Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-05
LiOe Sport Flashes

Toledo, Ohio -Four new cities will
probably be added to the National
Baseball Federation at its annual
meeting in Toledo anuary 10th and
Goth. bringing the circuit up to 20
club organization, according to ad-
vance plans Of officials of the fedora
ton. Sixteen cities now belong to the
organization. the parent body Of anna
teur baseball. They are Des Moines,
Pittsburgh, Jamestown. Akron. Day
ton. Canton, Columbus. Cincinnati,
Toledo. Detroit, Chicago. Louisville,
Dallas. Birmingham. Cleveland and
New Orleans The new cities which
have applied for admittance are Rich
mond, Washington. Baltimore and
Memphis. The federation, according
to plans, will divide its territory into
four sections of five clubs each. There
will be an Eastern, Central. Southern
and Western division. The four win.
ners will meet In the semi-finals to
decide the national championship
The Central division probably will be
composed Of Dtroit. Cleveland. Chica-
80. Louisville and Cincinnati In ad.
dition to arranging the 1917 circuit
there probably will be some discussion
concerning a schedule at the January
meeting.
Joliet, Ill.-Packey Mcfarland, the
former Chicago lightweight, has an.
swered the challenge Of Mike Gibbons,
the st. Paul middleweight. by demand
ing $4,000 as his share Of the purse
for a 10-round contest. If Gibbons
can get some promoter to give me
that much money" Mcfarland said, ~
will box him at any weight he wants"
Gibbons, in his challenge, offered to
forfeit his share of the purse II he
failed to knock Mcfarland out within
ten rounds. He stipulated. however.
that he weight must be ~ pounds at
3 o'clock.
Detroit, Mich.-Bobby Veach, the
Detroit left fielder. threatens to be
a holdout. His three-year contract
expired last season and he recently
was quoted as saying he would quit
the game unless given substantial
increase in salary for 1917.
Chicago, Ill.-There are approx.
mately four thousand gun clubs, with
a total membership Of 100000. in the
United States. according to a careful
tabulation Of figures made public
here. Trap shooting enthusiasts say
there Will be big revival of the sport
next summer and that several new
leagues will be organized.
Lansing. Mich.-Governor Sleeper.
who became chief executive on Janu.
airy LIST, has announced that he. will
not allow boxing contests in Michigan.
He said, further. that he will veto any
boxing bill which might pass the Leg.
islature. II was thought by some fol.
lowers OF the sport that the new gov.
ernor might not follow the course
which Governor Ferris yiaid out and
promoters had tentatively arranged
several Opening capds."
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Cincinnati. Qhio-Billy Weeks.
claimant OF M Canadian middle.
weighchampioyfhip. is among score
of welk knojn i5s-pounders scram.
bling forAp catch with Les Darcy, the
Australian middlcwelsht. Weeks is
prepared 10 post $4,000 to land
match.
Ann Arbor. Mich.-South African
students At the University OF Michi.
gan, who hoped to make n trip to the
Pacific coast during the holidays. are
downcast at present. They had de.
veloped clever soccer team and had
obtained permission to make the trip.
Funds for personal expenses were
sent to them from parents and rela.
tivus In Africa. but submarine tor.
pedoed the boat which was carrying
the funds.
Grand Rapids. Mich. Hugh
o'Donnell OF this city, noted all.
round athlete. who played center on
the 1915 Notre Dame football eleven.
viii be ordained priest on January