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IES THE GAZETTE Til WORLD EVENT TREND Ky FIIOK II. MMONns IN THE SUNDAY GAZETTE TIMES FOR YOUR MOTOR "Cl'KKS FOR PARTS IN THE SUNDAY GAZETTE TIMES MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 19 2 2 AGES 15 TO 26. WTO SPEARSMEN EXPECTED PIH CRIDDERS JOE LYNCH RETAINS TITLE Boxing for AH Minnesota BOXING MATINEE SOLE LOCAL SPORT FEATURE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY Is Favored by Commission ST. PAUL. Dec.

24. (A. The state boxing commission will sponsor an amendment to the state boxing law to make rights legal in all parts of Minnesota at the coming session of the Legislature, it was learned today. Bouts now are permitted only in Minneapolis. St.

Paul and Duluth. TO DEFEAT GONZAGA IN FIRST EAST-WEST GAME WIST W0lr0WDA TO DUE TODAY IN SAN FRANCISCO By RICHARD J. WATERS. Hy Universal Service. STRIP REGISTERS 19-0 TRIUMPH AT CUMBERLAND fair to make even greater names for themselves before their college careers end.

Chester Dolley i sa most promising Held general at quarterback, and in Galloway, Henderson has a substitute equally as good. Rival Teams Are Primed. SAN DIEGO, Dec. Special.) The Gouzaga Bulldogs went through a stiff workout here yesterday in preparation for the Christmas Day game with West Virginia. The Northerners were taken to the City Stadium, where they went through their paces with no spectators save a few newspapermen.

The Gonaga players ull showed to good advantage and Manager Mulligan stated that Chalky Winder of Fair Haven, a pair uf scrap-loving' featherweights. Kewpie Ling of the Pittsburgh Lyceum and Johnny Myers, a flyweight from the South Side, who started to box while with the A. l'. will inaugurate the show with a soiree scheduled for six rounds. Eddie Kennedy and Yock Ilenniger will divide the refcreeing.

Show at Beaver Falls. Beaver Falls also has a boxing matinee booked for today. Tommy Phillips and K. O. Jitney, lightweights.

meet in the 10-round main bout. Young Sims of Canton and Sig Keppen of Beaver Falls will appear in the eight-round semi-final, and Jimmy Potts and Jack "White are down for the six-round opener. Ray to Box Novecky. Johnny Ray, who has been training for several weeks, will put In some hard licks: this week in preparation for his bout with Alex Novecky at Youngstown New Year's night. Ray originally was to meet Billy McCana in Youngstown.

but the promoters passed tip Billy in favor of Novecky. indicating that Alex is well thought of in THE only thing Santa Claus will dish out for local sport lovers today fill be boxing gloves. Strange as it may seem, no football game for the "local inuepi ndent championship" is scheduled, and the basketball players are still doing their Christmas shopping, so that the boxing shew billed for Motor Square Garden i.s the only entertainment listed. Motor Square's card is one of the most attractive ever arranged for the East End arena, consisting, as it does, of three 10-round bouts and a preliminary of six rounds. This i.s the first time three 10-round battles ever have been served up to the local fans.

matinee will get. way at Mike Moran, the crack bantamweight from Mt. Washington, and Billy Palmer of Cleveland, who is unknown here except for the reputation that is claimed for him, will appear in the main event. Loo Ryan of Law-renceville. former national amateur lightweight champion, and Eddie Barr, the clever boxer from the South Side, will precede them, and the first 10-rounder will be a mix between Patsy Young of Beechview and Teutctivi to Thb Cazkttb Timks.1 ELKO, Dec.

24. The University of Pittsburgh football party is on the Last lap of ita transcontinental journey this -evening. They are due in San Francisco tomorrow morning. This is Christmas Eve. Some of the boys said they were going to hang up their socks before they retire tonight.

If they do, they are likely to find a conglomeration of gifts of not very great acceptability when they awake on Christmas morning. The spirit of fun is abroad on the Pullman car Laon, on which the Panthers have been Iivins since Thursday night. The boys are full of life, despite the long journey, and appear to be in excellent condition. The journey today was throogh a forsaken stretch of desert in Utah and Nevada. For miles the train sped along without passing through any vegetation except the sparsest growth sagebrush.

