The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
BASEBALL WAR IS PREDICTED By FANS

tion the board OF athletic directors Of the
various colleges to work 10 such an end
Hockey viii play an lmportant role IN
the athletic fixtures Of New York this
winter. Arrangements have practically
been made to bring the Toronto uniNcr-
sity seven TO this city during the Eoii-
days for a pair OF matches As the plan
now stands, the Dominion collegians will
play last years two amateur champion
ship teams, The New York \. G. SEX
tette. which won the Amateur Hockey
league honors last season, and the inter-
collegiate champions, Harvard university,
To meet Toronto. The match between
the Mercury FOoters and Toronto is ten
% lively scheduled for December IS. The
date Of tho Harvard Toronto contest has
been set for December 30.
Aside from the international aspect OF
the games. the fact that the American
sevens are IItieholdcrs lends double inter
The biggest athletic event ever held IN
tho south VIII he tho Amateur Athletic
union games which viii be held at New
Orleans In October Of 1910. President
Brown Of Chicago. tho new hcnd Of the
union, is much pleased at the interest
shown in the south, II VIII be his mis-
est in athletic meets through the west.
southwest and northwest. New Orleans
is the first 10 get into line.
Colleges Involved.
simultaneously with the carly practice
work OF the Princeton hockey seven
comes the announcement OF nm ante sea
son series OF games with Yale In Puts,
burg. Captain Peacock. the Princeton
goal tender. announced the match. II Is
probable that the dates will be DeceW-
Der 30-31. and the place Duqucsne Car
den.
II is with this series In view that the
Tigers inaUgurated work on the Ice so
carly, The temptation TO claw up the
Yale bulldog on the Ice is n strong one.
and Captain Pcacock's team VIII leave
no preliminary undone to effect a sweep
While the results of the games played
out IN Smootvllle Will have no effect
on the standing OF the lntercollegiate
Hockey league. they should be produc-
tive of lively dolngs. The natural rtV-
airy between the TWO universities assures
Pittsburgcrs witnessing some swift Ice
hockey play. Then the Smokey City is
without professional hockey this year, so
the Yalc--Princeton series comes most
opportuncly To the half-starved hockey
fans of that burg.
The New York Giants will again train rain
at Marlin, Tex" next spring. IL was
lngs would take the Highlandcrs some =
where around Houston, but seemed TO
prefer the climate OF Georgia. Sticking
In favor of either Macon or Atlanta.
These two cities, however. are out OF the
question. because the Cincinnati Reds
are going to Atlanta and the But9lo
Eastern league team to Macon. me
Highlanders will likely go 10 Athens. Ga.
1t won't be long now until March ar
rives so that there seems 10 he moth
ing peculiar in the fact that President
spring junket OF the Superbas. They VIII
do their preliminary tralninG at Hot
Springs. Ark. leaving there on MaTch "
10 make way for the Pittshurg PlratcS.
President Ebbetts arranged one schedule
for the Supcrbas and here is the com
plete exhibition tour: Little Rock, Mem
phls. Nashville. Chattanooga. The Brook-
lyns may also find time TO journey 10
ri
4 week will be spent at Memphis.
Interest IN Swimming.
Word comes from the west of renewed
{, has planned some interesting am
phibIau events. In Chicago. both the III
nols A. G. and the Chicago a. \. claim
TO have teams stronger than the one
OF the local organization, and there Is
"A feeling at the Missouri y. c. OF st.
Louis and at the East Liberty a. {. oi
pittsburg that they, too might take the
New Workers into camp under certain
The Illinois A. c. has a formidable ag-
gregation. perfectly balanced ana sIrone
at every point. II j. Handy III. j. Heb
ner. Richard Frlzellc the two McGilli-
Vrays. William Nosburgh. Perry Mckee
and w. s. Merriam can take care OF the
straight swimming events. In breast and
back-strokc swimming there Is no one
equal to Handy. or even Jensen: In fancy
diving, Dick FrlZellc would most likely
defeat all but O'CallaGhan; and Charles
Brown Is the American plunging cham
plon and record holder.
The Chicago \. a: Is less to be feared
In straight swimming. The sprringers;
Healy. Wlnans. HusZagh. Laughlin and
Hansen. and the dists ace men. Griffin
and Foster. are hardly OF the casterners
caliber. Bornamann. Gaidzick, Burton
and Hammond would probably clean uT
In fancy diving. Uealy and Laughlin
have proved themselves great plung-
ers.
Ii is in the specalities that the Mis-.
sourl A. G. would expect To win. y. II
Gocssling is head and shoulders above
his nearest opponent At the breast anc
back strokes: Stockton and King exec
In plunging. and there are excellent fancy
divers In Grote and Martin. In swimming
the two Schwntz boys. Hall. Grimes
Banks. Martin and Slegcl are the bes'
81 Louis can muster. OF the strength
OF the Pittsburgers very little is known