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ball the commission decided to keep
him out until he is restored to good
standing.
The Dixie League is a new one. It
was organized yesterday at Memphis,
and will include Memphis, Nashville,
New Orleans, Shreveport, Birming
ham and Little Rock. Other cities
will be Atlanta and Chattanooga.
From the viewpoint of organized
baseball the Dixie is an "outlaw."
The Baby Speed Demont owned by
Stuart J. Blackburn of New York,
won the 20-foot class speed boat
championship yesterday, off Grant
Park, beating Oregon Kid and Hazel
n. The Chicago representative, Bar
nacle, did not start, because of a
cracked crank case. The winner
averaged 41 miles an hour.
The Intercity Baseball Association
at its weekly meeting last night de
cided to request the park commis
sioners to revoke their order, forbid
ding teams to wear on their uniforms
the name of the business house they
represent The order was issued to
prevent the use of the diamonds to
advertise the firms that finance the
teams.
Herbie Juul, son of State Senator
Juul and pitcher of tire Gunther team,
was arrested at Sheboygan Sunday,
when he and members of the team
protected Umpire Buskett from a
mob of Sheboygan fans who were
enraged over a decision.
Lightning made a hit during the
Boston Braves-Reds battle. Struck
"the roof of the grandstand. Little
damage.
Ten athletic clubs have been ad
mitted to membership in the Central
A. A. U. They are: Minneapolis A. C,
Minneapolis; West Side Commercial
Club, Minneapolis; Greater Duluth A.
C, Duluth, Minn.; Milwaukee Canoe
Ass'n, Milwaukee; Michigan A. C.,
DetroitfBeaton Bicycle Club, Beaton,
0.; Interstate Yachting Ass'n, Indian
apolis; Gaelic Park A. C Illinois
State GaeUc A. C. and the Midwest
ern CrossCountry Club, Chicago.
. Dick Bunnell, managing the ,
world's tour of the New York Giants
and the White Sox, intends getting"
in touch with Sec'y of the Navy Dan
iels to ascertain more details of the
government's plan to send a fleet on
a visit to Mediterranean ports early
next spring. Bunnell plans to ar
rangethe itinerary of the baseball
globe-trotters to bring them into
cities along the Mediterranean at the
same time the United States fleet
arrives.
Young Saylor, the Indianapolis
lightweight, who has placed himself
under the wing of Ray Bronson, is
most anxious to get a erack.afc either
Freddy Welsh or Willie Ritchie and
has offered to take the place 0f Welsh
against the champion at Vancouver,
or against Leach Cross at Lbs An
geles, The Joe Rivers-Leach Cross Labor
Day battle has been declared off;
Rivers is. suffering with grippe.
A funa of over $20,000 has beeiv
raised by Cleveland merchants and
business men to be divided among the
Cleveland Naps If they land the
American League pennant. This has
been announced by Harry Daniels,
theater manager, who startel the
fund last spring.
With the Athletics apparently" on
the toboggan and the Cleveland ,club
only five and one-half games behind
them, the contributors expressed the
hope that they would have to make
good on their pledges.
The biggest single contribution to
the fund, $2,500, was made by a
Cleveland clothing firm. It is expect
ed the fund will reach $25,000 before
the end of the season. If the Naps
come home in front, this means a
thousand dollars apiece for each play
er, exclusive of his share of the
world's series coin.
o o
The Major And there we stoo.d,
Miss Ethel, in the heart of the ungie,
that huge panther and I, barely ten
paces apart, each staring at theface
of the other. Ethel Oh, major; how
dreadful for you both!
