The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-12-22

nual meeting OF the telephone and tele-
graph sections of the American Rail-
way association.
New York-"The sensational rise in
sterling during the last few days indi-
Gates that events of far reaching i'm
portance are taking place in the inter-
national markets" the Wall Street
Journal says, commenting on the rise
of the British pound to $4.69-within
| IL cents of par.
Sporting
New York-The New York Nation
cher Carmen Hill to the Indianapolis
club.
Ironwood, Mich.-Hunting fatalities
In the upper peninsula of Michigan
this year showed big decrease COM
pared with last year and the year be-
| fore.
New York-Ban Johnson, president
Of the American league, launched an
attack on gambling in major league
ball parks in the soint major league
meeting.
New York-Mike McTigue, Irish
middleweight and Joe Beckett have
been matched to meet for the British
heavyweight title in London on Jan.
25, according to a cable message.
New York-Major league baseball
magnates in joint session jammed the
brakes on late-season sales and thus
checked, for a time at least, the out
cry against the buying of pennants."
indianapolis, Ind.-Walter Rehg,
veteran outfielder for the Indianapolis
American association baseball club,
was traded by the management of the
local club for Al Ellis of the Louis
willie Colonies.
Georges Carpenter, former
light heavyweight champion Of Eur
epe, said he would sign contract to
night Battling Sikh late in March. The
agreement will be for 20 rounds with
four-ounce gloves.
New York-Distribution to charity
of $120,554, representing receipts OF
the worlds series tie game last Octo-
Der between the New York Yankees
and Giants, will be made by Deem
Der 20, according to announcement
here.
New York-The expected war in the
International league over Jack Dunn's
failure to dispose of three star play
ers, whose presence on his club have
made the league race something like
walkaway from other clubs, did not
break out at the annual meeting Of
the organization.
Chicago Confusion that has exist
ed because of the uncertainty regard
ing the opening of the major ball sea
son in 1923 was partially cleared up
when Ban Johnson, American league
president, said that April Is probably
| would be decided upon at the meet.
lngs in New York
st. Louis, Mo.-Ed Stranger"
Lewis retained his title as heavy
weight wrestling champion of the
world by defeating Stanislaus Zbysz
ko, two out of three falls. BY the
victory, Lewis won permanent posses
| sion of the Richard belt, as he has
been victorious in three contests In
which the trophy was at stake.
New York-In official runs atted-in
records and other interesting miscel
laneous records of National league
players who participated in 25 or
more games for the season of 1922,
Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis, not only
| leads in runs batted in, with 152, but
established new runs-batted-in rec
ord for the National league, breaking
the former record of 120 set by Cliff
| ford Cravath in 1913.
New York-The Baseball Writer'S
Association of America Endorsed the
| action of it's New York chapter in re-
| fusing to recognize Ty Cobb's 1922
| batting average as .401 because of al
| legged arbitrary action by Ban John.
son, president of the American league
| in crediting the Detroit manager with
hit in game here May Is, although
the play was recorded as an error by
| the official scorer.
Foreign
London-The financial world here
is still mystified by the strong advance
| of the pound sterling
Coblenz-A German dentist will
| hereafter tend to the teeth of the
| American soldiers here.
| London-British soldiers are to be
| fed henceforth as never before. So
says the latest edict of the army coun-
Gil.
Warsaw, Poland Rioting with loss
| of life and injury to many persons
marked the inauguration of Gabriel
Narutowicz as president of Poland.
The Hague-John Bassett Moore of
| the United States was appointed chair
man of the International Commission
of Jurists for the revision of laws of
warfare, which began sessions in the
| Peace palace
Lausanne-Although Turkey was
conciliatory on the question of accept
ing some form of supervision from
| without on the treatment of the Chris
tian population inhabiting Turkey
she proved adamant in insisting upon
| the deportation from Constantinople
of the supreme patriarch of the Greek
Orthodox church.