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JfllriplOR JOHNSON
Kwgffft; TUBERCULOSIS PREY
JOHNNY, DAN "PLOT" AGAINST GENE
BIG BILL-MEN I IS SET AT REST:
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Lctest Dope on the
Big Leagues
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Ity Alan if. (ioiihl, AsMK-uiKtl
SjRiits I jilt or
NEW VollK. April :!.
The Mexicans have acclaimed itip
fcKill T.lilen as a iu-v "ambasHador
ut gootl w.H" as he l';u!s his
t-nnls chart's Up th heights of
Moxico City for the opening
lotmd of the Davis cup campaign
th'.H wef-k.
It may now he revenlrd, thore
fure, that' Jt was precisely and
principally with the Idea of en
tering tin a ku(1 will tourney that
Tilden forsook the nt;tK threw
I A i"vpf hiH personally favored plan
j of KiiinK" abroad early in the
spring and concentrated his len
tils play! 11K and coaching efforts
vn the Amuifcnn zunu conipc
tition. U isn't ho much that the Ameri
can tennis authorities fear their
team, with or without Tiiden,
would meet much opposition in
the American zone. Mexico, t'htnA
nnd either Canada or Japan do
not moke tip a threatening har
rier fur Yankee talent that has
only the French cup holders to
worry much a ho tit.
fc The hest mimlH of American
tennis decided it to he diplo
matically and politically desirable
to throw the;r full strength Into
the preliminary play, rather than
to toss second string players Into
the early competition and thereby
r'in undue risks of being criticized.
WASHINGTON". April 2. uTWt
Fears thai another great veteian!
hast-jrail pit. her had fallen victim '
to tuberculosis have teen set -'it ,
rest here by doctors in discussing 1
the illness of Walter Johm.011.
In a foitn.il statement issued
lust nteht. lir. 11. M. Kiufman.
'. personal physic;an to the former
! Washington speed king and now!
: manager of the Newark Inter-!
nat'onals. said. '
"All physical examinations.'
X-rays and lahoratory te.-ts have '
failed to reveal the slightest in-;
dication of anything of this na-
ture. Cm the other hand, these ,
same tests have shown a positive'
Indbnt'on of a low grade colon
, ha'-illus infection of the kidneys j
! resnlt'ng fmm the poisons of in-
' flut nza. This type of Illness Is;
not uncommon, and without am
Intervening complications Walter
Johnson should t himself again
I within a reasonably short while."
j While unable to see friends at
'the institution where he spent
another restful day yesterday, th'
idol of Wash'ngton baseball fans
has a room full of flowers to
attest their regard for him, and
i the hospital Is constantly answer
ting Inquiries as to his condition,
i His d 'position continues cheerful.
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SWIM ENDURANCE 1
RECORD BROKEN,
In effect, Tilden wag told that
he owed it to the sport, to the
nation and to the cause of better
International relations to p la y
through the American zone and
captain the American team.
'When it was put up to me
on that bai-is, what else could 1
do but accept?" I'.ig Hill asked
before ho assembled his charges
at August, for training and se
lection. "1'ersonally and from the com
petitive viewpoint, I would rather
have passed up the American
zone and gone abroad to get in
shape. Mu ppose I should beat
Jtohert Klnsey or Lock Wei or
Tamio Abo or Willard Crocker
In the preliminary matches.
spread over a couple of months?
What good would that do me i"
a tough five-set mutch abroad
later against men who have been
playing in the big leagues for
months?
"I takes a long siege to get in
form abroad. I know, for 1
have been over there a few times.
1 won the Wimblt-don t:tle twice,
nnd I would dislike to go over
there, say on a week's notice, and
get bumped off in the first round.
Not that I would mind the heat
ing I have taken thoro before
nnd will take many more before
I'm through but it wouldn't ge
n fair test."
MIAMI ltlC.U'H. Flu., April 2.
(A') Thirty-two hours afloat.
i unaided, touching neither the
j sided nor the bottom of the pool,
t in u-bich the nor forma nee took
I place, is the new world's endur-
unco swimming record set up by
Mrs. Lottie Moore Schoemmel.
noted for her past marathon
aquatic achievements.
