The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-10
OF A SPORTING NATURE


 Spoftsmen returning from Cuba where they witnessed the Johnson Willard fight. are enthusiastic over the possibilities of that country. es pecillly for racing Rumor has it that Alfred Vanderbilt may enter ac tively in the sport in, Cuba. provided d he is assured that it will be con ducted along proper lines and not be subjected to needless interfer ence by political and sporting hang ers-on.
 A bill has been fayorably report. ed in the Connecticut legislature to allow the Fairfield Country Club to charge an entrance fee of s1000 to members, TNe dues will be in pro portion. However, the promoters deny that it is to be an exclusive club for the benefit of millionaires Apparently, nothing can balk the imaginations of the club promoters
 Billy Papke has purchased farm down in Texas He told the Texas people that his boxing days were over The only reason for such a statement from papke may have been that news travels slowly in Texas.
 T~e Middle Atlantic Golf Associ- ation is making a determined eff fort to increase its membership. and Secretary Mackie has written to all the clubs in Maryland Virginia, Della ware, the District of Columbia and other states in its territory in the hope of interesting them in the as sociation and getting them in the fold
 As an all around athlete 1t may be that the palm among one-armed men should be given to Dick Hooper of the University of Texas. He plays basketball and baseball. and is a star on the track team. This young man plays in the outfield and when occasion requires a throw fol lowing a catch, it is a treat to see per throw tEe ball in the air throw his glove to the ground, catch the ball again and get it away to home or base. He batted .310 last summer, so the story goes
 Young Dave Lee. of the Charles Carroll Athletic club of Chicago, has entered the pugilistic ranks and is now open to all corners at 135 pounds. Charles Murphy is managing the business affairs of Lee, and is ready to post forfeit of S100 for bat tie with any of the Chicago light weights.
 R Lewis. of South Africa who won the long distance bicycle race in the Swedish Olympics at Stock holm in 1912 and had been in Ger many most of the time since then entered the German army at the outbreak of the war. adjuring his nationality.
 Arthur Pelky, the Chicopee heavy weight, has changed his mind against keeping out of the game. Recently ne told the sports of Chicopee that he was through with it. That was the second time he announced his retirement. He is, however, looking for new bouts
 Cornel's basketball team will be explained next season by Leslie Brown of Elmira. x. Y. He has been elected to succeed Walter Lunden captain of the 1915 quintet. Brown is the individual leader of the h. tercollegiate League and has been termed the most dangerous player in the college ranks today.
 Chicago schools are installing bill Hard tables. One thing is cinch-- the boy who ranks loo at billiards will be lucky to run 25 at geogra- ply or arithmetic.
 Ollie O'Mara, the Brooklyn regu- lar shortstop. whose leg was broken last August, still favors the leg very perceptibly. He has been doing com paratively no work in practise with the Dodgers. and Manager Robinson said he wasn't counting upon O'Mara to get back into harness much be fore June.
 As in past seasons Harry Payne Whitney has again offered the Whit ney Memorial Steeplechase Handi- cap to the Piping Rock Racing As sociation. This is to be a cross country event scheduled to be run off at the June meeting at Piping Rock for four-yearolds and upwards at two and a half miles. The asso- citation donates a $500 silver cup to become the property of the owner of the horse winning the race twice, not necessarily consecutively while MT. Whitney adds $3,000 in money
 Walter J. Trayers is the noble Roman of Lakewood and probably has won more chief cups than any other player. He dotes on the course because he plays 1t in cham pionship fashion. He is expected for the spring meet. This tourna- ment will be the fourth at Lake wood since November l, but because of it being one which has been in order for years, it has more than usual interest.
 Freddie Welsh and Johnnie Dun dee may possibly be signed for a twenty round battle for the light weight championship at New Haven, July 5.
 When the experts go casting for all-around championship selections they should not overlook Percy Oli- yer Twist Lawrence, the California shadow" Little Percy is good performer in every division of the