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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
CYCLING.

Jan. 25-Iver Lawson wins Kansas City
six-day race.
Feb. ST. l. Gardner appointed a mem
Der OF the National Cycling Association
board of control
Feb. 13-Iver Redman secures manage
ment OF Salt Palace saucer track.
Feb. I-Iver Lawson defeats Major
Taylor in match race at Boston.
FEB. liver Lawson and James Moran
win Boston siX-day race.
April 9-Harry Heagren Secures man
HEemeut OF Ogden saucer track
May 2S-Hugh Rippeto defeats \. c. A.
In fight to control road racing in Utah.
May 3l-Salt Palace saucer track opens.
May S0-Franz Griguhn (handicap $500
wins Lagoon road race. Salt Palace sau-
Ger opens.
June I7-New Saltair track opens 10
small crowd.
June H-Henry Mayer defeats Jackie
Clark in match race at Saltair
June 2-Ogden saucer opens
Juue --Norman c. Hooper badly in
)4red while training at Salt Palace.
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July H-Monster Hopper benefit meet
held at Salt Palace.
July Silver Redman resigns in favor
of Harry Heagren as manager OF Salt
Palace saucer track.
Aug. le-"Sonny' Bridge killed in mo-
torcycle race at Paterson. n. ].
Aug. 30-Saltair track gives up in at
tempt to promote cycle races.
Sept 19-H. Downing and F. Mcfarland
win New York six-day team race.
Nov. 2i-Iver Lawson and Anderson
team win Boston six-day race.
Dec. mcfarland and Moran win big
New York race Score, 2.727 miles l lap
Rutt and Stol second, Demara and Hill
third.
Dec. 19-Major Taylor defeats Floyd
Mcfarland in match race at Boston.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
BASKETBALL.

Jan. l-Y. NJ. c. A. defeats Alaska Five.
Score 30 10 So
Jan 2-Y. NJ c \. defeats Alaska Five.
Score 80 to 81.
Feb. S-Y. NJ. {. A. defeats Muscatine,
Ia. team by score Of IS to IS
Feb lob Y. a defeats Muscatine Ia.
team by score % SO to %.
Feb. 1l-Muscatine defeats Aggies at Lo-
gan by score of 81 to %.
Feb S-Utah intercollegiate basketball
season closes with b. Y. c. as school
champions.
March S-State a A A tournament
closes. Y. NJ c. A. winning state cham
pionship.
Nov a0-B. Y. c. defeats De Pauw COL
lege at Chicago. Score 80 TO 10
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ton has not yet been settled For a time
il looked as If this action would start
a baseball war. but il is now thought the
two boiling leagues viii be brought in
line again.
Baseball in Utah has had its ups and
downs for the past three or four years.
and this season proved cOnclusively that
IL is possible to promote baseball with
a state league and give the fans a good
article OF ball. A four-team league was
organized through the efforts Of few
fans and for the first time in the history
of professional ball in the state finished
the season as per schedule. While the
article of ball can be improved upon, and
probably will yet the league demonstrated
that il was possible to promote baseball
along the lines laid down by the league
and make il 2 success Another feature
in baseball this year was the first inter
collegiate league in the history of the
state which finished its season without
a hitch
II is rather hard at this writing to pre-
dict the future of baseball for the state
President W H Lucas is on record as
stating that he intends to organize an
infernlountain league with Salt Lake and
Ogden on its circuit He is to visit Salt
Lake shortly after the first of the year
with this League in view Should he meet
with success il NAV mean much for the
game hereabcuts. Should he fail. however,
: state league will undoubtedly be Or
ganfzed along the lines Of last season 5
league
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HERALD DOPE BOOK.

