Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06
What Is Going on in Local Athletic
Circles.
THE SOCIAL WHEEL CLUB,
cyclists Get y mad Attack Of uasebsii
Feser-ssorses. sPokes
aud Hats.

Athletics have MT fAlt isNht Wy HAih
aud we can be- said TO be- quite metro
pclltan when football. baseball hiklnF'
boxing aud even basket bah ar taken
into consideration. all Of which In their
line and season are handed out for the
edlhcatlon Of the young and rising gen
grafton, ane som. Of them not 20 young
either. but sait Lake has yet 10 witness
the introduction Of polo and golf. Polo.
entails the keeping 81 half a dozen
trained ponies. together with a groom
or two. consequently. the military game
viii never become q plcbian rastime.
with golf II II different. after you have
acquired n Scotch accent and n COM
plete sct " a dozen strange looking
clubs that bear the titles of long,
middle and n short spoon. put
ter" a heavy and light Iron" a div.
tne. n liftlng and a putting ''clcek.
together with "nlhlick"-aH the Eng.
lishmsn says, why there you arc. don't
cher know"
EYES, strange implements aforesaid en-
tered the Knutsford rutunda last week
and inquired Of the clerk whether there
were nay links" ON the outskirts OF
wsrr any links on the outnkirtA Of
tion. he received n negative rvply ana
consequently, Salt Lake stock took a
biz tumble In the estimation ~ this
youth.
Apparently golf has come to stay In
America. All over the Fast clubs arr
being formed and for some months past
a wall has gone forth from Scotland.
the home % the game. TO the effect that
America Il absorbing all the available
talent and professionals rum the big
English and Scottish club houses.
There Il no reason why soif should
not be played here In this city. posi-.
bly, there Il not great amount % turf
available. but then old Eagvr used 70
say that. tennis. croau.t. football.
that .nana,ci from across the
pond could only BE- played upon brit
lsh turf. Possibly some people may
ask what 10 golf anyhow The writer
used 10 imagine In days gone by that
n consisted IN ''rwipr. and N n hit walk
a M lie. n miss lots of bad Language
For the benent Of the uninltinted. how
ever. golf T. essentially game that u
played by both sexes OF aKrA ransins
from 10 10 90. Golf may be played on
any stretch Of ground wherv the gtns'
II not too rank. but the ground best
suited for The purpose II a reach o.
unduinting country with n sandy soil
occasionally broken w by "bunkefr
and provided IN addition with
short scrubby bushes technical,
termed a "whin." These "bunkerr" and
"whihs" constitute the main hazards
Of the game In the avoidance % which
skin IN u II principally shown: and
without n fair provision of them. NJ
roifinr links or green can be held
10 approach the ideal standard. Small
holes OF about four Inches In diameter
are punched In the turf at distances
ranging frum 100 Ia 800 yards apart
The game consists In driving the bal
from the tee" into the next hole viii
the implements before mentioned. II
sounds easy but anyone who imasinci
that II II. II welcome 20 try II and ~
ter he has made iis puts" IN M many
yards while his opponent goes ROUND
the course tabout two milcrl In twcnt,
strokes he viii either be excessively dis
Euated or have a rcyerent respect fol
the game.
II IL hard 10 say which branch nj
sport at the present time occupies tn
wArinest spot In the hearts OF the flckll
public. From every branch Of pastiml
comes the same refrain. Tom Mccol
on behalf 81 the horrrmen says tina
shown In trottinE and pacing AZ Their
ID this year. and he promises hiT thing
a. well an surprises from tho Dccora
tion Day meet at calder'n Park. whcri
already at this early date there ar
several gee-geea In active training. Ol
the other hand the wheclmcn are afouH
inf considerable Interest with tibet
program Tor the sam. date. Will, al
along the line hardly "a day passes hu
nj Ia la "a "A Ia
popular favor.
Apparently the Social wheel clul
Il Toing TO combine both branches q
The sport. Mr. &. u. steward. who IN
dulses In stories regarding how In hi
youth he used Ia pitch hack East" 70
", day, has been put In chairman O
orranlxatlon Ia form Social Whes
baseball club with the aNowcd puf
pose OF putting everyone else In IN
shade.
The Social Wheel club further mex
month intend TO hold their aegOnd an
nuai brand basket Picnic run. on who
occasion they will extend Invitation
70 the members OF the lroquols and IN
opal Wheel clubs, together with oths
i@dalista, whom they viii designate I
Join them In the run that promises I
be even greater success than that ,
last year. The great and thHiiln
event on that occasion viii be- has,
ball game In which the focialH VIII pla
allcomefH who rldo cycles
The 9ociAla tomorrow will run dow
60 caldcr'H Park and Indulge IN
trial game IN order that they may nele,
their nine from the material In cy
drnee.
The froquola wheel club holds II
REGULAR monthly meeting ON Monda
night.
The coming cycle races on Dccoratl0
day are causing Quite a flutter and u
proposed contestants, that embrace n
home talent, together with two entfiI
from both Provo ana Ogden. are undi
cidcd whether they Will race under n
l., A, w. or the Western league. n
old timers nrc Inclined tn be- loyal
the l.. 4. W, while the new blood u
favor OF the latter. In order TO get
sentiment In black and white, Chnrl
Smith has decided TO call Epcci
meeting ~ an bicycle racing men In o
der 20 determine under what rules thl
wish 90 race. blanks have been printi
and left at the various dealers Tor Il
men 10 sign. signifying whether tn
will race under the l., A, W. or the
A. e. G, The question of local ra
Ing board VIII also be brought up al
meets under It's jurisdiction VIII
considered.
These who have a difficulty In clca
ing their bikes Will Ind u useful hint
nta.l. -. al