The train passed right over Great alt Lake this morning for a distance 36 miles, and tho Pittites enjoyed hat phase of the journey and packed he observation platform to see the vater. Tom Davies sent a postcard to his best girl from Ogden, Utah, this morning, inscribing "I am having a good time." "I ought not to have written that." he said, as he showed the card to Tom Ilolleran. "It always makes her mad when I am away i'roin her and write that 1 am having a good timc' PARSON-FRENCH TRIUMPH OVER FARRELL-REEKIE il igjllrTMaa mm 1 111 yXpc. RE-ELECTION OF COACH PARK MAY SET GENEVA ATHLETIC MACHINERY RUMBLING AGAIN Photo shows lSantatnweight Cliampion Joe and Midget Smith in their bout in Square tJarden, New York. last I'riilay night.

Lynch received the decision at the end of 15 rounds. Smith is at the left in the picture, Lyrtch at Ihe right. tlfltlllltllUlttllllllllltlllMIPIMIIMtlMlltttllllMllllltlllllllllMlllllllttlltlllltlttlltltltlllllllllllMIMIIIItllllllllltlMIIIHIIIIMIIIH "lltllllMlltllll ttdtlllMtllllttlltl tllllllllltllt till tlllllllltlll(llttill)llIIt(it II flllllt till II SAN' FRANCISCO. Dec. 24.

For th first time in three years the Fast i.s favored to win in the annual inter-sectional post-season football The first of three tamos which will fc'n far toward settling sectional supremacy, although the University of California, tho admitted class of the Is not pasticlpating in this year's post -season gridiron ill tc played tomorrow in Pan Diego, "here Gonzaga Fnlvcrsity of Spokane "ill meet the University of West Virginia from MiTRunlown. By no stretch of the, imagination eiin Conzagi be conceded an even i banco with tho Mountaineers. In fact, it is conceded the West Virginians have a considerable edge over 1 lie Uulldogs, and if past performances are taken into consideration thfl Woof Hounds will have their hands full holding the invaders to a lespectable. tally. Gonaaga University during the past season defeated the Unier.sity of Idaho, University of Wyoming.

Montana State College. University of Moil-is na, College of Puget Sound and some other smaller colleges. Two defeats were, suffered at the hands of Washington State College and the "Multanomah Athletic Club. Stockton is the backheid star of tho Spokane eleven. Ho is a line plungci and forward passer of the first water.

He Is said to have averaged more than 100 yards in every game for yardage pained on successful passes be has thrown. Other Games Draw Interest. Principal interest is divided between tho clash of Stanford and Pittsburgh next Saturday at Palo Alto and the annual Tournament of Roses battle at Pasadena New Year's Day, in which the University of Southern California meets Penn State. I'itt is given an edge over Stanford by the experts, while- tho Nittany Lions and the Trojans are apparently evenly matched. In the Palo Alto contest teams playing the same style of football will pitted against each other.

Pop War- coach of the Panthers, is likewise advisory coach of the Stanford squad pnd two years hence will assume full charge of athletics at the Western institution. Andy Kerr, one of Pop -Warner 3 chief assistants in the development of past Pittsburgh elevens, assisted by Claude Thornhill, former Pitt Mar. has rounded" the Stanford elcv- into its best form of the season. The Cardinal eleven looks more like a real football machine now than at anv time since the Warner system was installed at the opening of the Wi season. The team 'found" itself in its annual big game with the Uni-vtrsity of California.

Admittedly the under dog, the Cardinals displayed a new brand of football and team spirit which in defeat won them the plaudits of the great crowd which packed Stanford stadium that day. Wilcox Primed for Pitt. Wilcox, Stanford's husky fullback, played a magnificent game, and with the month's rest that has intervened in great shape for the Pitt clash. Southern California, picked to represent the West against Penn State, was well chosen. It held the University of California team to one touchdown.

Coach Elmer C. Henderson known as Gloomy Gus because of his predilection for "bear" stories, has one. of the most versatile on the Pacitic coast. He has a wealth of material and a real Star in Roy (Ironsides) Raker, rated as one of the best halfbacks in the West. nesntte the.

fact that Henderson )vd to start with practically the opening of the new M'-ison, ho has succeeded in develop- not only a strong conwne ci- but a number of stars who Dm letup in the preparations for the game with Chicago next fail- A stiff scrimmage i.s on the program for tomorrow. Charley Briekley won yesterday's game for against Yale at Portland. by drop-kicking 11 lield goals from the one-yard line. WATCH FOR WARTER CAMP'S TRAM. TO BR KLEASKD THK MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK.

