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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
NJ CLOSKEY SAYS
HE CAN NOT Win
Honest John Admits St. Louis
viii Not Take Pennant
This Year.

Chicago. May 9.-Manager McClOskey Of
the st. Louis Cardinals created great ex-
citement today by refusing to claim his
team was certain to win the pennant,
thus upsetting all managerial customs.
NO, l don't expect TO win the pen
nant," the fighting leader of the Cardinals
said today. Il realize ! can't win il. I'd
like to- but l can't, and / know it,"
knowing it is not the most remarkable
thing about McCloskey. There are a lot
of managers who know they can't. The
fact that McClOskey admits he cannot
win the bunting is what stamps him as a
curiosity in baseball. cts the Cubs to a
cinch,' he continued. They'll make d
runaway race of it."
How about New York?' he was asked.
'Matty is going fine"
Yes, but MatJy cannot win the pennant
by himself and the moment McGraw tries
to make him do it he will ruin the great
pitcher. Probably you've noticed how he
is sending MatheWSOn to the box on every
occasion. Well, he'll send him too often,
and the pitcher will come back broke
Because he admits that he has not
pennant winning aggregation IL must not
be supposed that McClOskey holds his
team lightly.
I've a good team. he said. But /
could strengthen it a hundred per cent
if / could get hold Of a smart shOrtstOp.
O'ROurke is all right but he is not fast
enough for the league He's a young
fellow just out Of the minors. He will
come all right ana ne has the makings of
We are weak a short ana l know if 1
could get corking infielder TO take his
place I'd have more than good team
I'd have a great team.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
Nelson Is Foolish AGAIN.

So Battling Nelson is to tackle Packy
Mcfarland. The dispatches say the
stockyards fighter has already signed,
and that Nelson will do so within a
short time. The battle is scheduled for
ten rounds at Milwaukee. Again it
would seem that Nelson is a foolish
fighter TO agree to meet such "a man
for this short distance. Nothing can
come from the match but d decision for
McFarpland. Packy will have all the
best of il any way one figures the dope,
and needs but a decision over Nelson
to make him the logical candidate for
a match with Joe Cans and the big
purse that will go with it. Nelson has
not gained any in his last couple of
fights, and why he continues to meet
these fast youngsters in a limited num-
Der of rounds is hard to explain Mel
son should get down TO business and
sign up for a fight with Cans while he
is still considered worthy opponent
of the dinge. 1t will mean d bigger
purse than they got at Goldfeld and
more money for Nelson, win or lose,
than he can make in a dozen fights
with Packy Mcfarland.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
PITCHERS TOUGH LUCK GETTING READY FOR UTAH
Ball Is Lost in Bank of Paper While
Winning Run Is
Scored

They were telling about hard luck
players up Boston way recently when
lone of the fans, an old-time PLAYER
himself, took up the twirlers of the
hast and those now before the nublic
|and asked the question of those present
What they considered the hardest bit
|of luck which ever came under their
|notice in which a pitcher was the vic
him of the hoOdoo. One old timer spoke
|Ip and said:
1.-The toughest piece of luck that ever
|nit a pitcher occurred TO Still Bill Hill
In Pittsburg during the opening game
|bf 1885, Bill was pitching for Louis
|sille, being opposed to Pink Hawley,
ater ON with Buffalo. Up TO the eighth
Inning the score was lopsided, Louis
willie being ahead.
"A Pittsburg afternoon paper. proud
be its baseball pages, distributed 1900
topies of the sheet TO the fans on the
|irst-base bleachers. A gentle wind was
Blowing on to the diamond and some
Ian tore his paper into small bits and
Tossed IL up in the air. His example
as followed by 1899 other fans, ana
{-Tmk of paper resembling snow and.
bout two feet deep was piled up in
light field.
.'Elmer Smith, for Pittsburg, clouted
but a hit, and Jake Stencil did the
anne. Patsy Donovan, now the Brook
VA manager, but then with Pittsburg,
rove into the bank of paper, and the
all was lost. While 'Ducky' Holmes,
Louisville's right fielder, franticaliy
Iurrowed in the paper for the ball
hree runs crossed the plate, Donovan
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
No Scarcity of Riders.

