The Alaska daily empire., 1920-02-14
AT RANDOM

Young nave SlSHeu CoutTdCtS WILL the Detroit American League club for the 1920 season.
 This leaves five regular and two utility men stillrto be signed up. They are Harry Heilmann, first base man: Chick Shorten and Ira Flag stead. outfielders; Bob Jones, third baseman. and Doc Ayers, pitcher Over and Ellison, utility men, also remain to be signed. All are ex pected to be with the team when il begins spring practice at Macon.
 A squad of 31 players is expected to make up the contingent that will start south within the next few weeks. Cobb will not join the clut until it begins the trip north witt the Boston Nationals.
 l Eight recruit pitchers will be given an opportunity to show whether 1 thev are ready for major league com i; pany.
 The annual meeting of officers delegates and members of the exec utive committee of the American Bowling Congress will be held al the Hotel Jefferson at Peoria, H., or 1 March F.
 i The International A. B. c. tourna ment will open here March 10 and close March S1, with 700 teams com peting. according to Secretary A. L. Langtry. Two hundred Peoria teams will be entered and Chicago will be next in line with ITO teams. The prize list will total s30,000. | Teams from every state in the Union have been entered, and for the | first time in history one team from | Mexico will try for the championship Canada will also be represented.
 The 1921 Congress will be awarded at the annual meeting on March 12 Cleveland, Buffalo. Detroit, Louisville l. St. Louis and Indianapolis, will ask for the 1921 tournament, it is said Secretary Langtry will move his head quarters to Peoria from Milwaukee early in February.
 Michigan's baseball nine which vii open the Western Intercollegiate season at Bloomington, Indiana. or April 19, will be whipped into shape with southern training trip tha will include games with three fas college teams of the south.
 Alabama Polytechnic will oppose the Wolverines April 12 and 13. a Auburn, Alabama; the University O Georgia will provide competition April IA and 15, at Athans, Ga. anf Vanderbilt, at Nashville, April 1t and IT, will wind up the training trip | Preparations to draw up an all Pacific rugby 15 for the Olympic games are being made at Stanford under the direction of w. Harry Nal oney, Stanford athletic director.
 The step was determined upon af l ter a receipt of letter from Secre tary Rubien of the Amateur Athletic Union asking that Stanford make ar engagements for the 15, investigate the possibility of securing funds to 1 finance it. and send him definite news as soon as possible.
 Letters have been sent to the Uni versity of California, St. Mary's. San ta Clara, Los Angeles Athletic Cut and the Olympic Club of San Fran cisco, asking for recommendations of men eligible for the team.
 Maloney predicted that there would be about II places on squad of 2( men to be filled by Stanford players He estimated that three players from California, one from the Olym pie Club, and two from the Univers ity of Southern California are pretty sure of positions on the Olympic squad.
 Jim Wylie and Daniel B. Carroll former Stanford varsity stars and members of the famous Australian All4Black team, will assist Maiony in coaching the Stanford squad. Hard drills will be staged daily from now on till the end of the season Preparations for the holding of the all-western high school track meet May P, under the auspices ol the University of Colorado. are well l under way.
 Gamble Field. at Boulder. where the meet will take place, is being put into first-class condition for the occasion. The seating capacity oI the armory will be increased to helr meet the expected overflow of jubil ant fans.
 Entries continue to come in. In addition to. many high schools in Colorado. schools of Cedar Rapids Iowa; Butte, Montana and Las Cr,Ices. Mexico. have sipnified their