The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-17
NEW GOLF BALL,
is AID TO OUTER
Bigger, Lighter and Better
for Average Player.


new ball. 1t is bigger and lighter
and better for the average golfer and
the plain or 110-variety Of duffer.
The experts and the champions are
the ones who will have to do some
calculating, and brush up on few
shots, and learn a bit more about
play in the wind before their scores
sink down to par, and below.
Briefly, the new standard ball, al
ready on the market, but not to be-
come official for US in U. S. G. A.
championships until January l, 1881,
is 1.6S inches in diameter and 1.55
ounces in weight, where the present
standard is 1.62 in both particulars.
Football fans should feel thankful
for the break that came between
Capt John McEwan, coach, and the
University of Oregon, according to
G. M. Gibbs of the Baltimore Sun.
1t brought a new angle to light that
few football fans suspected existed
in present-day gridiron activities.
The reasons for McEwan's loss of
favor at Oregon are not important.
His explanation of the only trouble
he ever had as coach is:
1t will be remembered that he
claimed the only difficulty he expert
enced was when he and the president
of the university disagreed upon
which substitute to send into the
game at critical moments.
The idea of the president of uni
versity sitting on the bench and argu-
ing with the coach over the running
of the team adds a touch OF color to
the fall pastime.
This assertion of McEwan's, If
true, indicates that it may not be
long before college presidents, urged
on by the financial and other aspects.
will be taking over more and more
the duties of the coach.
Western league umpires may travel
from city to city in automobile next
season. President Dale Gear will ask
club owners to purchase automobiles
for officials use in an attempt to cut
down league expenses.
The baseball fans of the Pacific
coast are assured real fight next
summer because the league has put
up $4,000 to fight for.
The season in 1880 will be split. II
one club wins both the first half and
the second half it will receive $500
to be divided among the players The
second place club will receive $500;
third, $500, and the fourth place,
$500.
If one club wins the first and an
other the second they'll fight it out for
$1O,000-the winner getting $4,000.
The third place club would then re-
ceive $4,000 and the fourth place
$1,000.
Orval Martin, captain OF Purdue's
track and cross-country teams, has a
most unusual victory record in col
legiate competition. Martin never has
been defeated in a conference cham
| pionship track meet, winning five
championships in four meets. He holds
the conference indoor records for
both the mile and half-mile, and in
addition won both the mile and the
half-mile in the outdoor champion
ships last spring.
National league managers are in
interested chiefly in the problem Of
preventing the Chicago Cubs from re-
peating their 1929 pennant victory.
Manager Joe Mccarthy and owner
William Wrigley have made a serious
effort to strengthen any weak spots
in the Cubs lineup and have done
more to improve their club, since the
close of the 1929 season, than any
rival owner has done to better his.
Purchase of Lynn Nelson and NAL
colin Moss, leading pitchers of the
American association, added efficien-
cy to the Cubs already strong pitch
ing staff and the purchase of Lester
Bell from Boston, is expected to fill
satisfactorily the weakest position on
the Cub team-third base.
Professional Golfers association
has raised the dues to $50 a year,
which will make available an annual
income of 100000. The association
proposes to employ business admin
istrator, three district organizers and
clerical help in order to build up the
organization.
The University of Texas and the
University of Missouri have agreed
to four-year series of football games
beginning in 1881.
The first game would be played at
Austin, Texas, October 3, 1881. and
the second at Columbia, Mo-. October
10, 1892.
The 1892 Olympic games are two
years and more away but already
there are indications that the worlds
sports show will play to the biggest
crowds in it's history and attract the
greatest number of athletes.
When It was announced the Olym-
pic games would go to Los Angeles
other countries gloomily predicted the
great distance would bar many from
competing. But officials already have
word that the entries will outnum-
Der those in any previous meet. The
crowds are assured. for California
turns out for track and field more en-
Enthusiastically than does any other
part Of the world.
Tom Mills. lately of Notre Danes
coaching staff. succeeds Lou Little at
Georgetown not only as football