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George Newnes trophy, now held by the
Brooklyn club.
President Ebbets Of the Brooklyn Base
Ball club corraled few players on
swing around the circle a fow days ago.
He came up to Albany and signed Bell.
dropped over to Worcester, Mass, and got
Billy Bergens autograph on a contract,
and at Boston signed Billy Maloney and
Johnny Butler. Butler is the catcher who
was turned over by Brooklyn to Jersey
City last spring.
A. Lee Guinness, the young English
amateur autoist, who is one Of the most
| successful motor racers in Europe and
Demogeot, popularity known, as the speed
King" since winning last January the
two-rnile-a-minute race on Ormond Beach,
Florida, in the worlds record time 0.5S4s
are to compete in the Ormond race next
next month. Guinness win drivei the 200
horse power Darracq car that Demogeot
used a year ago. 1t was purchased by
Guinness last summer, and he has been
several races with 1t in European track
meets the past year. Demogeot will drive
! the 1l0-horse power Darracq with which
Wagner won the Vanderbilt cup last Octo-
exhibits at the recent Paris Automobile
show and II will be shipped to this country
early In January. 1t will form a part Of
the Darracq exhibit in the Madison Square
| Garden show, and with Il will be the
| Vanderbilt cup, which is now in Paris in
the custody OF the Automobile club OF
France.
F. More room for automobile shows in this
city was the keynote OF the discussion at
the Hotel Breslin among a number Of
manufacturers and agents, who will be
| among the exhibitors In the Madison Square
Garden exhibit during the week Of January
- to 10. Z. S. Partridge made a plea for
state recognition of the industry, and sug-
gested that a proper exhibition building
might be erected under either national or
state auspices that might be available for
number Of different trade shows.
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Eben NJ. Byers, the national golf cham
| plon, may emulate the example of Walter
]. Travis and win the amateur champion
| ship of Great Britain this year at old St.
Andrews. He has earned the highest goling
| honors in this country and 1t is fitting
that he should try TO earn the double
crown The announcement that he would
go abroad in February and probably play
for the British title was well received in
golhng circles here. 1t led to further talk
of sending team abroad, and with Byers
to head the list the way is opened. The
game has been making great strides in
this country, and American players are
slowly but surely approaching the standard
set In Great Britain. A comparison at this
time would be interesting, as American
golfers firmly believe that representative
team from this country could hold its own
with a representative team abroad. even II
the rank and file Of American players are
still behind those in Great Britain.
Captain Jack Greenway, late an officer
In the Rough Riders during the Spanish
war, who declined the position of com
missioner of the general land Office ten
4 dered to him by President Roosevelt. was
a famous athlete at Yale. He played end
| rush on Frank Hinkey's victorious foot
ball eleven in 1898 and was without peer
nthis position, He also caught the noted
Sutch Carter on the varsity ball nine and
i did SO well with the mask and mitt that
he was pronounced the equal of some OF
the best professional backstops. Garter
and Greenway were one OF the best collegs
batteries ever seen on ball field.
Il Archibald III. Douglass, captain of the
Naval Academy foot ball team for next yea
and star athlete of the institution has an
nounced his intention of coming out foi
the. crew next season, and has thus disap
pointed the base ball men. He is a gooC
pitcher and was expected 10 take the place
of Needham, who has graduated, Their
is strong feeling among midshipmer
that Douglass's services are more needed
by the nine than by the crew, Douglas
viii, however, make an ideal oarsman. H
is ak feet tall and weighs 1870 pounds IL
perfect training, besides being very stron,
Other pitching candidates are Dague. tn
foot ball player; Van Auken and Lamphire
The foot ball receipts Of the university o
Wisconsin during the season just close
| amounted TO about one-eighth of what the,