THERE'S NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THE LABEL. 4- Mike Moran is ii great shape for his bout with Billy Palmer this a'ternoon. lie did roadwork over the housetops with Santa Glaus last night. 4- Till: DOG DAYS ARE HER E-WUESTLERS ARE ONLY A STEP (Specmi. Tni.nr.SAM to Thk Gazettb BEAYEB.

FALLS, Dec. 24 A possibility of more rumblings in the athletic machinery of Geneva College is foreseen in the re-election of Coach Robert Tark this year head of the coaching staff at the Covenanter school, to that position for the 1S23 season. The college board of trustees, at a meeting held during the latter part of la-st week, re-elected Park head of the football staff by a vote of 6 That there was opposition to the return of the mentor is seen in the closeness of the vote. Ever since the poor showing made by the Geneva eleven in the last foot ball season, there has been a definite opposition to the methods that were used by the Geneva staff. Coach Park was secured to take the place of Phillip II.

Bridenbaugh, who resigned from the position of head coach at the sche.ol jast spring. Since the mediocre showing of the football team under Park's regime there has protest voiced in some sections in regard to rf tabling him for the 1923 season. Graduate Manager Glover, it is said, recently notified the trustees that unless there were changes made in the coaching personnel of the school he would resign. In an interview with a representative of the Gazette Times, Manager Glover stat-I ed that he was making no plans foi his future at the school and that he (had done nothing in regards to prc-j paring a football schedule for the iJJ season. Pitt and W.

J. have already dropped the Covenanters from their schedules. Manager Glover stated that it was likely that Geneva and Allegheny would not meet on the gTidiron next fall. The Geneva team this year was not a winner. Starting the season with a 14 to 0 defeat at the hands of W.

a game that brought out the best that the Covenanters showed all" saeson. the team fell in each game it played and capped the climax when it was defeated by Pitt by the largest score that was turned in against any team in the section. It is thought that drastic action will he taken before the first of the year and that final settlement will bo made soon. Coach Parks has not as yet accepted the post for the 1923 season. ttm.mi..1..iiMii...,llt, OLD AND STAR GR1DDER iJJES.

Hernard Kirk, One of the leading ends of the recent football sea.son, who died Saturday from meningitis, which developed following serious injuries received in an 'automobile accident a week helore. Kirk was a member of the crack Cniversity of Michigan eleven and was picked as an All-Arfterica player by many critics. i RELIABLE SULLIVAN. and brat your brain ritc about, 3 15 Special Tki.e.-sam to Thb Gazette Time. CUMBERLAND, MD Dec.

24. On a field of snow and mud, the Strip eleven of Pittsburgh won from the Cumberland Bulldogs here today, 10 to 0. The local team was completely outclassed. The crowd wlis small and the visitors agreed to play for their expenses only, and, as it was, the local management lost money on the game. Dan Shaw, Strip fullback, was the best ground-gainer, scoring two touchdowns.

Cumberland could not penetrate Strip's defense and the hall was. in local territory three-fourths of the time. The first score came in the opening quarter on line plunges by Shaw. The two touchdowns in the last quarter were results of Goat Murray's line plunges -and Dan Sliaw's 60-yard run. The lineup: CttmiverlaiiiJ 0.

Strip 1 Healev Tip: itartline HfoMiilan RT O. Dumnier Tien Davis TIG R. Gallucnei Nicholson Kiel Tom xeff W. Gall mlier Roy Neff 1-T J. Kelly Steigwalt 7.7-: Sullivan Sehurte Allerton Bep'ey Rff.

CI. MlJTTH Cp.in LIT MeNiehelas Watson Snaw Score by Cumberland ft 0 ft in St riti A. 7 10 Substitutions Poveli for M-Mi'ilan. McMillan for Davis, Suylennan for Oallagh'-r. A.

Otimmer for II. Dummer. H. CaltaKher for Llaliagrner. Touchdowns Shaw 2, Murray.

Try for point G. Duir.mer. TUNNEYTAKES DELANEY FIGHT GREB SCORNED IBr Associated Press to Gazettf. Times 1 OKLAHOMA CITY Iee. L'4.

