The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-04
OF A SPORTING NATURE

Biz Macky. the boxer. is sporting gold medal given him by the French Federation of Boxing for being a courageous boxer. He fought ten rounds with broken arm in Paris last summer He should have been given leather medal for be- ing so unwise as 10 do such a thing. II is better for a boxer to save as much as possible the weapons that help him earn a livelihood than to risk receiving more serious injuries after his arm has been broken.
 Comiskey is planning hunting trip in Florida and expects Ban Johnson to go with him. Ed Bar row. president of the International league is also going gunning again. On a trip to North Carolina recently Barrow got deer and he is going back to the camp to investigate rumor that there are bears in the neighhorhood
 While Willie Farese and Mickey Demort are wrangling over the question of supremacy and both are
 
 Jersey. Young Herman comes out with a challenge 10 both of them, and also a declaration that he is the bantam title holder of the State
 Ire Brooklyn football club which holds the soccer championship of the country is homeless, and efforts are being made 10 establish a home ln r,1o ar11h 10 of the organization who would be willing to contribute toward a home but the financial chances of the club are not brieht The law does not allow an admission fee to be charged. so there is no hope of an income.
 Cornell will be the big home game for the Michigan football eleven next fall. The Wolverines will make trips to Harvard and Pennsylvania.
 J. Cal Ewing still finds it impos- sible to sell the San Francisco club. James W Coffroth was willing to buy until Ewing asked for S100,000 in cash with the balance in notes.
 Marty McHale is one ball player who is not relying entirely on his summer position to make good in vaudeville There can be no denying that the Yankee pitching staff at least has a good singer if little more.
 Blake Miller. the newly elected cap tain of tNe Michigan Aggies, was so badly hurt during the season that he wasn't at his best toward the close But when right he is one of the best ever developed in that grand old State.
 Seven of Brooklyn's pitchers ob- tained by draft are siX-footers. They are Cadore of Wilkes-Barre, Toney of Louisville. Howell of Chattanooga, Doll of Seattle, Appleton of Fort Worth, Chahek of Harrisburg and Donald of Waco.
 The gossips now have it that Mike Donlin received bis unconditional re lease from the Giants to give him an opportunity to negotiate for the man aeement of minor league club Ii Sir Michael fails to land it he Is believed he may be back at Me Graw's payroll next season.
 Johnny Evers has taken up golf, but hasn't yet reached the stage at which one throws his clubs into the creek.
 Ban Johnson insists that the Fed erals are on their last legs, but up to date they appear to have as many legs as centipede.
 Boston Bill James is being pres ented with all sorts of jewelry on the Pacific coast. Bill played with several on the slope and they are coming professional and anna teur teams across with gifts.
 An effort is being made by West erners to have the conference colleges adopt soccer water polo, and it is to be hoped it will prove successful. At present the members of the league play a modified form of aquatic basket ball which not only excludes them from outside compe- tition, for no one else features the game, but also it prevents the play CTS from following water sport after they leave college. This hardly seems good policy, or to be to the interest of sport.
 Dan Morgan wants to know why Freddie Welsh doesn't give Jack Britton a chance. Dan says he is tired of having Welsh running about the country meeting second raters. Dan may feel that way, but judging from the boys Welsh has met since he has been in this country it does not look as though he has any choice. Ad Wolgast and Charley White are good boys. Welsh has met them. And he intends meeting all corners. Probably Britton will get his chance later.
 The famous Red" Rogers has postponed his San Francisco swim until next summer when the Panp-