The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-28

patches says De Rouen. the Frenchman,
writhed in pain when Gotch applied the
hold in their Kansas City match. 1t
may be legitimate, but it is not sports
manlike, and wTestlers should forever
bar # from the mat game.
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Butte may be I'm the same baseball
league with Salt Lake, but this does not
give that town a license to take liber-
ties with our roller skaters. Judging
from all reports, they must have been
doing things to Willie Schatz and Fen
ton Hardy up there last week. but, just
the same, they have a pretty good opin-
ion of the youngsters, anyway.
New baseball leagues being organized
daily. q thirty days running meeting
scheduled, bike riders coming from all
over the country for the opening of the
bike game, and the mat men all busy,
surely it looks good for the sporting
game in Salt Lake this summer. Now if
some one can just convince the suthori-
ties that the boxers are not all Grim
inals and get the lid slipped back far
enough to allow one good contest a
month. the old town would be hum
mer this year.
Speaking Of conventions, intermoun-
tain fairs and the like to bring the peo-
pie to Salt Lake, just stop and consider
what the Jeffries-Johnson match would
do in dumping the coin of the realm
among the Salt Lake merchants. Such
a fight would bring thousands of
money-spenders to the city, and the
SaltaiT pavilion is the best suited place
for such a fight in America today.
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There was basketball game played
in Logan a week ago, and there is some
dispute over who won. If any person
thinks the salt Lake Y. NJ. c. A. was
not a victor, just ask Coach Brown
And should some person imagine for a
minute the 3. Y G. did not carry off
the hOnors, they should interview Coach
Badenock.
Jack Johnson says ne intends to Jour
ney to Boston and meet this Jeffries
person face to face and ask him what
his intentions are. Jack should not for
get the last time he put that question
to Jeffries in the late Harry Corbett'S
saloon in San Francisco. At that time
Jeffries invited Johnson into the cellar
with his famous proposal that the best
man come Up and send for the ambu-
lance. Jack has not met jeff since that
day, but maybe Jim is not a. ferocious
as he used to be.
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According to reports received this
week from Daytonia beach. the bicycle
races are proving more popular than
the automobile events Just one more
indication that the bike game would
soon grow IN popularity if given half a
chance.
The Intermountain league has dis
posed Of Jack Grim. and now comes
the announcement that Con Strouthers
is to join the down and out club. Farms
worth takes Grims place and McRae
takes Strouthers' place at Boise. It is
a wise head that brought about these
changes. and if one or two more fall by
the wayside before the opening of the
season, the new league will be strength
ened many times in the eyes of the
fans
Salt Lake. 1: White Sox. 0. How
would the salt Lake fans like to pick
up an eastern paper next week and read
about game played at Walkers field
with the above score?
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The opening Of the bicycle season is
only two months away, and still there
are few riders left in Salt Lake. About
two months ago the wise ones in the
city declared the town would be desert
ed as lar as riders are concerned this
year long before now. Vailsburg opens
next Sunday, and every rider in Amer
lea is signed to ride there this season.
according to these same wise heads. but
one Harry Heagren is not worrying
much about it.
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The dispatches state that Battling
Nelson and Jimmy Britt are to meet
for the fifth time in Australia Bat
needs the money and Britt needs an
other beating, and the Australians are
used TO lemons. Why not?
Talk about drawinGeths color line IN
pugilism. The blacks Of Galveston
threaten 10 tar and feather Jack John
son IL he brings his white wife to that
town. Guess that is going some.