The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-05
OF A SPORTING NATURE

Football netted the University of Chicago s35.0OO last fall Now just watch Charles Weeghman go out and start a rival university.
 President Gaffney. of the Braves, has ordered his players to make no more after dinner speeches at ban quets. Mir. Gaffney must have heard some of the speeches.
 Lee Mage is a novel manager. to say the least. In recent game he became so disgusted with himself for dropping an easy fly that he went to the bench and sent Murphy 10 second base for the remainder of the contest.
 Hurrah for Manager Herzog, He has ordered his players to wear hats, not caps, in the lobbies of hotels. :n frowning al that bit of sartorial slouchiness he shows good taste. and if he could enforce the same rule on everybody. ball player or not. he would confer a boon.
 time earning that million dollars" he was 10 have made after beating Johnson. Since baseball got in full sway the new champion has been driven off the sporting pages and is finding il hard to get the publicit; given him after his victory over Johnson
 These fighters who insist upon earning their living by picking lem ons have frightful time getting by when they accidentally get hold of grape fruit.
 The case of Larry Cheney, the Cubs best pitcher. is puzzle. His arm is strong and he is in the fin est condition. But he seems to have lost confidence in himself Even Bresnahan cannot make him believe that he can win a game.
 Governor Brumbaugh. of Pennsyl- vania. has refused to re-appOint "Honus' Wagner a member of the State Fisheries Commission. Here after Wagner will have to depenl upon baseball real estate and a few factories in which he owns interests for his daily bread and coffee.
 Trojan. the Futurity winner. may not fill any Of his engagements this year. His trainer has just about despaired of getting him ready for a hard race on account of leg trou- bit. He may be trained for some overnight handicap. but even that is doubtful.
 svinger. has made another endur ance record. At Cairo. Egypt. oI May ,. he completed fifty-one hours continuous swinging. with an aver age of 40 revolutions to the min Ute. Now that Tom has the record what is he going to do with il? May be he'll join the Giants. who have had several weeks Of continuous swinging without hitting anything but last place.
 Billy Gibson. the New York box ing promoter and manager Of fight CTS, has eased up on the Jimmy Coffey publicity long enough to rush out few lines on his lightweight, Benny Leonard. Gibson's 133pound CT has been showing rare class in and around New York, and since he won so handilv over Frankie Callahan. Gibson is trying to work out plan whereby his lad can beat up Charlie White, Willie Ritchie and Freddie Welsh.
 The Canadian soldiers now in the trenches know baseball. They have learned to like il and play il. Pro fessional teams in Toronto Montreal and elsewhere in Canada have re- suited in a growth of the game across the border. The Canadians soldiers are eager 10 play baseball when not engaged in firing at the enemy, They need paraphernalia and have wired for aid. Ban Johnson, for the American league, is sending over a big batch of balls, gloves, bats and masks. In few weeks there will be ball games all along the firing lines. The Canadians will play and the other allies will watch. It's cinch the English will learn 10 see something in the game.
 The deliberations of New York's new Boxing Commission are the cause Of much speculation. As soon as the new commissioners get their bearings il is confidently believed that they will rescind the old rule prohibiting referees decisions in from he