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-' k " 8 " ajnjjSTAi . ;. .! ; H 1 - " --- - IJ mill ,,. in ,iu jim.1 i mgwn im. u .. mrniijn J trap sHooima M 6PA D TIM M F C 11 baseball, autos, " 1 j M ; j 1 BOXING, WRESTLING rl jrUlilillU 111 Hi WW ij . LAWN TENNIS, GOLF t IVI r. . ff F- f ; E f Cll Ii i United Siaes Will Have Classy Array of Distance Runners I Robert Martin, Ogden A. A. Star, Touted as One of America's Representatives on Olympic ; Track Aggregation i I 'By JACK KEENE. To -win the marathon run is the crowning glory ot the Olympic games. In another month the task of picking the men who will wear tho shield oC i Uncle Sam when they face the start er's gun iu the classic event of the Olympic games in Antwerp next Au Siist will be well under way. A number of preliminary marathons will bo held in various parts ot tho country and the leaders in these will compete iu tho Boston marathon. Probably the first twelve men iu thatj event will go to Antwerp, but only four will be allowed to start. Victory over the lond grlhd of 26 J miles 3S5 yards is the supreme triumph I of the great international lueeL The late James E. Sullivan former presi dent of the Amateur Athletic Union of j tho United thought more of winning ( this long-distance event than any oth-j er three races for he once said.: "Amer-1 ica would sooner win the marathon i than any other three races on the pro gram." Many Stars. Among the men who are sure 'to be' included in the final list are Nick Gum-' nakapulos, the Greek runner of tho Mil rose team; Charles Pores, who holds ( the national five-mile championship;' Sidney Hatch of Chicago. Harry Park-1 inson, who won the 101-1 Seagrit mar- athon and 1915 Yonkers marathon; J.I Simmons, junior national cross-coun-j try champion of Syracuse University, i and Jimmy Henigan, the New England champion cross-country runner of the Dorchester (Mass.) A. C. Franz Zuna, who the Frank B. "Whit ney American Legion Post of Newark. N. J., offered to send to England to take part In tho annual English mara-J thon of Junen 21, may be a doubtful! starter. He is America's chief reliance J for winning the latter event, but the il American Olympic committee does not 1 favor barnstorming by United States. 1 athletes. Zuna probably will start jnl t the British classic, and his physical! I: condition after thah't event will have F a great bearing on the ruling of the! I; American committee. !, Barnstorming is prohibited by the' I American authorit ies to save the Uuil-i ; cd States athletes from injuries or ill- j i nrjs which may berall them from tak-i 1 ing part in competitions prior to the! , Olympic games. For that reason, with I : exceptions for those who are to take I i held in April, America's representa-1 i part in the ice events, which will be j thes'in the Olympic games will leave) here in a body, and from the time they board the liner until the competitions! are over the athletes will be under j military discipline. ' Zuna a Champion. Zuna is counted upon being Ameri-J ( cc's ace for the big classic pf the 'i Ulmpics by virtue of his winning the) ! service., men's marathon of twenty, ; miles from Trenton to Camp Dix last year, added to his recent victory in the 1 Brooklyn twenty-five mile marathon, j i He is a native-born American of Bo j hemian parentage and a crack dis-J lance man before he answered the call; to the colors. Ho showed much bet ter form when he returned from j France. In capturing the Brooklyn marathon a few months ago ho beat Otto G. Laakso, who represented tho Todd Shipyard A. A. by a' full mile. Pat Ryan and Matt McGrath, two of tho noter trio of New York ''Police Babies," who are candidates for the weight events of -the Olympic games, started training recently with outdoor work. Ityan threw tho hammer 177 feet and McGrath got it away 173 feet. John Conway, junior champion of the metropolitan district, beat them both with tho shot Willi a toss of 34 feet 3 inches. - Robert S. Martin, western long dis tance runner, will represent the Ogden Athletic association in. the trials. Mar tin, a former University of Illinois stal ls touted as one of the stars of Ameri ca's representatives in the Jong race. He is a polished star and may spring the unexpected. . uu 3P0RI SHORTS Bob Folwell former Pennsylvania football coach has signed a contract to coach