Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-16
"PENNY" GOSSIP.

Lucas declares that the Pacific National
league Is dead. Williams Of Spokane de-
cares that II is not dead, or dying and
that II Will be In operation the coming
season.
Alex Groggains has at last succeeded In
making a match which will not be oppos-
ed by the sporting writers Of san Fran
cisco, lie tried to pull of the Hart
Johnson match, but was prevented. He fl
nally decided upon Neil and Murphy for
his January date,
Since the opening Of the new California
Jockey clubs racing season 50 days ago
$4,000 has been distributed I'm stakes and
purses. over 80 owners Of horse have won
sums in excess OF 81 600 The four lead
ing winners are: Walter Jennings, 5000;
NJ. j. DAILY $3.50; H. H. Rowell $685. r.
Ryan, S,l6.
The Mt. Pleasant CHM club feels that
the Salt Lakcrs are trying 70 back out Of
for $500 a side The Mt Pleasant hunters
posted their forfeit 10 bind the match but
to date the Salt Lakers have done moth
ing. IL was proposed the teams Of ten
men each should contest In the hunt, an
In making the arrangements. the MI
Pleasant club claims to have agreed to
all the demands made by the Salt Lakers,
Harvard Is making desperate effort
this year to turn out Wining team IN
track athletics The defeats Of Yale IN
dual games Of the past two years and In
the intercollegiate games for three years
from a combination Of circumstances
which gave hope Of successful issue
to llarvard's campaign on the clnder path
next spring,
The team will be strong IN the sprints
and dashos with such men as Captain
Schlck. three times winner Of the Inter-
collegiate l00-yard dash and twice winner
of the go and Divee, winner Of the 40
I'm the Harvard and Yale-OXford and
Cambridge meet I'm England last sum
mer. There are also promising hurdles
I'm college who will make their mark In
the spring meets.
In fact. the only real weakness Of the
team will be In the high Jump and ham,
mor throw. Especial effort Is being made
TO bring out material In these events,
To solve the hammer throw problem
Trainer Graham has a hard task There
Is not known TO be even. an average
hammer throwcr in the university. To iii
this gap, Captain Schlck In the Crimson,
the university daily, issued an urgent call
60 all men VI strength, especially foot
ball men, who are not out for winter
sports to join tho daily practise Of the
track team and try their hands at ham
mor throwing It Is felt that several
football men notably NILS, the big full
back. and Parker and Bril-, tho freshmen,
guard aud tackle, respectively, can bc
developed into first class men with the
hammer
A dispatch from Paris says that the
visitor 10 The Salon des Automobiles who
goes there In the hope Of selecting a small
car win find himself disappointed. The
exhibits siugle-cyllnder cars are reduced
20 those of two or three makers one Of
the most remarkable and taking small
cars in the show is said to be the new sim
gle vertical cylinder Wolseley which,
which the De Lions and the Bayards aud
a ear or two by the less known French
makers, are all the exhibition has to pre-
sent TO the would-bo purchases Of a
small car. Small cars are I'm increasing de-
mand, and homo productions must he
called upon 20 satisfy the public require
mtnts, Even the people who were the FIRST
10 show tho great possibilities Of tho
small car are now ccasing It's manufac-
lures the end Of the marNet for eXpon-
slve four-Cyllnder cars must shortly ar.
rive. but, as automobilsm extends It's
influence, the number Of good small cars
at reasonable price Is likely to extend
indefinitely.