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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

more rev worlds records the past year
than the rest of the world combined
In but one sport is Utah deficient
That is baseball, the king of them all
And the reason of this is that Utaa
is isolated and II is impossible TO frame
a league i'm which baseball can be
made to pay it's way, although the Of
fetal records show that Salt LAKE
draws larger crowds than any town it
has ever met in a league baseball. Is
Utah a sporting center? Let some one
with facts and figures come around
and show up some spot in this great
country of its size that can equal it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
BOWLING.

March 7-western Bowling congress
opens at Denver.
March IA T Stahl of Denver elected
president of W. b. G.
March 12.-PaulsOns of Denver won
five-men team w. B. c. championship al
Denver. Score. 2.797. J. T. Morris of Sc
attic individual championship. Score. 676
l. r. Everhart and Tony Voght of Kan
sas City two-men championship. Score
], 299
March 22.-Garry Hermann elected pres
ident A. B. ca. Cincinnati securing next
tournament
Oct. Salt Lake bowlers meet and
form city league.
Oct. 15.-Sa1t Lake City league bowling
season opens with six teams.
Dec. 1S-First half Salt Lake league
bowling season ends. Hanes' Colts leads
p won, lost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

may 90 down the line of sports and it
will show surprising results in favor
of this state.
Take horse racing, for instance; this
is one of the sports that many think is
mot un to the standard. HOW many
states in the past year can boast OF a
mile, i'm competition, IN 2:llA- three
heats in ZIP, 2:13% and 2:llA. hall
mile in competition in 1:03lz by pacing
horses on a half-mile track. Yet this
was accomplished this year IN Utah.
Last years western lawn tennis cham
pion failed TO get near the finals in the
intermountain tennis tournament which
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
BOXING GAM &.

The fighting game has prospered in Og-
den, but nothing doing in Salt LakesThere
have been several attempts made to open
the game here. but all such attempts have
failed. Ogden has seen some good scraps
during the year, but that town overlooked
an opportunity to control the sport by the
manner In which the Salt Lake crowds
We're handled. Either through fault of the
management or the railroads. the Salt
Lake crowds were generally landed home
in the small hours of the morning. ana
they soon got tired and quit going Murray
tried to break into the game during the
year, but woeful Encouragement caused
the attemnt 10 fail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
If IT'S HERE
IT'S RIGHT
BASEBALL.

January S.-Tri-state league (outlawJ ad-
mttted TO membership in National associa-
tin.
Jan; 28.-President Bert resigns from Pu-
cific Coast league.
Feb. 26.-Roy Castleton signs to pitch
for New York Americans
March Chick Stahl. captain Boz-
ton Americans, committed suicide at West
Baden Ind.
April 6.-Pacific Coast baseball league
opens.
April n.-American and National leagues
seasons open.
baseball league season ends with l. ID. 6
L. pennant winners.
June S.-PTincetOn wins eastern college
baseball championship
Sept. G.-Wilhelm OF Birmingham. Ala
broke worlds shut-out record. pitching
fifiy-nne innings without allowing a ru1.
Sept 15-WesteTn league season close
Omaha wins pennant Umpire Evans at
American league hit with pop bottle while
umpiring game at St Louis
Sept 1S.-Harry Lumley of Brooklyn
breaks leg sliding into second base.
Sept BY defeating Philadelphia
Cubs cinch title to National league pen
pant.
oct. 5-Detroit beat St. Louis and wo1
deciding game for American league pen
nant.
Oct. s.-First game for worlds cham
pionshp played at Chicago. Twelve n
nings. Tie. Score, 3-3.
oct. 9.-Chicago, 3; Detroit I; at CHI
Oct. 1O-chicago. .; Detroit, 1; at Chi
Oct. u.-Chicago, e; Detroit. 1; at Dc
troit
oct. 12-Chicago. .; Detroit, 0; at De
tro;t.
Dec. Announcement made that the
American Association would invade Chi
cagO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

