Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-08
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Columbus-Joe Tinker, manager Of
the Columbus club OF the American
association, Is planning a series or ex-
hibitioni games with the Toledo club at
Camp Sherman, the ,cantonment at
Chillicothe. o. Neither Columbus. nor
Toledo will train away from home this
will prove a good attraction for the
soldiers.
Lexington--E. r.. Bradley, OF Idle
Hour Farm, lei this city, will donate
the Woodlawn vase, Americas most
famous competitive turf trophy. to
the winner Of the historic Preakness.
the MARYLAND Jockey, clubs $4,000
special for .3-year-olds, which will be
run at Pimlico in May
One Of the conditions under which
the TWoodlawn case became temper
arily the property Of Mr.. Bradley.
through the victory last spring of his
colt Haitian. was that 1t should be
offered again this %seasonsin ON race
Of one milelor more for1GAyear-olds or
over that had an added money value
of $500. Although At was not stipu-
lated that this race should be run at
Pimlico. nevertheless Mr.. Bradley has
written the Maryland officials that he
desires the vase shall be part of the
Preakness attraction.
Lexington. Ky.-Field glasses.
which. in peaceful times were used by
local horsemen to watch the thor
oughbred horses tear up the turf. are
Of officers in the navy.
h glasses are to be loaned to the
government. Tags giving the names
Of h men furnishing them are affix-
ed. and a nominal fee of 81 Is given by
the government for their rental.
.Detroit-One of the greatest swim
ming contests for women that has
been staged in the United States. is to
take place in DetroitAon March 30.
Miss Thelma Darby, the young nyer
from Indianapolis, Olga Dorfner Of
Philadelphia and Claire Galligan of
New York will meet in the tank Of the
Detroit Athletic club. Swimming ex-
perts have had many controversies as
to the merits OF this trio. Miss Darby
flashed into prominence a few months
ago but not until recently when she
began to defeat seasoned veterans,
was she considered ready for 'big
league" contests. In the recent Cen
trail A. A. y. meet here. Miss Darby
won our events and local swimmers
are still talking about her perform
ance. The Eastern swimmers have
achieved international fame and it Is
believed that d. A. C. tank records
will fall when the three meet.
Great Lakes-Twenty-eight thou
sand rooters-the largest number Of
hackers that ever, urged a basketball
team to victory-are the proud en-
thusiasts who are placing their faith
in the crack five now attracting the
attention Of the middle west to the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
here,
Opening the season with a few de-
feats that cast a decided gloom over
the jackies. the basket-tossers later
hit a stiff stride which revealed the
fact that Coach Olcott's men are all
individual stars of ability as we'll as
being members of a quintet in which
teamwork is raised to the degree of
perfection.
With the introduction into the line
up Of George Halas. a former captain
of the University of Illinois Five, the
team has become a truly dangerous
opponent for the strong teams that
still remain on the navy teams sched-
ule.
johnson. who started with the IL
linois Athletic club, is showing much
better form thar early in the season,
and Peppard, a husky Michigan Ag-
gies' center. continues to outclass his
opponents at every stage of the game.
Much favorable comment is being
heaped upon Allen. guard. who is be-
coming an important factor on the
team because of his basket tossing
from a defensive position. Feln1ey.
ex-Illinois player. and Coveney, for
merly with the Detroit Rayls, are both
handling their positions like veter-
ans. sss#
st. Louis. March S.-Arrangements
are complete for the St. Louis Amer
leans to start their thrift journey
on March 10 with Shreveport. La, as
their objective.
Business Manager Quinn says the
thrift idea is in accord with the gen
eral spirit of conservation and mean
that when the Browns engage in their
spring training they will dispense
with all unnecessaries such as nu-
merous exhibition games. They will
also travel light: that 10, baggage
will be reduced to the minimum. +.
Twenty-six players. an unusually
low number. will assemble at Shreve-
port for the annual preliminary
workout. SEVERED, Nunamaker,
Lowdermilk. Sothoron, .Shocker,
Wright, J.eifield.. Sisler. Johns. Ger
Der, Austin. Maisel. Tobin. Smith,
Demmit and Magee nave been order
ed to report in st. Louis in tina to
depart for the south March 20. Hale.
Davenport. Gallia. Houck. Rosers
Cullop. Gedeon. johnson and Viii.
l;ams. who have spent the winter in
cities far removed from st. Louis
have been advised to be in Shreveport,
in time for initial practice March II,
Jack Powell. veteran pitcher. who
says he is going to no a major Lacquer
again, has been in Shreveport several
; days.
Among the REGULARS missing this
wear are Ernie Koob and Carl We'll.
man. both nitchers. The former i,
/. in training in an aviation camp anl
the latter has decided to rest a year
because of illness. ri
The first exhibition game booked
for the club is on March 16s a,
Shreveport with a pickup eam. TIL.
Browns probably will leave camp or
April 4 in order to reach st. Loui.
one day ahead of the opening game
of the spring series with the st. Loui!
Nationals. u
Milwaukee - Ned Egan. manager
Of Thea Milwaukee club Of tho Ameri.
can Association. is elated with the sc:
lection OF BeIoit. Wis, as q training
camp. The players will report there
on April J.