Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1914 — IN THE WORLD OF SPORT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE WOR LD OF SPORT

Penn's Star Sprinter to Try Per Rsscrd-

Patterson. the crack sprinter of the University of Pennsylvania truck team, will aim to establish a new mark in tiie seventy-five yard dash in'the national indoor championships of the A A. U. These- frames occur at Madison Square Garden. New York, March 2. New York May Supervise Baseball. Supervision of the big professional baseball games in Greater Xetv York city and the payment to the state of r per cent of the gross receipts en h year are proposed in a bill introduced a.t Albany by Assemblyman Goldberg of Manhattan ■ A state t < uimission three nu-io tiers, two of whom live in New York, is to be appointed by the governor n supervise big league ''aseball in the First ju licial district. The powers are to be siaiii.ir to those exercised by the state boxing commission. The commission is also authorized to supervise the sale of tickets with tinidea. as Assemblyman Goldberg ex plained, “of preventing a recurrence of the ticket selling scandal of las; season's world series." rile greater part of the money col tec ted from the baseball clubs is to be Used for establishing playgrounds in the metropolitan district. The re maindci is to defray the expenses o! the commission, not to exceed ST>,tMHI a year, including traveling expenses and the salary of a secretary.

Big Auto Tour. I' rank X. Mudd of Chicago, head of the A. A. A. touring information hoard, is making extensive [dans for 1!>1X Among these is included a trip to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific exposition. The routing may include also Los Angeles and the San Diego exhibition. The bureau is perfecting its transcontinental routes so it will he prepared to meet the demands of all members who may want to go to ttie coast in the exposition year. The association now has the northwest trail and the sunset trail, to which will soon be added the overland trail, the midland trail, a log of the southern transcontinental highway and other cross country material.

To Use EngliSh^Shell. A new English shell xHll be used by the University of Pennsylvania eight in the race with Princeton and Columbia on Lake Carnegie on May 9. This announcement was made by Coach Vivian Xiekalls. Although Coach Nickalls does not believe in the English stroke, be thinks the shells made in England far superior to any ever manufactured here. Yale uses English shells. Berth for Sheckard. Jimmy Sheckard. who helped the Chicago Nationals to win fwo world's championships, will not jump to the Federal league after all. Instead Sheckard will lend the Toledo club of the American association. Announces Regatta Dates. The chamber of commerce of Coeiu D'Alene. Ida., lias announced the dates for the 1914 regatta on July 2. 3 and 4. and the publicity committee has started on its work for the second annual event. Won’t Go After Ford. Frank Farrell, president of the New York Americans, said he would totally ignore Russell Ford, bis former star pitcher, who has jumped to. the Fed era I league.

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