Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-15
Football, Bowling Indoor Base.
Ball and Basketball the Rage
This Winter.
WHAT THE BOXERS ARE DOING.
Jimmy Britl is Shy About Meeting
Corbett Game Opened Ia Chicago
lcGries Alone 10 His Class.

Football, bowling contests, indoor
baseball and basketball win hold the
boards ln the local sporting world this
winter There Is not much chance for
tho boxing game TO be revived unless
the right kind Of people can be induced
20 take hold Of the uncertain business.
There Win soon be "a merry fight on
FOR the championship Of the stat"
among the footbalsts Then there Will
be- the school Championship to decide.
The main fight when 1t comes viii
be between the Varsity crew and the
Logan Aggles. The Salt Lake High
school team is confident of carrying oil
the hOuors among the school teams,
while the ogden eleven ls looked upon
By many MS "a probable winner,
Several indoor baseball and basketball
teams will soon be- organized. a league
OF baseball teams win very likely be
organized ere long the principal teams
being among the y. q. u. boys. The l."
u. S. u. win again strive for the state
championship in basketball circles. but
there viii be- others. Word was re-
Celyed here during the week that %
strong capable team is 90 be- organized
at Eureka and that determined fight
for first place viii be- made by that
team.
So far as the boxing game is con-
ceued, It may be- considered, locally
I'm comltose state I'm other words
"Thcy amt nothn dom" An attempt
has been made recently to revive 1t 10y
giving so-called amateur events, But
the class OF athletes with one or two
exceptions who We're billed as par
ticipunts I'm the program, was enough
10 give the club a death blow
Writing OF boxing reminds us Of the
report that the game is to be revived
H. Chicago this winter Here is what
Malchy Hogan has to say about the
situation IN the windy city:
| understand that several local pro-
motors expect 10 open up shortly and a
club on the North Side is figuring ON
a program inside Of two weeks There
have been reports 10 the effect that
the city hall authorities have refused
permits for boxing bouts This Is only
true In part. as | understand e. Sew
eral wildcat promoters have been Civ
en- 10 understand that there will be
nothing doing" while those who have
run orderly shows In the past have been
given the tip that the bars win be LET
down as usual IL Is said that Mayor
Harrison viii not draw the line too fine
between a club Ike the Chicago Attn
letic association and other organiza-
lions.
There is a possibility however that
quawels and chickering's among the
promoters may stop the game altogeth-
er II such should be the case, / doubt
whether the G., A. A, win be permitted
10 continue IN the game What the
police are against are these small fly
by-night boxing shows where anybody
who Is willing TO be pummeled for n
s. note can get into the arena, Il rs
at these clubs where accidents aud rows
usually happen. while NJ the larger
and more public halls the shows differ
very little from other entertainments.
During the week Sam Harris wired
Jimmy Britt asking him TO fight
Young" Corhett six rounds IN Phila-
Wv ihlANf hhi N' lul nus lttflNtQ no re-
ply Young Corbett says he win take
Britt ON in almost any kind OF an old
match, and agree 10 any weight or the
division OF the money In any way that
suits Britt.
II doesn't look as II Britt were an
xious for a meeting with the little
champion under any conditions that
would be reasonably fair to both men.
Harry Pollok I'm q letter to The San
Francisco Bulletin, gives Britt a great
lambastlng and predicts that when he
again meets Corbett there win be moth
ing but pity coming to him when Cor
bet gets through with him We have al
ways entertained serious doubts about
Britt giving Corbett return match.
The decision that was handed to him
he Will hold on TO as long as he can
The thumps he received in their last
are too fresh In his memory
for him 10 willingly agree to gulp down
another dose of the same medicine. and
he win therefore pass Young Corbett
up,