The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-10-18
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Fencing is rapidly gaining in favor
among the women OF Hungary.
Wilbert Robinson is regarded as a
certainty to manage the Dodgers again
next year.
Ethan Allen, Cincinnati outfelder,
is one big Lacquer who plays on his
home club.
Shortstop Jesse has been returned
by the Decatur club of the Three /
league to Cleveland.
Little Rock has signed three play
ers to 1880 contracts. John Lewis.
Warren Smith and Jim Woodtin.
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Kingston. N. g., will spend the win
ter raising money to finance the team
In the Eastern Carolina league in 1880.
Winning three games in a week was
the feat OF Pitcher Jack Reid of the
/ h'Oiouo NiuD VI Tue SOllOu Otdl6S
league.
The McCook Generals are two-time
champions of the Nebraska league.
finishing six and a half games ahead
of Fairbury.
Nick Altrock plays golf. %he ban
on the sport by Walter Johnson doesn't
apply to the clown. Nick is extremely
serious at play.
Pitcher Ivy Andrews, recently pur.
chased by the New York Yankees from
Mobile, has been sent to the Albany
club Of the Eastern league.
| Jimmy Dykes is one of the best all.
around infielders in the game. He has
| played every position in the infield
this year. He is thirty-two.
Ernie Smith. shortstop of Birming-
ham, Southern league. was voted the
most popular player on his team by
fans and was presented with a wrist
watch.
WaIly Marrow, one of the most
promising backtield men on the Uni.
versity OF Nebraska football eleven,
spent the summer behind the footlights
in vaudeville as tap dancer.
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| Birmingham has announced the sale
of Pitcher Carlos Moore. twenty-year..
old right-hander. to the Washington
club. No details were given as to the
price or conditions of the transfer.
Maurice Regimbal. nine-year-old
caddy who scored q hole-in-one re-
Gently at the North Bay Golf and
Country club, in Ontario, is believed
to be the worlds youngest golfer to
accomplish this feat
Richard ". (Rube) Marquard. who
was purchased for the New York
| Giants in 1908 for the then record
price of $ll.OO0, has proved a success
| as manager of the Jacksonville club
| OF the Southeastern league.
| Eddie Morris, president of the Bos.
ton football team OF the National
league. hopes to sign Gus Sonnen-
berg, champion heavyweight wrestler.
for his squad. Home games will be
| played on the Braves field.
| "Footbail for everybody" is being
carried into effect at the University
of Indiana. where 13 intramural
elevens have already been formed.
Many varsity players are developed
on these interclass teams.
One of baseball's veteran perform
ers, Dick Hoblitzell, who managed and
| played first for Charlotte the past sea-
son, is back in West Virginia looking
over some of the family estate where
oil recently was struck.
The French government has given
/ permission for the opening of pari-
| mutuel offices In principal towns so
| that persons interested in horse racing
will not be obliged TO journey to the
tracks in order to place their bets
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| Burt Shotton. manager OF the Phil
lies, says he will take the regulars and
/ rockies to Winter Haven, Fla. again
| next year for the spring training
| period His announce. nent set at rest
| a report that the pills would go to
Texas or California tor conditioning.
Man o. War. In retirement after
great career of racing. has been WIS.,
| tied by more than iOO.0O0 persons.
| Cal Hubbard, umpire In the Sally
league, is probably the biggest man
| connected with organized baseball.
He is 6 feet 61z inches tall and weighs
! 265 pounds.
| Robert s. Bob" Weaver. for the
/ past IA years president of the South.