The Ely miner., 1930-06-20
RULE MAKES VETS
ROCKIES AGAIN
President of Southern Cir
cult Makes Odd Order.

the loop, has ruled.
In other words, the old warhorSeS
signed as free agents are classified as
rockies under the leagues Glass B
ruling which requires that each club
carry five players who haven't had a
seasons experience in Glass A base
ball.
Martins Interpretation made 'rook-
les" of such veterans as Lee Mead
now with Atlanta; Milton Stock,
formerly with ST. Louis and other
National league clubs, another Crack
err; Jimmy Johnston, eX-Brooklyn in
fielder, on the Atlanta payroll, and
Ivy Wingo, one time Cincinnati back
stop, who also graces the Atlanta
lineup.
Other rockies are Wild Matthews,
one time spark plug for Philadelphia
and Washington; Frank Walker, At
lanta outfielder who once sold him
self from the Sally league to the New
York Giants; Frank BRAZIL, Memphis
first sacker, and Jim Poole, Nashville
first baseman, who has been in about
every class of baseball played.
The model of a new stall starting
gate has been shown at Belmont
Park. 1t appears to be an improve
ment over others Of the kind in that
1t is less cumbersome and can be put
in place after the horses arrive at
the starting point and can be swung
off quickly. 1t is called the swing
quick gate.
The stalls fold up when not in
use and are heavily padded. The
mechanism is simple and said to be
fool-proof. The stalls are mounted
on a carriage which swings on a
quadrant.
1t is planned to build a full sized
gate to test the practical operation.
Present-day flight managers are so
cautious we expect before long to
hear that one won't let his man do
any shadow boxing until he investi-
gates the shadows record.
The Pacific coast conference will
not follow in the big tens footsteps
and employ a commissioner to super
wise athletics. The faculty represen-
tatives of the ten schools in the con-
ference, at their meeting at Seattle,
voted in favor of the report presented
by a committee of three rejecting the
commissioner" plan recommended by
the graduate managers of the Organi-
zation at their fall meeting in San
Francisco.
A committee of faculty officials and
graduate managers will be appointed,
however, to investigate ways and
means of selecting officials to referee
and umpire athletic games.
Probably the only truly internation-
al links in the world are those of the
golf club at Basel.
The club is Swiss, but it is located
I'm France. And the most curious
feature is that it is a little customs
free spot, surrounded by customs
guards who allow the club members
to come and go without examination.
Instead of passports, the members
merely show their club cards. Some
are so well known their faces are
their passports.
The club was formed in 1925. The
American Consul, Calvin NJ. Hitch,
was the only American. Now there
are several Of his countrymen among
the 175.
UNFOLDING the football coaching
regime of Gilmour Dobie, commit
tee of the Cornell university athletic
council has recommended that no
changes be made in the staff.
The associated students of the Uni
versity of California have voted ST.
500 for further research into possible
prevention and cure of athletic foot"
Gene Sarazen, former open and pro-
fessional golf champion of the United
States, will try again for the British
open golf championship. The long
hitting pro, who finished third in the
United States open last year, two
strokes out of a tie for first place,
was runner-up to Walter Hagen in the
1923 British open, completing 72 holes
of play with score of 294 to 292 for
the champion.
For some time Sarazen has wavered
in a decision to try for the British
open.
Ebbets field, home of the Brooklyn
National league team, will be enlarged
to seat $4,000 fans. The work will
start in the fall and the field will be
named Brooklyn stadium. The stands
will be double-decked.
Harry Rawdon, barber at Rhode
Island State college at Kingston, r.
l., rewards every member of the COL
lege nine who cracks out home run
in intercollegiate games with free
haircut.
John McGraw recently said that he
thought Walter Berger of the Braves
might succeed Babe Ruth as home
run king To show his appreciation
Walter made three home runs in a
double-header against the Giants,
which materially aided in a twin kill
ing.
The worlds baseball scoring record
was equaled at Fort Wayne when
the Fort Wayne Chiefs and the Spring
field team of the Central league to-
gether piled up combined total of
Sc runs in a wildly sensational ball
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