Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-08
SPORTING NOTES.

Mike DOf1ZaS, rem Id1nouS 1leth
athlete, is happy. He was awarded
two letters" in one, semester-for win
ming an intercollegiate wrestling
championship and place in the shot
put in the intercollegiate track and
field championships.
PENIS board of directors of the Ath-
letic Association has the proper idea of
the fitness of things. When it award
ed the track Ps the other day 1t gave
one to Don" Lippincott ION his past
performances. The great Splinter
pulled a tendon before he had a
chance to earn his letter for 1914
and it was a commendable act to give
him one in spite of his accident
Charley Reidpath, who stopped burn
ing up the cinder path nearly two
years ago, and is now a civil engineer
in Buffalo, visited Syracuse, his alma
mater, last month and of course, went
out with the track team Tom Keene
jollied him to get into running togs
and then he got the laugh on his old
coach by winning a quarter from two
of Toms best men and looking around
at that" Reidpath is always in shape.
1t is too early, however, to talk about
his coming back for the Berlin
Olympics two years hence.
Charles Boughton of the Central and
Commercial High School of Newark,
n. j., protege of Carl Anderson, for
merly of Boston, has entered the half
mile and the mile runs at the Harvard
interscholastic meet at the Stadium
Saturday afternoon. He is the holder
Of the worlds record interscholastic
two-mile of On 81 3-5s, made on May
% at the Princeton meet. r. L. Greene
of the Maine Central Institute, who
captured the hammer throw at the
Harvard interscholastic meet last
June. has entered both the shotput and
hammer events. He won the hammer
throw last year. Hebron Academy has
entered five athletes, who showed up
brilliantly in the recent Maine inter
scholastic meet
Harry Lord who May 19 jumped the
White Sox, saying he was through
with baseball, is back in Chicago, but
not TO rejoin Callahan's team. He
reached Chicago from his home near
Portland, Me. The purpose of his Wis
IL, as he explained it, is to get his I'M
conditional release from Comiskey's
club. He has an opportunity TO land
disposition will be made of the case by
Comiskey is not known. Lords success
depends on obtaining waivers, unless
he can show IL years of service in or
ganized ball, in which event he is en-
titled to an unconditional release I'M
der the new players agreement.
The Kansas City Federal League
club served notice Thursday on pitch
er Banding of the Cleveland Amer
leans to appear before Judge Foell in
the superior court next Monday when
il intends to move for a temporary in
junction restraining him from play
ing with Cleveland or any club other
than the Kansas City Federals. Bland
ing, the Kansas City club will try to
show, signed a contract with it and
received $500 advance money. but
before the season opened Jumped"
his contract, though 1t had no 10 day
clause" and returned to the Cleveland
club. The hearing will come before
the same judge who decided Wednes-
day against Kansas City in the john
son case, the Cincinnati Nationals in
that suit occupying the same place
that Kansas City does in Chicago, ac-
cording to Federal League counsel. 1t
was Blanding's return to Cleveland
that caused Pres. Gilmore to permit
Kansas City to go after any player
under contract" The reserve rule
which. held Blanding to Cleveland, will
be a factor in the new suit which did
not come uQ. In the Johnson case.