The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17

a raceIrack DOOkIe
is $1,000 to 81 500, if they operate
in the main ring. Since the law
does not permit bonding gamblers,
the satchel singers do not have to
be annoyed by red tape. They go
into action as soon as some re-
spOnsible person has okayed them
with the authorities The pic
ture of a celebrated tennis star is
displayed on an equally celebrated
Transatlantic liner with the caption,
HELEN Mills Mody.'
Would anybody like to bet about
where you get the big news first?
Six months ago (and at least four
times between that date and the
Schmeling-Braddock postponement)
this writer definitely advised read
ers there would be no heavyweight
championship bout this year. Sec
rotary of State IN. " Eddie Flynn
and Mike Jacobs, the pugilistic i'm
presario, have one habit in COM
mon. When they make notes and
then slip the papers into the sweat
bands of their hats you know there
is no chance of their forgetting
There is very little wonder that the
ambitious Dick Barte1 loses so
many of those diamond spats. Even
when Sparring in the dugout the
Giants mite forgets the first fight
principle and leads with his right.
Bullet Berkholtz, Ohio State soph,
is being tabled as the new star of
the Big Ten football armament.
They say he is a triple threat ace
and one of the best ball carriers in
years Black Hat McCarty,,
the turf historian, once ran a buck
bet up into a $4,000 score in 10
racing days The q. S. Foot
ball association plans to be well
fixed for soccer players when the
1910 Olympics come along. Such
promising juniors as Medz Bosso,
center forward, and Joe Viggiano,
center half for the Bay Ridge
Hearts, are already being given
special training for the event. The
youngsters played for New Utrecht
high, which won the New York city
scholastic championship Tim
Mcnamara, who used to pitch for
FOrdham and the Braves, now is
one of New England's leading in
surance men During the first
season the Bruins were in the Ma
tiOnal Hockey league they tried
out "a players.
In spite of the advance Juror con-
corning Bill Lynch, Princeton's soph
fulback, teammates claim that Lar
ry Taylor, his sub, will be the real
Tiger star. They say Lynch is weak
on pass defense and other such
items even though he is whale at
Juggling the ball Horse players
are not the only persons who get the
old oil from owners. Many trainers
feed olive oil to their gee-gees.
Jim Braddock is not the only
member of the firm of Braddock
and Gould to pull up lame. Gould
is nursing a sore left knee as the
result of unwisely sliding into Sec
Ond base while trying to achieve
greater glory for good old Evans
Lock Sheldrake Four major
league ball clubs are planning to
do their spring training outside the
United States The Athletics
will establish their base at Mexico
City, the Cincinnati Reds in Porto
Rico, and the Cardinals and Giants
in Havana ;. The last thorough
bred George Phillips saddled re-
Gently before he was indefinitely
ruled off the turf at Saratoga was
named Go Home Jerry Conroy,
of Jimmy Braddock's pub
Lefty staff, is said to be the best
baseball player in the fight business.
Jerry is sOuthpaw, plays first base
and can hit la Babe Ruth Pop
Ryan, who used to manage fighters
more than a decade ago, owns a
restaurant and grill on Eighth ave-
nue. in the fifties Billy Hogan,
Gus Wilson's lightweight protege,
isn't going to rely on his ring earn
ings in the future. Billy opened a
beer pub in Sparkill, n. Y, and is
doin' a bit of all right -. Irish |
Eddie Brink, Scranton battler, is an
orchestra leader crooner in his
home town when there are no fights
to be had-CroOning is an easier
way to make living, Eddie.