professional. 37S. Becker wins Browning
medal, Idaho Falls medal, Becker trophy
MoSely wins Cooper medal. winning on
toss of coin from Bigeow and Bybee. who
were tied. Salt Lake won team medal.
May S.-Gus Becker breaks IS out OF lO1
mixed blue rocks, including doubles. a
ogden, in practice shoot
May 20.-Archie Bigelow wins high am
ateur average at Walla Walla 49,
June III. J. Blanks wins shOot-Off on
tie for Grand American handicap at Chi
caGo, breaking is out of % Tie score was
50 out OF 100 W. r. Crosby wins pro-
fessional championship. 1872 out of 200.
July 10.-Ogden trap team Of ten men
beats Salt Lake team at Salt Lake. Score,
452 to 40.
Aug 26.-SaIt Lake team of ten men de-
feats Ogden team at Ogden. Score, 451
to $50
Dec. "a. TOepperWein shoots at n so
flying targets with rifle in ten days, miss
ing but nine, at San Antonio, Texas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

How is Utah as a sporting center?
How often is this question asked, and
now little does the general public ap-
preciate the class of sport in the
various branches. that is handed out
10 the fans i'm the course of a year. II
Is doubtful if there is a state in the
Union population considered = in
which all classes of sports are as well
represented, and in which the class of
sport is as high az in this state. This
is broad statement, but careful ex
animation of the records will prove it
to be true, and il is the performances
la record time that tells the tale. One
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

settles the title for four states, and
which was won in singles and doubles
by Salt Lake players. Utah's basket
ball teams have beaten every team
that has visited this state, some of the
teams travelling from coast to coast
with practically unbeaten records until
they hit Utah. Utah trap shooters
have won over the greatest shooters in
the world at Salt Lake and Ogden
tournaments durir~ the season Just
passed. The University of Utah has
just closed a football season tieing in
the great Rocky MOUNTAIN district for
the championship, while the High
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

school of Ogden completed it's second
year without defeat, giving it as
clear a title as any school in the west
fer the western championship. In track
and field the University of Utah clear
ly won the Rocky mountain champion
ship. The A. U. meet held in Salt Lake
made a number of records, not world $
records, but marks which no state in
the west can equal, and few In the far
east. who have been trying for years,
can excel. And cycling. Utah leads
the world II was Salt Lake that
named the champion for the year. and
Salt Lake and Ogden tracks set up
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
HORSE RACING.

Utah has had some good horse racing
this year. Provo and Ogden came up
strong on the game, and each town pulled
off some successful meets. Salt Lake had
the usual holiday meetings and closed the
season with weeks racing at the state
fair grounds which in point of attend
ance was the largest ever held In the
state. The races were principally for har-
ness horses. with a running event or two
each day. No attempt was made during
the year to promote a running meeting
although there was talk of it several
times
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
TRAP AND TRIGGER.

January 2i.-Judge Murphy Of Ogden
fines man named Rice so for killing two
deer.
January 2s.-Salt Lake sportsmen dis
cover wild ducks dying by thousands at
mouth Of Jordan river. Cause was never
explained.
May 3.EJ. f. Cowan1 elected president
Utah-Idaho SpOrtsmans association.
May 4.-Gus Becker of Ogden wins high
gun at Utah-IdahO SpOrtsman's tOurna-
ment of three days at Ogden. Score, 3S3
out Of 425. Austin and Mcmillan tie for
second, 375; Sneed fourth, 81; Harrington
fifth. $40: Barns. 369; Mills 365; Plank high
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
CYCLING.

In cycling this state was again the
worlds center for the year. The Salt
Lake track furnished as good sport as
ever, and the crowds held up TO the best
year in its history. Ogden came to the
front again and patronized the game.
proving the track could he made to pay
if properly managed AS all the most
prominent riders in the country were cen
tered at Salt Lake this year, II fell upon
the local track to decide the championship
of America this season. The Herald kept
a tabulated score of the winnings of each
rider. and at the close of the season Frank
Kramer led all the riders, with Jackie
Clark second. Frank Kramer thereby
again won the title held by him for six
wears
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
BASKETBALL.

Feb. sly NJ C A defeats Crescent
five at Salt Lake. Score. . to 25.
Feb 6.-American Fork defeats Ores
cent five at American Fork. Score. 81
TO SO.
Feb. 7.-Crescena five beats B. Y. L. al
Provo. Score, "A to q.
March 16-B. Y. c. of Logan beats b.
Y. L. of Provo at Salt Lake in play-Off
of tie. winning state school championship.
March BIB. Y. g defeats Y. NJ. c. A.
a Logan by score of 81 to IA, winning
state basketball championship.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
A. A. w., ORGANIZED.

