Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-02

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he decisions Of Silk o'Loughlin. the
American league umpire:
called . strike in q recent
game here that ~ thought was too
high: He protested. Il
Never missed a strike in my life.
Silk\eaid.
"Well that one was too high" said
Cobb.
Trouble with you. Ty, is that you
took too long a Stride" retorted
"what do you mean?" dashed back
~. Are you trying to tell me how to
hoy well 81 aren't aren't you IT., trying ss, e tel, au %s
Ty took another swing.
Kansas City. Mo-, May mo ten
tournaments except for women
players. will be held here during the
war, according to the plans Of the
Kansas City Tennis association. Pre6i-
dent Paul Pinkerton has notified the
five largest clubs, at which all Of the
city's tournaments previously have
been held. that the association will
he declared, tennis players are
confronted with a more serious prob
lem than that Of winning games on
the courts.
The Rockhil club. through its d.
rectors has voted. however, for inter
club competition as a substitute for
large tournaments.
Members Of the various golf clubs
here have announced themselves as
being against any plan to call of
tourney play and it II believed the va
rious contests scheduled here o this
summer will be- played, as no action
to cancel them yet has been taken.
Detroit. May IA fnal effort by
local promoters to induce Jim Thorpe
to don his football toys this fall. has
so successful here last autumn that a
Detroit man offered Thorpe an at
tractive salary to play unday games.
Since Thorpe ~as sold to Cincinnati
by the Now York Nationals his bat
ting has shown some improvement
and the Indian athlete believes he has
"a future as q ball player. Thorpe's
was that 1t is too dangerous.
Lafayette, Ind, May 2.-Tennis is
again commanding attention at Pur-
due and an effort is being made to
arrange matches with other colleges.
Coach James has cut his squad to
eight e They are: Sitter. Tatman.
Fatout. TONG. boswell. Martinez.
Mayer and Roman. Mayer Tatman
squad.
Minneapolis, May 2.-Golf clubs,
following out the suggestion Of the
Department Of Agriculture that every
available plot Of ground be cultivat-
ed, are planting farm products in the
unused portions Of their links. The
Minikahda club and the 1nterlachen
club are planting garden truck. and
the Minneapolis Golf club is prepar-
Ing to plant four acres Of potatoes.
Chicago. May 2.-Ralph Qreenleaf,
the 17-year-old pocket billiard star.
probably will be the snsxt challenger
for the championship NOW held by
Frank Taberski. Of Syracuse. N. Y.
0reenleaf, whose home is in Mon
mouth. ILL.,. shows more promise. in
the opinion Of experts. than any 9TH
or pocket billiard player who has
broken in to tho game in years.
youngstown, O., May 2.-Although
Governor Cox has ruled that Les
Darcy. the Australian middleweight,
canxot box George Chip here May 10,
the promoters are still hopeful that
the contest will be decided.
A committee Of business and pro-
fessional men will call on the COVER.
nor and attempt to convince him that
there IL no solid Q why Darcy
should be barred from boxing In thi,
state.
lawrence Kansas, May a.-Dr
James A: Naismith. head Of the ply
steal training department Of the Uni
versity Of Kansas. has been granted {
leave Of absence from his duties FOL
. the duration Of the war. DR.. Naismitl
r is chaplain Of the First Regiment
. Kansas National Guard, and last sum
, mer was on the border with the resi
: mont.
= Detroit. May 1~.--President Navi,
{ and Manager Jennings Of the Detroi
D Americans are strongly in favor of
Q plan to start the baseball season Abou
2 two weeks later than the usual open
0 ing and playing q little later in tn
fall. Mid-April weather has boon 70
n sponsible for many postponemsnt
4 this season. a usual; ana It is believe
avoided II the cas- did not opel
o until the last week In April.
st. Louis. May 2.-Harry Legore
football and baseball star Of Yale uni
z versity has refused contract with tn
St Louis Americana He was offere
a a position at the close Of the presen
h college year. Phil Ball, president G
d the club. said Legore had intorme
him that he would not play profe,
sional baseball for $4,000 a year.
Detroit. May 1.-Felder Jone
manager Of the st. Louis American
'' believes he is the only major leagu
center fielder that ever received a
error for muffing a foul ball.
: Years ago, Jones was playing I'll
middle garden for Brooklyn. Jc
Kelley was in left and Willie Keels
n in right fold. a left field hitter
the Mclnnis type came to bat and Il
outfielder shifted 80 sharply thu
Jones was really playing left feld.
from a,n. az; s.4;. j q; K. . ,;mEs.::n g,
arriving here to begin workouts vii
q their strings of horses in ~prsparatic
O for this years racing season. Despi
/ recent rains. both the half-mils ar
2. mile tracks are ins good conditlo
. Many Of these hor1emep, togeth,
+ with number Of Twin City owner
expect 70 have entries at the RI
meeting here during the week Of Jul
"a. to -. y.
Milwaukee. Wis. May 3.-Busine
men Of Milwaukee have made 1t pc
n sible for the stAts fair this year
n est harness racing events to DO dect'
cd outside the grand circuit.
Fifty members OF the Chamber
Ia Commerce have G~uaranteedN q: $50
stake for 2:13 trotters' and q leadil
hotel man has guaranteed $50