Gene forin. liurht heavy-weifcht champion of America, and Jimmy Iii of St. Paul have been matched for a l'J -round decision bout here tloj night of January it was announced lonight by Promoter Ua La. Tunriev agrowl to get inside ne light heavy weiuiit. limit of 175 pounds, a.

eordinji to Lack, y. Tnnney was si-to-d as the result of Harry Creb's cancellation of plans to no-et' on January Tom Bodkin's Friends To Fete Him Wednesday Thomas V. Bodkin, who is well-litiown in local theatrical and sporting circles, arrived home yesterday the manager' of Ceorge Jessel's 'Troubles of 102J." which, in combination wilh a snlendid urogram of Shubert vaudeville, will be the attraction in the Aldine Theater, 958 Liberty avenue twice daily this Christmas week, commencing with a matinee this afternoon. Bodkin's host of Pittsburgh friends have, completed plans to give him a testimonial dinner next Wednesday niuht in the temple of l'ittsburgh Lodtre No. 7 1.

B. I'. O. K-. commencing at midnight.

The committee in charge of the festal affair includes Johnny Mrilarvvy. chairman; Johnny McTighe, Willie Price and Councilman Charles Anderson. CLEVER LIGHTWEIGHT ON LOCAL CARD TODAY Kddie Burr of the South Side, who boxes Boo Ilyan, former national amateur litrhtweight champion, in one of the lh-round bouts at Motor Square Garden this afternoon. Barr is now under the management, of James Maon and is abowing the bent form of his career. -I they would have no alibis to offer if they were beaten by the Mountaineers tomorrow.

The Mountaineers arrived late his: night and enjoyed their first sleep fo several days in "immovable" beds Coach, Spears stated that with tht exception of a slight injury to Tal'-man the men are all in good conditioi: and little the worse for a short excursion into Mexico today. F.oth thi elevens are quartered at the Hotel Coronado. Gus Dorais, Gonzaga coach, said today that he realized that his team was regarded as the underdog In first of the three Bast-West classics. "Nevertheless. he added, "my Yvoys will play their heads off to make it hard for the favorites.

I know that the Mountaineers will realize they have been in a real tussle even if they are rated as one of the best teams in the East. It will be a football game until the final blows and not a track meet for the West Virginia baekfield. as you may have been led to believe." The probable lineup of the of the West Virginia and Gonza teams follows- West Virginia Oonznen. Flaherty Calhoun Pusnh aham ,1. Meredith Mahan i -tin mil Set mn Howard Hawkins Kckra-ru Simon Xanlarcl Martin Officials referee: Thorp Murrav Ft- Eekersall.

Columbia, Asiimon Net-dies Pecarovicli ilarrify sto kton 1'ross Chicago, umpi re Van Surdain, Wesleyan. held Judge; Kosenthal. Minnesota, head lineamaa ArizonaUfah Assies In Grid Clash Today PHOENIX. -St. A Tb t'nivcrsity of Arizona and I'tah Agricultural College football teams were on tonitrbt awaitinc the opening whistle for their intersee-t tonal clash on the state fair grounds here tomorrow afternoon.

Coaches J. F. McCnle of the Arizona squad and E. Bnmncy of the Agaries pronounced hei men in fine physical trim for the game. UONS ARRIVE AT PASADENA 1F.T HMtVl.r 1 PASADKNA.

CAL. Dec. 24. Kf-zdck and 22 of his Lions front I'enn State Hugo Nittany College, who battle University of Southern California in the football classic at Tournament Park New Year's Day, arrived from the haft this afternoon. The Pennsylvanians were in spirits despite their long trans nental trip.

After receiving a srood eont i-wel- come from a committee tournament officials, the Easterner took ui) their quarters at the Raymond Hotel. They will do their first pract1 work Tuesday. FOOTBALL GAME TODAY. Tho Hope-Harvey eleven and the Poonev fieds of the North Side will clash on the phipps playground grid-Iron today in their annual Christmas Day game, which will start at 2:30 o'clock. promise of improving as mu competition in almost every athletic endeavor.

Today he fir! the Kiimes inkra place at l.irgo. ith the e-t 1 irglnia and niver.t ruMdog, un rH-elp-lH. Af.rr thai omen I he Pitt-Slunford and Mate-Southern California mixiipi. Of the three Kastern elevens. West Virginia looks to have tlie f-it assie-nment.

but that means Utile nothing. The 'avull Hlur Thanksgiving, the lengthv trip ami all might have had its effect on the Spearsno-n. Then, against Oon-zau'a must, be stronger than coast crUic sav. else he would never have t.een chosen to play. Uc ll tell yoe how the game oucht to end tonight after it's over.