With the opening of the bicycle sea
son nearly four weeks away, every in
dicatiOn points to plenty of riders this
year. the eastern race track promoters
Notwithstanding. So far only one of
the starters of last year has not re-
ported or agreed to come to Salt Lake
to ride. This is Frank Kramer. who,
of course, is the king of them all. Out
side of Kramer every rider of prom
inence who was seen on the local track
last year has either signed, signified his
intention of coming, or is already on
the spot training for the season. In
addition Pedlar Palmer, a rider of
more than ordinary ability. who did not
ride last season. is here this year. In
the amateur class indications point for
more riders than ever, with several new
ones from the coast who are rated as
fast boys 1t seems useless, therefore,
To cry about a scarcity of bicycle rid
ers Vailsburg, which is Utah's greatest
competitor, opens today, and unless this
track is more of a success than indica-
lions point out, there will be a number
of the men riding there asking for
transportation TO come to Salt Lake.
In the meantime cycle fans need not
worry, for there will be plenty of
riders, and good ones at that.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
Why Trap Shooting Is Popular.

Few of the average sporting fans
realize the amount of interest there is
in the trap shooting. Nor does the
average person realize the class Of
shooters i'm this part of the country.
For the past three days the best shots
in Montana, Idaho and Utah have been
taking part in the tournament at Wan
damere. Among this bunch are trap
shooters of national reputation, and the
men who could come here and land at
the top of the list could be named on
the fingers of one hand. just after that
hand had a miXup with a buzz saw.
This tournament gave away about
81 900 day for three days. which would
be considered going some in the big
shoots of the east.
One of the chief reasons for interest
in trap shooting in Utah is the great
amount of field hunting. The sports
men spend part of the year in the field.
and when the closed season rolls
around they take to breaking blue
rocks to keep in practice. A man who
can go out and bag his limit of ducks.
chicken or quail naturally likes TO
shoot, and blue rocks offers him the
opportunity between seasons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
License for Airships.

The press dispatches of the week an
nounce that the Aero club of America
had granted a license 10 a manipulation
Of an airship. and that the sky-pilot
would proceed to break records. The
granting of a license by this body
would indicate it has taken upon itself
the power to regulate aerial navi-
cation and, 1t is presumed, pilots must
pass rigid examination before they
viii be allowed TO sail a balloon. Per
haps this is done to prevent collisions
in the air. There is no telling what
minute sky-pilot might run into an
other of his ilk. when something would
surely drop. Undoubtedly the pilots
carry numbers so they can be arrested
if they exceed the speed limit Then
one can easily see how necessary it is
to pass an examination in order to be
sure the pilot can sail around one Of
the peaks of the Rocky mountains if
they should happen to come this way
1t is presumed the Aero club will have
signs posted around the sky to warn
the pilots of danger, telling them to
slow down when approaching different
stratas of air and threatening a fine If
they run into the Singer building on
Manhattan island or Eiffel tower at
Paris. They are probably required to
carry different cOlored lights at night.
But suppose one of the pilots carrying
a license from the Aero club should
meet another from some balloon club
in Mars, who would have the right of
way? There would perhaps be a con-
tiict of authority right there. and then
the rival organizations would probably
rush into print, giving reasons why
they alone should be allowed to issue
licenses. The more one thinks of il.
the more the need of such a governing
body impresses one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
Two Big League Stars Who Started the Game in Salt Lake

