Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-22
Herald Sport Letter


CLEVELAND-Lee Foil. whose con
tract to manage the Indians goes OF in
spite Of the change in ownership Of the
Cleveland Club, wiH have a squad of
Twenty-Five players At New Orleans
training camp. HIS roster. as he has
just announced il. includes O'Neill
Egan, Billings, and Mills, catchers;
Mitchell, Morton, Coumbe Harstad,
Sam Jones, Hagerman, Klepfer, Bagby,
Collamore. Stanley. Covaleski, Garrett
and Carter, pitchers; Chapman, Wambs
Jones, Turner, Barbara, Thomas, Kirke
and Evans. %infelders; and Graney, IA
mer Smith, Roth. Chapelle, Edomndson
and Willie, outfclders.
The battery men are due in New Or
leans Feb. - and the rest Of the corps
on March II. Exhibition games booked
for the Indians in the Crescent City in
cludc three with the Cincinnati Reds
and one with the Chicago Cubs in adj
dition to a series with the Pclicans.
Basketball Fight.
Illinois high school basketball teams
will fight il out for the championship
Of the state in a series beginning Feb.
81. The state il divided into districts,
and elimination tournaments in the first
round will be played at Peoria. Elgin.
Joliet. Rockford. Galcsburg, Jackson
Vile. bloomington. Decatur, Cantralia.
L~awrcnccvillc. Carbonate and Shelby
vile.
A. A. U. Championship.
DETROIT Early entries Tor The
Central A. A. Y. boxing championships.
which will he held in this city March
IL and II. Indicate hat a large field will
take part i'm the various events, with
Detroit. Cleveland. and Chicago well
represented.
The present class champions are: los
pounds. Howard Root. Cleveland: 1lJ
Frank Gibbons. Chicago; 125, OS'ard
Gardner. cleveland: 135. Frank Kar-
pinski. Cleveland; 1i5, Cuppy Logan.
Cleveland: 15S. Julius Schmitt. Clevc-
land; heavyweight. Gene Ahlquist. Min
~neapolis. This years contests will be
held under the auspices 81 the Detroit
Athletic Club.
A. c. Indoor Meet.
CIIICAGO-Fiv hundred entries are
exported in the annual indoor meet Of
the First Regiment Athletic Club. which
will open the local athletic club season,
Feb. - and 36 The meet owes its popu-
larity. according to Major George Is.
Herman Of the Central \. \. r.. to the
fact that il il "A handr-ap event and
thus allows noyiccs n change t. win.
ST. PAUL-An event Of Importance
in middleweight circles in the bou on
March Il. here between jeff Smith. the
fast New Jersey fighter and Mike Glib
hons. Smith has 10 his credit a lean
knockout Of Les Darcy. the Australian.
though it took some time before Darcy
learned as much about the game as he
now knows.
Illinois 1916 Team.
tUAMrAIGN. Ill. Fifty candidates
for Illinois 1916 football team are
taking part ia the winter drill inStitn
tel by Coach Iuppkc. II j. the plan Of
the athletic authorities t. tea h rudi
mcnts Of the eridiron game In a winter
session of six weeks. 80 that when the
regular aItumn practice begins the
members of the squad will have been
we'll trained in such ground work rs
falling on the ball. blocking opponents
tackliug. etc. Already students N Hi
nniS are praiSing Stcrnamrn. who j. he
ing groomcd ~ undcrStudv of Pogue-
laps 10 Play in U. S
tHAMPAIGN. III. game between
the baseball team representing Wa>eda
university of Japan and the University
Of Illinois nine has been prac;irally ar
ranged. The WaSc,la PAYERS ON their
tour Of the United States next spring.
it is expected will stop FOR q game here
Nav >;
Players Reporting.
RLOOMINGTON. Ind. Thirt, five
ball PLAYERS who hope a. earn PLACES on
the Indiana University team, have re
ported t. Coach Bcclr cor preliminary
gymnasium work. II j. beloved that
Bcelr will have trouble tu-plug nTt a
winner. since the squad : c|,'dcrcd
weak in hitting and there i Il dearth
of good battery material rcnrricl To
overcome the first weakness. The coach
the cage and il irving "a t'rh The men
"a master the principles If fast base
running The only veteran hltttrv man
out - far is Catcher :, hmilt. aud other,
candidates for the hack>top lob ar Wi
ley. Bowers. De Tar and Lang. Pitch