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FSfcr"W --;"-r; -ivfT loop to tie ball park on the North Side. Sec'y Charley Williams will be in charge of affairs at the park. Weeghman leaves Sunday for the National league meeting in New York, but it is no certainty ' Joe Tinker will accompany him. The president says he hopes to settle the .managerial situation by Saturday night, but progress is slow. The Chance rumor has been quiet for a pouple of, days. University of Wisconsin has se lected Paul Withington as football coach for another season. fC L. Gates, tackle, has been elect ed captain of the 1917 Yale football - team., C. C. Smith, fullback, has been chosen Michigan football captain for next season. Richard Maloney has been elected captain of the lightweight eleven, and Edward Beardsley will head the heavyweights at Senn high school. Stanley Yoakum and Phil Bloom . fought ten rounds to a draw at Windsor. Joe Rivers and Ritchie lyiitchell have finished training for their ten- - round fight at Milwaukee tomorrow night Both are in prime condition and each is claiming victory. The men have met before and a grudge rests between them. Swimmers from six schools will . come together tonight in the annual prep tank championship at I. A. C. Evanston and New Trier have, the - strongest teams and are expected to' fight for the title. D. L. Jones of Harrison-may cause trouble in the 40 and 100 yard free-style events. Detroit drew farther ahead of Chi .cago in the 18-2 intercity billiard tournament when Irwin Huston de-r feated Harley Parker, 300 to 155. De troit now leads by 462 points. Nick Altrock will try vaudeville during the winter months, debutting tomorrow at Cohan's Grand. Sat urday and Sunday Nick will perform in Chicago Heights. j W. F,' Gray, draftedby .the White Sox from Wichita, has been declared a free agent. Walter Keating's claim for $1,000 against the Cubs has been disallowed by the-national com'n. Barney Dreyfuss is now sore at John McGraw and Charley Weegh man for stating in the newspapers that they would like to have certain players. Dreyfuss wants the nation al commission to penalize any owner ' or manager who publicly states that he would like any player who is un der contract t.o another club. Engiewood and Crane football teams, which fight for the high school heavyweight championship Saturday, are having practice in se cret, with none but coacnes present Engiewood is getting the benefit of the coaching of several college stars, former students at the South Side in stitution. R. R. Kraft, former Oak Park high star, has been elected captain of the Illinois football team for 1917. George Hauser, right tackle, has been chosen captain of the Univer sity of Minnesota eleven. Kim.m won the two-mile roller race for profesisonals at White City. Cioni was leading on the last lap, but fell. Cornell-Hamburg football team will close its season Sunday after noon against Chicago All-Stars at Schorling's park. Catholic High School league will open its indoor season Friday after noon, Dec. 8, with St Patricks play ing De La Salle at Fuller park, 45th and Princeton av. De La Salle was league champion in 1915 and 1914. Capt Harry Spencer and Jim Har rington will be mainstay of St Pat rick's team. , WHIZ!! $5 AND COSTS Att'y Wm. Bross Lloyd, 83Q Sheri dan rd., a stockholder of the Chi cago Tribune, was pinched and fined $5 and costs for speeding by Judge Rafferty in the automobile court yes terday. ,He said he didn't think he was guilty.