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4, ords on baseball. basketball bicycle. 4
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T. ing ali the new records made during I
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BY w. D. RISHEL.

and in baseball. In the west. or Rocky
Mountain district. the sudden jump of the
Denver university from a tail end team
to the champions was a surprise of the
year. This aggregation Of players. most
of whom were secured from other schools
won the title without dispute and wound
up the season by giving the Carlisle In
dams one OF the hardest games the red
skins had during the year
The University of Utah had a fair sea
son. not SO good q year ago. but the
team redeemed itself by defeating Boul-
der in one of the best games played in
Utah for some time The Logan Aggies
started out as if they would be a serious
contender for Rocky Mountain champion
players as the result OF an injury in a
game put the farmers out OF the running.
In the high school division. the rivalry
was great and the season closed with the
Granite High and Salt Lake High claim
ing the state championship. Salt Lake
received an overwhelming defeat at the
close of the season at the hands OF the
returns would indicate that Utah high
school teams were Outclassed in football
in comparison with those of the north
west To the writer. however. il indicates
more clearly that the northwestern
schools are in need Of eligibility rules that
place scholarship above football ability
Death of Horse Racing.
Horse racing received great boost in
Utah this year and was pretty nearly
Knocked out Of existence in other parts
OF the country II was the fight against
pool selling that put plants in the east
worth millions Of dollars out of commits
sion and from present Indications they are
down and out 70 stay Without entering
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
SPORTING CHAMPIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1908

Basebal-Chicago Cubs"
Bicycle-Frank Kramer.
Wrestng-Frank Goteh
Tenns-Singes: ". A Larned. Doubles: Hackett and
Alexander.
Golf-Fred Mcleod.
Automobie-George R. Robertson.
FOOtbal-East, Harvard west Chicago; Rocky mountains
Denver U.
Trotting-Sweet Marie.
Coursing-The Wolf.
Blliards-Wille Hoppe
Pugilism-BantamVeight, Jimmy Walsh featherweght,
abe Atte lightweight Battling Nelson weerweight Harry
Lewis mddeweght Stanley Ketchel heavyweight Johnson
Swirmig-C NJ Daniels,
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Setback for Cycling.

Gle racing during the year 1903 and il tbs.
sport couid be properly handled the writer
believes that the whir OF the wheels would
once again be recognized as one OF Amer
ica's leading sports In Salt Lake. the
home OF cycling in America. the season
just closed was anything but success
full one. Near the close OF the racing year
the crowds fell down to point where the
loss. The reason for this was the failure
of the n G A 10 properly govern tn.
sport by protecting the interests which
made racing possible. Starting out bv
a rival track at Saltair This was fol-
lowed BY an underhand warfare between
the two tracks in which the " c
openly favored the Saltair track. Manager
Redman OF Salt Palace. after making an
honorable fight. succeeded in holding the
patronage Of the public to suofl an extent
that the SaItair track was conoelled to
close but the fight had practically killed
that game also at the Salt Palace Harry
Heagren jumped into the breach and
pulled the game through at the Salt Pal
ace. but interest had already been killed
Just what is in store for next year is
hard TO say 1t is understood that Hea-
gren can have the mana cement of both
tracks IL he so desires Should he take
them he will have a hard uphill fight to
put the game back where IL was before.
but II he can receive square deal from
the n c. A he may be successful
Trap shooting tennis. golf. swimming.
track and field sports together with ann
tsur wrestling has had fair success in
this state All of these sports show an
improvement over the past years and no
reason can be seen at present why they
should not continue tn thrive. The fact
that many Of the outside high schools are
taking uO with amateur sports would in
dictate that the time is not far distant
when Utah viii make rand strides for
ward in the sporting world.
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The Year in Football.

The one big sensation OF the year in
football was the overthrow of Yale by
Harvard Not only did the Cambridge
team win at football. but II defeated its
ancient rivals in their annual boat race
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
Ups and Downs in FIuhtino

