The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-02
Latest Outside Sporting Dope

is unquestionably one of the West' best golfers Ned has been playing strong game for years and his recent winning of the interCollegia fate championship at the Garden City Golf club proved him to be a player that will be entitled to consideration when Uncle Sam is looking for ma terial to help in the winning of in- ternational honors.
 Leo P Flynn. the champion cir cult tourist. is one of the bus lest men in New York these days. as he has an interesting string of pugilists that he Is placing before the public.
 Pitcher Baumgartner of the Phil lies is former University of Chicago football star With the reopening of college, however. he is barred from playing with the Maroons be cause he is now professional. Baumgartner plays football as well as he does baseball and will be greatly missed fro mthe sridiron.
 It is claimed that Walter Johnson further offers from the Feds. He has not yet signed up with the Washington team, but Griffith eX- poets him to do so at any time. and is not worried in the least about losing his star. Some Fed leaders are also reported as saying that the outlaw league is not as enthusiastic over Johnson as formerly, either.
 John Huggins. who trained the Cassatt horses years ago, is said to be one of the regular attendants at Belmont park. Mir. Huggins Is well advanced in years. but he has lost none of lis interest in racing In his time he was considered one of the best trainers in the business He predicts a great future for True as Steel. the stable mate of Trojan, winner of the Futurity.
 John w. Coombs, of West Ken nebunk. Is running for state senator from York county, Maine. Mir Coombs Is well known as a pitcher in the national game. being identified with the Philadelphia American league team. MT. Connie Mack is doing all in his power to help Coombs win his campaign.
 Feds" Defended.
 Some folks are asking President Gilmore what he's going to do with the players whose places will be taken next year by the men Gilmore claims to have signed up secretly for the Federals. They point out how terribly cruel, unfair, unkind and traitorous it will be of Gilmore to release the players who haven't made good
 Doesn't Gilmore owe those fel- lows something?" is asked. They went to the Feds at the first call They have remained loyal to the Feds"
 There seems nothing wrong in Gilmore's plan to release the play CTS who haven't made good They have been paid for their services. They knew when the went to the Federals they would have to take chance with the rest And. while with the Feds, they have been paid well for their service. Most of them have drawn more from the Federal exchequers in one year than they would have drawn In organized baseball in two or three years. Australia Likes Baseball.
 Reports from Australia indicate that baseball is growing steadily in popularity, an Outside paper asserts. The game was greatly helped by the visit of the American professionals last year Whereas ten years ago but two of the states of the common wealth could boast teams South Australia has joined New South Wales and Victoria in fostering the game.
 Baseball reports now figure in all newspapers in the three states, and what is of more moment, schoolboy teams are playing, which is most hopeful sign. The game is played in Australia in the rainy season. and notwithstanding the air is often raw, the sky threatening, and the diamonds muddy the contests scheduled among the clubs in the various divisions by means of which the players are ranked in skill, are carried out with enthusiasm
 A feature. also. of the accounts of the games in the newspapers, is the employment by the writers of American baseball slang. But it is rather curious to note that shut out is called a "Chicaeo." which is word practically obsolete here
 As indicating the hold that the American national pastime is gaining upon the Australian sporting world there was an interstate baseball car nival in Sydney from August 1 to 8, and New South Wales. Victoria and South Australia competed against each other in numerous games be, tween boy hines and between adult hines throughout the week.
 Teams Made Up.
 New York.-Frank Bancroft, busi- ness manager of the Cincinnati Ma tionals, has announced the makeup Of the teams which he and Manager Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics will take on Pacific coast tour during the fall and winter months. It is stated that the teams will go also to Hawaii.
 On the All-National team will be Tesreau of New York. James of Boston. Alexander of Philadelphia and Vaughn of Chicago pitchers: Killifer of Philadelphia and Clarke of Cincinnati. catchers; Miller of St Iouis first hasa. Groh of Cin