This year witnessed new division of
the Amateur Athletic union formed in
Utah and for the first time the A. A. L.
meet was held. 1t brought out field of
the best athletes in the west and the new
division started off with set of records
that it will be hard to break. Later in the
year a swimming meet was held under
tho A A l.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
GOLF.

July H.-JeFome X Travers won ma
tional amateur championship at Cleveland.
Sept. 21.-W. II. Horn drove golf ball
3Sl yards at London. making new record.
Oct. 12--Miss Margaret Curtis wins wo-
mans national golf championship at Chi
cago.
oct. 27.-F. E. McGurrin wins country
club golf championship, winning cup for
third time, gaining final title to trophy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
BASKET BALL.

Basketball is at its height as this ar
ticle is written. The season closed last
spring with the b. Y. c. of Logan state
champion. after defeating the B. Y. L. of
Provo on a tied series for the state college
championship. and the remarkably strong
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

Y. NJ c. A. team. which LED all athletic
club teams Basketball has grown more
popular than ever and this season prom
ises to even excel the record OF last
year.
SHOOTERS.
The shooters. both trap and target. we're
kept busy during the year. The Idaho
Utah tournament at Ogden last spring
brought forth the strongest competition
the state has ever had and probably the
largest crowd of shooters. Salt Lake and
Ogden have met twice in team shoots
each winning a victory by remarkably
close scores. During the year the best
trap shots in America visited both cities
and special shoots were held in their
and Ogden marksmen proved their ability
by shooting alongside. and in many III
stances beating the champions
LAWN TENNIS.
The state and intermountain lawn ten
mis- championships drew large entry lists
and marked close competition. Tennis has
/ been increasing in popularity steadily for
the past four years and this year sa "
more players than ever before.
Taken as a whole. sport in the state has
/ increased along with the population and
more people than ever before are inter
ssted in what is going on in the sport
world. To any person interested in pro
noting any kind OF sport it is only neces-
sary to say. Deliver the goods and the
public Is with you. Don't come TO town
and imagine everybody out here is a
'brusher' or YOU will meet with the sns-
prise Of your life. a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
BASEBALL.

The Ogden High again walked Away
with the state championship, and II can
10 trnrhfuilv said their claim is fully
lust a. the claim any other school can
s..1ake. All HaIlows. starting with scarce
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

During the year just closed Utah has
more than held her own in the great and
constantly growing world of sports. Every
department and every branch of sports
known to the American public has been
represented and the thousands of fans in
This state have had a chance to see
their favorite pastime in its season.
FOOTBALL.
With the football season over and the
big games of the year still fresh in the
minds of the thousands who patronize the
games in the state il can be said that
the season has been a successful one. The
L. OF T.. the leading team. did well con-
sidering the size OF its schedule, losing
two games one TO Boulder and the other
To the st. Yincent's. The greatest vic
tory Of the year was over Golden, and
il came as a complete surprise to both
teams. The L. OF l.. lacked sufficient ma
feriaI to put out a team strong enough
10 win a clear title to the Rocky Noun
tain championship, a title this state has
struggled to annex in the past four years.
The Logan Aggies made the greatest
stride in their history this year, the new
coach Fred Walker. being largely re-
sDonsible for the Improvement Owing to
= poor schedule. but one important game
vas played. This was with Utah and the
Aegies gave the Salt Lake team the hard
est right it has had in recent years from
''''' BASEBALL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record1
No, Maud, dear; it doesn't take a gun
BOAT to shoot the rapids.
No girl objects to fellow being a ring
er II he brings her the ring
The egotist is the first to recognize ego
him. ~
1t is sometimes cheaper to get n divorce
ehan TO be sued for breach of promise
1t seems as though the people who wear
late. ca
Some young fellows don't raise whislxers
try -
man is failure when he is willing
for it. Ae pau
There's a lot of difference between what
think. !" =
A woman has mastered the art of con-
versation when she can talk for half an
hour without mentioning the servant girl
subject. . =
Guzzler-'Do you think your wife no
ticed that I had been drinking?'' Wig
wag-No; she never notices anything IN
less 1t is out of the ordinary"
First Temperance Lecturer-"Why so
despondent?" Second Temperance I &c
turer-"Oh, I'm in hard luck NV hor-
rtble example, who has been with me for
nine years, has gone and signed the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07