the Naval academy team at Annapolis. Folwell reported at Annap olis last week and will conduct spring practice of the grid squad during April and May. He announced that he will not greatly alter the system in voguo at the academy. Harry Frazee. owner of the Boston Red Sox, recently recalled to Connie Mack that he would not entertain any proposition Involving tho sale or trade of Everette Scott, Sox shortstopper. Frazee added he considered Scott the greatest defensive ball player in the game at present. Lev,- Tondler, Philadelphia lightr weight, says he" will dispute the claim' of Johnny Dundee that he is entitled to Leonard's crown. Tendler says he doubled seriously whether Dundee can make 133 pounds ringside. Tendler has offered Dundee a chance to settle the question or supremacy in a 20 round battle any placo in the country. "Pop" Gcers, veteran Grand Circuit relnsman, will move his string of horses from Memphis to Cleveland about Aplrl 15th. Geers says he anti cipates the greatest season of his ca reer this year. He has given up the driving of hobbled pacers and will con fine himself entirely to young trotters. Jack Curlcy, New York wrestling impressario, who claims to have a six weeks' contract with Georges Carpen tier for a tour is said to have agreed to pay the. Frenchman $25,0u0 and a share of the receipts for his work. Curloy will surround Carpcntier with a number of wrestlers and boxers. Car peutler will put on a little training stunL Dr. A. Sharpe, Yalo Athletic director ! AFACT-TW Mglk-grade j Hi I fwiKaoesmioMUovy I HI Hatfo cottar as imcdk pes? 8 Hi j mcetodly pFealveK I HI jr I Tk&ts Quality fovyois! I I f JVeio Spring Styles noio shewing see them B I Brm-Mi-taiGi Yep! It's a Bear With Three 1920 Chicago Cubs Fred Mitchell has built up a good rescrvo for his Cub team of 1920. Ho has several good young Cubs who are showing well. J Among them are Tony Schultz. Milwaukee boy (left), who Is trying ' for an infield job; Clarence Twomblcy (right), first baseman, just out of college; and Martin Stolz, southpaw from South Dakota (cen- , tAr). Below is the Malay Cub the Cub's mascot. t says the football rules committee dis played excellent judgment in refusing to make expensive changes in the grid ! iron code. Shar.pe was particularly well pleased when the rulemakers re fused to adopt a number of plays per- quarter Instead of the watch. Sharpe, says such a change would be suicidal. Harry Greb, Pittsburg middleweight! boxer, has ben lured to the Pacific , catst. He will leave soon after April ' 1 and will not return to the Smoky CIty until the last of July or the middle of; August. He has been tentatively book ed for five four-round battles in Cali fornia. Jack Britton, welterweight champion says, he will fight twice each week, this year, If he can find sufficient cn- gagements. Tho champ admits hej must make his way whilo the sun; shines. He has appeared in nino en gagements since January 1, two of which were chiefly exhibition bouts, and is said to have received on an av erage of $20,000 in each of them. He will defend his title against Leonard late in the summer, if New York again gets legalized boxing. EXHIBITION GAMES OKLAHOMA CITY, 01:1a., April 8. R. H. E. Minneapolis Am. Assn 1 2 0 Oklahoma City Westerns . . 0 7 1 Batteries: Robertson and Mayer; Salisbury and Griffith. ROANOKE, Va.. April 8. IU H. E. Washington Americans' ...13 19 " -2. Cincinnati Nationals .... -1 8 1 Batteries: Johnson, Shaw and Ghar rity; Fisher, Smith and Wingo. NORFOLK. Va.. April S. R. H. E. New York Nationals 7 9 2 Boston Americans . ...... 5 12 41 Batteries: Toney, Nehf and Mc Carly, Gonzales; White, Har.per and Walters, Vine. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, April 8. R. H. E. New York Americans ..... 3 8 0 Brooklyn Nationals ....... 0 7 0 Batteries: Shore, .Sharkey and Ruel; Conlan, Miljus and Miller. