The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
REVIEW OF LEADING SPORTS FOR YEAR

Year by year the world of sports takes
a more important place in the affairs
of mankind. Each succeeding season sees
thousands added to the numbers who are
already interested and taking an active
part in all branches of sport. Today
nearly every individual has some particu-
lar hobby in the sporting world that he
or she is interested in and result
the daily sporting page in the newspaper
is devOured with interest for the latest
news in the sporting world. A person
may be a banker. merchant, professional
man or even one of the great army OF
labOring men, but he is also an enthusi-
asst in some one or more of the popular
sporting pastimes of the American pub
lie He may spend the greater part OF
the day in the office. the store or in the
workshop. but he Will find a few minutes
time TO devote himself to his particular
branch of sport. To him one OF his
greatest pleasures in life is baseball
game. football match, boxing contest cy-
Gle race, tennics match. golf, or perhaps
a game of checks When he has the
time he will either witness or become an
active participant in one or more of these
contests. When he cannot spare the time,
the daily sporting page takes its place
and becomes part OF his very existence.
Realizing this. the press makes an ef-
fort to daily give an account of the lead
ing sporting events The Herald was per-
haps the first paper in the intermountain
country to add a sporting page to its
news department ana IOT years u mas
been acknowledged as the leader in CIV
ing the public the best that can be Sc
cured in this line
important Events of Year.
While the year 1905 has not been re-
markable one. yea il probably will aver
age up we'll with past seasons in serv
ing the public with that which it so much
desires OF the many great events OF
the year. IN the writer's opinion. the vic
tory of the American Olympic athletes
over the world is the most important.
Next in Importance is the remarkable race
in both the National and American base
ball leagues for the pennant, resulting
in the final series between Chicago and
Detroit for the worlds championship.
Then comes the great victory Of Frank
Gotch over the famous Hackenschmidt for
the worlds wrestling championship. fol-
lowed by the final dethronement of Joe
Cans by Battling Nelson in their two
fights for the lightweight honors. These
events will, one and all. be talked Of in
years to come as remarkable achieve
ments in the sporting world and events
in which practically every American was
more or less interested
Remarkable Baseball Year.
Baseball is the one game that lies near
est TO the hearts of the American public
and is therefore the king OF all sports
The year 1903 without question saw great
er interest in this sport than any year
season the two major leagues indicated
there would be a fight at the finish. but
never in the widest moment OF iraagina-
ton did any one suspect that it would
take an extra game to decide the cham
pionship of the National and that the
American league pennant would be in
doubt until one day before the final clos
ing of the season Not only did the
majors make a close race OF il. but this
was also true in q number of the mi
nors. noticeably the Western league in
which the championship was not decided
until the final game was played One
OF the feature events of baseball during
the year was the famous play of Mer-
kle at second which cost the New York
team the pennznt- Another was the scan
dal over ticket selling for the worlds
championship series and the attempt of
New York gamblers 10 bribe the UNI
pires to throw the National league pen
nant 10 the New York Giants The at
tempt Of the Eastern league and the
American association u gain certain con-
cessions from the Nationar association
which resulted in the two above named
leagues boiling the controlling organiza-