Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-13
Brief Chat on Local Topics, sspe-
eially Pastimes.
WATER POLO IN EVIDENCE.
ogden baseball Manager Dons ssis
war Paint -Amosg the wheei-
men and Athletes.

Salt Lake city now Riorics In four
nrst.class baseball mines. three cycling
ciub4, q nrrt-clasa. fullnedgcd revolt
among wheolmcn on the l.. a. W. quea-
tiOn. nice. quiet little club NJ In the
Commercial block. where the disciples
of blackstone may settle their dincr-
ences out Of court with tho gloves.
while Attorney Christensen "akina
cat" on the horizontal bar a couple ~
ladies' basket bah clubs, tennis courts.
together with several minor pastiincs.
tait Lake city n. for the West, 80
rentiaiiy 40 10 date. Stlil there h. yet
room for Improvement. The short
dissertations On the latest eastern craze
.-uolf In these columns last week has
ret a certain section ~ the young blood
of Utah talking ana asking. why
can't We have a golf links here. any.
how7" II doesn't take much ngufing
out 10 md whence tho majority ~
healthy sports In this city spring from.
The Y. N. G. A. gave Salt Lake city
the firrt wheel road race that was
pedsicd out of town and the public now
look. from force OF habit. 20 that inrtl-
tuition 90 furnish the hardest fought
football and baseball Faifr,a of the sea-
son, together with rymnnstlc and aih-
letic events from time 10 time. Athletic
lHhtfutt"t ~ ~ Nuhuhiuh ~ now tAlh-
tnn Eolf 30 consequently u may be
safely asserted. that while perhaps II
may be ~ couple OF year, before We
shall see the regulation rod blazer
accompanied by 'caddie" with an as-
roffnent Of clubs and the usual Inn
pcdimenta incidental TO the Foolish
national game. nevertheless aspiring
solnlstn viii undoubtedly b. seen In
the near future endeavoring TO master
the intficaciee of "teeinH' on and 9th
erwiac generally making the waste
places In the suburbs a peril to man
and beast.
There IL one branch OF sport that
never has taken a strong hold ON the
bait Lake public. For the rcason that
no one has ever Eunr To- work la a
Systematic fashion. Aquatic sports In
salt Lake have never SEEMED to strike
the popular fancy. How. In a
town OF this size. and with the natural
facilities We have. that there II no
swimming club IL unrxpllcabir. II
only wants someone 10 start the ball
rolling. and within a week thcrn would |
be club one hundred strong. which |
could get a good rate by making one
" the baths is headquarters.
A properly conducted aquatic meet IL |
an Interesting event. and after n had
once been introduced, would appeal To
tho sporting palate like n tonic TO "A
run down constitution. with a roliick-
Ina game of water polo, a round ~ |
fitting. together with a tub race or two. |
some trick swimming. or maybe. walk |
ms the greasy pole as bonnie b0uche
for the youngsters. a little money could |
be raised for charity. II for nothing
else.
Despite the big cllentage that the
LAX. r-rortn and the local swimming |
pools draw. Il II an evident fart that |
the great majority Of Salt i.akcra don't |
know how 10 swim. Win ali these
natural advantages az our very door
tho majority founder around ana |
leave wake behind them like an East
River ferry boat. Possibly on the same
hypothesis that only two-thirds uf the |
neafarinx class can swim, 10 II Il that
the majority Of Utnhnr. N out 81 their |
depth In water would founder like the |
spanish ncet on pcwcy'H May day. /
There II no more inyiroratlnE. health. /
fui. and useful paatimc than swimming |
and the question IL how IA II that II " |
neglected.
Tho average man and boy. who does
Natter himself that he knows the differ /
ence between the side stroke and |
trendinE water, generally rNpsndH /
enough energy In keeping niioat for ten |
minutes that would run an elevator
That there are good swimmers In Salt
Lake city II patent 10 all who visit tho
public baths who're a cllaue get tngeth-
~ once IN awhile, ana, for an hour /
diyerEe into an aquati- and Ryinnnatie |
act that borders on the professional
much 20 the delight N the spectators,
who arr very handy with their inns,
Williams. for Instance. who thinks
nothing of diving into four feet Of
water from the height of twenty feet.
". q, hognon and Pat Moran can even
Yet hardly be classified among the has
beenn," while twenty boys can swim
the length ~ the biz Sanitafium pool
under water and there " one crank
Who ties his feet and gets another a.
Tie HIS hands and he crosses the deep
rnd under water and comes up blowing
llke sperm whale with a harpoon be-
tween his ribs