The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-13
Sporting Gossip.

Baseball association has announced
that the park is closed to baseball
games for the year. Several attempts
were made to arrange games between
local amateur teams, to be played at
the park during the past week but
these have been unsuccessful The
games at the best would be poor exhi-
billions of the national game and It is
better that they be cut out altogether
me season has closed with the best
baseball ever seen in the city and any
attempt TO play poor ball should be
promptly sat upon.
The greatest surprise of the football
season was the announcement by the
trustees of the Latter-day Saints Uni
Versity that football would not be toll
Grated by that institution The news
came as severe shock to large num-
oers or the students. as they thought
the ban put upon this great college
game had been lifted for all time to
come. The faculty may stop the stu
dents from playing under that institu-
ton S name. but it will be impossible
TO down the spirit. Nearly ali of the
players have gone to other teams and
viii play just as hard as if they had
been allowed to do so at the college
This also puts a different phase on the
school championship this year. The
l. D. S. was an important factor to be
considered and its removal practically
tie AlCtu 10 the state university
and the All Hallows.
A wonderful amount of activity
marked the progress of football in the
city during the past week. The teams
have completed their line-ups and the
managers are now busy scheduling
games But little progress has been
made in this line, however, on account
of each manager trying to arrange
early games with some team he is sure
of defeating. This has held back the
season and unless the elevens schedule
games on the first available dates some
OF them are going to find the season
gone with no games played on their
part The meeting held by the mana
gers on Monday night with this end in
view failed to accomplish the purpose.
entirely because the managers were
backward in deciding just what teams
they would play. 1t is expected that
number of games viii be scheduled
the coming week.
After a period OF several months the
boxing game again opened Monday
night at the gymnasium of the new
Salt Lake Athletic club. The plaee
has been fitted up admirably for box
ing and number of interesting bouts
have been promised for the fan and
winter months The contest last Mon
day night was handled in a manner
that reflects credit on the club and as
Ions as 1t so continues there is not
much danger of anyone interfering with
the sport The go between Christv and
Francis. While not exciting enough for
the novice. was nevertheless an fnter.
eStlng affair. There are those who pre-
Ter to see pugilists go at each other
hammer and tongs from the handshake
until one is counted out. The close stu
dent OF the game, however, is willing
that the men should use every precau-
ton possible to prevent an accidental
dow from ending the contest. This
was the case Monday night. Christy
anu + rahcls We're very cautious for the
first four rounds. neither man willing
20 take any chance. When Christv
discovered he had his man beaten, he
then went at him in a manner that
soon ended the fight. Manager Nc
Nance has several boxers on the string
and expects to announce another "a
within the next few days.