The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-05-28
Big League Sun Glasses
Cost Sixteen Buckaroos

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suade Make Jacobs to bring heavy
weight boxing show there in August
The sun glasses used by major
league outfielders cost 16 buckerOoS.
A man in Boston makes them out of
special blue lens :. One of the most
excited persons in the Churchill Downs
clubhouse was a blonde whose friend
had given her a G note to bet for him
on Brevity. She slapped $40 on Bold
Ventures nose and held out the other
90 SmackerS :. The Giants call Adolf
70 Luque Charley" Joe Alverez,
who tangled with Champion Dick
Shikat in the law courts, is the best
wrestling teacher connected with the
trust. His ace bit is planning wind
up which panic the customers.
The boys about the barns have a
new explanation of what happened to
Granville in the Kentucky Derby. Sew
eraI days before the race the son of
Gallant Fox posed for an advertising
picture. The ad then appeared on the
back of the program. "HoW could you
expect boss that was put in such a
spot TO do any bettern'n Iast!" they
argue. at was a jinx" :. Max
SchmeIing is an excellent mimic, and
even though he cannot carry his art
to such an extreme that he looks like
a guy who can belt over Joe Louis,
his imitation of Mike Jacobs is enough
t. wow all beholders &. Although he
is being doomed for mayor, Alderman
Eddie Sullivan, one of New Works
more celebrated sportsmen, probably
would settle for state senator's
berth :. Lou Gehrig has become
collector of first editions. He is par
ticuIarIy proud of a swell buy he made
of a set of chaucer while in PhIadel-
phia with the Yankees this spring.
Did the papers carry all the details
about why Mickey Haslin held out on
the Bees? The truth seems to be that
the Phillies promised to give him big
salary boost if he made good by May l.
So they traded him for Pinkey Whit
ney and cash on April 20, and the Bees
offered him considerably less than the
promised pay raise :. Jockeys swear
that one of their number who did very
well rode the first half-mile of the
Derby with his eyes closed The
real name of Freddie Miller, n. B. A.
featherweignt champion, is Friedrich
Mueller Jeff Dickson says that the
animal show is the best attraction Of
fered at Frances Palais de Sports.
Everything is for sale, and customers
depart with lion cubs, snakes and
such things under their arms I.
Lou Cemiskey, owner of the White
Sox, lost 43 pounds recently by going
on 19-day milk diet.
Could it be true that pooIroom book
makers are being assessed by coIIec-
tors for fund to fight the Dunnigan
par-mutueI bill? The gossip is that
they are threatened with competition
| if they don't come across Mike
Vetrano, who played football at Mount
Vernon and Dean academy and was
| a promising amateur heavyweight box
err, now wrestles on the Curley cir
cult Nomination for the country's
/ best track managerial. Matt Daig-
| er of PimIico The Yankees still
remember with awe the strong-arm
stunts of WalIy Schang, who now
coaches the Indians. Especially the
night on the train when Schang roared
"I'm not to be trifIed with" and then
tossed Babe Ruth into an upper berth.
Teddy Catalina, one of the most eel
ebrated of soccer groundkeepers. has
two brothers playing for the Flatbash
Wanderers. Joe is right half and Will
lie at left half A boat such as
the eight-oared shell newly built for
the N. Y. A. C. by the very capable
Charlie Innes usually costs $1,150,
with $3.50 additional for shipping
charges when constructed out of town
Jimmy Armstrong, executive Sec
rotary of the U. S. +. A., heads one of
the nations most noted soccer fam
lilies. One of his sons, John Graham,
is a famous referee, while another,
William, plays for the German-Amer-
lean Juniors. Teddy Glover, right full
back for the Brookhattans, is his SON.
in-law.