Cleveland. who at the end of last week
led the American league in hitting and
Bill Tozer, the new twirler of Cincin-
natl, who is more than making good.
1t was just five years ago this spring
these two youngsters played their first
professional ball. They came to Salt
Lake about the same time and We're
members of the same team the Salt
Lake Maroons of the Salt Lake and
Ogden two-team league. StOvall played
first. ToZer pitched, and Jimmy Brynes,
the latter with Philadelphia last year
was the backstOp. Two other members
of that team-Jensen and Castleton-
worked their way up to the big league
although they did not stick" And
yet there are some who say Salt Lake
fans do not know baseball when they
see it. Surely there must have been
some class to that aggregation of ball
tossers. But TO return to ToZer and
Stoyall Both We're we'll liked by the
local fans, and when the Portland
franchise in the Pacific National league
was transferred to Salt Lake, both Of
these players were added to the list
bought from Portland. Jack Grim re-
fused to see any good in either Stovall
of Tozer and released both. to make
room for some of his pets on the for
mer Portland team. The fans of Salt
Lake would not stand for the release
of Tozer and compelled Grim ITO put
Tozer, as well as Brynes, who had also
been released. back on the team. TOZer
outlasted Grim, and Stovall went to
Ogden. where he remained for some
time, always making good. Since those
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
S p O. R t. O-L-O C-Y
BY w. D. RiSHEL.

On next Thursday-to express the
opinion of ninety-nine out of every 100
fight fans in the country-one Rudolph
Boer UnholZ will get his. Joseph Cans
is the gentleman who is to do the bust
ness. 1t is American against
South Africa. negro against Boer On
dope these two fighters don't class,
that's all. But what an excellent OPP
pOrtunity to make a barrel of money.
Now suppose foxy Joe Cans should let
the BOer stay twenty rounds and make
a good showing. He need not take the
Boer into his confidence TO do this, but
let him stay the same as he did George
Memsic in Los Angeles, when Cans re-
tired that time. Then let the Boer
come out and "hOller his head off, for
d fight to the finish. What a house il
would draw, and how those Nevada
mining camps would bid against San
Francisco for such a fight. 1t would be
a mint for Cans. The opportunity is
there: will the negro take it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
According to Present Rules World Is
Now Without Cham
pIOTl.

New York, May ave are now. and
viii be for several months. without an
official 1872 balklne billiard champion OF
the world Willie Hoppe viii not be con-
tradjcted when he adVertses himself as
the best there is at the game but since
he returned to the donors the trophy me
received for defeating George Sutton he
cannot claim the title. although be
trouuced the previous holder 1t is one
of the rules of the game, and the boy
wonder must abide by it,
George SlOssOm is out of the game for
good 50 far as championship play is con
Cerned. and il is extremely doubtful if
Jake ShaefeT would enter Sutton would
probably play and so would Willie Hoppe
if the rules governing title contests are
changed to suit his views. His action i'm
returning the emblem has satisfied the
public that he is in earnest when he says
he viii never again take part in one
night match for championship. 50 il is
not probable his entry VIII even be
sought unless the other parties concerned
agree TO a revision of the rules.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
FIVE CHAMPIONS
MAY TAKE PART
Many of the Crack Athletes
Who Won at Athens Are
Slated for London.

New York. May 9.-Scanning the list
OF possible candidates for the Amerf-
can team that will go to London for
the Olympic games in July. it may be
seen that about one-third of the
Athens team of 1906 will probably come
our and try for positions on this years
team. Five of the Athens winners. and
possibly six, are among the number.
Martin Sheridan, Paul Pilgrim. Jim
IighbbOdy Ray Ewry and George Bon
bag 3re positive candidates, while MyeF
Prinstein's presence in the Olympic
try out lists June depends upon
whether or not he can regain his old
time form. If a few days before the
try outs Prinstein finds he is not in
condition TO compete he viii go into re-
tirement.
Sheridan Will Surely Go.
The question of Sheridan's ability to
make the team would be nothing but
lunacy. The all-around champion
Will find IL child's play to win the dis
Gus try-Out. and besides he is inValua-
BILE as d standing jumper Lghtbody.
too, should qualify with ease in the
middle west Iry-Outs. George Bon
az EilI have TO run some TO win the
-ssSs-mile at the Franklin field meet
June 9. but even should he be defeat
ed by Boilers or Eisele he Will be close
enough up to make the team. Ray
Ewry, like Sheridan, has only to
warm up a bit TO be included in the
London roster-thar is, if perform
ance cunts for anything. Even now
Ewry rs coming around TO form. and
he expects to be at his best a full
month Ne<Jre the team sails
1 Paul Pilgrim viii have no such
easy time in making the team as the
other Athens winners. If Pilgrim goes
out for the quarter mile ne will have
TO outsprint Taylor of Penn. Ford of
n. Y. A. c., McEntee Of the y. Y A.
c. French of Cornell, Teevan of the
Irish-American a. c., DOrland of the
Pastimes. besides a bunch of good men
that will crop up this spring in the
eastern colleges.
Half Mile Is Harder.
The half mile looks even harder with
Sheppard, BrOmiloW. Walther White
ley. Sheehan. Halsted. Hoyns. Boyle.
link and others. No matter how
hard the going, though. Pilgrim may
be depended upon To make desperate
bid to hold his place as an Olympian,
and kis chances look best in the quar-
ter
OF the non-winners at Athens sew
eral are out for this years team, Hill
man, Bacon, COhn, J. 2. sullivan and
Eaton are already sharpening up their
spikes. Hillman viii make his bid in
the 400 meter hurdle. 1t is not posi-
lively decided that he can spare the
time from business to make the trip
but he will compete in the try-Outs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
HOPPE Returns TROPHY NAY GIVE UP JUMPERS
AQueduot Seriously Considering Cut
ting Out Of All Stee-
plechases,

