The Alaska citizen., 1913-08-04

that Princeton has only 900 men from
which TO draw candidates for her six.
teen varsity teams and this number
is cut down further by a rule which
prevents student from being a
member OF more than two teams IN
the same year.
The distinct OF having received
the varsity letter more times than
any other man n college is borne
by Talbot r. Pendleton. OF Berkeley
Springs. w. V. the captain OF the
football team during the past sea.
Eson He prepared for college at
Alexandria,. Va, and has won the
honor three times in football and
twice in baseball. AS Pendleton
still has another seas in the nine,
he will boost his total to six, and
p.hus Will have won as many letters
as it is possible for an athlete to
of unusual ability he undoubtedly
would have won a track p. had he
not been prevented from running by
the two-sport rule. The only other
student n W In college to have won
letter in more than one sport IS
Hobart II. A. Baker. of Philadelphia.
Baker has two football Ps and also
the letter in hockey
BOY SCOUT DELIVERS WORD.
CHICAGO. June 2S.-Dusty. pant.
ing and almost lost and the score
OF automobiles that formed his es-
cort Lauron Chenoweth. Boy Scout,
dashed up to the grandstand in
Grant park this afternoon and de-
I livered to Carter Harrison, mayor of
Chicago. a message from Woodrow
w Is n, president of the United
States. While skyscrapers echoed
back the boom of cannon that vel
coined the leather dispatch pouch
10 the end of its 77S-mile journey,
the mayor read the message In which
the President wished success to the
international athletic meet. formally
naugurated by its arrival. The Boy
Scouts had done their work-by re-
lays as they had borne the message
over hill and da'e from the capital
t Chicago-and thousands of the
khaki clad youngsters burst into
cheer as the journey ended.
A scorching sun beat down upon
the opening of the meet, and even
the cool lake breeze brought only
meager comfort to the four or five
thousand who attended. Despite the
weather, dozen marath runners
competed in an event OF the regu-
! lar d stance-26 miles.
! JACKSON LEADING AMERICAN.
CHICAGO, June 28.-Joe Jackson.
the Cleveland slugger. has made
ninety hits. the greatest number
credited in unofficial averages. pub
|
! league. Jackson is the real hitting
| leader in the American league with
an average of All, though Caldwe
OF New York. for sixteen games,
| has a percentage of .444 Cobb is
close behind Jackson with 1893:
| Speaker # Boston is next with .385,
then comes Banding, the Cleveland
pitcher, with .375 Eddie Collins OF
Philadelphia winds up the leagues
first half dozen star hitters with 1862
c. Mcdonald Of Boston continues
to top the National leaguers. His
average is 1882. Cravath of Philadel
phia is second with 1858; Crandall
Of New York third, with .357: Killing
OF Cincinnati fourth, with .341, and
Hyatt, the Pittsburg pinch hitter
fifth. with 1888. Wagner, and Viox
of the Pirates are tied for sixth with
1871 each. OF the first seven In
the National league, only Cravath,
Viox and Wagner have played In
more than forty games. Merkle OF
New York, with seventy-two. and
Konetchy of ST. Louis, with seventy
one. have made the most hts In the
older organization.
Milan ran his stolen bases up to
thirty.seyen. Eddie Collins is second
with twenty-seyen. Lobert, with
twenty. leads the National In stol-
en- bases. while Myers CT Boston
and Doyle OF New York are next with
nineteen apiece.
PRINCE HENRY STEERS YACHT.
KEEL, Germany. June 2S.-,In the
second OF the elimination races sail
ed today at the Kiel regatta to select
German representatives to partici-
pate in the regatta off Marblehead.
Mass. In September. Tilly XVII,
owned by Prince Henry of Prussia
and C. V. Krogmann OF Hamburg.
was first: Serum, owned by Waldo
mar Tietgens OF Hamburg. second.
and Resi- ". owned by julius Stain
of Berlin, third. An eleven-mile
breeze was blowing.
Prince Henry steered the lilly
XVIII, and this time slightly re-