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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
APRIL II IN THE
ANNALS OF SPORT

lS0S-At Detroit. Michael Phelan de-
feated John Seereiter in a billiard
match for $4,000.
1SSO-At Mumfordsville, KY. Thomas
Boyd drove a distance of 100 feet from
a railroad bridge into Green river.
ISSl-Willie Fitzgerald, pugiiist, born
in Waterford. Ireland
lSS4-At Sydney, Australia, William
Beach defeated r. A. Trickett in soul
lers' match, miles $50 yards straight
away, for $1,000 and championship of
Australia.
lSS'-At Chicago. Jacob Schaefer de-
feated George F. SIosson i'm 14-inch
balkline billiard match for 81, 600: score.
800 TO $50.
1S92-The National league and Amer
lean association commenced its first
championship season.
l9O0-At Denver. Young Corbett
knocked out Eddie Santry i'm second
round.
1907-At Los Angeles, Jimmy Burns
defeated Cyclone Thompson in twenty
rounds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
ATHLETIC EXHIBITION.
Y. M. c. A. Plans Big Event for Next
Wednesday.

The physical department of the Y. NJ.
c. A. will hold its second annual exhi-
bition in the Salt Lake theatre next
Wednesday, April Is. at S:15 p. m. The
program will be comprehensive one,
showing some of the activities for boys
and men of all ages. The affair is not
planned as an exhibition of special
work arranged for this particular oc-
cation, but to show a sample of just
what is being done daily in the big
gymnasium Salt Lake people not ia
miliar with the work of the Y NJ. c
A physical department little realize
the scope of the work, and know little
about the great number of men and
boys who use the department daily. In
the busy season of the year the month
ly attendance totals in the neighbOr-
hood of 5000 persons actively using
some portion of the department. In
the exhibition next Wednesday even
ing will appear boys chosen from the
various classes beginning with the pre-
paratory age, 10 to Is. and ranging up
through the juniors. 13 to 16; inteTme-
dates. Is to IS, and seniors, young men
over IS Boys from some of the affili-
ated Sunday School clubs will also par
ticipate and, without doubt, the pro-
gram of drills, class scenes music, APP
paratus work, barrel boxing, wrestling,
gymnasium games, pyramids and tum
bling will be of keen interest to the
spectators from the first number to the
last Tickets can be obtained free of
charge at the Halliday Drug company.
or at the Western Arms & Sporting
company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
NAVY SPORT At MAGDALfNA
Rival Crews Hold Regatta and
Compete for Trophy
Guns.

San Diego, Cal, April 11.-By the
United Wireless Telegraph company
the results Of yesterdays regatta at
Magdalena bay were received this
morning. The dispatch was as follows.
Masdalena Bay, April 10.
The ships are all in readiness for
departure i0i
Yesterdays regatta was watched bv
the crews of all the vessels. filling
decks and rigging. The results fol-
low:
Pulling races. Battenburg cup. ten
miles-WOn by the Louisiana crew
Belmont cup. two miles-WOn by the
Louisiana crew.
jamestown cup, one mile. for. officers
Won by the Georgia.
Havana cup, gigs-Won by the Mis-
souri,.
Dunlap cup. two miles, for marines
Won by the Alabama.
Dingey race. for the gunners' gang
Won by the Minnesota.
Brebbel cup, two miles, for engineers
Won by the Kentucky
Sailing races: Colonial Danes Gun
for barges, distance ten miles-Won nv
the Connecticut
Sailing launches, ten miIes-Won bv
the Vermont
Barry cup. gigs, three miles-New
Jersey and Maine tied and will sail off
the race at San Diego next week
Rudderless cutters, five miles-Won
by the Minnesota
Whale boats. five miIes-won In, III
Maine.
First Glass Fireman Alternkircb was
buried yesterday He belonged to the
crew of the Vermont and died of heart
disease. This is the fourth burial since
the fleet arrived month ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
ROUTE OF AUTO
RACE CHANGED
Snow Fields of Alaska Stop
Race, and Cars Will Ship
to VIadiv0St0k.