New York. May s.-The announcement
that Philip J. Dwycr. president Of the
Queens County Jockey club, seriously con
templates abandoning staeDlechasing at
Agueouct because the owners Of cross
country racers are not this season pron-
eriy secondIng his efforts to promote that
attractive feature of the sport, has stirred
The cross-coUntry fraternity greatly The
chasing folk are, of course. opposed to
The cutting off of steeplachasine at Aoue-
duct. or anywhere else. They are always
fighting for more and bigger crOss-coun-
try races But if Mr. DWyer cuts the
chasers out their owners viii have only
themselves to blame. 5fT. Dwyer, as
James w. Colt says. has built the best
steeplechase course IN the United States
at AQueduct and he is adding more
money I'm his country races than is put
up by any jockey club or racing assOcia-
ton in the country outside the big circuit
of tracks where steepiechasing has been
featured for years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
St. Vineents Start Training for Next
Years Football Sea-
Signal Observation-Disclosures.

Signal ive-thirteen-twenty-s
Such sounds as the above Will doubt
less seem rather queer TO the gentle song
birds which inhabit the pepper trees
around the campus at st. Nincent's col
lege. They will strike the students OF
the school and the visitors equally as
strange without a doubt.
However. they can be heard next week
Coach Hempel and some twenty-Odd husk-
les in track and football clothes will make
their appearance on the field at the col
lege and begin the Inauguration of spring
football practice at the Catholic school,
to last two weeks.
Practice between seasons for football
teams is a custom long followed by the
big schools OF the east and middle west
IL has always proven 10 be a success and
has done wonders toward making strong
eleVenS for those schools There is no
reason TO believe that it will not be equal
~ beneficial to the gridirOn men of the
local institution.
Last fall St Nncents had little fight
ing machine that opened the eyes not
only Of southern California. but also of
the entire west and northwest. There
We're no recesses in the great Rocky
mountain region TO which the news that
the fighting Saints had defeated their
Denver and Utah universities. did not
find its way. The latter team was for
two years undefeated and was the holder
without a possible dispute of the cham
pionship title of the Rocky mountain dis.
trict
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
G0TCH'S OFFER TO
EUROPEAN WRESTLERS

+ Des MONIES, Ia. May Frank y
y Gotch today startled the wrestling y
= world when he offered TO meet the =
y three best men in Europe in three y
y succeeding months. =
= GOtch named HacbensChmidt as the =
y first of the three, ZbyscO a. the see y
4 Ond, and any man whom European y
y experts pick, as the third. =
y GOtch does not plan to take part in =
y another big match for some time. His y
y contract with a theatrical company y
y extends to June. after which he will =
y go to Chicago, and then retire to his =
y Humboldt farm for a few weeks =
= rest. >
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10