When Mrs. Schoemmel climbed
out of the Deauville pool here.
Sunday, she had shattered the
American record of 3 0 hours for
merly held by Hill Krlckson, of
New York, and the world's rec-'
ord of a l hours made by Miss t
Kdith Johnson In Kngland, a!
mark that had stood for 47 years.'
While a brisk wind, blowing1
cold, kept most other swimmers
from the water, Mrs. Schoemmel
offered no protest, and continued
I her effort clad In a white wool
j bathing suit which she had been;
j compelled to substitute for a
I grease coating which melted away
; in the water, which was warm 1
, when she began her swim. i
'of fee, tea and bouillon, fed to ,
her by other swim mors, provided
sustenance while in the water. J
Johnny Kisko, Cleveland heavyweight candidate for a bout with
Champion Gene Tunnoy, chats with his manager, Danny Dunn, over
Ihc possibility of divesting Gene of his crown. A majority of fight
experts regard Risko as having first rights to a fight with Gene
above all other would-be challengers.
FINISHES FOURTH FOR VELTER BOUT
TIV.KNK. ore.. April 2.)
Members of the Willamette Val
ley Uaseball League will meet
here this evening to select the
umpire list for the season, to post
forfeits and to work over the by
laws of the league.
Members of the league include
Salem. Allmny, North I'.end,
Wemiling. Cottage C r o v e and
NKWKMilC. La., Apr. 2. W'l 1
With'l.036.3 miles of the race be- ,
hind them, !M survivors of the
transcontinental marathon expect
ed to move toward Tiieumciiri to-i
day, their U'l'Ji control, a distance;
of 31! miles. ,
A rne Sou mi nen. Tet rolt, who ,
maintained the lead for days, drop
ped back into fourth plaee for
Sunday's trek from Santa Unsa.i
with a time of l:."7:lil. Me still
holds fiit pbn-e with an classed
time of 1 T:1::.:' : 1 r. Tor Hie better
than l.Otui milen covered to Ik re.
Kd (iardncr. a Seattle negro, tool;
the lead in Sunday's lap, covering
the dixianee in -l::i(i:2o. J I in elaps
ed time is 1 H 7 : s : o 1 .
What makes a hundMitmT show
ing than a bank of iris, the flower
"whieh has a sword for its leaf
and a lily for its heart'.'" And they
ask so little rare, and offer a range
of eolei- from creamy white to al
most black. "
CHICACO, Apr. 2. itV) Jack
K earns, manager of Mickey Wal
ker, world's middleweight cham
pion, has promised 1'romoter Jim
Mullen he will confer with him
here Thursday to discuss a prob
able match between Walker and
Ace Hudklns, "the Nebraska Wild
cat." Mullen is confident he can land
tit" title go Tor Chicago on July lit.
Htidkins, a welterweight, has an
nounced be will join the middle
weight class because of his in
creasing poundage. M tllleu also
plans to sign .lark McCarthy of
Chlt-auo and Jackie Fields of Cali
fornia for a bout April 2!.
HtTLAXI. Ore.. April 2. (P)
d-'ii e t his morning' destroyed
Mammy's Shucl a road house lo
cated on Powell Valley road, with
a lo:s of $l",noii. It was insured
for S'lfttn'i, according" to the owner,
W illiam Muss.
Illly HrUill 1U1I, AKStK'laUHl ltvs.
I Sports Kttitor.)
I XKW Yulllv Apr. 2.-111 lfase
' ball, about to start another sea-
son. lacks a brisk trading mart to
i complete Its equipment. A fw
I exchanges would make for a more
. equitable distribution of talent.
Some clubs are long on outfteld-
ers while others have a surplus
t of infielders. Pitchers and catch
ers are assembled in convention in
some cities nnd lack a quorum tu
I others.
j One of the most persisting be
' liefs Is that if a rival is willing to
'trade a player, there must be some-
thing wrong with him. The first
j base siuatlon Is especially acute. '
j Two clubs, one In each league, are
j overstocked. W a s h I n gton has (
George Slsler and Joe Judge nnd .
could be happy with either if the
tuner cnarmer were na. v in-
cinnatl has George Kelly and Wal
ly I'ipp and has not yet been uble'
to figure a way to play them both
on the bag at the same time.
