Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-03

the value Of such man. Since MS
arrival in Salt Lake Webster mas
played more than half the positions on
the team As box artist he held his
own with the best OF them and estab
lshed a good reputation On first
and second base and short stop he was
equally effective and played the game
at all times for every little point theirs
was in II. Just at the time when the
team was In a hopeless tangle, when
deserters We're leaving almost daily
and hardly O. man felt secure he took
charge of the team and within short
time had the boys playing together as
they had never done before and res
tored confidence among them. When he
announced his intention 10 quit. IL
caused a great howl among the players
and directors OF the team who realized
his departure would be a solar plexus
blow 20 them.
Well, liver Lawson is doing just what
his admirers here expected Of him, and
what he hoped TO do himself, In the
first race he entered on an eastern
track, he defeats "Majah' Taylor, the
colored man, who has a Worldwide rep
utation, and Judging from the time
made in the half mile heat--i2O he
did It with ease. The dispetch stated
/ that liver was from Australia. but the
speedy young man desires II to be dis
tinctly understood he is from Salt Lake.
Before leaving here he said there was
no Iace on the globe like Salt Lake,
and that he could not be kept away
from here with a dozen satling guns.
| He expects to return about the Sth or
| 10th OF next month, and II some Of the
eastern speed merchants will come with
him he will ride In a series odf match
races on the local saucer,
The success Of Cresceus in reducing
| the worlds record for trotters to 2:O2A
was a peculiarly fit triumnh for the
| horse and for his owner. For months
there has been much talk Of the COM
| parative speed qualities Of Cresceus
and The Abbot. The question was to
| have ben settled at Cleveland, but The
Abbot developed an Illness and was not
| NJ 10 start In the race, which was de-
| clared of. In order to substitute an at
| traction Cresceus was sent against his
| own record, the stallion mark. He not
only heat his own best time, but low
cred the colors Of The Abbot by wrest-
ling from the Village Farm horse the
title Of champion trotter Of the world
| The conditions under which the great
! stallion accomplished the feat were not
altogether favorable and the hope that
he could even beat 2;Oi was slight
The Denver Western league team
which Is at the bottom OF the list seems
20 be picking up these days and win
ming every day. Billy Morrow Is now
with that team and his presence may
have something to do with the streak
Of good luck Up 20 a few days ago Il
Won about one game out OF ten and
Denyerites were beginning to believe
they had losing club on their hands
The 2lst OF this month will be Wheel
| mems Protective association day at
/ Salt0ir, and the wheelmen are working
| hard 20 arrange a good program. AL
I ready there have been about thirty
| five valuable prizes donated by mer-
chants Of the city and II Is expected
the number VIII be increased 70 fifty
by the end Of next week.
r., A. Hahn, manager Of the Spokane
saucer has written to Manager Rishel
Of the local track asking him II no
would like TO put on a ladies six-day
race here. Mr. Rishel thinks not. Hahn
wants 70 put on the race. and have Il
run two hours each day. Rishel does
not believe that such an event would
be at all popular here, and Is not In
favor OF the scheme. The Spokane
manager has asked for lady riders
| from Salt Lake TO compete on his
track. but just who they are Is a mys-
| terry.