Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-17
Sporting Notes

Horce racing on ice is a popular
, pastime at several New England
points this winter.
Billy Glover. the old-time Boston
welterweisht. is now boxing instruct
or at West Point.
Cleveland will repeat its $4,000
purse of last year for the record trot-
ters at the North Randall track.
Boxers OF New York. Philadelphia.
Boston and Pittsburg will stage tho
ntercity bouts in New York Jan.
1919.
Outfieldcs George Burns. who goes
TO tho Cincinnati Reds. has been
I poplar member of the Giants for ten
| years.
According TO Chicago baseball dope
| the Cubs passed up Heinie Groh.
claiming he was not worth the money
asked by Cincinnati.
| Stanislaus zbyszko. worlds cham
/ pion wrestler. who has lost but one
match in one thousand contests, plans
TO retire after one more year.
| Benny Myers. formerly OF the
/ Brooklyn Superbas. and Charles Sits
| have formed new baseball circuit =
known as the Great Western league.
|
| Recent games OF tho Princeton uni
ycrsity hockey team show that the
Tigers can more than hold their own
with the best of the college teamss
From all accounts Mike Gibbons
will be the next veteran OF the ring To
retire. The great ST. Paul boxer plans
to engage in five more bouts and then
hang UP his padded mitts.
Manager Charley Harvey announces
that Ned Fitzgerald. the clever Aus
tralian lightweight has returned TO
America and will start another BOXING
campaign within short time.
The new minor league rule against
| players receiving a part OF their pur-
chase money didn't stop Pitcher Dave
Danforth from demanding a slice OF
the money paid Columbus by the
/ Browns FOR his release.
/ Roy Thomas, the Phillics' old out
\ fielder. returns TO the National lea
que as coach Of the st. Louis Cardln-
ais. after being out OF the league for
| ten years. or late Thomas has been
coaching college teams.
Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 1s.-Nsbra.ta-
1922 football schedule was completed
today In the announcement that =
I year contract with Missouri university
had been signed. Missouri viii play
Nebraska AT Lincoln. October q. this
| year and at Columbia In 1923 Octo-
zcr Il was the remaining open date on
the cornhuskers' schedule.
Z e-Er.nL Erlagh
OF the Giants star base runner Of the
National league. is sliding toward a
real homo plate.
His engagement to Miss Ada Lucy.
playmate since childhood. was an-
nounecd today. The wedding will take
place next winter.
Paris. Jan. is.-"Now for the olym-
! pic games of 1924" said CASTOR Vidal
upon assuming office today in the new
Poincarc cabinet as under secretary
OF state for technical education. as his
post is now known. Under the BRAND
regime he was known as minister for
sports,
\ bill granting the city permission
I TO lease TO the olympic committee q
plot OF ground in the Pare des Pru-
ccs will he pushed thru parliament
early after Its rcconvening. he said,
Minneapolis. MINI. Jan. Fired w
I LuSbrtng, athlctic director at thc lnl-
Versity OF Nebraska. who has accepted
n similar position at the University OF
| Minnesota, was to confer at Chicago
today with heads OF the Gopher insti-
| tuition.
l.. ID. Coffman president Of the Uni
vorsity of Minnesota: Fred B. Snyder.
president OF the board OF regents. and
| John Harrison OF the alumni athletic
committee are in Chicago and 1t is
understood. will discuss with Luchrlng
a reorganization OF the Minnesota
coaching staff.
The salary to be paid Luchring T.
not known here but members OF tho
alumni committee asked IL 1t was 81
900, as had been proposed for new
director, said tl.nt figure was clos,