Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-28
Salt Lake, Ogden, Butte and Spo-
kane May Form
One.
BELIEVED IT WOULD PAY.
learned That There Has Been Some
correspondence Between Salt Lake
AID Spokane and Butte

rho following from the Butte Miner In
d,cates that prominent men Of Butte are
onyious TO build saucer track, and to
sorm a circuit with Salt Lake, Ogden and
enokane The fact that ogden is to have
fine modern track, as first published IN
these columns, seems to have stirred UP
considerable interest both in Butte and
gpokane. The article IN the Butte paper
follows
somewhat OF a petard was exploded In
select sporting circle yesterday when II
was learned that several prominent men
had been quietly figuring on the possible
,ty OF success in building a new saucer
bIcycle track In Butte and Joining the
proposed circuit of Salt Lake, Ogden and
snokane. The matter has been kept vory
eaiet for the reason that II may not ma
torialize but just the same there has
been much thought put on the scheme and
, something dehnlto may result.
There Is as yet no track IN Spokane, but
A is learned on good authority mat cor
respondonce has passed back and forth
between Spokane and salt Lake people
who intend forming n circuit OF the threl
cities mentioned, and the track In Ogden
Interested and there Is a possibility Of this
city Joining hands with the other three
cities In a circuit.
The minute bicycle racing is mentioned
IN Butte people smile, The first and las.
venture in that direction, under the man
egement Of Benny King, was a disaster
n ever there was one, but that does not
necessarily mean second attempt would
be a failure, There were many reasons
for the former fasco, first Of which w1s
gross acknowledgements,
In the first instance King attempted TO
hold races every night in the week, some
thing impossible in towns smaller than
1900 inhabitants. He pulled of fairly
but the snort was new, people were not
educated to e. and Instead Of nursing
The game along King plunged In head
long and.-went smash.
With proper management the people in
terested here now might be able to arouse
an interest In the sport that would not
only pay the promoters, but would prove
source Of clean entertainment to the
public hard TO obtain In Butte during the
summer months when baseball Is dead. as
II II liable TO be- Two evenings a week
would be sufficient and II Is believed,
with the splendid cards easily obtalnable
lhe people would soon become as infatua-
led with the game as they are in Salt
Lake, Ogden and other cities.
Many say the sport is too tame for
Butte sport lovers, There Is where big
mistake is made. with clever and fast
men saucer track racing Is about as ey-
citing as anyone could wish. II certain.
" Is more celebrating sport than
toursing, on par with horse racing and
there Is no horse racing here now; bass-
ball will probably be confined TO amateur
teams, and what is there left2
BY arranging circuit Of Butte. Salt
Lake Ogden and Spokane the best riders
IN the country could be secured and the
expense would be small, as riders are only
TOO willing TO pay their own expenses for
me chance to race on good circuit, With
q a Ia la oh. -
able to gain strong foothold here, pro-
gldng only two nights a week were given
up 20 the game. The constant appearance
o. new faces the riders moving from one
place to another In the circuit, would
Also prove strong feature IN a four
town formation, and the more one thinks
Of II the stronger the proposition appears.
Here Is partial list OF riders who are
ohtalnable any time the proposition Is
well under way, Floyd Mcfarland, who
Downing W. T. Samuelson and Saxon
Williams amateurs, Peddler Palmer. Aus
laa; Emil Agraz. Orlando Stevens, John
Ihapman' r. Sehspps. champion Of
man, Baldy staver, Norman c. Hopper.
Charles Holllster, George Collect Carl
and liver Redman ana many others, all
Professionals
II is understood the land on which the
old saucer track. was erected can be easily
secured, and II Is an ideal place for an
enterprise Of this sort Centrally located.
easy Of access by street car from every
part OF the city, no better site could be
obtained by anyone who cares to push the
promotion OF the scheme.
.. IN splte OF the failure several years ago.
u easy to see second attempt In tho
hands OF competent men ought TO succeed.
a clean, exciting sport suitable for la
dies who, In fact, are its greatest de-
voices, and devoid Of any thing rough or
fowdYsh, while stu retaining all the
elements Of live and stimulating snort.
saucer track racing under the conditions
mentioned ought TO prove n paying In
Veslment for the men who start t.
Ihc akat,ns craze OF the past winter
an illustration Of what can be done In
wards sport OF course the case OF the