The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-03
Short and Snappy


Polo Association includes l407 mem,
bers connected with various clubs and
the United States army. r. -.
Baseball is gaining in popularity in
Australia, where football, swimming,
horseracing and boxing are the prin.
cipal sports. ..' ... ,,
Sydney, Australia, enjoys horssraCine
all he year around. ,..,
New Orleans Winter Baseball League
may include eight clubs, several well.
known major league stars being among
the players. ,..,
Pittsbnrg is to have a huge building
intended for ice hockey and other win
ter sports.
st. Louis bowlers want the 1916
middle west tourney. 1t is to be held
this year in Omaha, November 10 to 20.
The four teams which will compose
the Pacific Coast Hockey League are
the Vancouver Millionaires, holders of
the Stanley cup; the Victoria Aristo,
Gratis, the Portland Rosebuds and the
Seattle Metropolitans. The season viii
begin December Z.
James Cookery, of Toronto, and Ed
Guard Fabre, Of Montreal, the crack
Canadian distance runners, may meet
in special race in Montreal.
A total Of 240 game laws will be eff
fective this year throughout this coun
try for the preservation Of game birds
The annual meeting of the board Of
review, the big light harness organiza
ton, will be held in New York on De-
cember z. The annual meeting Of the
grand circuit stewards will take place
in Cleveland on January IL, 1916.
Yale University management will
provide about 10000 seats for the
Princeton football game at New Haven
Saturday, November Is. There will be
no temporary seats built around the top
of the bowl, as for the Harvard game
last fall.
MeadOwbrook Polo Club with the ad
dition of another T'aying field to those
already available at its Long island
headquarters, will have the best equip
ment perhaps in the world for pony
polo playing.
A British officer interned in Ger
4 many, who seems to be receiving rather
| better treatment than some of his fel
low prisoners, was recently granted
permission to wear gray fannels for
/ playing lawn tennis, but only on cOndi
/ ton that a broad red stripe was sOwn
down the outer side of each trouser leg
De Hart, the Pittsburg University
back, turned trick seldom performed
when he ran the length Of the football
| field for touchdown, after catching a
punt, in the recent game with the Navy
at Annapolis. DE Hart caught the bal
at his own goal line and, with splendid
| interference, raced one hundred yards
| for touchdown. -
| Charles Pete son, of st. Louis, has
been asked to arrange the handieaps for
the players who will take part in the
| 1872 balkline tourney to be held at New
York, November Is to %. Willie Hoppe
| will play scratch.
Charles Deer Wiman, who rowed No
! in the winning Yale varsity eight
cared crew last June, who is assis' ant
| conch TO Guy NickallS, is aimiIlionRlrs
4 Baseball ahd basketball were the
only paying sports at Columbia Univer
| sity during the last college year. Base
| bali profits amounted to $35l.4S and
basketball 3 was $966.7s.
Jack Berry, who played shortstop for
! the Athletics and this year second base
for Bosan In the world s series with
the Phillies, has collected $l484l. IA at
his share of the blue ribbon baseball
event in the last six years besides his
! yearly salary. Tn, 1910 he got $2069.7f
with the Athletics for their triumph
over the Cabs. In 1911 he received
$365O.5s for helping Mack Is players de
/ feat the Giants. In 1918 he got
S3, e86.30 for again winning from tn
Giants. In 1913 he got $3,e66.S0 for
again winning from the Giants with
Mack s stars, In 1914, when the Braves
heat the Athletics four straight games
Barry collected $203l.6S, but this year
he pulled down his greatest roll
S3S2b. 80. Catcher Ira Thomas, of the
| Athletics, formerly Of Detroit, has hg
ured In FIVE world 8 series.
] ]. A. McCallum, a naval architect oil
Glasgow, has plans for one-design