The. one word politics" tells the story
or why there has not been any boxing
in Utah to speak of the past year. This
lid has been nailed down tight for fear
one or another party might make political
capital out of the sport and the fight fans
nave missed many a good bout for this
reason.
In the country at large fighting has had
the usual number Of knocks. but in spite
OF this ii has thrived in certain centere
The Gans-Nelson series of fights have Of
course been the big events and as an out
come Battling Nelson has pretty well con-
WINGED the public at large that he was
robbed. maybe not Intentionally. in the IA
nous Goldfield fight
The two fights of Ketchell and Papke
on the coast were the other notable bat
ties Ketcheil in his last fight upset all
ring precedents by coming back and win
ming the championship from the man who
had previously Knocked him out As this
article is being written the Rurns-Johnson
fight is but one day off, but there is not
the interest in the fight there should be
II is safe 10 say that % per cent of the
fight followers Of the country believe the
fight Is fixed for Burns TO win and for
this reason there will be little betting on
the result In America
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into the question of the right and wrong
IN pool selling. one thing is certain and
that is that horse racing as Conducted ar
present cannot exist without the pool box-
hese nave been put out of commission
ialllng into line and the death knelI TO
racing mas been sounded just as surely as
Gay comes after dawn
On account of the slump in the east.
several of the western cities have had a
ooom In the sport. and one of them is Salt
Lake. This year twenty-eight DAYS run
nlng meeting was carried on with success
at the state fair grounds and plans arc
now under way TO continue the game the
coming year. These races brought a larger
and better field of horses than has ever
performed in the state before.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
SWEEPSTAKE RACE
TO END TONIGHT
At vELODROME
Winner Will Take All of the
PurSe-Other Events
Carded.

Another one of those spectacular
night cycle racing meets with a motor
paced contest as the feature event will
be put on at the Newark Velodrome
tonight n a new star of the paced
game will be introduced to local fans.
He Is young Elmer Collins. one of the
latest of the Down East devotees of
the game and who has only within a
couple of weeks returned from Europe,
where he campaigned all spring and
early summer with unusual success. He
will be one of the opponents of National
Champion Hugh Mclean, who rode such
a grand race here at the opening nigh
! meet a week ago.
John Bedell. whose chances Of victory
were shattered on the previous occa.
sion by a punctured tire just when he
was going good, will be the third mar
In, and the distance will be twenty-five
miles.
The program for the night is not con
fined to a motor-paced event, There
will be four sprint contests I'm addition.
One of these will be the final of the
$500 sweepstakes for professionals,
about which there is so much interest,
as the winner will take all of the purse.
This race has been carried over from
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
Babe CulIen's Friends Think lie
Will Best Newark Boy :
at Roman A. {.

When Patsy Kline faces Babe Cullen
at the Roman A. g, Grand and Or
chard streets, New York, this evening,
his pugilistic bell in the fighting world
will ring out for the first real fight of
his career. for this boy Cullen Is a
conner. and he IL better than any other
boy Patsy Kline has met yet
Kline has been doing nicely since
entering the fighting game. and there
is no reason why he should not con
tinue If he allows himself to be guided
by sane advisers. He is or the
threshold of the bantam weight cham
pionship class, and he must be careful
not to allow over-zeal or a desire 10
gather in too many dollars to stand in
his way of capturing the title.
If he beats Cullen this evening he
will be able to name his own purses
hereafter, for Cullen has been picker
by the club management where the
fight Is to take place to give Patsy his
q%uietus. Kline knows this by this
time, and he has trained faithfully and
ought to be able to send Babe Cullen
back to the nursery department. Kline
Is rugged, full of grit and willlrg to go
in and take something for the oppor-
tunity of handing something back. In
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
NEWARK POLICE AND FIREMEN LACK PROPER
EXERCISE ACCORDING TO PROF. GUS TROXLER

those who were attached TO the New
York police force, has led many people
to wonder II the Newark police force
has any athletes who could hope to
make any showing In the athletic world.
Likewise, it has been asked If the fire
department of this. city has any men
who are capable of doing stunts.
Professor Gus Troxler, who is one of
the best known physical culture experts
In New Jersey, says that they have not.
In a letter to THE EVENING STAR lie
calls the attention to the fact that New
ark's finest are way behind in this
aspect.
His statement anent the good results
TO be obtained by systematic exercise is
set forth in the following letter received
by THE EVENING STAR:
"If our police and fire department
possess one fault it is the lack of
proper exercise. The advantages TO
the men of a well-built body, kept
thoroughly in trim, are very great.
Exercise helps to make better blood,
gets the lungs into action, quickens the
activity of the other vital organs, and
so tones up the whole system. and, If
taken daily, any. organic disorder would
disappear.
ut Is evident hat these two classes
of men-more than almost n other
need daily and systematic exercise in
order to make them efficient for their
duties. Men of nerve and daring, and
naturally strong. without proper cxer-
else soon become fat and unfit to do
work that requires activity, strength
and endurance. Exposure during long
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29