That's always the sale! ay. If were Snnla t1nn we'd Ihp Ktoeking of I'op narnrr vi1h a play that cant h- Tuhhy fnear with a defease that will IP H- 4 our with aomelhiagr to write bnn I. The new 1'olinh premipr wlllt mime we run pronoonrr. Ilurnry lire) fu wllh a couple nmrr Johnny llorrlsons. The Rtrert ear eompnny with xome brat for it" ears.

Ihr New lurk official neorrr wilh pair of glue. I 1 ubb wllh tbat hit he wanli badly. n.h.-.lelT wllh a coach. I i-1 l'ahn with new argument for liunar l.atv. with etrrjlhing lliej want.

hut could he i Carletmi Keiehum. Presirte-it of tin fill Alumni Council, rieelnris his l- JW. thi youngy'er has about Pegan to Ihe holding out on ketohum pro bah een so inm-h Dei Ci ehand that he idea that "papa was lion. Voung is happy by Mr i time. Without any trouble, we ran Kit down this morninic anil name at Iran 2 per no us to whom forgot rod card.

MKIillV X.MAS! West Virginia plays C.onzaga at Sac. Diego today. San much. IXcgo in er will aiiintiiil to It's Km far from Morgan- I- -r We're going to publisli our annual review of the year in sports next Sunday. Today we present a review of things that did not happen during the vear.

FIRST OF ALL. FAX JOHNSON Pill NOT HOLD HIS MLKTING IN CHICAGO. other things that did not happen: Spark Plug did not fail Harney Google in he A bad aba Habaiiash and I he Tobasco Tobosnan. lor Sparky: The Pirates did not -lose the orld's st-b Jack I M-liisey did lai ry ills MoMa MaH'oi'y did' not entertain not s-'iid the season's greetings, to Suzanne Leng- "ell. Rill Tilden did pot linal, his neck.

Kenny Leonard did not tight Few Tcndler in a dark alley nothing Pitt did not lose to Harvard. Kail Oavis did not have to advertise the sale of tickets for the W. J. and Slate games. Gene Saia.en did not miss any titles.

Ty Cobb did not bat .400. The Rradby Kagles did not declare a rash dividend. Kabe Ruth did not play overtime, Joe Ke-ally did not rtferee the Hoppe-Schai for billiard match. Jim Rout by did not stage a fight Johnny Weissmuller did not fall in a river and drown. Johnny Coulon wasn't lifted.

Come to tliink of it. Coulon was Orton, our cel'bratcil i-'ciiiliir operator, hauled liim up five lliiors night. And jut to sliovv bow versatile he is, lit carried liim ilown again. DdN'T GO TO T11K FIGHTS THIS AFTKRNOON. STAY AT IIOMIO AND TitY TO KlvKP OUT OF A FIGHT.

4- If Pitt heats Stanford next Saturday, it will prove that there if a Santa Claus, after all. And if Stanford wins, it will prove the same thing. No championship is at stake. Xo more 8hoppin.tr days until Christmas. Coach Walter Steffcn lias declared this a holiday for the Tech gridders.

However, there will be no further Week's Fight Card TODAY. Mike Moran vs. Rilly Palmer. Roo Ryan vs. Kddie Burr and Chalky Wimbr vs.

Patsy Younp, .10 rounds each, and Johnny Meyers vs. Kewpie Ring, rounds each, Motor Square Garden. Tornmv Phillips vs. K. O.

Jitney. 10 rounds, and Sig Keppen vs. Young Sims, rounds, anil Jimmy Potts vs. Jack White, fi Reaver Falls. Sailor Friedman vs.

Hobby Barrett, George Chaney vs. Alex Hart, Chuck Wiggins vh. Ail Stone, Jimmy Ha.nlon v-s Whitev Fitzgerald and Penny Bass vs. Tommv -Murray, 8 rounds each. Philadelphia.

l-airl Baird vs. Johnny Brown. 12 rounds, Portland, Me. TL'KSDAT. Rernie Conway vs.

Johnny King. 10 rounds, and Ruck Weaver vs. George Kerston. Jimmv Moore vs. Sammy Tarzan and bony Collins vs.

Young Rclair. 6 rounds each MeKccsport. Hannv lec vs. Billy Rv kotf and .7 oh i nT Johnson vs. llay l.ciiiiett.

