Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1920 — NOTES OF SPORT [ARTICLE]

NOTES OF SPORT

New York, 100 years ago, had only two billiard rooms. • • • Harvard and Yale inaugurated their rowing races In 1852. • • • West Virginia university has made wrestling a minor sport • • • Minnesota will erect a football stadium modeled after the Yale bowl. •- • • Norman Ross is supreme in swiniruing races from. 400 to 1,500 meters. • * • West Virginia university has ’nine athletic Instructors for various squads. • * • Thanksgiving day will mark the start of 100 days’ horse racing at Oriental park, Havana. • • • Extravagant claims as to Rob Martin’s prowess as a haymaker puncher have aroused coast fans. ~ • * *- - - Chicago Ppbllc School Athletic league will follow the New York city plan. Chicago has 200 equipped playgrounds.