Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1920 — LITTLE PICK-UPS OF SPORT [ARTICLE]

LITTLE PICK-UPS OF SPORT

New Orleans contemplates erecting a modem athletic stadium. Basketball and indoor track work are engaging college athletes. The British Polo association suffered the loss of over 500 players in the great war. • ♦ • Texas league magnates are making preparations for a bigger and better year than ever in 1920. • * * Jack Dempsey will fight Jess Willard for the same purse that Jess got in the last Toledo scrap. C. K G. Billings has presented the weanling son of The Harvester, 2:01, and Lou Dillon, to Frank G. Jones of Memphis. • • • Syracuse baseball team of the International league will open a new baseball field on West Genesee street, that city, next year. Babe Ruth, outfielder for the Boston club and champion home-run hitter of the world, may become a professional heavyweight boxer. • • • Bob Simpson has taken up his duties as coach of Missouri university students. He is In charge of the Compulsory athletic work of the military department. ee• / : Several selections of all-star teams have been made by critics and fans along the ‘Coast League circuit, and Moused who is to join the Yankees next spring. Is the. almost unanimous choice for third base, .... - ■ • .......