periods in all kinds of weather taxes
severely even the strongest men.
Now. the firemen have practically
no training for their arduous work.
Therefore they are very often not In
the condition to stand the strain that
they nav to undergo sometimes, where
with a half hours systematic exercise
each day they could keep themselves in
good shape.
What exercise have the police?
Standing oun and slow walking;
nothing to build up arms or expand the
chest. thereby causing them to become
Unfit for an %eencounter with a resisting
offender. The club is hen resorted to,
whereas a man well trained would
| scorn the idea of using it and instead
Use his skill and strength so that the
offender would soon desist.
IF, therefore, a policeman, besides
being both courageous and faithful TO
duty, was a clever boxer and fair
wrestler, how much better would he
be equipped to fulfil his duties? The
vicious element would soon enough stop
showing fight when they ono find out
that policemen are not only armed but
are also trained athletes.
Both departments shoul have a
hall where they could properly exercise
and indulge in all of bodily
recreation, such as wrestling, boxing.
etc. Medical authorities have long
recognized and acknowledged the fact
tina systematic exercise not overdone
tends to not alone heighten the physical
efficiency, but also increases moral
strength. (Signed.)
"GUSTAVUS TROXLER."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
HURLEY CHASES
HAYES AROUND THE RING

class. He must seek elsewhere II he
wants a match to show that he is as
good as the boy from up the river.
Hurley is back to form again and this
means that none Of the li|ghtweights in
or around New York can afford L.
think carelessly of Hurley when he lie,
mands a battle.
Hurley. will moi be satisfied until he
has again met Leach Cross. The lat
ter is making much out of the fact
that he put battling to sleep with
punch, and Hurley is willing to wager
the dentist anything from a gold tooth
to a collar button that III cant do it
again. Wheu these boys come together
you will see ono of the best battles oe-
tween lightweights that has been seen
in many a day.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
Passaic Boy Shows He Is
Just as Good as
Ever.
BY OLD SPORT.

More glory for Passaic, and il you
don't know where that town is then it
is easily found out. 1t is up the river
Of that name N is owned by a couple
of politicians and a few Bryanitee. Ii Is
also the home of Battling Hurley, that
little fellow who began his pugiustic
career under the shadows OF the Cliff
ton ace track grandstand n vino
continued his way by wHlloping one
Alex Dunsheath, of the same town as
the Battler. Last night Hurley went
over the river and INTO B~ensonhurst,
where. before the Navarro Club. he met
Grover Hayes, of Philadelphia, in a
six-round bout.
Hayes has been coming in the fight
ing game for a year now. and every
succeeding fight proved to his friends
that he had some championship stuff
In him. He did have until last night
when the Passaic boy took it out of him
in n jify.
1t was the general opinion OF we'll in
formed fight fan that Battling Hurley
had made a mistake when he signed
up to meet the Quakertown boy.
George Carroll and other Elizabeth
sporting men were touting Hayes 70
beat the Passaic lad and when the
boys jumped out into the ring last
night it looked as if the fans opinion
was correct.
Hurley sized up his opponent for a
few seconds and then sailed into him
In such a fashion that Hayes was glad
enough to cover up, Hurley refused to
give any quarter to Hayes and the lat
ter acted as if he had lost every piece
of backbone he ever Possessed.
The crowd kept shouting for Hayes
to get in n fight and this aroused
Hurley, who started to make him show
his mettle. The best Hayes did vas to
start a sprinting match, in which he lei
all the way. 1t was impossible for
Hurley to put him out, as Battling
could not overtake him on his May
trips around the ring.
Hayes Is forever out Of Hurley's
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
KLINE MEETS TERROR
OF BANTAMS AT NEW
YORK CLUB TONIGHT.
KLINE FACES TERROR OF
BANTAM BUNCH TONIGHT

