The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
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Anyway, Connie Mack has one dou-
BILE X special in Jimmy Foxx
The Haverhill franchi-e in the New
England leaFue was recently trans
ferred TO Worcester
A former Ursinus football star, Earl
POttaiger, will coach the New York
Giants pro eleven this year.
Earl Sande was paid ST for riding
his first horse in n race when he
started in the Middle West.
Arabella and Tiffin are considered
the best two-year-Ofds of the current
racing season in Great Britain.
Hugo Bedzek, Jr., son of the Penn
State director of athletics has regis
tered a the college as freshman.
In picking an all-star team for this
year, Manager McGraw chose Catcher
Hogan over Gordon Cochrane for that
position.
Joe jeanette hit the floor thirty-twU
times in his fight with Sam McVea at
Paris in 1909, yet managed to win the
decision.
have paired together four times in
golf c. ntests and have yet to suffer
defeat as team.
Jack Dunn of the Baltimore Orioles
has started building for 1929. He
bought Ed Crowley, third baseman,
from Washington.
William V. Dwyer is again president
of the New York American Hockey
club. He purchased control and an
nounced many changes.
The one-armed golf champion of
Ohio is Badly Webster, caddie master
at the RidgewOOd Country club. He
won Dayton tournament.
Andy Coakley, Columbia baseball
coach and himself an old player, says
Joe DugaL of the Yankees is the best
third baseman he has ever seen.
Bo McMiIlin's coaching abilities will
be given more severe test this year
at Kansas Aggies. He first coached
at Centenary and then at Geneva.
The greatest number of home runs
ever made in a major league game is
ten, made by the Phillies (six) and
the Cardinals (four) May II, 1923.
Art Nehf, left-handed pitching ace
of the Chicago Cubs, is an accom-
plished pipe Organist. He also pos
sesses a degree in electrical engineer
ing.
Two men can put the shot 80 feet
11-16 inches Beside John Kuck, Of
Nebraska, the feat was performed by
Emil HirSchfield in the meet In Ger
many.
Tex Richard signed Paolino Uzcudun
for three matches in which he will face
such opponents as Knute Hansen,
Jack Sharkey, Johnny Risko or Will
liam Stribling.
Another University of Illinois base
ball star has gone up to The majors.
Fremont Cam. catcher on the Illini
nine last year, has been signed by the
Cleveland Indians.
Bill McKechnie. manager of the
Cardinals, has fine singing voice
and only the winter before last he
was a pillar in the Methodist church
choir at Williamsburg. Pa.
Washington baseball fans are writ
ing letters to the papers asking that
Walter Johnson come back. But Wal
ter is getting $4,000 a year to manage
the Newark Bears and his contract
has year to run.
Biff Jones, the Army football coach.
was asked who he considered the
create ball carrier within his expert
ence as a follower of football. Without
hesitation, he named Elmer Oliphant,
the former West Point back.
John H. Utley of the department of
romance languages at the University
of Illinois, has been named golf coach
succeeding Dave Swank.
Suzanne Lenglen has definitely an
nounced her permanent retirement
from tennis, both amateur and pro-
fessional.
Clint Brown, star right handed
pitcher of Harrisburg's New York
Pennsylvania league championship
team. has been sold TO the Cleveland
club of the American league.