The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

In another column viii be found an ar
tcle taken from Golfers Weekly on the
Rocky mountain football conditions, in
which the case OF Charles Parkinson is
taken UP and discussed. Since the arti-
Gle appeared the information is given out
that Parkinson is no longer connected
with the Fort Collins team This, by the
way, is the first time an article of any
kind has appeared in the press in which
the Fort Collins school has in any way
Tepudisted Parkinson. although that
Schools attention was called 10 him
couple OF months ago in a dozen differ
ent articles appearing in the Salt Lake
papers. Marked copies Of these papers
were sent to the Fort Collins school.
We'll as TO the leading papers of Colorado,
but no attempt was made by either the
Colorado press or the Fort Collins school
to investigate the charges. Now that the
matter has been taken up by a publ
cation such as Golfers Coach Rothgeb
has rushed into print and repudiated the
actions of his captain, and announces that
he viii not be allowed 10 play on the Fort
Collins team any more.
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
We here in Utah cannot help wondering
If the policy outlined by Parkinson would
have been followed at Fort Collins this
year If Golfers had not taken up the
matter IN the interest of clean sport. At
the first crack of the whip by that paper
Fort Collins at once repudistes the man
accused by Salt Lake papers of playing
remained quiet for three months.
Knowing there could be but one out
come to such an affair." the writer asked
Parkinson two months ago to let him
know al once when he received a polite
communication from the Fort Collins
school notifying him he had been de-
posed as captain for the coming year.
Parkinson looked surprised and said such
action would never be taken. The writer
insisted it would. and Parkinson finally
agreed that he would wire the informs-
ton Just as soon as il took place. IL IL
ever did. No word has been heard from
Parkinson since. but the dispatch from
Fort Collins saving he would not repre-
sent that school next year can be taken
as true.
Thus the incident is closed. and the fact
established that the Salt Lake papers had
the right dope three months ago on ath-
letic conditions in Colorado. Is it not
about time for some Of the Colorado
schools TO rant about purity of athlet-
les in Utah schools again?
WHY FIGHTERS ARE POPULAR.
An eastern scribe gives the true reason
Of the lasting popularity OF John L. Sui
livsn and Jim Jeffries. He says:
That hero worship in sport is not dead
as yet was shown last week by the re-
ception given Jim Jeffries at New York.
While Jeffries has been out of the ring
for some years, and during that time has
done but little to attract public atten-
ton, his trip east has been a continuous
ovation, ana the climax came IN New
York when he was mObbed by a crowd
which gathered to give him q reception.
and forced to seek refuge in a baggage
room at the station.
"Jeffries' popularity Is based on the
same grounds that which still clings
to John L. Sullivan. At the bottom Is
honesty in sport. Neither Jeffres nor
Sullivan ever did anything that would cast
reflection on their honesty. and both have
steered clear of scandals. There have
been other pugilists just as successful as
as straight and their popularity short
lived as a result Another thing that is
shown by the reception Jeffries has been
getting is that the public does not take
much stock in the forfeiture of titles by
failure to defend them When Jeffries re-
tired he left his title TO be fought for
by the others in his class. or, rather.
weights was able 10 give him good argu-
ment johnson is probably the best of
the others right row, and his right to the
title outside of Jeffries IS pretty clear.
Yet Jeffries is getting the honors that go
with the championship, and he viii con-
tinue 10 do so until defeated"
MORE POWER TO COUNTRY
SCHOOLS.
The fact that two of the smaller or
country high schools of the state have
TO fight Il out for the state champion
growing interest In school athletics I'm
the state at large Il has not been long
since salt Lake and Ogden yearly fought
il out for honors in the state IN sll the
branches of athletics. with the outside
schools looking on as mere spectators.
About four years ago the university first
awakened interest throughout the state