Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05
English Colony to Organize a Club
in this City,
FOOTBALL SEASON ECHOES.


discuss possibilities on the football
eridiror and 10 lay their plans for the
coming pigfkin chasing rcafon. Thus
far nothing has been done In the way
Of active training but there ln already
no end Of talk regarding the pnatlmc'
Air edy Manager Axton ~ the y. NJ. g.
A. eleven Is casting his eye around FOR
likely timber. Howard pyknun, Tar
pey. Cross. Allen, Augustus and How
eli are IN town. and eager 90 MI ln,lF
old positions on the team ut the w hll'
and Blue. Joe atrinEfellow. the ponder-
GUS University left guard Of three years
aao has returned from a mission 90
Europe, with a pronounced disgust Tor
the game Of Rugby ~ n " played on
niarkheath and other wen known
London grounds. Lon Hyde, another
favorite full back Of the same decade
IL also back from Germany ana Axiom
IN throwing covcting glnncoH in the az
reetion OF these two hsnvyWrlEhtH. sam
Porter has returned from gervng Uncle
Sam as volunteer ana mere are ~
oral cx.membcru of tho ElkH. includlnE
Waiter senre and DeminE, who would
not refuse an invitation 20 do battle Tor
the Christians.
The University will have . strong
team In the field that ~ chlcllnt,u ="
rive the Christians some good gamcH'
Hyde, the well known Provo back, 20.
eether with andersen aud Trip, will
furnish strong backing for the other
eight who will cudoavor 10 uphold the
status OF tho Crimson ana White
The High School and their Old rivals
An Haiiowa College, Will have Kupd
teams In the field while Provo. bingham
and ogden are already talking football
The Walker field " picked out NJ being
the scene OF nearly all OF tho games
during the coming season as the ac-
commOdationa for spectators are *.
oeliont and the street car system VIII
make It popular campus
The Walker field. n properly man
nRed, will undoubtedly become the
Mecca OF ali the athletes In this city.
Perhaps IL IN not generally known but
the local colony of Engliahmcn v abnut
TO organize a cricket club and Mr. NJ
III. Walker, who IL a Yorkshire man
and consequently a keen crickctcr, "a
taking great lntorset IN the sport, re
mas already given a large neld ut the
corner Of Ninth South and West Ien-
pic for the use OF the boys VINO nave
been quietly praetielnE on a groun,1i oh
West Temple, midway between Nlnth
and Tenth South. Some eighteen or
twenty enthusiasts for some weeks
past have been practlcing every Wed
neaday evening at $3.50 and lndplging IN
game on Saturday, nftcrnooaH one
IL an old Harrow boy and has played
cricket In India, ~ one OF the moving
spirits In the innovation AMI recently
when on a buaincsa trip 60 New YORK
he mentioned the fact TO Mt jos. H.
Hrnithwnitc, president Of the London
Oaa Trust. Mr, Braithwaitc promptly
handed out ave pound note TO push
tho thing nlonH." The proposed CLUB
further has promises ~ financial hglp
from other London men as soon hn th,
club Il organized. when Mr.. Hayward
returned from the East he bore O myH-
FERROUS looking parcel, after the Same
had been duly united there lay revealed
nix genuine English bats ana malt "a
dozen match balls Among those Mhl
prnctice every week are Geo, ~. VII
son. inte OF tho Leeds Clarence G. c.
IA. II, Hayward Joe Slater, Jnu. bur-
leigh. Frank HletzHckct, Sidney Reeves
sandy Hohb Wilson. Alec. Brown, TO-
bin, Lewis, Macpherson, Arthur DAVIES
MncdreEnr, together with quite u nmiu
colony gathered from the oihcc1 OF tht
oregon short Line railway, The clut
this season will In all probability play
upon cocoa nut mating, which makes
"A very fast wicket; next year thntv NE
hopes OF nttaining 10 the dignity 81 =
real turf pitch. with ~ pavilion ana
practice nets In the back ground
bicycle racing In Salt Lake cts
se.fna 10 be Htll tho sport dear 20 thl
dear old public'a heart. Ehch mcel
that ~ held demonstrates the tact lhal
Il IL growing In popular favor day nl
day. The mere fact that despite th'
tbyentenIng weather last Thursday
evening over 1000 people gathered Il
yitnoes but one trial heat ere the ran
began TO fall, and then went hom'
through the rain and mud bears
rtriking testimony 10 the apparent Ihcl
The management 10 an that IL TO b.
dcaired and as long nH the sport II
this city Is kept clean and above hus
melon. the public will take lively In
tercst In the same. The prompt man
nor In which Chapman was sat dowl
upon and fined s. Tor falling 60 compl
with the racing rules afforded the gen
oral public intense satisfaction
The manner In which the peopl
TANNED the exits from the race Wng
on the occasion of tho rain stamped
on Thursday night mas eau.'l ""l'
comment regarding the matter or hl'
aunte outlets Cor the spectators In time
OF panic which a large concourse @
people Is liable TO at any moment
Patrons Of the bicycle track are ASK
INK foi an uptown ticket office, 30 INA
they VIII not have TO be- delayed nt IN
park In the jam In buying tickets ther'
John Sharp, Jr, has followed bye an
forbidden lUllht NO hlNNlAA'N NN AN
last races and win now De ruspendc
by the l.. a. W, Ic has been lbs han
dicapper for the state.
b. IL. LAWYER and A. w, Smith 90
they have quit riding. Both mon su
they have had enough OF the sport "a
the present
The riders Of the IroquoiB wheel clu
who have been matched agulnHt "a
y. NJ. G. A. team Of nyc men for
match relay race are II. q, cutting ]
il. LAWYER A. W. Smith, Ted o. Rcls,
and Arthur brown Augustus uf IN
Y NJ. @. A. team has not yet selcetp
his team.
John Elnslgn and Joe lldmonds haN
secured a tandem, Johnny thinks
will soon join the pros and then |
and Edmonds win be tandem mat,
with the object I'm view OF getting
! match race with Gum and Sharman
-
~ The racing men down NJ the Sa
palace track are registering a kick r
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