The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-22

can game. And heres the reason. Charley Blickley. Harvard's famous gridiron star. prefers baseball 10 foot ball. Il like baseball much better than football" said the Captain-eleCt of the football team. When spring to try for a place on the nine" Brickley has had experience on the diamond He was first string catch CT on his freshman nine. He is also rated a clever outfielder. His brothe~ George B-ickley. is a mem Der of the Philadelphia Athletics.
 The town of John Day, in Grant county. Ore, claims the rare dis tinction of numbering among its residents q Chinaman who owns a string of racehorses- His name is Lung On. but he is better known to the sport loving people of Grant county as Leon He is an American born Chinaman and for a number of years has maintained a string of racehorses which he has cheerfully matched against all corners. That he is still in the game is some evidence of his ability to pick winner. At the present time Leon is buisly en- gagged in getting his horses in shape for the approaching race meetings.
 Purses totaling over 5000 in value are offered for fifteen trotting and pacing races 10 be given by the at Overlandpark, Denver the first week of the nineteen-day mixed har- ness and running meeting from Saturday. June 13 to Saturday. July I. inclusive. Robert F. Leighton of Vancouver is racing secretary and has just been made an honorary member of the Gentlemen's Driving and Riding club.
 Word comes from New York that the sporting spotlight is shifting just now to the efforts of the college oarsmen to condition themselves for the big regattas that will be held in the latter part of June. Of course the biggest interest centers in the Hudson river race to be held ;,, ,,-I, ,al r,;x- colleges will take part. but there is considerable interest in the Yale Harvard race that will be staged on the Thames river at New London. Conn.
 The death of Clay Mcclure. 80 nounced from Fulton. Mo-, where he had lived on the same farm prac- tcally all his life with a maiden sister Miss Sallie Mcclure, aged S4 years They had saved all the newspapers read by them and these filled room from floor 10 ceiling. Some of the best horses of the coun- try were bred on McClure's farm and raised by him.
 Kayo Mars of Cincinnati had a shade on Gene Belmont of Memphis in a tend round bout at the former place Mars was winner by a shade only. as Belmont gave him a ter rifle battle, and proved himself a bearcat al the rough and ready fight on his better work at long range and his cleaner punches.
 The United States powerboat squadron idea has done more to boost motorboating in this country than any other plan. Each boat feels that he is really part of the naval fleet of Uncle Sam, as in the event of war his boat would be useful on the inland waters to carry SUD- plies and perform other helpful du- ties.
 Billy McCarney, who managed Luther Mccarthy, is coming East with AL Norton the coast heavy weight. Norton was formerly spar ring partner for Mccarthy, and Nc Carney hopes to make champ Of him, too. Norton's last contest was a 2O-round draw with Kid Kenneth
 San Francisco and Milwaukee share honors for generosity in the matter of staging boxing bouts. The recent match between Willie Ritchie and Harlem Tommy Murphy drew s3O,617. Of this sum Ritchie got $15,5OO and the New Yorker $7.654, which is more than he ever received before.
 The United States and Canada have come to an agreement and in future athletes will not be permit ted to compete across the borde" unless they have certificates. IL will mean that suspended men in either country will no longer be able