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April ,8. R. H. E. St. Louis Americans . , 7 12 1 St. Louis Nationals 3 7 0 Batteries: Gallia and Severoid; Haynes, May, T uero and Dilhocfer. SHREVEPORT, La., April 8. Score: R, h: E. Pittsburg Nationals 0 2 2 Shrevoport Texas League. .4 7 0" Called fifth; rain. Batteries: Wi3ncr and Clark; Na pier and Vann. i . . nn HOME FOLKS .GIVE ERNIE A RECEPTION WINSTON SALEM, N. C., April S. Home folk of, Ernie Shorcj New York American Icaguo pitcher, turned out 0,800 strong here today to see the tar hcel perform in big company and on tho old lot where- he playfed as a kid. The player's people were amply paid. He turned back-the Brooklyn Nation als for five innings without a score. In the rush to get up close the crowd incidentally - robbed Dabcs' Jtutn, Shore's teammate,' of three home runs owing to ground rules. iIEi! BSIS.IL I SERIES NEXT WEEK1 i i ; i Sophomores and Seniors Clash ' j in Opening Game Tuesday; Class Track Meet April 16 Tho class baseball series at the Og-J den high school will be staged nextj I week. In the initial game next Tues 1 day the seniors will clash with tho fast sophomores in what gives prom ;ise of being a battle from start to fin ish. The following day the juniors and freshmen will vio for honors. The' two winning teams, according to Coach Clarence Do.uglas, will clash In ; a two out of threo game series the f ol-, lowing week for the championship. I Scores of baseball stare are out for' the team and the school .promises to have several stars in harness during, the 1920 season. j Class track and field stars will hold their annual tourney Friday, April 1G. j Tho track events will be held at Los ter park and the field and weight events will be staged at the school. A half holiday will be declared on thatj day and the students will join In with the athletes in making the day one I of the best of the school year. Hutton, O'Koefc, Richards. Kerns and Griffin are Ihe boys who are expected to be the bright lights in the track events. nn j I WELLS 13I3ATS M'GOOIVl'Y. LONDON, ; April S. Bombardier ! Wells, the EngMfeh heavyweight, to night knocked out .Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh, Wis., in the sixtccntirround of a twenty-round bout at tho llolborn stadium. oo For uso whoro space Is limited a Chicago concern has brought out ?. three-wheeled gasoline truck that can be turned in a twelve-foot circle. Does Your Blood Meed Iron? How to Make the Test that Tells A palo face, a nervous irritable deposi tion, a lack of strength and endurance theflo arc the wa'rniny signal that Na ture gives when your blood Is getting thin. pule, watery and starving for. iron, ir you are 'not suro of your cop'dltion. go to your doctor and have him Ink ft your blood count, or olsc malcc the . following lest yourself; r See how lone4 you can work or bow far you can walk without becoming lired; next take two five-grain tablets of Nuxutcd Iron three times per day after mealB for two weeks. Then tost your .strength afrain and sic bow much you have gained. All good drug gists sHl Nuxated Iron, on the distinct understanding' that if you are not satis fied your money will be refunded. ;SHOl?ES& SHORES PgS j' Office ?iu MainStrcetBjl Thirty years experience Ircatinir Acute, Chronic aud Special Diseases. DAKS MTIIE70 TRIM LOS ANGELES Howardmen Win Third Straight by Score of 3 to 1 in Fast Feature Contest LOS ANGELES. April 0. The Oaks made it three in a row over the Angels: hero yesterday afternoon when they defeated the locals in a nip and tuck game, the score being 3 to 1. Arlett. cn the slab for the Oaks, twirled good ball. Lefty Thomas, who started the initial game for the Angels, was given a chance to come back but failed. The score: R. H. E Los Angeles ; l s 2 Oakland ,3 10 0 Batteries: Thomas and Bassler: j Arlett and Mitze. i Seals Finally Win i From Vernon Tigers' OAKLAND, April 9. In the third game of tho series staged here yes terday tho Seals showed added life "and when the last round arrived they were on the long end of a 7 to 3 score. Schneider was baited from the slab In the early innings. The score: R. H. E. San Francisco 7 10 1 Vernon 3 10 3 Batteries: Sealon and Anflnson; , Schneider, Hall and DoVormcr, 1 i Homer Wms Third Game for Sacramento' SACRAMENTO. April 9. Sacramen- j to defeated Seattle here yesterday in tho third game of the present series by a score of 4 lo 2. The locals were : held scoreless until the eighth frame.! Roxey Middleton stepped to the plat- j ter in that spasm and with .three men; on the paths slapped out a home run.: The score: R: h. j.- Sacramento .' 4 g 1 Seattle 2 7 2. Batteries: Kunts. Mails, Larkin and Schang; Geary arid Rohrer. FIRE DESTROYS PAVILION I REDFIELD, S. D April S.