The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
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not peeked the answers are printet
below. Some easy ones were in
serted here and there but those get
ting 10 correct can award them
selves medals and go to the heac
of the class.
Famous prizefight referee ani
generally credited with being thu
first referee ever to enter the rims
wearing a dinner suit.
Gus Schoenlein. A very goot
light7heavyweight wrestler of 1!
years or SO ago.
3-Silent Mike Herman. A pitch
er who became one of the creates
of all time right fielders. He played
for the original New York Giants.
4Edward Hanlan, who was borr
in Toronto in 1855 and became the
greatest of all single scullers.
5-Another of the names for the
Hon. John Morrissey, who won the
American heavyweight champion.
ship in 1858, was elected to con.
gress and provided Saratoga with
its first high-class gambling.
6-Riley Grannon, one of the most
famous of race-track bettors. When
Henry of Navarro ran that cele-
brated dead heat with Domino, Ri
ley had 100 G's riding on Henry.
willie Hoppe.
8-Arthur Cummings. As early as
1868 he was advertised all over the
country by that name and for the
fact that he was the only man in
the world who could make a ball
curve. 1t was sweeping outcurve
and he pitched it for, among 9TH
ers, the Famous Stars of Brooklyn
at the old Capitoline grounds.
91The Cleveland Clubs name in
the days when the eminent Deacon
Mcclure was manager.
1O-Jack Schaefer, Sr. Greatest
of them all at rail play, once hav-
ing run 5000 points on the rail with
out miss and the run unfinished.
11-Isaac Murphy, most celebrat-
ed of all negro jockeys.
12-Jay Eaton, one of the most
noted bicycle riders of the Nineties.
13-Stagg invented it so that Chi
cago could beat a well-favored
Michigan eleven, Is to 6, in 1900.
1t consisted mainly in having a
pusher back of the fullback in
plunges through center or off tack
lie.
His friends insist that the dearest
ambition of Branch Hickey, very
able head of the st. Louis Cards
baseball syndicate, is to own the
Brooklyn Dodgers When the
celebrated Wall Street and Wash
ington expert, Dan McKettrick, was
a fight manager he used to drink
the contents of the corner water bot
tie before his boxer had gone four
rounds. Just got nervous and
couldn't help it If, thirty
years or SO ago, a young law stu
dent had not been offered $50 to
pitch a ball game, Gene McCann
might right now be a member of
the Maryland Bar instead of a very
able Yankee scout Stanley
Frank, the eminent baseball writer,
spent IL years learning to play a
violin. During those same seasons
Gus Uhlmann, the famous cartoon
1T, was giving a piano similar
harsh treatment.
Cecilia Colledge, tops among the
British amateur figure skaters, is
teaching Yankee lasses a trick or
two they never understand. By in
sisting that she is entering the NOV
les strictly on her acting ability she
retains her amateur sports stand
ing. And, by the same token, she
can continue to get pretty publicity
because of devotion to her hobby
amateur skating competition
When Charles Stoneham, John Nc.
Graw and Judge McQuade pur.
chased the Giants they paid 81 ,25O,.
900, all in cash or negotiable bonds
:. In spite of rumors about care.
less habits of discipline on the Pitts.
burgh club Pie Traynor fined more
players last year than did any other
big-time manager.