The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-15
LOOK OUT FOR THE CUBS
 IN 1912. SAYS BROWN

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Dec. II. -Mordecai Brown. the three-nnger- ci twirlcr of the Chicago Cubs. re fuses to have The Cubs counted among the down and cutters for the season ,f 1912. In an interview in one of his trips to the city while visiting his business associate. Or vie Overall Browni tells the fans that he Cubs will come back as strong as ever in 1912.
 T think there will be a big change iu our club next wear. but | am rot prepared 10 say what t will be" said Brown. Chance was feeling much better at the close of the sea son. He told me just before I left that his head felt all right and that he was gaining in weight again. II would help us a lot to have Frank back Johnny Eyers also looked god at the end of the year. l thought We were going to lose Johnny for while, but after that trip 10 the mountains he improved wonderfully. He ought to play some god ball next year"
 Speaking of Overalls recent ac- tiyity on the slab and his chances of breaking into the game again. Brown said:
 T don't think il I'm about as close to the big fellow as any of them and he tells me that he is through for good "
 Leon Ames. whose batting aver age one season ran as high as .G9. is The victim of the following:
 shortly after the big fire at the Polo grounds. which burned up all the bats of the Giants, Ames. know ing that he was going to pitch. sent a negro boy down to sport ing goods store for new bar. He neglected 10 give the style of his stick.
 T want to get bat for Mir. Ames." declared the boy as he ad- dressed the clerk with a feeling of importance.
 What weight and length do you want2' asked the clerk.
 T don't know. sir" replied the boy, as he scratched his head.
 Didn't you get the model?" again asked inc clerk I'll have 10 know the length and weight before I can get you a bat What about it?"
 The boy looked perplexed
 Well sir" he finally decided. T guess ii don't make no particular difference. boss, it's fur a pitcher" All Princeton University agrees that san White the big blond-hair- ed football end, is the greatest ath- lete the institution has ever pro- duced. He is ranked ahead of Poe. John De Witt, Phil King and all others who have made their mark in Princeton athletics.
 White is the only man in the history of football who ever won names from both Yale and Harvard through his own efforts It isn't  only in football that he has star red. In the seventh inning of the final Iale-PrinceIon baseball game f 1910 the score stood II when White came to the bat. He drove out three-bagger, which scored two runs, and then came home himself winning the series.
 Last spring, in the Harvard game, he came to the bat for the first time in the second inning and drove out a three-bagger, which brought in three runs, giving the Tigers a lead in which they were never head ed A couple of wer ks later. in the final game in the Yale-Prince- ton series, which was played in Washington Park, Brooklyn. White also brought in the winning tally.
 In addition to this he has made a record at basketball, being one of the best forwards who ever played for Princeton.
 White is as fine man as he is an athlete and Princeton has a right to be proud of him.
 Sanford White was born in Fall River on May 1, 1888, and is there fore in his twenty-fourth year. His parents are MT. and Mrs Charles F.. H. White, and they died when San was in early boyhood. Since that time he has resided with his aunt. He received his early educa- tion in the primary and intermediate schools of Fall River.
 White entered Princeton in 19OS after having prepared" at Exeter He played Cn the football and the baseball teams of his freshman year He made good at third base in that year, and his team had a very sue cessful season. On the football team, which lost to Yale freshmen. he played at left end.
 In his sophomore year White put up a star game for the Tigers at