The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

be competition between two athletes that share worlds records with We fers. Craig. Applegarth and Kelly. Both seem 70 be in excellent form. and reports have it that the Expo sition track is one of the fastest ever built It would be hard to find more favorable conditions for the clipping of a fifth of a second eff the figures.
 Patrick Mullaney. the former Con necticut League umpire, recently appointed by President Johnson of the American League, has height, weight. and reach on any player In the league He probably will have very few arguments on his hands this year.
 According to reports coming from haphazard, Marry Vardon will come to America to compete in the na- tional open championship at Baltus- rol in June. with possibly a couple of others It is hoped they will do SO Vardon played Baltusrol two years ago when he was here with Edward Ray. and liked the course.
 Lachota (2), 2:16 by Cochato (3) 2:11R owned by w. R. Huttenlock, Germantown, Pa, Is regarded as an exceptionally fast lilly, and will ap- pear this season in 3-y'ar-old class events.
 Alexander Remanes, the exDetroit pitcher who last season twirled as q semi-professional in Michigan has joined the Browns at Houston. Re names is tall, well-built young fellow of the clean cut type. Joe Sugden was with Detroit when he was with the Tigers and says he gave promise at the time of devel- oping into first-class pitcher.
 Joe Letters. the Philadelphia re cruit, has joined the Senators at the Charlottesville training camp, Last year Letters was with Scran- ton. Letters played two years ago with Elmira of the New York State League He started his baseball playing while a student at the Mount St Mary's school Emmitsburg. Md, He went from there to the Catholic University.
 
 The Womens Eastern Golf Asso citation has selected the first five days in June for it's annual champi- 1nship and tri-city matches on the new course of the Merton Cricket Club, near Philadelphia.
 Geo. S. Ward. vice president of the Brooklyn Federal League team, believes his club will outdraw Char ley Ebbetts' Dodgers during the coming season. Last year tte Brookfeds did not draw well at the beginning. 150 persons constituting good sig ed crowd, but later the fans evinced more interest and on several occa sions old Washington Park held more than did the new Ebbetts Fielt wheT both were playing in Brooklyn,
 NEW YORK.-Colonel Ruppert, of the Yankees, has offered Connie Mack $25 GOO for Frank Baker, Of the Athletics Ruppert says he will pay Baker s10,000 year. Mack wants $50,00O.
 NEW YORK.-A National chess masters tournament of II rounds, with J. R. Capablanca, Cuban cham pion, and F. J. Marshall, United States champion, as stars, has been arranged to take place here from April 19 to May '.
 MACON, Ga.-Twenty-five mem bers of the Boston National League baseball team arrived here Monday to begin spring training. Manager Stallings said pitcher James con- tract would not be changed,
 ST. PAUL.-St Paul will retain it's franchise in the American As sociation. Arrangements have prac- tically been completed for John w. Norton, local reality man, to ope- rate the club.
 SAN DIEGO, Cal.-George E. Gar rett. a sporting writer known as Willie Greene" died Tuesday at his home here. Garrett some years ago worked on newspapers in the Pacific Northwest. Champs Always Stars.
 Very few, indeed of the old cham pions of any class were ever de- cisively defeated before they gained their crowns, declares an exchange
 There's no use of delving back too far into pugilistic history to prove this assertion. However, just commence with John l.. Sullivan, who became the heavyweight cham pion of America in 1882 by knocking Paddy Ryan out in nine rounds al Mississippi City. Miss.
 John L. Sullivan never fought many mills" before he was champion His