groh of the Reds was the leading run scorer of the National league last year. The American Automobile association, the national organization of motorists, Is composed of 200,000 members. • • • Maj. Branch Rickey of the Cardinals didn’t have his return home heralded With trumpets. No one knew* he was back from France until he reached St. Louis. * * « Great to-do has been made over Joe Leonard of Great Lakes, but the little fellow wasn’t even a regular with the Washington club when he joined the navy, and now there’s no place open for him. J?-■; ' ’ - ♦ ♦ * Walton Cruise will have his bludgeon working for thei St. Louis Cards this season, which means that Messrs. Rousch and Wheat will have to bestir themselves If they want to lead the Heydler swatting circled ♦ * ♦ John Titzell *2O, pitcher oh the -University of Pennsylvania nine a,nd halfback bn the eleven, haS returned to college from the United States service. He is ranked as one of the best 1 college pitchers in the East. > Walter Pipp, former Catholic university fence buster, who has out plenty of long ones as a Yankee/ will be back on his old post iat first base when the next campaign He recently was mustered out of the 9 naval aviation service.