The San Francisco call., 1910-03-30
SPO1rLIGH1rS
ON SPORTS

Great Western handicap shoot will be held in
Des Moines May "A to 20
George (..Honey Boy Evans will give cups
10 champion batsmen OF American associatlon anu
the American and National leagues. Ty Cobb
holds the latter. 1t is made OF silver, nicely
engraved. and is "a inches in height
Ths University of Pennsylvania football team
may play the Carlisle Indians at Philadeiphia
October %
The Morrisania District Athletic league OF
New York city is made up OF 1900 schoolooys'
Harry W. Fitzpatrick. president Of the South
association. A A U. is in receipt OF letter
position. telling him that the proposed athletic
games for July have been postponed for a year
which rfs mar are toy to be held in New Orleans this
october.
The Annapolis varsity crew will meet i've Of
the strongest eastern college eights In i've weeks
on the Severn rlveI' AnnaB2eis Ann BSi co,r,go Ma
Z; Georgetown. May Il; Syracuse. May 21 Penn
sylvanis wants to row the middies on April 80.
Bobby Kerr. the Hamilton Ont. sprinter. re-
ceived certificate from Ireland. In which the
Canadian champion is credited with the Irisn
record for the 90 yards. % 1-5 seconds, made IN
Dublin July 10 last Hamilton may send him to
England for the championships again TINS year
Mike Fisher OF Seattle who took profes-
sional baseball team to Japan two years ago.
tells story Of how R1lea Sapsnese Disbp sSpt
8 O'Clock and early next morning was oaes
with two mitts. the one he had borrowed and one
ing baseballs over there then, but buying them
from American manufacturers. well Known
tradesman says the secret OF making the Ameri-
can baseball is the sticky stun that Is put on the
warn That gives the stuffng of the baseball IT'S
sdhesiveness and makes IL hold It's Enape despits
hard hammerilg.
Lawson Whitehead Of the Tecumseh lacrosse
iii Suua rfh
lege team.
Chicago university has Filipino. conrsdo
Benitez, as captain OF the water polo team
Miss Dorothy Campbell. champion lady golfer
Of Great Britain and America, will act az cap
tain of the Hamilton, ont. Ladies Golf club
this year.
II has been computed that the English horss
st. simon. as the progenitor Of money esrne5s
on the turf has no achieved wonoeF. h re a.
scendants of ST. Simon in the 25 years that they
have been in existence.
The athletic governing board Of the Syracuse
university accepted the oner made 20 the navy
committee by the Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity %
defray the expenses TO insure the race proposed
between the Syracuse eight and four cared smell
crews and the Argonauts Of Toronto, which may
be rowed on May 80 on Onondasa lake. Syracuse
lawn bowling league in the Niagara PENN
suls this summer may include clubs IN tne as
Cirimsby Dunnville. Niagara Falls. Niagara on
the Lake, Buffalo and Hamilton A cup viii be
given the winner
Harvard,s football candidates will report for
spring practice March so. In the meantime the
candidates will practice with the soccer team
Jack Johnson champion heavy weight puglllst
has chosen Alderman Stuart F. Douglas OF New
York an old time ring follower. as his time
keeper for his fight with Jim Jenr1es on July l.
Recause of a strained tendon which occurred
in practice Reggie Foster. Hsrvard's intercolle
gfste sprint champion. will not be seen IN action
until the University OF Pennsylvania relay carni-
val, April so
The Rugby football unions of England. Ireland.
Scotland and Wales have jointly agreed 10 get
together a team TO visit South Africa this sum
mer.
Word has been received Of the serious Illness
of r. T. Walker, the South African sprinter-
general breakdown Is limited. He has been leed
ing very strenuous life on the cinder pain Tot
the last three years
Eddie Cotter of Toronto will very likely run
in the Polytechnic Marathon race at London
Nav 21 III is the long distance event OF the
year in England. and is held over the Olympic
course.
Alfred shrubb says: Under condition will
start i'm any long race Nv leg Is IN pretty
bad condition. When I do come out. however
will again be in front. The Engnsn cnam
pion runner has been suffering with PAD leS
for couple of months in his Canadian home