New York. April IA change of
program in the New York-to- Paris au-
tomobile race is likely to occur. accord
ing to adviceS received here The Amer
lean car, which was far in the lead.
has found the snow fields of Alaska an
impossible barrier to further progress
in that direction and is therefore re-
turning from Valdez to Seattle. The
French and Italian machines also were
on their way to Seattle by steamer but
they are bound up from the south, hav-
ing reached San Francisco only a few
days ago. hundreds of miles behind the
American car. The possibility of such
a change in plans was foreseen some
time ago by the directors of the long
race when the cars were so greatly
delayed by the exceptional weather con-
ditions encountered in the United
States II was feared that the Alaskan
trails might be found impossible at the
approach of warm weather, and two
weeks ago an agreement was made that.
in such an event, the leading cars
would make the trip by an alternative
route. This plan provides that the ma
chimes shall go as far as possible over
the original route and then sail from
Seattle for VladivOStOk and then pro-
coed by land across Siberia and Europe
TO their destination
The German car is at Ogden, Titan,
in a disabled condition.
several days Will be required to make
necessary repairs before il can continue
the journey towards San Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
LOGAN AGGIES
DEFEAT SAINTS
Latter Team Bats Ball When
Grants Pitching Should
Have Won. &

1t seemed like the good old times WI
a fair-sized crowd gathered at Walkess
field Yesterday afternoon to see a bali
game. The occasion was state school
league contest between the agricultural
lists of Logan and the Saints of Salt
Lake II was not big league ball by Il
mile. but then it gave the 800 odd fans
a chance TO ..hOller." and this is some.
thing. They were all youngsters, kids in
the business, and that is the way they
played. Errors were about as numerous
as base hits. but there was some excuse
for the misplays as the field was in mis-
cradle condition.
The Aggies were victorious by a score
of to , This is the same bunch handed
the farmers the day before by the Utah
boys At that the Aggies were lucky,
or perhaps the Saints were unlucky, or
maybe a slight touch of stage fright had
something TO do with the way Coach
Mines boys booted the ball They GER
tainly did this to perfection. especially
IN the third. when a total of five errors
without single hit netted the first three
runs for Logan.
Grant for the Saints did excellent box
work and with any kind of support would
have won his game. Five scattering hits
were the sum total of the damage done
TO his delivery but the nine errors help
ed to play havoc with his chances TO Wan.
Drysdaie, the young sOrrel top Of ~
Aggies made a good impression in the
as Grants he will do. The farmers played
better ball all the way through. The
boys got together and did much better
team work. The score:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
.PEOLAR PALMER IN ZION
First of Australian Bike Riders Ar
rives for Coming Racing
Season.

Pedlar Palmer, the well known Aus
tralian cycling rider. arrived in Salt
Lake yesterday, direct from Australia
Palmer is the first of the string of fast
antipodeans who Will ride at the two
tracks in this city the coming season
This makes Palmer's fourth trip across
the ocean in search of Yankee dollars,
and when seen last night he stated that
II would not be his last by any means
for he intends making the trip back
and forth as long as he rides a wheel
Palmer is well known in Salt Lake, and
has always been a popular rider
Pedlar says the next boat will bring
over a string of four or five, and will
include Mcfarland and Jackie Clarke
he hardly thinks Pye viii return this
year. but surely will next. With Nc
Farland and Clarke there should be
four or five others who are anxious to
try the game in America.
Palmer says the game in Australia
has not been bowling success the past
season. The natives did not take kind
y to the new eight-lap saucer track
built in Melbourne this winter Big
crowds were attracted at first, but
either the change of tracks or poor
management put the blink" on the
game. Palmer will rest up for a week
and then start training for the coming
season
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
ATHLETIC CLUB
At WAhDAMERE
Strong Organization Formed
as a Factor in Future
Amateur Sports.