-Thc 1 Spink county livestock pavilion and1 several other structures wero de- -stroyed by. fire lato today -with a loss 1 estimated at between 575.000 and ?100,000. 1 00 t A new plane has a phonograph 1 tucked away in its case. a 1111 Ill I 1 I I 1 1 1 TTmirr in hi i i i i mi i i ii i American Ice Stars 1 I Depart For Antwerp Olympic Title Games. 1 JB -By PETER E. CARNEY. I The hockey team that will represent! the United States In the Olympic I games In Antwerp, Belgium, is on Its j way. The work of this team will be watched closely by all Americans, de spite the hundred and one other things In the newspapers, for It is the first ' American team to engago in Olympic competition in eight years. Incident ally this team will open the Olympic competition. It Is a powerful aggregation that his been chosen to wear the shield pow erful in all departments, and If any of the foreign tevons prove superior to : our tani, we waut to tell you right here that the wjnners will havo lo bo a remarkable team. Never was a bet ter hockey team chosen in America. The players were chosen from the teams of (he best three amateur hoc key teams in the United States the Pittsburg Athletic association, the Bos-i ton Athletic association and the SL; Paul Athletic association. The Olym ! pic entry allows seven entries of reg ulars and seven substitutes. The Unit-' ed Sstates is sending 13 players, all first string men, and a manager, Ray D. Schooley, of Pittsburg and other cities, the proceeds of these games go ing towards the expenses of the team. Tho cost of sending the hockey team will be able $15,000. ,Who the Players Are. The members of the team are George P. Geran, Leon Tuck, Irving W. Small, Frank A. Synott, Alphonse La Croix,! and Frank P. Downing of the' Boston j A. A.; Joe McCormick, Lary McCor- mien, Herbert Drury and Ralph Bon-j ney of the Pittsburg A. A., and Gobeen I jConroy and Fitzgerald of the St. Paul A. A. Joe McCormick will captain the team. There Is not a bettor player in the Olympic Golf May Be Played in June ANTWERP, April S. (By the Asso ciated. Press.) Tho committee charged with the nrrange'mentu for the world's golf championship In con nection with the Olympic games i3 endeavoring to meet the wishes of the American golfers liiid probably will hold the matches early In July instead of a later dale, as originally had been planned. The Americans desire that the matches be held immediately fol lowing the English championships, in which they are to participate. country than this self same McCormick ' B Me Is a steady and consistent perform' . , . Mi er and a terrific goal shooter. He wili Ml play a wing position along with Geran. v- Ms the Boston youth, the sensaton of the J I ff past season, Gobeen. who is slated tc play center, is without a peer, wher - igU it comes to both offensive and defen E slve play. He is a wonderful dribblet fl crafty with the stick in getting thd H puck away from his opponent aud ? - B M flash on the ice. B Herbert Drury, the most spectaGu.." " "g!!c Q H player In America, will be assigned th( t f.c D jM position of rover. In the games tbats'' a Drury has played in the past winter, r fl sH two players were usually assigned to V-iffl 1 keep him covered and then tlfby failed i tl There is not a speedier hockey playct Tll on the blades than Drury. , 'H Matches on Artificial Ice. 1 The most important position on tho kH team goal tender will be looked af HH tr by Bouncy. Tall In stature, he is a veritable stone wall in front of the Hf nel. He Is tho best goal keeper in tho lM United States. Everything that has hJH been said about ability to tho above named also applies to the players who will play tho defense positions. Fitz- gerald and either Small or Tuck. They H are excellent shots and have the abtl- lD Ity to lake the puck down the ice. The . second string men arc but slightly in- IBS ferior lo the first string men. Any Hl time a regular shows signs of letting iKM down, a fresh man -will take his placej IHh All the games and the figure skat lfl ing championships will take place on fll artificial Ice in the Antwerp palace. ll The hockey surface will be 175 by 66 feet. Before tho Olympic program camo out Americans thought the hoc- JH key matches would be player on the iHII Brussels canal. Other hockey teams Hl have been tcntered by Canada, Swed- Hl cn. 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