The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14
OF A SPORTING NATURE


Fight fans are still dIsmayed over
conditions in California, where
Quietus has been put on boxing.
The 'alit"rnianS will suffer greatly,
but others VIII derive benefit a.
fornia voters or pustltsm. That the
Wisconsin clubs will benefit goes
without saying But the point on
tie map that will draw the gravy is
New Orleans. The twenty round
city will serve as a big attraction
and for the next TWO years. at least.
the promoters at that point of the
map will-or should-do very well.
Now that the Browns have sign
ed VIII VanderCammen. We may
expect some one to originate a base
ball yell of few of the choice
cup. Pieh. Piez and Peckinpaugh.
Something like the old St Louis
clubs when they had Brientenstein
pitching. Pietz catching. Bierbauer
at second, Won der Abe president
The high school girls basketball
team of skowhegan. Me. has offer
ed to rent the jail of the town
since its citizens are so good that
it is unoccupied They need place
in which to practice. and the Jail
would just suit their needs
George Stallings estimates that
w en- his vaudeville dates and ban
hnat-inps wi
the opening of the season
Eyers is one of the fastest and
cleverest basketball men in the
country. Maranville is whirl
gy. the catcher. is declared to be
the best basketball player in New
England Mann is whtrlwind
and Hank Gowdy has starred in
the game at Columbus.
Twenty trotters and nine PAGERS
won $1,000 or more this season on
Axworthy (N. 212f!. by AXworthy,
215lz led the trotters with $500.
Gunboat Smith is telling his
for the poor showing he has been
making He says that he oyer-train-
ed for his fight with Georges Car
pentier in England, and was weak
in comparison to that in previous
contests He claims that his knock
out by Sam Langford was due pure
ly to carelessness Gunboat's alibi
is an old familiar one, and is print
cd 70 h9f is
Johnny Evers. wintering in Troy,
N. Y. where he has been honor
guest at all kinds of receptions and
foodfests. wants something to give
him diversion. so has taken up golf.
Harvard is still very fond of her
end-round play. play which is
more successful with Hardwick car
rving the ball than when Smith was
called upon. For a cripple Hard
wick did some splendid work and
he takes no chances whatever during
a game, but fights to win.
Quite a few players from organ
lied baseball who Jumped to the
of neace
It is stated that the Giants are
considering a plan to train in Cali
fornia for three weeks before going
to Marlin Most of the training
would be done in Southern Cali
fornia but expeditions would be
made now and again to San Fran
cisco for the delpctation of the early
comers TO the expedition.
The Irish-American Athletic club
"whales" in Emil Muller, who thinks
he would like to live in California
rather than in the East Muller
exnects to make a great success Of
the automobile business in Los An
geles He also intends to join the
Los Angeles Athletic club and will
undoubtedly hurl the classic Greek
SANGER for that club as soon as
tte r,,les of the A. A. L. will per-
NIT Mnl]er's ACQUISITION will
STRENGTHEN the Los Angeles club
which has already on its list the
greatest amateur sprinter in the
ed runner.