The Alaska citizen., 1914-07-13

ing attractive offers 10 athletes in
the United States to appear in Eur
ope this year. American promoters
are renewing their energies TO Sc
cure foreign talent for the United
States next year. The leading ath
letic clubs of large cities will try
TO have many of the experts who
will take part in the games to be
held at the Panama exposition ap-
pear in other parts OF the country.
and guarantees are being prepared
for their consideration. 1t is be-
lieved that in most instances the
men will accept offers to appear
for reasonable sums. for the sake
of showing Americans what they can
do.
There isn't much danger in the
motorcycle racing game. 1t is just
like any other outdoor sports; it
requires steady nerves, quick think
ing-a mind and muscles that work
together" That is what Tom Nor
iarity. the star of the Detroit motor
dome has to say about the racing
game. There may not be much
danger as Tom says. but all the
same no insurance company will
write policy on the life of man
In the racing game.
The Federal league managers are
invading the college territory too,
II seems Captain Benjamin Neal, who
the Phillips Exeter academy who
has played four years of football
and baseball and has been on the
track team for four seasons also has
agreed to play with the Brooklyn
Federal league team this year. He
had expected to enter Brown uni
versity.
Horsemen in various parts of the
country are beginning to look to-
ward Saratoga. There are increas-
ing signs Of a successful season
as each day passes. The Spa will
take on something OF its old-time
gaiety again this summer. Incl
dentally, the thoroughbred breeding
industry in New York state, which
suffered a damaging blow when the
gates OF the tracks were closed
four years ago, Is recovering. The
present uplift In racing is largely
responsible for this condition.
One Of the feature events Of the
Pittsburg Grand Circuit meeting to
be held at the Brunots Island track
in August is the Duquesne stake, an
event of $4,000 value for 2.20 class
trotters. In this stake 81 horses
have been named. including all OF
the 1913 seasons stars still eligible
to the show classes, and horse low
ers will witness thrilling race be-
tween a number of the speediest
trotters in the country.
An investigating committee con-
sisting of H. Shindle Wingert OF
Ohio State university, Raymond G.
Clapp, University Of Nebraska. and
Charles E. Hammett Northwestern
university, shows that $50 colleges
In the United States spent last year
100000 on athletic sports, Yale
and Princeton not included AT
Harvard 1t costs 100000 year,
and this committee estimates that
there are only 400 varsity men, SO
that it concludes that the cost OF
perfecting Harvard in athletics
amounts to $500 man. Cornell
expends $4,000 Wisconsin $4,000.
Brown $4,000, California $4,000,
Stanford, $4,000. Minnesota 100000.
Pennsylvania $4,000. Pittsburg 800
900, Vanderbilt $4,000, and Colum-
bia $4,000.
They believe in class athletics at
Tacoma, Wash. the kind where all
the members of a class take part
For the boys the contest Is kicking
girls the event is throwing the
basketball for distance In lib
classes the entire membership. with
out exception. took part. and even
in the upper grades where no ef-
fort was made to organize all the
classes. IS per cent Of the pupils
participated.
Many are called in the big leagues.
but some of them don't stay long.
Joe Harris, who joined the Yankees
a week or so ago. remained only
two days, when he was sent back
to Bay City, Mich, by Manager
Chance. Harris is big fellow and
has a reputation as hitter, but
he was not fast enough on the bases.
Charles Van Week Of the Baltus-
rol Golf club is a fine example of
what steady practice will do for a
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