Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-14
SPORT CLEANiNGS

CHICAGO. Dec. 13.-More than one
thousand contestants are expected To
enter the 1917 grand handicap Amcri-
can handicap, the premier shooting
classic Of the season. which has been
awarded to the south shore Country
club of Chicago. The tournament Will
be held early in August.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Nine hundred
members of the Second regiment III
nois national guard have begun the
circulation of petition among 5OO,-
| 600 voters OF the state to nave re-
pcalcd the present law prohibiting
! boxing. Clergymcn who favor the
sport have been asked to give their
support to have n boxing hill passed.
| The guardsmen want bill permitting
| tcn-round contests to a decision. They
! propose to have the sport conducted
under the auspices OF state boxing
commissioner.
ST. PAUL. Dec l3.-The st. Paul
| American association team VIII tralh
next season at Beaumont. Texas. ac-
cording to announcement made by
Pr. sidcnt Norton. Arrangements FOR
/ practicing on the grounds OF the
! beaumont tTexas) league club have
: been made and the Beaumont players
will furnish opposition in practice
games. For the last few seasons the
| Saints have been taking their spring
workouts at Fort Smith, Ark. but
found a lack of interest among the
fans there which made eNhlnltoh
games Improbable.
NOTRE DAME. Ind, Dee. Ia
Athletic Director Harper, Of Notre
Dame has decided that he viii not
send his football team east for an
! lintersectional postseasOn game with
! GEORGETOWN or pittsburgh thus year.
As result athletes at the school arc
preparing for basketball ana othcr
winter sports The first game of the
basketball season will be with Purdue,
December 3, at Lafayette. Mckcnnn,
King, Dnly and Ronchetti, all last
year monogram men. are out for the
team again this year. There IS gopd
material for every position.
Notrc Dame has arranged number
of track meets and baseball games
with conference teams for the coming
season The dates are: Track. Feh-
ruary L., Notre Dame at lllinllS; way
r. Illinois at Notrc Dame. February
~. Wisconsin at Notre Dame; May 10,
triangular meet Purdue, Indiana ana
n Notre Oame at Purdue iasahall,
April n, Wisconsin at Notre Dame; ;
Nav r. Purdue st Notrc Dame, ana
MAY 23. Notrc Dame at Purdue. Two
baseball games with Illinois at llli-
nois on April 13 and "A also have
been arranged Coach Harper has an
nOUncod.
BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Dec. IA
The first trophy for lndiana's new
gymnasium has been received from
Purdue university 1t was sent to
Coach Ewald o. Stiehm, and 1t is the
football used in the game between IN
diana and Purdue few weeks ago.
The letter accompanying the trophy
expressed the good feeling which eX-
lists between the two schools and
stated the ball was sent, not as a gift,
but as an expression of Purdue's APP
probation Of Indiana's knowledge OF
football.
FRANKLIN, md, Dec. l3.-Condi-
tions are anything but peaceful In
the indiana Collegiate Athletic league,
which will meet December l6. NO
less than four members of the league
have what they believe are just griov-
ances. .Depauw, Wabash, Butler and
Franklin are unfriendly because OF
the cla sh over football dates TINS year
GREENCASTLE, Ind. Dec. 10
Charles w. Pence has been elected
captain. OF the l9l DcpuuW iootpaI'
squad. He has been playing three
years with DePauw, filling the posi-
ton Of half and quarter,
LAFAYETTE. Ind. Dec. 13.-The
price Of admittance to the Purdue
footD1ll games will be so cents next
year instead Of 25 cents as in past
years. The high cost Of bascballs was
given as one reason for the increased
price.
BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Dec. Ia
Ewald O. Stiehm, director of athletics
at Indiana university. Is not pleased
over the big Nine" football schedule
for 1917, and has let it be known he
is looking for suitable schools to meet
to fill out the Indiana schedule fol
next season The fact that Coacf
StaPg of Chicago declined to meet the
lIndiara coach on any terms Is being