In the meantime Cleveland is'
wondering whether George llurnsi
will apply for a pension before the;
year is out, nnd Oonnle Mack shud :
ders w hen Joe Mauser makes quick
siarts on a knee that was once
very bad.
In the National, Hrooklyn nnd
Philadelphia are starting the sea
son at first base with promoted
minor leaguers who have yet to
Itoston is t urnlng the assignment
j over to a player who Is very, very
I good when he is good and horrid
when he is bad Hurrus.
The Giants have seven outfield
ers if Ott is included and only five
'infielders. The Yankees have the.
place nlleluttered up with infiild-
ers but no understudy for Lou
1 Gehrig, letter perfect 1n the part.
The St. Louis Hrowns are woe
t fully shy on outfielders, so des
I perate that before the season gets
j under way Dan I low ley may be
' found on a corner with a tin cup.
hoping against hope that a fty-
chaser may be dropped In. The
Itrowns. moreover, are not in the
best position to talk trade, ts thoy
! ne3d all the players they have.
Detroit has Infielders almost he
i yond the dreams of avarice and
would cheerfully part with one for
another pitcher who would win for
; the Tigers.
Only the Athletics. Cardinals anil
, the Robins may be regarded as sat
; isfled with their pitching staffs,
j All the others would Jump at the
chance to part with valuable con
I sld era t ions for additional first
class pitching strengt h.
i If the trading mart could func
tion on a wholesale scale, some
I uteres Ing combinations might be
worked out. Itoston could take
Itrooklyn's buttery effectives and
be practically assured of a one-two-threo
place. This goes for all
! the other National league clubs,
and I'ittsburg with the Hrooklyn
e a t e h e r h alune transferred to
, Korhes field would be regarded by
j many experts as "In" before the
! race starts.
The great equalization In base
; ball, however, will not come this
' year, and In many cases the rich
' wil continue to grow richer and
the poor grow poorer.
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What will he the largest statue
of its kind in the world is to be
erected in the bay at Itlo de
.laneii o, a huge figure of Christ.
H" feet high. It Is the work of
the polish sculptor Ijindowsky.
FOR PASS DERBY
SAX FRANCISCO. Apr. 2.
Mad Willi, winner of the 1 1 27 In
dian marathon from here to Grants
1'dss, Ore., has entered the 19-S
race, headquarters for the mara
thon announced here.
Ho will compete for Josephine
'county, Oregon, his entry having
been finonrcd by the Oregon Cave
men. The Oregon Cavemen also en
tered Klylng Cloud, a Ii27 entrant
who. competed closely for the prize.
The announcement said Crescent
City and Ktireka would enter two
runners, nnd that Healdsburg had
decided to enter Humming Bird,
an Indian noted for his stamina.
Natives from Australia, South Af
rica, Nt-w Zealand and Canada also
are expected to compete. The race
starts June 1 I.
HEENEY IS HOPE
OF BRITISH FANS
XKW VOIIK. April
Through Tom He n y. ers' while
N'w Zealand blacksmith, the
Itritish empire hopes H recover
the world's heavyweight boxins
championship, whieh sh siicss
HiKy maintained in the ripping
l-ar-'-knte-kle days of yore.
Only oru e Mnce the in'-eption
of the modern mode of fisticuffs
has a mibjert of hi majesty worn
ihn laurel of puglisitc supremacy.
This honor fell to the gangling
heged son of Cornwall. Ituby I!b
Fttz-dmmons. who f apt i; red the
title from Jim Corhett. the bank
elerk. and lust it to Jim Jeffries,
the bo'b-rmnk'-i".
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IIw mny miletT How many hoiirtf TTow fur ftopt tha auto
mobile travul in htw many hours t Add the flciirm to ffot the ndli
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urtMiiid it, 'ninbii-d tlcy are coimlod aa tine each; Hint in, count
en period with it rm-nuipoBbiiiK circle aa one hour, B imply add
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