The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-23

ADe HOLLOW, SOiOucI
Widener's aide, took the fashion
plate title away from the giamOr-
GUS Kansas Price at Aqueduct last
week. Did it with bright orange
suit Olympic statisticians note
that it will take 80 tons of meat
and poultry, II tons of fish, 12O
tons of vegetables, IS tons of flour,
IL tons of butter, $4,000 gallons OF
milk, 100000 eggs, $4,000 oranges
So, 900 grapefruits and 1O5,200 lem
ons to feed the athletes during two
weeks of competition. The lem
ons, no doubt, will be obtained free
of charge The only woman
jockey in Japan had her license
revoked when the Department of
Agriculture ruled that 'the mixing
of sexes on the turf may lead to
undesirable results"
Some of Colonel Ruppert's very
good friends insist that the Yankees
tried to trade Lefty Gomez several
weeks ago Bookie Tim q don't
read the damn paper) Mara sounds
like broken record of George Civ
OF when he lays down the law to
his Turf and Gridiron Club fol-
lowers He desc, dose and dems the
poor little bookies to death
Before he took baseball seriously
the Cubs Tex Carleton used to be
a rodeo official down in Fort Worth.
Was a scorekeeper, setting down
the times and records for calf rop-
ing and similar events Just
for the sake of argument-if the
rule concerning the maximum
amount of hand bandages had not
been enforced, wouldn't Schmel-
ing have been able to hit harder,
too?
Crew coaches continue the most
hard boiled of all sporting gents
before race and the shrillest
squawkers afterwards AS usu-
al, Yale supplies the Leader
Even though he was quite a foot
racer years ago, oblivion seems to
be catching up with Bill Bingham,
Harvard Olympic delegate
Note to the boys of the Huron Base
ball club-SOrry, but your card did
not arrive in time. Hope Hans
Wagner made a swell speech
If they would stop tagging the
Bronx Express with second-rate
horses Silvio Coucci might soon be
back among the leading jockeys.
Buddy Hassett crooned so hand
somely at the birthday party tossed
by Mrs. Jimmy (once Lady Eaves)
Jordan for Mrs. Frenchy Bordagar-
ay that the Broadway night clubs
again are waving contracts at the
Brooklyn first sacker >. Jazz
Rogers, once a Baltimore baseball
official, now runs a seafood house
on Forty-third Street, New York
Bobby Manhattan F. c. and
Tommy (Flushing Juniors) Roberts
can hardly help being soccer stars.
Their dad was one Of the worlds
best when he played outside right
for Barrow-in-Furness forty years
or so ego.
What wife of what celebrated
ballplayer said-''Hunh, if her hus-
band could pitch as well as she
dresses we certainly would have
won a lot more ball games this
year.? A celebrated sports
organization, now ha wing unexpect-
ed trouble with several other ven
lures, will bid for the Dodgers if
the price can be knocked down low
enough. At least one Hearst
A. C. Iuminary feels that the public
has been MIXED long enough and
that the next big show might very
well be run without the charity
angle.
Marshall Duffield, former South
ern California quarterback, is a
member of the crew of Adore, one
of the entrants in the current yacht
race from California to Hawaii.
Adore is owned by Lee Tracy of the
movies. Dolph Camilli, Phillies'
first baseman, uses three gloves a
season. Keith Topping of STAN
ford is taking course in salesman
ship at Columbia university. =.
Lou Fette, st. Paul pitcher pur-
chased by the Boston Bees, has
been the losing moundsman in three
no-hit, no-run games. -. Gene
Venzke's ambition is to play round
of golf in one hour and he will make
the attempt in track suit