The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-26

have been of the sensational order His terrific batting has also been a big feature of the early conditioning season. What impressed Manager Rebel Oakes most is kelly's speedy work on the base paths. Abel kiviat is due for long lay off The national champion at the mile has about decided to stay away from the cinder path until early in July. kivie realizes that he is far | over his condition after his sorry attempts to run at the Meadow brook and Manhattan College meets, and he has decided 10 take com plete and long rest.
 The University of Pennsylvania s relay carnival will be without com petition of an international flavor this year, and enthusiasm will have to be stirred by home rivalry on clnder path and field. No tleet-foot- ed EngliShman may be seen at Franklin field wearing the light and dark blue of Britain's two great universities. Oxford and Cambridge have gone to war and American col legians must wait for better years to regain lost honors in international sport.
 Comiskey believes that the South American tour of the White Soy and Giants next winter will eclipse the late junket around the world The old Roman has invited Tommy Connolly, dean of American league umpires. to make the trip.
 Captain T. L. Huston is hopeful that the New York Americans will finish in the first division next season. If the club shows such i'm provement under Donovan the cap tain will guarantee the boys a trip to Cuba in the winter time.
 While the majority opinion of newspaper men who saw the Freddy Welsh-Joe Shugrue match in New York was in favor of a draw, the As sociated press correspondents see in the battle triumph for the American. Shugrue was rather wild in the opening round, but soon set tied down, and at least gave as good as he received from the British title holder.
 Bresnahan's Start.
 Chicago.-Roger BreSnahan, the new manager of the Chicago Nation als, has been playing professional baseball for 17 years, and Judging by the way he played last season, MT. Blesnahan is good for many seasons to come.
 It would be shame to allow managerial duties to take this splen- did player from active playing ser vice The fans would miss t picturesque Roger about as much as any player in the game.
 Seventeen years ago Max Abel sent word to the management of the Washington club, then in the Big-twelve-club National league, to send post haste one of their best scouts direct to Lima, OnIo to loa. over young hurler who could pitch baseball equal to the great Charles Nichols.
 owner Earl Wagner dispatched his very best and most foxy scout in the person of Arlie Latham, of the old St Louis Browns fame and other flames Latham sent word to his employers that the young Irish man looked very much like real ball player, but added that he had seen much better pitchers.
 He was signed by the Washington management and on August 27, 1897, at the tender age of IT, Bresnahan made his debut in the Big Show" as a hurler.
 About his first game in the league, which was against St. Louis To- cal banker offered him a $40 suit of clothes if he won the the game He was so popular right from the jump that they all pulled and play ed for all they were worth to en- able the young Irishman to win the game and the suit. Roger won the