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customing themselves to a grass dia mond similar to those in the Amer ican league. At the present timeithere is no fault to be found with the club. It's conditioning program is one of the. best ever worked out for a big league outfit, and it is showing excellent re sults. The men have not been over driven, there have been no injuries from unaccustomed exertionsln hip podrome games played before the fel lows had hardened their muscles, and batting drill has been long and diligent each day. ' No regular or highly considered re cruit is on "the hospital list Eddie Murphy; who was ill for a short time, is again in uniform and the squad is intact The pitchers have not been driven. The right field scramble is still an open event, the only position on the team that has not been decided. El dred, Liebold and Eddie Murphy have the lead, with John Collins, for mer guardian of the spot, trailing. Murphy's ability on offense stands out so prominently that his faults in the field are being overlooked, and he has an excellent shot at the job. Eldred has as yet failed to develop a throwing arm. He is a right-handed hitter, which is to his advantage, as Rowland already has an over-supply of fellows who swing from the first base side of the plate. Too many left-handers are a dis advantage in a league which boasts the good southpaws to be found in the Johnson circuit Boston Braves beat Athletics, 9 to 4, in a game at Miami, Fla. Mack used a raft of new men. John Evers knocked two safeties for the Braves. Joe Mandot laced Jim Minor in ten rounds at New Orleans, scoring two knockdowns, but lacked the punch to put over a knockout Mandot was ahead in every round. The Public Parks Golf ass'n of five Chicago courses will conduct an open amateur state championship tournament this summer t Mar quette park. The date will be decid ed later. The golfers supported the proposal to require a 10-cent fee for registration to use the Jackson park links. The amount collected would be used to keep the Jackson courses in condition all summer. The same system could be used with good results on other municipal courses, especially in Lincoln park, where the park board hasn't the money to do extensive work on the greens. The putting surfaces there are in a bad condition, but could be fixed up for a comparatively small sum. Basketball Scores Phillips heavies 38, Calumet 13. Parker heavies 21, Hyde Park 20. Lane lights 14, Marshall 9. Harrison bantams 14, Senn 6. Hyde Park bantams 27, Tilden 11. George Halas, Chicago, has been elected captain of the 1918 Univer sity of Illinois basketball team. Jimmy Kilroy, North Sida fight manager, who has been in the hos pital for two weeks as the result of an operation, is convalescing rapid ly and expects to go home tomorrow. Jim plans a long rest to regain his strength and threatens to again in vade the ring in fighting togs if his condition permits. Otherwise, he will continue to handle the stable of am bitious young fighters he has been rapidly bringing to the front o o BUSY ON GARDEN PLANS Perry G. Holden, chairman of city garden committee, will appoint a linance committee and plan board to begin actual work on city garden campaign, as he was authorized by a group of prominent Chicagoans'at luncheon yesterday at Chicago Ath letic club. Finance committee is to supervise raising of $14,000 to insure success of plans. London. Food situation serious. London will probably have two days a week without meat or potatQeSj