Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-07

"hi'iHE oohllStoH, HnIeider OF the
brooklyn Dodgers. will be able to
take his accustomed position when
the pennant race starts, letter from
President Ebbctts says. Johnston has
had his injured knee under the n
ray, and in the opinion of experts,
will be fit to play.
Joie Rays challenge to Paavo Nur-
mi has been accepted ami all other
Americans and Finn have been
promised chance to appear against
the Olympic marvel at any distance
After tomorrow night Ray proba bi Y
Will have nothing to lose, as Nurmi
has concentrated on a two mile rec
ord shatterinS run at the Wilco
meet. If he runs the distance in
nine minutes, Rays name will be
erased from the books.
Six of the Giants squad from 1925
signed their contracts within five
days after they had been mailed, but
Captain Frank F'risch still hesitates
In a talk with officials yesterday,
Frisch is understood to have pledged
his services providing he receives
about about $4,000 more than last
season.
Tex Richard. who has been mixed
up with the Wild y est rodeos, box
ing, circuses and track meets through
many years of his life. will tackle
professional hockey in his proposed
new Madison Square Garden next
winter. He figures that the capacity
of his new plant for the ice sport
will be 10000.
scented, will comprise the 1nternation-
al Hockey League in which Richard
is interested with Tommy German
of Montreal, owner of the largest ice
arena in the Canadian city as his
partner in the enterprise. The mat
ter was brought up a year ago'but
installation of the necessary appar-
atus with the old garden about to lie
RACED was considered too expensive
Louis 0Kid) Kaplan of Meriden
Conn, and Edouard Mascart OF
France are expected to provide one
of the first championship bouts OF
1925 on March 20 at Madison Square
Garden. The Me- den midget won
his world featherweight title in a
tournament conducted recently by
the New York State athletic com
mission Eugene Criqui came from
France to win the same crown from
Johnny kilbane in 1923, only to lose
it to Johnny Dundee.
Jackie Fields, Olympic amateur
lightweight champion made his pro-
fessional debut by winning decision
over Benny Pascal of Philadelphia
in a six round bout at Pasadena, Cal,
LAST night Fields took every round
and put Pascal down for the count
of nine in the fifth round.
When the Chicago White SoS
start for their training camp late
this month, Charles A. Comisky, 81
year old owner of the club. will go
along for the first time in years. The
"Old Roman" has not been making
| recent training trips because of ILL
ness.
More than 500 athletes, the flower
Of the middle west augmented by
! eastern invaders and Olympic win
ners, will compete in the eighth an
rual indoor relay carnival of the
University of Illinois at Urbana, on
Feb. 2S The meet is the largest eX-
clusively college indoor event in
America.
A bill designed to curb gambling
in baseball parks and provide a pris-
on sentence for anyone convicted of
betting on the professional game
has been drafted by William Neeck
president Of the Chicago Nationals
for submission to the Illinois legis-
lature, now in session. Neeck pat
termed his bill after the New York
statute.