During the week just passed a new
athletic organization has been started
which the promoters believe is destined
to cut some figure in Utah amateur
athletics. The new club will be known
as the Wandamere Athletic club, and
will hold forth at their new club house
at Wandamere. This is located in the
northeast corner of the resort, and will
be thoroughly fitted up for club pur-
poses. making it one of the most de-
sirable structures for this purpose in
the state.
1t is the intention of the club to
break into all kinds of amateur sports,
and support teams which will go out
and compete for the state champion
ships in the different branches of ath-
letics. Work will start at once on ten
mis- courts. golf links, swimming pool.
baseball grounds and a cinder track
for track and field sports
The club is already bidding for MEM
bership with view of putting track
team in the state track meet this year.
They will also be represented with a
swimming team in the state swimming
tournament, and it is hoped to get a
baseball team in the field
The new club will be open and ready
for the members by May 8. at which
time a big bali will be given at Wan
damere. The officers elected at meet
ing held at the Commercial club this
week are; 5. H. Love, president; Ed
win NJ. Ashton, vice president; Joseph
L. Horn, secretary; these together with
George Q. Morris, Rodney Hillman, jr.,
e H. Eardley, William J. Horn, Ed
McCIelland, Preston Richards and j.
L. Moss. make up the board of gov
errors.
Any amateur athlete in the city is
eligible to membership. The member
ship fees are, for persons over 10 years,
SO year; under this age s. a year
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
SALT LAKE WINS.
High School Girls Gain Victory over
Visitors From Ogden.

The girls basketball team of the Salt
Lake High school completed the season
yesterday without single defeat, and
won the state championship. Their final
contest, which was played in the Eaton
gymnasium against the team from the
State School for the Deaf, was won by a
score of Y to 6. The Red and Black team
played rings around their opponents. and
il was extremely lively. Miss Ella Ben
son. the captain of the high school team.
was the star player Of the game. The
lineup of the high school team was:
Sybil Gray, center; Myrtle McEvoy. run
ming center: Marge Brooks left forward
Ella Benson, right forward. Gay Vance,
left guard: Gladys Marlowe. right guard
Gala Crane substitute. A Hoisington
of the Y. NJ. c. A. team acted as referee
and @. GiauQue was nmpire
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
AMATEURS ORGANIZE.
Capable Set of Officers Named to Run
Organization.

Officers of the Salt Lake City Anna
teur Baseball league were chosen and
the constitution and governing rules
were adopted at a meeting of men in
terested in amateur athletics at the Y.
NJ. c. A. last evening. Six amateur
clubs Joined the league at the meeting
last night. Officers were elected as fol-
lows: f. S. Brown, president; w. c.
Sears, vice president; A. G.. Mackenzie,
secretary; j. Z. Blomquist, treasurer.
Amateur clubs desiring TO joint the
league are invited to communicate in
writing with the secretary of the
league at once, as the executive com
mittee will meet Wednesday night 10
make up the schedule for the season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
.SOCKER GAME At EUREKA
Miners Think They Will Have a
Strong Team Ready for
Salt Lake.
Especial to The Herald.)

Eureka, Utah. April 10.-Eureka will
play Salt Lake seekers a week from Sun
day for the first time this season at
Eureka. 1t will be one of the ties to de-
eide which team shall hold the Daynes
challenge cup for the ensuing year Al
though Eureka is somewhat weaker this
season than il was last year. on account
of the loss of George Herring. Aspden
and Beaton, the very cream of the back
division, yet they are confident of win
ming.
William Birkett. a new arrival, will no
doubt surprise the visitors, he having
played in good amateur company in Eng
land and last year was a member of the
Winnipeg, Canada, Shield" cup team.
Bill Hobbs. the fast little forward, will
be back in Eureka Sunday, and Aspden
who is of a nOmadic turn. would surprise
nobody if he turned up from any old
place to play in the cup tie.
Salt Lake will run a mining and foot
ball excursion to Tintic on the 18th, and
a large number OF socker followers are
expected to come down from the capt.
tai
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
MANY SURPRISES
IN TRACK MEET
Richardson and ConvilI are
Two StarS-FreShmen
Win Contest.