q
he rose took a step nearer, and began
speaking rapidly in husky whisper.
Miss Vandevere, Hsteni I'm goina
to tell you a secret. have fallen heir
to fortune. / take the midnight
train for Canada to claim the legacy
No one is to know Of this until after
I'm gone-not even Sterling. VIII you
come, too-away from this hateful
life? You know love you. Decide at
oncei There's no time for dallying.
Say you'll comet"
The startled girl trembled in the hot
breath of his passion. Every vestige
of color left her face.
ut is-so-sudden." she fsltered. II
must think 1t over. Give me time !
I'll. call at your boarding house at
10 o'clock. Be on the watch. sAnd rel
member how much there Is, at stake.
But I know can trust you"
Betty's voice seemed to have drop
ped down into her throat. There was
no response. A silence fell In which
she could hear the muffled beating OF
her own heart.
That night Henderson was the first
to leave. Sterling was in the room,
and he could only give Betty glance
of mute appeal as he went out.
She crouched over her desk with
blurred eyes. For a time there was no
sound save the rustic of the paper
Sterling pretended to read. At length.
throwing it down, he crossed to her
side
"Still at work, Miss vandevere? 90 he
said, new note in his big voice.
I'll soon finish now" she answered,
without lifting her eyes. Don't watt,
please. I'll lock up"
Betty heard him sigh as he went out.
Hastily locking the door on the inside,
she withdrew the key and returned to
her seat.
An hour dragged by. Now there
were shadows everywhere. The cor
ners were black with them. She felt
a suffocating terror, as II the walls
were contracting and might smut to-
gether and crush her.
Suddenly key clicked in the lock.
She had barely time to drop b1hind q
chair before a man tiptoed into the
office. AS. he passed by her hiding
place the light from the street struck
across his face. For minute she
ceased to breathe. He went hurriedly
on to the inner room; and, after lit
tie while, gentle clicking told her that
he was working the combination Of the
safe. 81
Now was her chancei Quakfng with
fright she crept to the door opening on
the landing. One quick step and she
was outside Then the unexpected
happened, A flood of light suddenly
i1lumined the darkness; she saw that
the passage was full of policemen. And
she had rushed straight into Tom Sterl-
ing's arms!
You! Oh. I'm so gladr' she gasped
Historically. Quick! The safe! You
are being robbed. Henderson,
But the men in blue had already
dashed past into the office. There was
the sound of a struggle, then a voice
shrieking dreadful curses-the same
voice she had once thought so cultured
and refined.
"I overheard-this afternoon Sterl-
ing said quietly. II had grown suspic-
ious before. If you really love him he
shall go free
Love him? oh, no, no. Betty cried,
with her face hidden on the big mans
shoulder. Il didn't know until this af-
ternoon who I lovedi But 1 do now
Copyright, 1907, by p. c. Eastment.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07

are not as salabIe as the smaller fruit
Neither are big oranges, and an orange
crop of big fruit causes great grief
among orange-growers. The reason
can be easily perceived when one re-
members that this kind of fruit is re-
tailed by the Dozen A box of oranges
with 175 in the box is worth much
more than a box containing only 80.
although the boxes are the same size.
Hence, an effort is made to keep lem
ons especially from growing too large.
That is why the big lemons that grow
on the ornamental trees that are kept
in houses in this climate are not seen
for sale on the fruit stands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Governor Swettenham has apollo
gized. Isn't it about time for Chief
Willis Moore, of the weather bureau,
to do the same to western Kansas?
% u
There is this difference says Dea-
con Twogood, between a lottery and
a fake mining company: You have a
small chance to win in a lottery"
< \ =
Perhaps the press agent of 'Salome"
who agitated suppressing the opera,
agitated a little too hard. There is
such a thing as OVERRIDING good thing.
y e
Among other things, this department
has no desire to be an insanity expert
in a big murder case, when William
Travers Jerome is bent on making a
few queries on the other side.
=
A story under a Wichita date line
tells how to boil gold out of sand.
That sounds like Wichita.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press

