Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-09
PILGRIM PLAYERS
WILL CONE HERE
An All Star Utah Team Of Seeker
Football Experts Organizing
To Meet Them.
GAME COMES IN OCTOBER.
Commands Interest Bccau,c thc Con.
test IS for Sport and Not for Money
MAKING by Participants.

salt lake has prospect OF seeing 8n
association football game next autumn
with the best local players o1 one side
arrayed against me famous English
Pilgrim team ari There Is another
possibility ola game with the Counlbl-
ans
The Pilgrim game however. has first
call Mr. Service OF The salt Lakc
team has been in communication for
ZONE time past with e. % Murray
manager OF the Pilgrims, who E are
ranging their American tour a recent
letter from Mr. Murray from Toronto.
Canada, says that the tour swim begin
from Mou,rea The 0TH, week u Oc-
'obe5 and Nll extend from coast TO
coast taking in Salt Lake. If % game
is desired. The CoChrane cup Mr.
Murray explains s ROW held by the
team. and is open TO al association
teams IN America and CgJadH
The disposition lu salt Lake is To-
favor the game for hone at legsl there
is prCented the novelty Of sport In
America Tor sports sake The players
ere not the paid servants Of amy club
or town. but work FOR their living aud
play t1r their reers tiou. each one
even outnttiug himself
wHo THE PILGRIMS ARE.
AZ the request - the News" John
Morgan has prepared "a history OF the
Pilgrim team. and Of their prospective
tour through western America. 10 is
rs follows
Two years ego this wcll known team
OF English amateur "s0rker" football
players Was not in existence. and the
birth of the club is OF the accidental
order Early last summer the crack
London amateur club-the famous Co-
rinihians made DO known that they
Intended taking q strong team ont 10
tour canada and the United StatesBrd
preparations Wegs made ON This side
10 receive them But about a month
~ sIS weeks before the day settled for
sailing. the tour, owing 10 some unfore-
seen Circumstance had 10 be dropped
Great disappointment WAS manifested
on this side, AS lively and ab0unding
interest had been created by the proc
iacted tour Arrangements were az
once SET bon motion TO tiy and induce
some other amateur team or any AK
gregaion NJ amateurs 10 fll the gap.
The English association got husyand
With the aid Of Lord kIu1iard prcsi-
dent ~ the aSsocatIon-0nce a famous
player me now well known Pilgrim
aggregation was formed The team
no' tho cream OF English amateur tall
ont-as some WisIniormad American
papers called twas drawn from yaH-
Gus amateur and professional teams
from AN over the country from MS
widely separate points as Toucnh1m
in London aud the northern Nom1ds in
Lancashire ~ was scratch org3ui-
2ation, pure and simple. and WAS got
together .n "a hurry Men were drawn
fiom me RANKS N the professional
league clubs. ag IN "sockcr' football
bona 0de amateur holds his status as
an amateur PLAYER even when playing
on professional league teams as long
as he gets mo- rccnmpcuse FOR Dis ser-
vices Many sons of some of the
vealthcst merchants and muNiac-
iurcrs in The country are seen regular
D. in professional league matches as
when they possess t6n ability fhry
would rather Boz playing Boo thc crack
professional ranks whore they Niu -cH
and learn more chan among mediocre
amateur clubs
HAD Az ANGEL
For three seasons Mr q. B. rrv q
b,a'lnl 15. IS," ''" ,t ', '
l.l '''''1'''' ii' ,''
and Rugby twice winner of the English |
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