The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-07

The eyes of the athletes the world
over are focused on these champion
ships. which promise to make 1915
the banner year in sport, and where
such a glorious chance to win the
worldwide distinction is offered the
amateur athletes The ambition of
every athlete is to be classed as
| champion of America.
! The Exposition starts on February
! 90 and runs to December 4. list
of the different championships fol
lows:
! March &c and ga. A. U. gym
nastic.
March 29-Pacific Association
wrestling
April and 1o-Pacific Coast in
terscholastic track and field
April 16 and IA. A. L. wrestling.
April % to 24-Pacific Association
boxing.
April IS to 3O-Fencing
May 1 and 3-San Francisco Pub
lie School Athletic league.
May to S-Boxing.
May to S-Pacific Coast colleges
track and field.
May II and 12-San Francisco
parochal schools.
June IA to 19-Pacific Coast ten
mis-.
July and 3-Pacific Association
swimming.
July IS to 29-National Public
School Athletic league and inter
scholastic.
July 10 to pa. A. U. swimming
July 10 to PA. A. u. water polo
(soccer).
July 80 and 31-Far Western box
ing, wrestling. track and field.
August 2 to 4-Cycling.
August 5.-A. A. U. all-round
championships.
August "a A. U. junior track
and field
August Senior track and field
championships of the A. A. U.
August 9 and 10-National relay
racing.
August 12-Ten-mile run. seven
mile walk, international tug of war
Olympic rules.
August IS and 14-Intercollegiates
August II and 1S-Decathlon 90
events)
August "a to 2S-Modern Pentath-
Ion for the Olympic medal of the
International Olympic committee.
September 6-Pentathlon Give
events)
September 9-Pacific Association
track and field.
September 10 to 1S-United States
Football association soccer.
September 25-Marathon race.
During ber-International
tennis.
October to 9-Lacrosse.
October IL to 16-Pacific Coast
soccer football.
ing, basket ball. wrestling, swim
ming track and field.
Handling Star.
Marion, Ohio.-Ossie Shrek, the
former star major league catcher
who played with the Marion Dig
gers in the old Ohio State league
and who died short time ago in
Philadelphia, has a fund of good
stories he used to tell about Rube
Waddell, for whom he received
throughout the eccentric ones glor-
led baseball days. One Shrek told
Edward G. Staiger, a local team
manager at that time and now a
baseball scout, gives a glimpse of
the surprising generalship and I'M
failing sagacity of Connie Mack as
a managerial head.
One day in Chicago a double
header was called for by Chicago.
Msck's pitchers were not going any
too good; none was in the pink of
condition unless it was the RUDE,
who was slated for the first game.
The RUDE pitched wonderful ball that
first game He was going so good
that he shut Chicago out. Mack figured
that he could twirl just such another
game, but how to get Waddell to
do it was the question.
After the last batter up for Chi
cago had breezed, Waddell threw
down his glove, walked to a bench,
sat down at one end, crossed his
legs and started to unlace shoe.
Then Connie Mack did the unusual
thing-he walked over to the Chi
cago bench and loafed without say
ing a word The Mackmen wonder
ed, for Connie had never done that
before. Pretty soon the modest
manager of the Phillies went to
Waddell. who was folding and I'M
folding his arms and slapping his
hands down on his knees, with the
one shoe partly unlaced.
"Rube, you ought to hear what
those fellows are saying about you
over there" said Connie. nodding to-
ward the Chicago players.
well, what they talkin' about?"
They're saying that they'd like
| to get just one more chance at you
today, just to show you they can
knock your block off They're wish
| ing you would go in this next game
and they'd show you you're no iron
man."
RUDE didn't say anything. Connie
walked away. Waddell resumed his
old habit of folding and unfolding
his arms with all the regularity of
an elephant swinging his trunk.
Connie began warming up his young
sters, one of whom he intended to
use if the worst came to the worst.
The RUDE still had his legs cross
ed and one shoe unlaced when the
umpire walked out to announce the
batteries. That dictatorial official
had already Numbered the Chicago
battery and was about to announce
the name of one Of Mack's young
sters and Shrek. when something
unusual happened again-Waddell
leaped from the bench and started
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