The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-04
sport GOSSIP
ON LIVE TOPICS
Doings in the Ring, on the Dia-
mond, Around the Track.
FOR FANS OF ALL KINDS
COMMENTS AND NOTES ABOUT
EVENTS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Seldom has there been a cycling event
at the Saucer track which has worked
up so much interest in the game as
the series OF match races between Floyd
Mcfarland and W. +. Samueison. sam
has had such easy picking this year
that many thought he could defeat the
best men in the business TO satisfy all
concerned, FLOYD Mcfarland Was brought
here from the east, and the largest
crowd that has gathered at the Saucer
track Ia the past three years went
down to see the race. Mcfarland won,
and won easily. surprising a great ma
JOrity Of the patrons OF the track, but
not those who arc posted OF the speed
of the two men.
This was in a scratch race, where head
work and ability TO sprint count for
everything. Samuelson Immediately pro-
posed an Australian pursuit race, a style
OF racing at which he needs not 10 take
a back seat against any man in the
world The match was arranged, and
the pair will meet tomorrow night to
fight X out again.
While il is well known what Sam can
do at this kind of racing, it mus not be
overlooked that Mcfarland is an IN
picked rider of no mean ability. How
ever, 1t is condition that counts here.
ana S2muelson viii have the better end
or the argument It should be a great
race, With Samueison the favorfte for
the long end Of the money
Harry Newmeyer. who finished the sea
WIn SatL Lake last year. and started out
with Denver this season, and who was
then sold 10 the Northern league. is now
with Waterloo in the Iowa league. IL
is reported that San Francisco wants
MIN and that he will go there next year.
According to reports received in this
city, American wheel riders who 20 10
Australia this winter will have a chance
10 compete on an asphalt track in Mel
bourne. y fiNe-lap track is being built
there. and 1t is said will be all ready for
the winters racing season. In the past
the races at Melbourne have been held
on the cricket grounds. a flat. grassy plot,
without any banking whatever This
has always been great handicap 10
American riders. Floyd Mcfarland,
however, won the mile championship on
this track last season, beating the best
men in Australia at their own kind Of
riding liver Lawson had three falls IN
as many trials to ride tais track. and
thereafter refused 70 compete on any OF
the grass tracks.
Tommy Jacobs has Butted into the
fighting game down IN Los Angeles and
appears 20 be making good. That is
Tommy has secured manager, who Is
willing to bet $3.50 that Tommy can fight.
and he has also established a record in
the papers. This is part OF the record;
According 10 his manager Jacobs is
one OF the best boys In has class in the
country. 4 four-round draw with
Young Corbett is the choicest thing he
down twice i'm the third round OF their
little set-tO. Herrera and Clarence Eng
fish have also been up against the boy
from the Mormon village. and they had
4 hard time picking Dtrn.
Four-round draw with Young CoFbett.
This Is that exhibition in Ogden. Herrera
had hard picking. Just two rounds.
English, wen not in this neck Of the
wOodss~
Biddy Bishop has just returned from q
trip TO Dawson City. and it is reported
that he brought home a sackful OF money
to show for his two months sojourn IN
the Yukon country. Bishop starred Billy
Woods, the Los Angeles -colored man,
among the mining camps up there. and
IL is said he had easy picking with those
world Woods ended his trip by defeat
ing Nick Burley for the championship or
the Yukon. and. according 10 Bishop.
won several mining claims along with
gold nuggets and gold dust. besides all
the spare cash the miners had about their
persons.
It is reported that one of the Butte
fight clubs is trying 20 match George
Gardner against Jimmy Flynn, the fign-
to take place in Butte in the near future.
one might add, What q pudding for
Gardner"
Much has been said time and time
again about the class Of baseball dished
out to local fans by the Pacific National
league. As has often been stated ~ theSe
columns. fans In Salt Lake are getting
as GOOD an article o0 ball az in nny
minor league city IN the country. This
can easilr he proven b. the way the
PLAYERS of the Pacific National league
are grabbed every year by the two big
leagues. Last season some thirty odd
blazers graduated into the big leagues.
and now the leagues have started a RAD
on Pacific National players again IniS
year At the meeting Of the natlonal
commission held Thursday night three
men were gObhled from this league They
are Hogg and ROckenfield of SDokaIe
and Swindells OF Butte. As it is yet early
in the drafting season. It VIII occasion
no surnrise IL more are goooled up 70
strengthen the big leagues
Here is a. story coming from Spokane.
Umuire Davis and Catcher Hanson had
been out together one night before tine
game in question ard Hanson was dong
the entertaining. The result was thar
the Boise catcher parted with a fair
amount OF his SALARY before the evening
was over hut he rested under the belief
that he had won a friend IN the umnire.
The next dav Hanson began TO complain
about Davis decisions on balls and
strikes 1t appeared TO him that the urn-
pirp could be more leriept with his last
niehts COMPANION. and he was vigorous
in his protests. The result was that nan
son was fined s.. and he now thinks he
made 9nor Investment when he went
out with Davis.
Here is what our friends the enemies
think Of Pitcher F~sick as published in
the Spokane Chronicle:
"One Of the bonde-haired Elders by
the name of Essick pitched great game
yesterday, the best, probably. that has
been seen on the local grounds this sea-
son. Essick had curve yesterday that
perhaps ne National Lacquer ever sur
passed Every bend was shoot and
every one the same. Combined with his
great pitching arm. he had head on
bis shoulders that kept him out OF ali