The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-14

especially II he improves Tn his fielding Corriden has never played very steady game in the field for Chicago but his hitting has been good
 Getting tired of bothering himself with such petty transactions as pur- chasing a single player, MT. Lannin of the Red Sox. bought the entire Providence club recently.
 College professors predict that the government will take over the baseball leagues within twenty-five years In that case the supreme court will hold the exalted place of the national commission.
 that the field on which the cham pionships will be held at Baltimore this month is not well equipped for such a meeting. Homewood Field at John Hopkins university, has every convenience, including one of the fastest tracks in the country with 220 straightway. The dressing and shower accommodations are as fine as those of any athletic plant in the country.
 Charley Whites decisive defeat of Joe Azevedo. whom he stopped in the eighteenth round in San Fran cisco recently, makes him the out standing choice for first crack at the American lightweight title held by Willie Ritchie. Especially is this so in view of the fact that White was generally credited with victory over Ritchie in ten round bout in Milwaukee last spring White is the only man that has outpointed Ritchie since he became champion. and will probably prove the biggest drawing card that could be selected to fight the champion.
 Boxers and boxing enthusiasts at England's leading universities, Ok ford and Cambridge. are clamoring for recognition. They want the sport placed on the level with rowing, track and football at the two Eng iSh mi, nycit C the popularity of he game in Great Britain that they are likely to sue ceed.
 Barring accidents, Walter John son will figure in more games this season than in 1913, when the re- cords showed forty-seven contests opposite his name. After a poor start Johnson is now pitching as we'll as at any time in his career.
 In Canada where hockey is the na- tional winter sport, the professional hockey sport leagues have the same standard position as the National and American leagues have in the United States, and just as the Amer ican youth has aspirations some day of being a big league ball player so does the Canadian youngster hope some day to shine among the hockey pros"
 Too much credit cannot be given to R. T. Wilson and his associates for the pains they have taken to make the racing season at Saratoga a success. Some of the best horses in the country have helped to make new history for the Spa, among them being James Buffers Pebbles and Comely, John E. Madden's Pc lish and Senator Camden's Luke
 Fighters on the other side are scrambling to get back to the United States as fast as possible With the chances increasing Of Carpenter going into service in the French army, one of the choicest targets of the heavyweights disappears from | the pugilistic field. for the time being, if not entirely-it all depends upon Carpenter being placed on the firing line.
 Heavyweight Hopes. There are only two heavyweight fighters in the world today who are considered capable of dethroning Jack Johnson as worlds champion. Unfortunately for pugilism, perhaps, it happens that one of these possi- bilities is, like the champion, a negro. That is Sam Langford, known