GFrom the New York Press
1t costs heap of money to educate
a boy up to the point where he can't
support himself.
Low-neck gowns are very useful
when a woman is packing a trunk not
to take up SO much room.
It's better not to know so much that
you have to explain 1t to everybody
else before they can understand it.
One of the comfortable things about
marrying a widow is all the things you
don't have to teach her by breaking
the news.
A woman thinks she is unhappily
married when her husband objects to
going out of the theater between the
acts and telephoning home to see If
burglars have broken in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07
WHEN FATHER HAS THE GRIP.


Poor mother wears worried look.
and sister wears a frown;
ana II 1 venture UP the stairs
Iney send me Straightway down.
m going to the drug store now,
Upon a hurried trip.
10 get some other kind of dope,
For father has the grip.
heard him grooming in the night,
lie said his head would split;
and then he thought his back. would
break;
In just a little bit
he told US that his legs were sore,
And soon it was his hip
IL seems that everything is sick
When father has the grip.
The doctor came today and left
some capsules, and he said,
10 take one each three hours until
The pain had really fled.
says IA, THAT means twelve hours be-
give this pain the slip;
III bet he'd find a faster dope
If he had got the grip
And then he told ma that he thought
That he was going to die;
An ma says no, that isn't so,
An gave the reason why.
Ihen pa got mad and told her that
He didn't want her lip;
On, there's no comfort in our flat,
When father has the grip.
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07
HUMOR or TIE DAY

IT think Mr.. Grimsby's attentions are
Serious, mamrid,'' says the fair young
thing. .f.E-
Has he said anything asks mamma
mo, but for Christmas gift he has
sent me a cook book and a volume on
homo decorations. Judge.
Columbus had just discovered America.
Fine" cried the natives; 'apd as soon
as subDoenas are in vogue we will dis
cover EuroDe."--N. Y. Sun.
when your mother-in-1aw fell into
the water, why didn't you help to get
her out %
MY dear, madam. you must know that
nothing ever have done has pleased her"
Figaro.
Explained-She-I wonder why Henry
James has never attempted a historical
romance? He-Impossiblei That kind de-
mands a period.-Lippincott's Monthly.
Heartless Editor.-'T would have you
understand, sir" said the slender young
man with shiny coat collar, that the
true poet is born" "Well, what OF it?''
asked the heartless editor do you want
to run birth notice ?'-Milwaulxee SEN
tinel. $780,
Mother-I don't think, darling, that you
should be playing cards on a Sunday.
Jack-But, mummy, we're not playing
properly. We're only cheatingI-Punch.
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of interest the railroads would be
obliged to pay -
at does not follow. continues DR..
Shaw. that these-n arguments will
be conclusive. There is. no, evidence
as yet to show that the people of the
United States. justly exasperated with
the railroad managers as they have be-
come, are by any means prepared to
throw the burden of railroad owner
ship and administration upon the
United States government. On the
other hand, they will heartily support
the government in its present policy of
Investigating abuses and trying to COM
pei those responsible for present con-
ditions to apply practical remedies"
The State Journal has steadfastly
maintained that railroads are entitled
to fair treatment in all things; that
no two-cent fare bill should be passed
that will interfere with good service
and a reasonable compensation; that
the railroads are not entirely to be
blamed for the so-called car famine,
which is really a shortage of motive
power; and that they are entitled to
exercise considerable influence in poll
tics as big taxpayers and employers of
labor.
But this paper does not believe that
they are entitled to go into legislatures
and try to defeat anti-pass and primary
election laws, simply because such laws
would put their politicians out of bust
ness. 1t believes that they are entitled
to be heard on the merits of such pro-
posed legislation as two-cent fare and
maximum rate laws, but it does not
believe that they should be entitled to
figure millions of watered stock in the
value of the roads.
The people are inclined to be fair,
but it is the resistance of the roads to
fair measures that is driving the pub
lie towards government ownership.
Why don't the railroad magnates |
see it?