1 rounds each, and Charley Picker iMish. Murrav vs. Studdv' a('. Sunny Ca-hln vs. Ryelt Buchanan, rounds each.

New York. THFRSHAY. llcnr" C-'iona vs. Willie Glliinr. Tony Mai to vs.

Joe Savoila and Bohiiv li vs. Joe Javier, rounds New York. Willie Herman vs. Johnny Martin. i2 rounds.

Passaic, N. J. Joe MatranKa vs. Johnny Reisler, 1 7 rounds. New Orleans.

Joe white vs. Wild Hill Reid, 12 oimds. Washington C. O. FRIDAY.

Tommy Phillips vs. Jack Barry, 10 rounds, and Jimmy Duffy VI. Sailor Robert, Reo Uagill vs. Kay Rivers TO TllF. CIjZKTTE TlMKs.J PTNKHCRST.

N. Jer. 24 Norman of 1'hiiadelidiia. whose chief achievement at Pine, hurst was his defeat of V. C.

Kownes. in the linal of the Ninth an South title event a few years auo arrived here today in company with William Reekie of Upper MoiUciair. former New Jersey il lehokler. hnve. entered for the annual midwinter tournament which opens next Wednesday.

Reekie had a round of on his lirst trip over the championship circuit this afternoon, in the course of an i lly ball match in wh'eh ki- and Johnny Karrell, the Quaker Ridge pro, were defeated Parson, amateur, and Kmmet Krench. holh of the I'ountrv Club. and Kn-nrli best ball and won 2 up. Tilt' loscls nad fi-. Kmmct Krero h's run, of 7 1 was- the best but Karrell was e'ose behind him with and Pars.oi went around in 74, with a total ol three birdies in his credit.

Reekie'jB 7K iTit bided a birdie n'l the vv 1ft bole. The par a lijun- established for the fourteenth lode was rti-polfl Rei'kie alone. parson and French both pla.vtd it in 4 and Karrell registered a brilliant eagle 3 for the hole. Paris Can't Even Give Pershing Stadium Away PAKIS. Dee.

24. fA. Nobody wants the Pershinc Stadium. The City of Paris cannot give it away. The t'nion of Federations of Sporting Societies, to whom the municipal I'oiineil offered the stadium recently, refused to accept il unbss the city guaranteed the lOO.dno francs tit-res, sary for its yearly tinker p.

This the eiiy is not pr' pared to do, claiming the union's refusal was prompted by-spite hecause the city favored the Pershing Stadium the Olympic games and voted a subsidy of onlv I.OOO.OOO francs Tor the folombe Stadium in connection with the 194 Olympie niert. The Council now has offered Pershing Stadium to the Spoi t-in Federation of the labor unions. OLYMPIC WALKING CHAMP TO COMPETE IN AMERICA efc- vf- i i I go l-'riK-rrio, Famous Italian walker, will come to the tinned States nevt month to compete, in the Fast. Frigerio won the .1,1100 and lO.fUJO-niclcr racr-8 at the J9.0 Ul mpic Ganu-a at Auuerp. 5 SPORT SHAFTS By CHESTER SMITH.

iiiiiHiHmumnn tl I I THE BASKETBALL TEAMS." WATCH OUT FOR 'KM! Some Xmas belK-rs. Diar Santa: -Send in' a few easy opponents iike Rattling 'a -ay. Kris: let me spit on balk Honest. won't use any germs. Hartdil 1 believe in you.

and I don't want nothing for myself. Rut please send the N. Y. Boxing Commission some blow Johnny Wilson. Mi.

Clans: All as we Christmas is a brand poison. want for shiny, good football coach. iv Jeff. Senor: Just don't say it's a dream and that we didn't really win the Tobasco Handicap-. Yours, flush or broke Barney Google.

4- A letter comes to hand from Graduate Manager Mike Kelly, slating that some oo-i( ion lias (lev eloped from unexpected ii.trtcr. mill that unless it is oierciuiK' the Snip A. A. will not pnl the graduate system of coaching into -n-ct beginning with the 1 ason. ANo, Dr.

Babe Kelly lias not yet oc-otel terms to become head couch that season. He wants the Tmt dog: sand it'll privileges, now controllcil by Graduate Manager Mike Kelly himself. Imfore he will affix liLs terrible signature to the worse contract. Anybody who bet on Spark Plug to win the Tobasco Handicap can collect his winnings from us. We will pay off with checks drawn on the river bank.