The interclass track meet at the univer
sity on Cummings field yesterday morn
ing resulted in many surprises. The con-
test between the sophOmores and the jul
niors was not decided until the relay
race. which the juniors won by a few
yards First place went to the freshmen
as is usually the case in interclass track
meets. Their score was equal to the to-
tai made by the other teams. The records
made in the meet We're exceedingly good
All L men were barred from the con-
test and it resulted in bringing some new
stars in the limelight. The final score
was: Freshmen, IS; juniors, 80; sophie
mores, 90.
Richardson was easily the star of the
day. He won eighteen points besides run
ming the relay. Convill scored sixteen
points for the juniors Three new stars
who heretofore had been unheard of We're
brought out yesterday, and they defeated
some of the best men in the school in
their events. They were g. V. Anderson,
who started in the hurdles; Brown. who
won the high jump. and II. Alley, who dis
tanced his competitors in the mile event.
The summary:
1OO-yard dash-Richardson II, first;
Grant, Il. second; Hartley, G9, third
Time. 10:2-
22O-yard Richardson. II. first; A.
A. Anderson. TO- second; Carmichel, II,
third. Time, "a seconds.
44O-yard dash-Parsons, 'OS, first; Car
michel. II. second; Russell, II, third
Time Sc seconds.
SS0-yard run-ROberts. 10. first; Wood
IL second; Switzerland, II, third. Time
PA
Mile run-Alley. 70. first; Southers. H.
second: Robinson. '09, third. Time. 5:22.
High jump-Brown, IL, first; Hartley,
90, second; Russell, II, third. Height, 3
feet inches.
10 second; Roberts, 10, third. Distance
20 feet.
Pole vault-Laubly. II, first: Spitlzo, 90
second; Taylor, II, third. Height, feet
o inches.
Shot put-RichardsOn. II. first; Convin
90, second; Young, II, third. Distance, IS
feet inches.
Hammer throw-Young. II, first; Con-
viii. 90 second; Russell II, third. Dis
High hurdies-Gates. II. first: Coates.
II. second; G. V Anderson, 10, third.
Time, 20 seconds.
Low hurdIes-G. V. Anderson. 10. first;
Gates. II, second; Coates. II. third Time.
% seconds.
Relay-Grant. Riser. Carmichael and
Richardson, II. Time, 2:04 pa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
TURF RESULTS.
At Oakland.

