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BOXING SPORTS OF ALL SORTSBASEBALL Johny Evers started the mid-winter baseball fans talking last night with an interview he gave the Troy Record. He "said-he was going to .occupy second base on the brand- new Cubs next season. The eastern fans got in touch with Joe Tinker and he all but gave the deal his "0. K." He said he was will ing to slip into shortstop If Evers r could be secured for second sack. The old combination would be a drawing card among fans next sea son, dopesters figure, and organized baseball will need some strong cards. Evers has not had everything to his liking since he left for the east, and with President Gaffney of Bos ton selling out of the club, he has lost his best friend in baseball. A little story which hinted that Joe Jackson would hold down an easy but unwelcome job next season has roused the veteran slugger. He hopped into the city yesterday and saw Manager Rowland. He told him about the story stat ing he would warm the bench next season, then told him some other things. He said he was going to clean up the league, including the far-famed Tyrus of Detroit. He is going to pull something that he has tried to get away with since 1910 to beat out some of Cobb's records. Rowland told him there was nothing to the story. The incident shows a little shak ing up won't hurt some of the high salaried men who, feeling secure in their fat war contracts, have not done what they should for their teams. Tonight will give the Maroons their first taste of Conference bas ketball, with the five from Iowa as -.visitors on the South Side. Pat Page, coach on the Midway, wouldn't say much about the chanc es of his tossers in the game. He ex pects a hard struggle and will put on an untried five against the strong Hawkeyes. Ohio at Illinois, Minnesota at Wis consin and Indiana at Purdue will complete the first round of the Big Nine scrap. Northwestern U, with no game for tonight, took on the Chicago Y. M. C. A. college at Evanston. A clean cut 52-to-31 victory resulted. North western has a crack team. The U. S. Golf ass'n had its annual confab last night Election of offic ers and placing of the important tourneys for the coming year were the big business. Frank L. Wood ward of Denver Country club was re elected president The national amateur tournament wil come off at the Merion Cricket club of Philadelphia, Sept 2-9, the delegates decided. Alfred De Oro retained his hold on the world's championship at three cushion billiards last night in spite of the game effort of Lloyd Jevne of Los Angeles to squeeze out in the third block of their contest Jevne won last night, 73 to 50, but was under a large handicap from the two previous blocks. The final score was 150 to 133 in 196 innings. Billy McDonald of the Bauer & Blacks rolled 2221-3 last night to take his team to victory over the Goes LIthos in Brack's Bowling league last night Taylor Trunks wrested three from the Old Styles in the Randolph league. The high school boys broke into their basketball schedule last night In the Suburban league Evanston took a lightweight contest from La Grange, but the tables were turned by the heavyweights. Hyde Park in the City High School league cleaned Englewood, 28 to 6, allowing their South Side rivals only one basket Tflden and Crane tech nical schools split a double bill, the heavyweight game going to Tflden.