, 1925-01-12

a SUCCESS Is eNiuenceu by |
the fact that practically all OF the
minor leagues that ven through on
a slx.day basis last year are prepar-
ing to expand to eight-club circuits
Tor the next season.
Denver's leading woman bowler is
Mrs. Margaret Taylor, a telephone
operator. who has an Individual av-
erage of l73.
Trinchera ranch, comprising 237,-
900 acres in Colorado, is said to he
the largest private game park in
the world.
The first worlds championship
skating tournament for women was
held at Davos in 1906. and was won
by Mrs. Syers OF the Figure Skating
Club, London.
Coach Steve Harrick will take the
wrestling squad OF West Virginia
University on n trip west at the
end Of February for a meet with
Iowa state College.
So popular is the game of hockey
In London and Its vicinity that many
OF the leading clubs are represented
by teams in three or four different
leagues.
The intercollegiate "a r s 8 e
League plans an organized cam.
paign with a view to making La.
crosse M of the leading Spring
ports ut American colleges.
The National Amateur Skating As.
ISOLATION of the United States was
formed in 1886 and was followed
two years later by the organization
of the Amateur Skating Association
OF Canada.
Louis C'Kid'D Kaplan, tho new
worlds featherweight champion.
held the fe~atherweight and Junior
light championships af New England
before he started on the trail of the
worlds title.
Since tho Intercollegiate ,aBsket.
ball League was started In 1901 the
most successful teams have been
those OF Yale IND Pennsylvania
which have six championships each
to their credit.
oarsmen of the U. S. S. Arizona
this year won every team rowing
event in the United States battle
fleet, scoring ten straight victories
In races against the combined com
petition Of eleven other Tread.
naushts.
Zachary Davis. a Chicago archi-
tect. is known as Americas fore.
most designer OF baseball parks. A
ma jority OF the big ball parks built
in recent years were constructed
from plans drawn by Mr.. Davis.
Ski-1umping and kindred snow
sports, which only a few years ago
were confined to Dartmouth. VIII
liams and the Canadian colleges.
have rapidly grown in popularity as
Intercollegiate competitions.
The Afghan hound. a breed little
| hiApffA ~ w tAAdh iallNAtIta IN DO
lieved TO be one of tho Oldest breeds
Of courslng dogs. In their native
Afghanistan they are used for cours.
Ing deer and antelope, end have
proved themselves to be feeter and
more suro-footed than The grey
| ound.
For the thirteenth time. the In
d%ianapolis Motor Speedway will
stage its 600.mile International
sweepstakes, May 80. on the two and
n half mile brick oval which has
made the Hoosier capital city IN.
nous internationally. As in pre-
vious years. the race will carry the
largest cash award Of tho season
for an automobile speed contest.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, main.
stay OF tho Chicago Cubs pitching
force. is adding to his bankroli this
winter by writing insurance In the
Windy City.
The recently organized Northern
California Horse Show association
Is planning TO hold its frst exhibit
ton in Oakland during the week OF
February s.
Marty Taylor. former we'll known
pugilist and contender for the Amer.
lean ESpeditionary Force bantam
weight belt, is now u prosperous
hardware merchant in Brooklyn.
Now that boxing Is iegaiized in
Oregon and California, II Is expect.
ed that Washington will be the next
state TO fall In line. An effort will
be made to have tho new legislature
take acton In tho matter.
Hitting i,oe5 consecutive buli's
eyes with u ~.22'oaliber rife Mt n
Distance OF so feet, liz tina remark.
able record OF u s~choolboy Marks
man OF Fresno. Calf.
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