Cullen he will find a rusher and a boy
who Is wading in all the time.
There Is a large delegation going
from Jersey tonight to see this fight.
Forty "Ah Ha Boys from Elizabeth
with George T. Carroll and Billy Potts,
the miilionaires of Lizzietown, will
leave that city and will be Joined hero
by the Kline Club. numbering thirty
i've. Jersey City is going to send over
a healthy delegation. and taking every
thing into consideration the Roman a.
G. will hold many a Jerseyman tonight.
II Kline wins from Cullen there will
he 70 use of going To bed early tonight
as the Kline Club intends holding a re-
ception when the leader arrives homo
at the Market street depot.
There will be other morsels for the
hungry fans at this club tonight.
shadow Morris and kid" Wilson.
both smokes, will face each other In o
six-round affair. There will be Sailor
Brown, a husky looking freckled face
chap. who Is to try conclusions with
one Jack Sweeney.
The Sailor has been doing his train
ing under the eye of Joe Bateman at
Belleville. He has the outward ap-
rearance of a fighter and If his interior
department is all to the good he ought
to make a fighter some day.
However, it will not be long before
the Jerseymen who see the fights to-
night will know just how good any OF
the men are who are leaving these
parts to get a piece of none and more
glory.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
HUNKELE WINS STARS
BASEBALL CONTEST.

After going through packages containing
many thousand votes the tellers in THE
STAR baseball contest have finally beer
able TO a%Hrounee a result.
Z II has been decided by popular ballo
that Phil Hunkele. of the National Turr
Verein team, OF this city, Is the mos
popular amateur baseball captain in thii
vicinity.
lie received a total of 49, 21 votes.
Henry Schroeder. OF the Ironside Base,
bail Club, finished second in the contest.
Ills total vote was 9s, s2S.
Frank a.. Sncchetil, captain OF III,
Liberal baseball Club. received 1850 votes
and finished In third place.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
ALL NEWS OF NEWARK SPORTS AND ATHLETICS
BRONCOS WORK DELAYED
BATTING RALLY ON TIGERS

will Newton. If the latter puts in an
appearance. Stallings has found out
that Rochester is pretty well up against
1t when it comes down to batting
against left-handers. but they unex-
pectedly got TO Frill yesterday, SO we
think there will have to be some change
in the dope,
For today it looks as though Roches-
ter will try Bannister aud Duggleby.
Larry Hesterfer, the Bloomfield boy. Is
sore over his transfer to Rochester and
has refused to join the club. President
Chaplin has ordered him 10 report or be
placed on the suspended list.
Providence has succeeded in getting
to the top of the heap again by beating
the champion Canucks. Baltimore took
a fall yesterday, and the race for the
top is still uncertain.
Newark will wind up its present series
today at Rochester and tomorrow will
tackle their old enemies. the Bison
bunch. Smith has been saving Vowin-
kle for two of the games.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29

from Lieutenant Halswelle Is as fol-
lows:
Thomas Brady, Newark, N. j.:
Regret l am unable to come.
"HALSWELLE."
Word was received from the Gaelic
Athletic Association of Ireland asking
the Irish-American Athletic Club to
withdraw their members from the
games which had been planned for
them In ireland. Lawson Robertson,
who has charge of the team, was in>
structed to withdraw the men.
President Conway, of the Irish
American Club. has promised that all
of the crack athletes of his club Will
take part In the X. of C. games in
Newark. Among them will be Shep-
pard, Flanagan, Sheridan and Hayes.
The latter will very likely run In the
mile race.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29
HAL WELLE WON'T
RACE CARPENTER
At K. Of 6. GAMES
British Officer Cables His Re-
grets to Chairman Brady,
of Newark.

Lieutenant Halswelle, of the British
army who won the 400-meter race In
London at the Olympic games, will not
compete at the knights of Columbus
games in this city, which are to be held
at Hillside Park on August 20. He
cabled his regrets to Thomas A. Brady,
chairman of the knights of Columbus,
this morning,
The local K. of C. committee had
planned to have the question of SUI
periority between Lieutenant Halswelle
settled at the local games and early
this week cabled Halswelle to run ]. c.
Carpenter, whom the British officials
claimed he fouled In the race in Lon
don.
The cablegram received this morning
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-29

Sunday to add spice to the card, and
the twelve leading money-chasers who
have qualified for it have been putting
in extra time yesterday and today
training FOR It,
Frank Kramer. Walter Bardgett and
Joe Fogler are the ones considered to
have the hest chances of victory, and
the wise ones say the winner will be
one of these three men. Besides this
big race there will be n of those
popular ten-mile amateur opens, with
its special lap prize, a one mile
repechage handicap and a half-mile
novice.