The Ely miner., 1930-05-23
SPORTS POSSIBLE
FOR NIGHT PLAY
Games Are Not Likely to Be
Popular in Big Cities.

will be popular in big league cities ex-
cept in such cases where the night is
climatically preferable to daylight.
Night college football really attract
ed attention to the possibilities Of
night baseball promotion. That was
move begun by Southern universities.
They found that football practice and
intercollegiate contests were objec-
tionable because of the high tempera-
lures prevailing down South during
the football season, and tried night
because of its greater coolness.
In localities where temperatures
are lower, colleges still attract ca
pacity crowds to daylight games-so
why turn to the night?
1t remained for one institution to
discover that its night football pro-
gram was more lucrative than its day
program-Drake university at Des
Moines. And it was this financial sue
cess that induced Lee Keyser of the
Des Moines baseball club to embark
on his interesting venture into night
baseball.
Primo Camera, Italy's donation to
the list of heavyweight contenders,
is barred from appearing in boxing
matches in Wisconsin. The state box
ing commission announced it would
adhere to the suspension Of Carnera
by the national commission.
According to an announcement OF
the Madison Square Garden corpora
tion, Jack Sharkey has agreed, in
case he defeats Schmeling on June
u, to defend his heavyweight cham
pionship of the world against the lead
ing opponent available, the bout to be
staged in the Yankee stadium the last
week in September. The garden is
planning to have Schmeling sign
similar agreement.
Every Friday women and girls are
admitted free of charge to the Chica-
go Cubs park. Ladies day has be-
come so popular that the management
has been forced to revise the system
of handling the crowd. Hereafter,
each woman must have an admission
ticket to get into the park and only
10000 will be distributed for each La
dies day. When the ticket booth was
opened at nine o'clock there were
5000 women outside the park. The
limit of 10000 was reached before
noon. Each fair Cub fan is limited
to two admission slips.
Ernest Smith. Chicago White Sox
ShortStOp. who had a reputation for
going after everything and conse-
quently making many errors. is major
leaguing this year under a manager
who is capable of full appreciation of
the short stop who ranges wide,
makes bobbles, but comes up with
startling plays.
DOME Bush, leader of the White
Footers of Comiskey, was that kind
of shortstop himself.
II never led the American league
in anything but errors" said DOME
Bush recently.
So it would seem that this former
Blue youngster is under a leader who
will be patient with him and who will
teach him much of the finer points of
shortstopping.
France, England, Canada and Cuba
will be represented in the internation-
al championship star class yacht races,
to be held at Gibson island, on the
Chesapeake, starting September &c.
New star fleets are forming in Portu-
GAL Spain, and Germany. but it is not
probable they will attend the Mary
land regatta.
Stanley Purnell of Baltimore, Sec
ond baseman on the Princeton fresh
man baseball team. occupies a niche
in baseballs hall of fame with a rec
ord of having hit two home runs in
single inning, with the bases filled
each time-a stunt which never has
been performed in organized baseball.
Purnelfs eight runs driven in in a
single inning is two runs above the
major league record of six runs driven
in, held by Fred Merkle, one-time New
York Giants star.
Ralston Hemsley, the Pirates young
catcher, already classed as one of the
best backstops in the National league,
insists that he is not getting enough
money for a catcher who has been in
the big company for three years. 1t
is said that the Pirates got him to
sign $4,000 contract this year, which
is his third, $4,000 bonus if he did
certain things. Hemsley wanted
$1,000 salary, but found himself buck
ing a stone wall.
Several of Pat Pages Hoosier grid
ders who have finished their college
careers may join couple of former
Indiana stars, "Chuck" Bennett, for
mer all-conference halback, and Claire
Randolph, former all-conference CEN
ter, on the pro eleven at Portsmouth,
Ohio, this fall.
lIe utllC EdllUdCh WIN
scored the touchdown that beat Mich
igan two years ago, and Weaver and
Ringwalt, guards, are the men think
ing of tackling the pro game.
Bennett, who was one of the out
standing backs of conference history,
is now with finance company in
Marietta, Ohio.
ST. Louis Municipal Baseball asso.
citation will require every team spon-
sor to sign a form in which he pledges
himself to refrain from paying his
players. This is the first time such
step has been taken.
Heretofore only the players were
asked to sign an agreement to play
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