South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-27


championship in Chicago saturday
night.
Every vestige Of commercialism
has been removed by Boston univer-
sity from athletics and now admis-
sion 20 all contests and games is
free. The students pay no athletic
tax. incidentally, il should be OBJ
served. all the university's athletic
activities are confined strictly TO
Boston
Buck Weaver is expected 10 ar
rive in Chicago Saturday, determ-
ined 10 play no more baseball with
the White SoX unless his demands
are met Looks like the Chicago
stars who signed for three years at
"a seemingly big figure last year
were a little hasty, but unlike Babe
Ruth they have little chance to
enforce their demands. Weavers
and Risbergs are not home run
kings.
The Boston Braves may win the
National league pennant this year
II Stallings pulls another miracle"
and they land two or three pitchers
Similarly. the Giants may cop IF
Pat MOran's Reds don't repeat!
Northwestern wants TO meet Yale
for the intercollegiate swimming
championship at Philadelphia Sat
urday night. Each team has a vic
tory TO its credit.
Ping Bodie has Lunctured Miller
HugginS' great outfield idea for the
Yankees. Bodie quit the team on
Thursday afternoon, now Higgins
says he is done.
The Y. NJ. c. A. Invincibles. a
quintet of youthful basketballers. at
tempted TO stop the unbeaten Notre
Dame Minims at the Y. NJ. G. A.
with somewhat disastrous results.
After the smoke had cleared away
the Minims emerged nsthe long end
end of 3S to l score. Hickey. Muir
ply and Reardon starred for the y.
ID. youngsters
Pres't John A Heydler has at
tempted TO call Lee Magee's threat
ened exposure a bluff. With Ban
Johnson's wings clipped as a result
of the Carl Mays affair. stormy days
may still be in the coming for the
National league prexy.
Carpenter is credited with say
ing he expects to finish off Dempsey
in six rounds. Sad will be the
awakening the morning after the
encounter, Wise unto her genera
ton may be Georges better half in
insisting that the match with Demp-
sey be the Frenchman's last battle.
Those world beating Yanks have
taken four straights-four straight
defeats from the lowly Dodgers
Even a Babe Ruth can't win every
game-or any games in a slump.
Transforming has afflicted soccer
rlayers. The Bethlehem eleven, of
Bethlehem, Pa, will shortly begin
a tour Of South America.
The famous Kentucky Derby will
be run in Louisville for the 46th
successive year on May 8.
Indianapolis scribes with the In
dams in Florida are loud in their
praise Of Louie Wolfe, who, they
claim, seems certain Of a regular
berth with the tribe this season.
Willie Kohler and Johnny Kilbane
have been matched TO meet in Phila-
delphia April Z.
Football is made compulsory in
the French army by a decree re-
Gently signed by the French war de-
partment.
Some newspaL ers went so far as
to put the story about Kansas stu
dents ducking the professors on
their sporting pages.
Joie Ray, Harry Cubtill and Mike
Devanny, perhaps the three best
milers in America, made such a
hit in their special race at Buffalo
last Saturday they are being touted
at Americas entry in the Olympic
mile. All three runners stepped the
distance in better than four min
utes 20 seconds last Saturday.
Joe Burman, the Chicago bantam.
was to have exhibited in Boston on
Wednesday His opponent thought
originally that he had an easy
stranger, but learned later that the
Windy City champ was no SLOUGH
and the New Englander promptly
cancelled the match.
Butler college has called off all
its baseball dates for. the 1920 sea .
son and will cOnfine its activities
to interclass competition.
The Red Sox are willing 10 trade
Oscar Witt, who refuses to sign IN
less given a big boost in wherewith-
al. Thus far none of the other
clubs has jumped up to land the
former Tiger.
According 10 a report from Phila-
delphia. Jimmy Wilde has signed 10
BOX Battling Murray of the Quaker
City there April q.
Benny Leonard has made himself
popular with newSbOys in Los An
geies. He entertained 1900 OF
them out there recently and gave
them a lecture on clean living.
/ SPECIALIST CONDUCTS
CANARY HOSPITAL
DENVER Colo. March Ell. r.
Smith, specialist. conducts hos
pital here for sick canaries. Mrs
Smith is his assistant acting in the