The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-01

special kind of glove
to handle properly Z. Roy Henshaw,
Cub pitcher traded to Brooklyn last
winter, carries his own table tennis
paddles with him on trips. He began
practicing at midnight at the
Dodgers camp and had visit
from the house detective when the
ball, bouncing off the wall, an
noyed the guest in the next room.
The detective was all for throwing
him into a dungeon when Roy said
Manager Burleigh Grimes could
identify him. Grimes was the in
dignant party in the next room who
had lodged the complaint.
Ted Lyons, dean of the White Sox
pitchers, says Larry Rosenthal is
the best center fielder the team has
had since Johnny Mostil, and Mostil,
according to Lyons, is the greatest
he ever has seen Emil Levsen,
pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
under Iris Speaker, is now in
charge of a creamery at Spring
vile, Ia, near Cedar Rapids &.
He has been director of junior base
ball for the American Legion the
last few years. +. One of the
products of this program is Bob
Teller, who had his start in baseball
with the Valley Junction American
Legion Junior club.
According to Joe Foley, promoter
at the Chicago Stadium, reserva-
tons already in hand for the Louis
BraddOck bout amount to nearly
$500, 900 Larry Northcott, star
wing of the Montreal Maroons, was
bank employee before entering
professional hockey The city
fire chief runs the bowling alleys in
Beaumont, Tex, and insists on his
fire fighters keeping fit by rolling
a few games daily Bob Gar
bark, Toledo catcher, who is re-
ceiving a trial with the Cubs this
spring, was mentioned on several
all-star football teams for his work
with the Gettysburg college eleven
in 1892 Joe Savoldi is on
wrestling tour of South America
William H. Lewis of Harvard
was placed at center on the teams
of 1892 and 1893 and still is named
on many all-time all-America teams.
He afterwards coached at his alma
mater and became an assistant
United States attorney general
Gibson White, owner of Rosa
lind the Hambletonian winner last
year, is taking health treatments at
Tucson, Ariz Homer Martin,
labor union official, was national
hop, skip, and jump champion in
1924 while competing for the Illinois
Athletic club.
Baseball umpires in Cuba are at
least as good as their semi-prO
brethren in the u. S. The best of
them is gentleman named Raul
Atan, whose ancestors lived in
China Probably because most
of their stars are living examples
of that "gOOd field, no hit" crack
of Mike Gonzales, Cuban fans ap-
plaud fielding feats more vigorously
than they do occasional long dis
lance blows /. Fans are permitted
to keep balls knocked into the
stands, but the Cuban spectators are
not in a class with Brooklyn fans
when it comes to catching them
Nebraska's track team scored in
every event of the Big Six confer
ence's indoor meet, the first time
that any squad has been able to
accomplish the feat Sherman
w. Finger, late Minnesota track
coach, was the first player in the
Western conference to score on a
pass 1t was. in the Chicago
Purdue game of 1906 Finger
was full-back on the Maroon eleven
and raced so yards for a touchdown
after intercepting pass That
was the first season the forward
pass was legalized.