The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-03-08
OF A SPORTING NATURE

james p Ross. who has been
staulu. the various tracks in inter
ct OF the Lexington meeting which
opens April %. reports thar big
delegation of sportsmen will engage
In the sport at the Kentucky courses
mis- spring.
and occasionally one gets into
legislative halls. Representative
Byrne Of California has introduced
biz providing state pensions for old
ball players
Out Of an enrolment of 1900 men,
fully 400o are engaged in physical
exercise or athletics of one kind or
another at Cornell University. 1t IS
..t surprising under the circum-
stances that Cornell varsity teams
age so we'll represented across coun.
.ry. on track and field. on the water,
nl he diamond, and in the last two
ears at least. on the gridiron.
New York athletes are interested
g the wonderful reports that they
have received from Indiana about
Is yLC"d Carroll. the sensations
sprinter OF the Indiana State Normal
DOL Carroll believes that he car
break the 60-yard record and Is
training very hard. He will have
e splendid chance to gain recognition
Z he can win at the National champ
.JGsLips.
Eddie McGoorty Is quite excited
over the training system that the
Australians have, and declares that
III the Antipodes a fighter has to
do his boxing in the morning when
Lie gets up and before going on
Tie road. The Australian idea is
mat man should be at his best
. en be boxes. and should not put
0l The gloves after hard work, and
when his mind and muscles are all
duil5d. Snowy Baker is responsible
re- the change
The retirement from the turf by
David Stevenson, removes from
la.!ue circles one of the best known
lgGres in the country. Nj Steven
on'- horses, together with all of
the stable equipment We're sold al
suction recently. Tie horses with the
hest records are Svosset. J. j. Lillis
and beverly James. Svosset won
four races in 1913 as a threeyear-
old. and last year when he was put
TO Jumping. he met with excellent
success, when in fourteen starts he
won SIX races was second five times,
and three times third
There comes a story from Jimmy
Clabby's town that he is mighty
sick man. So badly does the great
middIeweight feel that he has an
uounced his intention of retiring for
q year in order that he may go to
a warm climate with the hope that
he can recuperate.
II Willard beats Johnson he will
probably be challenged by Burke
Cox an unknown who knocked him
Ind.
The rumOr comes from Quaker
town to the effect that Wallace Nc
Cu-dy is thinking of running again
The former Red and Blue athlete
VIII lave difficulty getting back
into condition, if all that his Phila-
de!Dhia friends say is true. He is an
athlete that requires much steady
work, and at present Mac is so tied
up with business that it will be
hard for him to find time for steady
training.
Charles A. Comiskey believes
that the South American tour fo:'
the White SoX and the Giants next
winter will eclipse the junket around
the world Of those we'll known clubs
Tile Old Roman has invited Tomm!
Connolly, dean Of American League
umpires. to make the trip.
When Dick Rudolph, the Boston
Braves pitcher, heard that the
Rrookfeds were going to train at
Browns Wells, Miss, II miles from
r8ilro ID and three miles from
telegraph wire, he suggested that
the outlaws must be going there
for secret practise.
Jack Hendricks has an offer to
take his indianapolis club to Ell Paso
for game prior to the Willard
Johnson championship fight. Hen
bricks was forced to refuse because
of a previously arranged schedule.
Instead of boxers, Johnny Kilbane
and Kid Williams must be star
beseball players. judging from the
WAYS managers are bidding for their
services,