Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-15
SPORT WORLD BRIEFS

The thirteenth challenge for the Da- wis Cup was received Monday by the United States Lawn Tennis Associa- tion. This was from Rumania, which never before has entered into the fla nous international tennis competi- tion. The challenge was forwarded by Nicholas Mishu, who Is attached to the Rumanian Legation in London and who is the most noted of the players of his country, though not the cham pion. Mishu wrote that he expects to play in the tournament, in company with the champion.
 Ascetie's Silver, famous steepleehas- CT and which won the Grand Nation al at Liverpool for Prince Hatfield in 1906, died recently at Folijan Park. He was trained and ridden by the Hon. A Hastings in that notable race and defeated twenty-two opponents in the record time of minutes and 34 2-5 seconds, which alone stamped him as one of the greatest of cross country performers.
 Colgate will again be Columbia's announced at the Columbia Univer- sity athletic offices. This brings the total number of games that the Morn ingside eleven will play next season up to nine. one more than was play ed last season.
 The announced intention of the Roy al and Ancient Club to send a team of Britain's best amateur golfers to the United States next summer, If possi- ble, to compete for the Walker Tro- phy-an international match for teams and later participate in the amateur championship at Brookline, Mass, means that the proposed revival of the international match between England and Scotland will have to be put over for at least another year.
 With the addition of Lew Malone, former Brooklyn infielder, Wild Bilr Donovan, who will pilot the New Hav- en Eastern League club the coming season, will have no occasion to worry about his inner works for right now he is fortified with a combination that will probably outrank any in the league.
 Plans for a nation-w wide organization l to bring the proprietors of billiard rooms into closer cooperation for the betterment of the sport were laid re- gently at the tenth annual dinner oi the New York Billiard Owners As sociation, held at the Hotel Astor. The
  ganization, have, during the past de- cade, done so much to place billiards and pocket billiards on a higher plane than formerly that the desirability oi body of national scope has long been apparent.
 Dummy" Mack. a deaf mute box CT, has been barred from boxing ir Hazelton, Pa, because he couldn'i hear the bell at the end of the round 1 Billy Wells, a likely looking Welter- weight, has arrived in New York from England and will box on this side un- der the management af Charley Har- vey.
 1 Jack Smith, the Cardinals star out. fielder, has to wear glasses when read 1 ing, but ,has no use for the specs on the ball field.
 The new football rule against clip. 1 ping is good as far as it goes, but il should be more comprehensive is thu opinion of Coach Gilmour Dobie ot Cornell. He does not approve of the elimination of the goal after touch down.
 "Zip" Sloan, w!ao puzzled the bes of the. Eastern League batsmen witi his wicked breaking curce ball. ha! definitely made up his mind not t' take a whirl at major league baseball despite the fact he is the property o a big league outfit.
 Princeton, Harvard and Vale hav arranged a triangular cross- -countr. run, to be held over the Harvard six mile course at Belmont on the morn ing of the Princeton-Harvard footbal game-Nov. il.
 Gustavus r. Kirby, Chairman of tn American Olympic Committee, doe not entertain any fears that the game will be held anywhere but in Paris lin spite of the recent controvers, which has been started through tn action of the City of Paris on votini only 10000 francs, instead of tn
 promised 10.00Aooo francs, and tn
 Municipal Councils insistence that tn
 games be held in the Pershing Stadi iun-
 Vale baseball work was aetiveI
 started this week, when squad c
 thirty three players reported for prac tice in the cage. The battery candi
 dates formed one squad and the in