, 1925-01-05

of Pennsylvania basket ball team.
leads the scorers of the eastern in
tercol'egiate league in which only
n contest has been played. He
made 10 points against Yale ut
Philadelphia Saturday night.
Christy Mathewson, president OF
the Boston Braves. would like to
sign RED" Grange, gridiron wonder
of the University of Illinois. II the
football star car play baseball. Dur
'ng the recent minor league con.
clave at Hartford. the former Giant
pitcher asked several western mag.
mates about Grange. Zone of the
games greatest pinch hitters was
made into a baseball star on his
football reputation" Matty said. II
refer to Harry Moose) Mccormick,
former Giant player. who was a
gridiron star at Bucknell when l
matriculated there"
Tommy Griffith who ~journeyed
to the Brooklyn Dodgers from the
old New England league. is beset by
a rival In the giant Dick Cox from
Portland of the Pacific Coast league.
with Eddie Grown and lack Wheat
doing well. the newcomer will find
on'y M vulnerable spot in the out.
field where Griffith is or was wont
to wander. II the argument be-
comes torrid, Cox is a favorite. as
he was a boxing Instructor in the
army.
Jim Johnston, former umpire in
the National league. believes that
the Giants and White Sox have
found more respect for baseball in
Germany than in England, ireland
and France. According to Johnston.
the boys across the Rhine have TAX.
en- up the American game.
The release OF Pitcher Arthur De.
catur to the Portland club of the
Pacific Coast league is sad to fore
tell the coming to the Brooklyn bod.
GERS of First Baseman Jim Poole,
the Babe Ruth" OF the coast, and
Second Baseman Emmet Mccain.
It is understood that John Hol'ings-
worth. a pitcher will be sent to Port
land In the deal.
Ernie Nevers. fu'lback extraordi.
nary to Stanford university and par.
ticular hero of his teams success
rul struggle AGAINST Notre Dame at
Pasadena. Calf. New Years day,
has returned to the campus at Palo
Alto in fairly good shape. despite
the fact that his ankles were weak
when he entered the fray. He was
hurt early In the session and saw
most Of Stanford's game from the
sidelines. Now he says he is ready
20 play basketball. at which he is a
star forward. But the trainers are
not SO sure.
Rumors that George Burns, vet.
eran outfelder OF the Cincinnati
Reds, will be made manager of the
San Francisco Pacific Coast league
baseball team. In the event that
Bert Ellison, present skiprA- goes
to the National league, have been
prevalent in the San Francisco bay
district for some time. Officials Of
the San Francisco club have declined
to comment on It.
with ten round bouts legally pos.
sible now In California. boxing pro-
moters of the San Francisco bay
region are making a scramble to
procure the services of high class
lighters to top their opening cards.
What appears to be the most at
tractive head'iner TO date Is the an
nouncement that "Bermondsy" Billy
wells. w~elterweieht champion of
Great Britain, will show in San
Francisco next Friday in an eight
round event. His opponent will bel
Chick Roach Of Vallejo. Wells is
now in Los Angeles.
HOLLYWOOD. Fla.-Gene Sara
zen lowered the fs-hoie cours rec.
ord at Hollywood by scoring 81.
cHIcAGo-The wedding OF
Harry Greh. worlds m~idfleweivht
nuef1istic chsr1nion ard Mss Louis
Walton of Roston. actress was post
poned Indefinitely when Father Ma.
10y of st. Thomas OF Canterbury
church declined to officiate because
neither Rad obtained permission OF
their diocesan authorities TO marry.
The Shoe Workers' Protective
Union. which was recently consol'
idated with the old United Shoe
Workers of America. embraces near
~ all members OF the craft outside
Of Lynn, Mass, where tho workers