The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-09

 course great deal could happen be tween this and l9l5. so the best thing to dc is wait Should Berlin have tle games. however. the ath- letes of the United States will tri umph in the Olympic events with greater ease than ever before With the exception Of sweden every coun- try that Is serious rival of Ameri- ca iS now engaged in the war, which will stop. Of course. their athletic development for the time being. Swe- den. though not actively engaged is greatly upset maintaining her neutrality. Most of the best of the Swedish athletes are with the colors in the great army camps that are being maintained throughout King Gustav's land awaiting developments.
 
 A story Of extraordinary bowling comes from Reading Pa, IL is stat ed that Michael Miller, a lame man. not only rolled two successive per feet Boo scores in a three-game con test but followed with a 2l3 for his third game, making a grand to tai of .s1@. Miller is Readings champion duckpin bowler
 Wallace MaXfield, the former Mercersburs academy athlete, will not enter the University of Pennsyl- vania t.is fall. The Penn exams proved too stiff for MaXfield, it is said Dartmouth college lost J. Loo mis. the tAree-time winner at the recent national championship, by the sane route according to report. It appears as though fl takes more than athletic ability to get into col leGe, after all.
 Verify. to him that hath shall be given. Johnnie Eyers, recipient of S25.000 bonus. q $10,000 salary and a slice of the worlds series diyy, has been awarded an automobile for being the most valuable player in the National. But who was more entitled to the award than the Tro- jan, It is hard to look back in baseball history and find spot where the acquisition of one man won pennant for team.
 Chicagos chances for retaining the championship of the Big Nine con ference seem bright. Reports from Minnesota camps indicate that the Gophers and Badgers have not de veloped as rapidly as their friends could wish. The Michigan Aggies have started out with the same show of speed that brought them success last year
 Charley Burns of Cincinnati says he has white hope who can lick 'em all, and he wants to match him with any heavyweight in the world. Charley goes as far as say ing that this chap, whose name is Moran. will be the next heavyweight champion of the world in a short time.
 Jack Dunn got more than S60000 for the pick of lis Baltimore Orioles, several of whom have failed to make good for their employers. Twombly and Daniels, who were sold to the Cincinnati Reds for $15,- GOO. have fallen down in hitting Shortstop Derrick, handed over to the Reds for $10O00 and subsequent ly sold to the Cubs for purchase price, is on the bench. Pitcher Ruth. bought for $15,000 by the Red SoX, did not come up to the expectations and was sent to Prov idence, The Red SoX, however, pur- chased valuable man in Pitcher Shore for $10.000. while the Yankees gave up SS,00O for kree.
 It is said that the New York American league club would like to have Charley Herzog for manager next year, and would make him good offer if he would listen to it, but he has agreed to stick to the Reds.
 Since Jack Johnson has declared that Ie is still an American citizen, many fighters are interested to know whether he intends risking returning to the United States There are many white hopes who are after the scalp of Jack and they state that they simply want to know his intentions. If he will not come back, they will go to him.
 The victory of the Athletics in the American league race gives Connie Mack his sixth championship, new major league record. Under his direction they won the league pen nant in 1902. 1905, 1910 1911, and 1913, and in the latter three years, they also captured the worlds cham pionships.
 There is no doubt that Johnny Me Graw is planning a complete reor- ganization of his club for next year, but an unexpected obstacle has aris- en. Most all of the present players especially the veterans under three-year contracts at high salaries. These contracts were made iron bound so that they could not be broken by the players who might get notions about the Federal league. This ironbound clause also tied up the owners, and the question arises as to how McGraw is going to get rid of these men when he starts his reorganization.
 Tlere are several well-known jock eys of former times now in New York completing plans to become trainers. The latest of the old school riders to join the trainers ranks is Puddin McDaniel. He in tends getting together some horses to race on the metropolitan tracks next season. McDaniel who ranked high as a rider for years, has been