some ten years ago. Charley Chech was
turned back by both Cleveland and Gin
cinnati, while Cincinnati also tied cans
on Bill Hinchman and Harry Bay, the
latter having also been released by De-
troit some eight years ago.
Josh Clarke was pronounced IN. c."
by Louisville and the St. Louis Nationals.
Dusty RhOades was turned loose by
two National league clubs. Chicago and
St Louis. while Charley Hickman has
had his release from several American
league clubs. Cleveland included.
Walter ClaTkso1 was farmed out by
Clark Griffith and later traded 10 Cleve-
land. Cleveland once turned Otto Hess
over to Kansas City for a year, and
Perring was farmcd out for a season to
Toledo Bill baltimore, who looks. as
# he would be Q most valuable acquisi-
ton, was turned over to Toledo by the
St Louis Cardinals without trial a
year ago, while Mickey" Graney suf-
fered the same fate after he had been
signed by the Cubs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
Pass Up Bill Squires.

The fight scheduled for May II be-
tween Tommy Burns and Bill SQuires
has been called off. 1t was to have
been held by the Staffordbridge Ath-
letic club of Chelsea. near London, but
the club finally decided to call it off.
giving as reasons that they did not
think there was enough interest in the
fight Evidently there is a limit to
what the English public will stand for.
and Squires must have been the STUN
bling block
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
Another Victory for America.

That victory Of Richard Croker at
Newmarket on Friday must have been
a bitter pill for the English horsemen
10 swallow. Just think of it. An Amer
lean sportsman breeds an American
horse and then hires an American
jockey to ride. Although the odds were
strong against him. Croker won, hands
down. King Edward saw the race.
but we don't hear of his going up and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
CAST OFFS MAKE GOOD
Cleveland Has Twelve Players Fired
From Some Of the Other
Teams.

Cleveland May 9.-When the Athletics
won the American league pennantta lew
years ago it was proclaimed that the
team was composed almost entirely OF
cast-Off players.
The Cleveland club this year contains
no less than twelve men who have been
released by big league clubs, but who
are still thought good enough TO draw
big league salaries. Harry Bemis was
turned adrift by the Boston Nationals
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10

congratulating Croker on his victory.
The first thing we know. Croker will
be barred from the English turf again.
as he was a couple of years ago for
presuming to go up against the king
in the racing game.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10

getting homer. 1t broke up the game
and Pittsburg won.
III admit this is quite a story, but
l was there and saw the game, and
Patsy Donovan will swear to the snow
bank, which gave him the hit"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
CONFERENCE MEET
FOR COLORADO
Denver University Plans Big
Athletic Event for Rocky
Mountain District.

Denver, Colo, May 9.-One good result
which seems bound to be the outcome
of this seasons unsatisfactory intercol-
leglate track and field schedule is the
probable formation of an agreement be
tween the five college institutions Of the
state 10 hold annually I'm Denver Rocky
Mountain conference meet along the lines
or the Big Nine conference meet held
each year in Chicago. Through such an
agreement uniform eligibility rules for
track and field sports will be agreed upon
and with the date and place Of holding the
meet definitely decided there Will be no
Jealous WrangliHg by the contending col
leges. Denver university, it is under
stood, VIII donate the use of its athletic
Held, the finest in the west free for use
IN such meet the financial success of
which when held in the capital city is
assured beyond question
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10
Denver Natural Location.

In discussing the matter last evening,
Graduate Athletic Manager J. J.. Cart
idnd OF Denver university said.
The proposal that the colleges get to-
Sether at least in the matter oil track
ana Held sports on an amicable basis was
Ilrst suggested during the recent con-
trOVersy between the Rocky Mountain
association OF the A. A. L. and one of
the institutions Of the state, Former
college athletic leagues in Colorado hav-
ing been unpleasant and unfortunate i'm
organization. SC far as harmonious ac-
non was concerned, the broad PROPOSE
ton of organizing another general inter
collegiate league could not be considered.
Inc suggestion, however. that q confer
ence meet in track and field sports. uuder
uniform eligibility rules, might De held
annually between the five colleges of
the state proved worthy of cOusidera-
ton, and / believe it viii find general
favor.
Denver of course. is the natural place
Tor holding such a meet just as Chi
cago Is the logical meeting place for the
Big Nine athletic teams