The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-17
Sportitori!alS
SPORT BRIEFS
BY BILL KROHN


Washington at Gainesville. Fla. for
practice honors, Meusel. the Phila-
delpha hard-hitting outfieider. who
has been a holdout. has come to terms
and will report for training Friday.
Harry Greb and Jack Renault. Bos-
ton light heavyweights, meet in ten
round bout at Pittsburgh tonight.
Manager Ty Cobb OF the Tigers,
seeks permission to carry 25 men on
his team. including ten pitchers, SIX
infielders, five outfielders. and three
catchers. He will confer with Presi-
dent Navin soon for authority to add
the extra three men.
The football management at the
University OF Pittsburg today made
public statement to the effect that
Jane Pat" Heron. star end OF the
Panther gridders had been re-engag-
ed as assistant coach Of the 1871
eleven. Heron will assist Pop"
Warner, specializing with the end men
and line workers.
The Boston club Of the new Con-
tinenta League is reported to have
offered 5000 to the Province club
for "Steel-arm" Dickey. negro pitcher,
who was credited with winning the
Negro Southern League championship
for Knoxville last season.
Henry Wolfe. an outfielder, owned
by the Louisville American Associa-
ton Club was turned over today to
the Mobile Club of the Southern AS
sociation. Wolf was a holdout last
season and did not report to Louis
vile.
With Donie -Petcoffe, star lines
man on the freshman team of last
year, nursing a broken nose, ONO
states football squad has suffered its
first 1921 casualty. Petcoffe was in
tured yesterday in scrimage.
Rogers Hornsby, champion batter OF
the National League and Babe
Ruth of home-run fame, are sched-
uled to face each other when the
st. Louis Nationals meet the New
York American aggregation in Louis
lana, today,
Manager Moran OF the Cincinnati
Reds, has been asked to send two of
his star players to take part in an
all-star exhibition game at Cleveland
on April II, in which Ty Cobb, TITS
Speaker and other noted players vii
appear. Half OF the proceeds Of the
game will go to the Ray Chapman
memorial oassociation.
The University OF Cincinnati base
ball team will leave for Knoxville
Tenn. Friday night for series O
games with college teams Throughout
the South. Thirteen players will De
in the squad. which will be away
until March 81.
The Cincinnati Reds have booked
game with the Fort Worth team
Texas League, on ST. Patrick's day
at Cisco.
Chicago, Northwestern, Minnesota
Illinois and Wisconsin will be repre-
sented in the Western conference
swimming and indoor track meets
scheduled for Thursday, Friday ant
Saturday at Northwestern Gym.
A long series of exhibition games
for the Chicago Cubs starts today a
Pasadena, California, when the Pasa
dena merchants play the first Cu'
team.
The st. Louis Americans ant
Brooklyn, National League cham
mons. meet at the Browns training
camp in Bogalousa, La. today. 81
Louis chartered the opener from I'M
champions yesterday seventeen u
three.
The first real workout OF the chi
cago American squad comes Friday
when the New York Giants secon'
team arrives at the Sox camp II
Waxahs chic, for practice play,
Yale mas requested permission L
contend In the track meet schedules
between Pennsylvania state colleg
and the University of Virginia
Charlottesville on March 30. 1t
probable that arrangements Will D
made for q three cornered meet
Reports from the Boston America
training camp at Hot Springs, Ark
indicate that neither Manager DuftY
nor his players believe Derril Pratt
il through with professional baseball
A despatch received today. sal
Duffy expects Pratt to report
several days.
The New York Americans, who ar
training at Shreveport. La, will haV
complete roster tomorrow, whe
Frank Baker, third baseman, return
TO the Yankee fold.
Members OF the Davis cup commi
tee OF the United States lawn tenn
association. gathered at New York u
day 10 make a blind" drawing Il
pairs among the l2 nntons whic
entered competition for the intern;
tional trophy. After the draw eac
OF the nations concerned will be not
fled Of it's opponent in the preiniiin
nnries and arrangements Will
made for dates and locations OF u
various matches.
The New York National training
San Antonio. Texas. invaded kei
Field, the army aviation post. yes
erday, and defeated the army tea
IS TO 1.
Manager Duffy Of the Boston Am
ricans. Is quoted as saying he thoug'
the New York Yankees and the Ciev
land Indians had better chances Il
the pennant than the Red Sox.
Pratt and Mclnnes report, he adde
the Boston team would be able wi
Scott and VIII. TO present the be
defensive iufield In the league.
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