San Francisco. April lin a stirring
Hnlsh DoWnpatrick. the added starter
captured the Olympic Club handicaD from
that game and constant platter Cabin az
tmeryVllle today. over "A fast track The
Monte Vista handicap. over the futUrftv
course, was Won by Jack NunnaIIy I'm 4
driving finish from Sugarmaid. Results.
First race, six furlOngs-Iee Harrisf1n
III (heOgh) % to 3. won: Eyebright 4Ns
tDear5orn). Is TO !. second: Nellie Racine.
lO6 CLycurgusl. to l. third. Time 1:l3 Is
Tawasentha, Bribery. Misty's Pride. FroI-
as named.
Second race. mile and seventy yards
DdrelngtOn. 100 CA Walsh, y to > won
Eduardo l13 (Fisher). 10 TO J. second: Ar
court lo4 tHayes), % TO l. third. Time.
Mary B. Clark, Etapa. LazeH and Andrew
Mack finished as named
Third race, five furlongs. FanalOn han
dicap-WorkboX, rs (Mcintyre) 10 :
won; Bill Eaton. 100 GILBERT is to l. sec
Ond; Ocean Queen. 100 (GoldsteiDl. 9 10 .
third. Time, 100 80. Del CruZador Lit
tie Jane and Orlin OrmOnde finished as
named.
Fourth race. mile ana a quarter Olvn-
pic Club handicap-DOwnpatric 105 Men
try, to I, won; Cabin, 100 (McIntvrel 6
to l. second; Logistilla, 106 CHeathertAO.
to >. third Time. 2:05 80 Johnny 2
Ons, Rubric, Cloyne, Peter Sterling ia
meta. Red Leaf and Ven finished as
named.
Fifth race. mile and seventy Yards
Boggs. 81 (Gilbert). to !, won: L. c.
Acl1erly. 100 CKeogh), % to /. second: Bel
mere, 1l3 (MOreland). Z to ;, third. Time.
la Tommy Ahearn. Catalina Silver
Line. Henry o., Bellemence and Kruka
finished as named.
Sixth race, futurity course. Monte Vista
handicap-JaCk Nunnany. ia &C. Miller.
il to >. won; Sugar Maid. III (BuxtOu) >
TO 2, second; Native Son. 20 "a Walsh Z
to 1. third Time, 1909 As. Silver Stock
ing. ST. Francis and Lisaro finished as
named.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
YEAR OF PROSPERITY.
BY BAN JOHNSON.

6. BY BAN JOHNSON, {.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
At eenninqs.

Bennings. April 11.-Results:
First race, seven acknowledgements
won Beggerman second, Amoutillado
third. Time. 1:33 %.
Second race half mile-Cheek won.
Trappe second, Claque third. Time, 51S2ss
seconds.
Third race, four and a half furlon@s-
Schleswig won. Claiborne second Dems-
triOs third Time, 80 seconds.
Fourth race, seven furlOngs-ROyal Lady
won, Smoker second, Giles third. Time
1:31.
won. Dan second, Pickett third. Time.
1:59 3-5.
Sixth race. steeplechase. two and a half
Tuiles-Recruit won. AndWeN second. Pc
ter Daley third. Time 5:21 10.
Seventh race. mile and forty yards
Killicrankie won. Panique second, Delphi
third. Time, 1:4S.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
PORTLAND MANS RECORD
Arrange Special Event So He Can
Make 1t.

Portland, ore. April 1l-Forest
Smithson, running under the colors of
the VI. a. a. G, broke the worlds rec
ord for the fifty yards high hurdles in
the annual track meet between the
University of Oregon. Oregon Agricul-
tural college and MuItnomah Amateur
club. Smithson's time was % sec
Onds. SmithsOn. in running off the reg
ular fifty-yard high hurdle event. tied
the worlds record of 6 A. seconds. A
special event was then arranged be-
tween him and Eberle Kuykendau of
the University of oregon. in which
SmithsOn made his record performance
His contest was fully sanctioned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
THREE-CUSHlON TOURNEY.
Fast Players Will Begin Play Tomor.
row.

Manager Malone of the Malone bill
lard room has arranged a three-cush-
ion carom tournament, which starts to-
morrow night. Some of the best three
cushion players in the state are en-
tered, and it is expected good con-
test will result. Malone announces that
he has a table especially fitted up with
new cushions and cloth, which will be
used exclusively for this tourney. A
suita bic first and second prize will be
given the winners. The players who
viii start are j. NJ. Morgan, Dan Gre
mig. DIR. Mum. ]. G. Winchell. John
Nichols. f. Christian and George
Clarke.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
JORDAN sWiFrs PRACTICE.

A practice game of socker 8otball
was played at the Jordan grounds yes
terday between the Jordan Swifts and
the Salt Lake team. The Jordan Swifts
won by a score of ? to l. The Jordans
are practicing hard for their coming
match game with ogden, which is to
be played at the Junction City next
Saturday. The winner of this game will
meet the winner of the Eureka-Salt
Lake game for the Daynes trophy cup
and the state championship for this
wear
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
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