AS WE RAIDIN THE FIRST PLACE, MERRY XMAS! HARRY KECK. and Young 'Ketchell vs. Kid Murphy, rounds each. New Kensington. Three bouts.

Academy Theater. Betinv. Valgar vs. Teddy Marchant, 10 rounds, Detroit. SATURDAY.

Frank Moran vs. Marcel Nilles. 15 rounds, Paris. Abe Goldstein vs. Davy Edwards.

12 rounds. New York. Mike Donahue Resigns -Auburn Post tain A TURN, Dee. 24. A.

Mike Donahue, for lit years head coach at Alabama Polytechnic tlnally and definitely -announced tonight that he has resigned his position as head or athletics at that Institution. Iinnahne's resignation was his second since November 1. At the urgent request of triends and alumni I'oiim-hue withdraw his lirst res it; na 1 1, the nitrht ht-u-rc- the receni A ii burn-Teen toothall game at Atlanta. I lona hue's resignation will take el-f-M-t July I. he announced.

He has under inn offers to coach loxie institutions. IXinahue attributed his resignation "to circumstances" and to Hie laei that he leit nee a change. CLARK TO PILOT BREWERS. I LWACK Dee. -4.

(A, I'.) Harry Clark, who managed the Milwaukee American Association Paschal! cyir last year, will again pilot the Brew-i-H nest Uuo Boroh-ert. president of the club, announced today. Boreiieit said that the Cleveland American League team has beer signed for a game with the Brewers at Troy, on April t. the Milwaukee team having choatn I'ruy a-, its training place. By PAUL G.

AVE you ever racked For somcihing to THE holiday season in an especially appropriate time to view the happening bf the year in retrospect. It marks the. closing of. twelve-month the opening of a new book. In sports, champions have mid new ones nave app c.v nassing marked with little lemni'y or pomp.

The arrival was Tl 'rented with cheers, trns oii.y hi.rry-seurry age we have little iv ponder on what has gone. Tnnt which is here takes too much or our time. A lightning jnb tn thr rrfick nf lial taiiiKi null, inr inun nelleil ball led liamtion.tilp IukI and iron, i all there It. I'hmt Who will wear the crowns when mother I'hrlntnoiK Day rolls i'vl Tiblen? I'M-mpsey? Kilbmo 1 nch' The Ciants We Nsmi ul ler I.enlen? Sarizen? Uaaen? l'--haiip some of ilitm but certainly oct all. The reign of a leader of oorts i brief, us a rule.

Hectic while 1t If's. hut always to totter and tumble. nil enmpln4 Jnrk lempey lien rboe hr nfet wny to on loo the heap. Jnrk rnn't le Itekerf lng a he won't fight, liiut'a a nare bet. And whit of TiMcn? Tl.cent operations iiave rol.ned him of many those masterful touches of the ourt which went to tii" world's greatest tennis pluyer.

He learn strokes anew, he says. id If require superhuman to bent down the army of ho hwl Wolves at 1 heels. "II our kings ve a re or none more than Hi-; H'll. Anieriean 0 degree. re he to il would be ieaj calamity v-hont lrneiloei Johnny Mrlnnller there'- l.r ran'l norr rl-' rc.nl.

tbl- mrrc run tace 192:2 with a fi oi commence. "it atlilta 1, 14 what world rcords are worth wnjie systems of physical training growing better each year und the laWuuut crop ol youths show 'Till you felt if you thought just otter again You'd burn the darn tiling out9 A'otc it's getting late on Christmas' lire And the sheet soon goes to bed -With not an idea up our slccz'c A' or the germ of one in our head. For there's naught that's ne'v 'neath the Yuletide sum, Unhackneyed or fresh or bright; It's all been used since the Year of One The first big Christmas night. And the scribe 7vho feels that he ought to throw A line on the mirth and cheer, On the Joy and kindness that seem to grow In a felloiv this time of year, i Is telling a tale that lias oft been told J' And repeated ten thousand times, And ziritlen and printed in letters bold By men of a hundred climes. If zee seek to prattle of games and toys, Or turkeys and pics of mince, li'e simply rcliash that antique noise That has made generations zn'nce.

subject on which zee cogitate Is feeble and aged from zvear; We've heard il so often ourselves we hate To hand it to you out there. So it looks as if zee must fall baek i On the one phrase that Jtas the call, Ad dish out tlmt ancient, sure-fire crak, "Merry Christmas to vtu and, ollf-.