The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
s. P O. R tx L-O- C-Y
BY w. o. RIsHEL.

with its first state high school track
meet, ard since that time the country
schools have been gradually forging to
the front This year sees the Lehi and
Granite high fighting for first place in
the basketball championship after going
through a hard series of games. in which
they have met and defeated the strongest
teams in their class. From q viewpoint of
sport alone this is good for the game and
proves the statement frequently made in
these columns that the country boy is
Just as good an athlete as the city boy.
II he viii only go out and work as hard
to capture the honors.
WHY BELL QUIT THE GAME.
When ATtie Bell arrived in the city to
compete in the Auditorium contests he
called upon the writer. who knows him
well from the old bike days. When asked
why he quit the bike game for skating
Bell said he did not care to take the
chances. IT will be remembered that Bell
was one Of the stars at the saucer track
in 1901, going from here to Butte and
then TO the east That winter. while pac-
ing Bobbie Wsithour in the race in which
Johnny Nelson was killed and Walthour
badly injured. Bell also went down in the
mix-up. When he awOke in the hospi-
tai IL was discovered that he had bro
ken arm and a broken leg. which Of
course put him out Of the game for many
days.
Rel said he had never entered a bike
race from that day to this. and that he
never tABGLleu 10 90 50 Edtti-
BOXING GAME GAINING FAVOR.
The legislature Of Tennessee has passed
a bill permitting boxing. The lawmakers
of Nevada have passed law lowering the
license fee on boxing contests to encouT-
age the sport. Bills are now before the
legislatures Of Minnesota and Nebraska to
allow boxing under certain restrictions.
This all looks good to the fight fan.
No game ever received the knocks box
ing has. and yet It lives and constantly
- t
public wants IL, and always will want it
as long IS man likes to see man IN phys
ical contest against another. If it were
possible to legislate fake promoters. man
ayers and fighters out Of the game. it
would be but a few short years until
boxing would become recognized as one
Of the cleanest Of athletic sports
Surely there will be enough baseball
going on In the states included in the
InteTmountsiu league this season. This
week the announcement was made that
an intermountain league was formed, and
right on top Of ii comes more announce
ments that state leagues in Montana
Idaho and Utah, comprising the same
towns are being organized. This ought
TO give enough baseball to suit all the
fans.
A letter addressed to the writer from
Gus Braun. the Olympic club wrestling
champion of San Francisco, was received
this week IN WHICH BRAUN eApItsseu
desire to Vrestle Mike Tokel- He also
asked to be put in communication with
some local wrestling promoter. and the
letter was turned over to Harry Hea-
Eren Is ii now about time for the well
known wrestling fan TO come out and
brand the match a fake. ifrit is made?
Jimmy Reynolds the Marathon skat-
er. who won the Butte race and finished
second in the Salt Lake race, objects to
the theory that all men at the age of GO
should be chloroformed. Reynolds adj
mits he is "a and says there is not
youngster in the game today Except
Sehatz) who can beat him in an endur-
ance test on the rollers.
Exit one Billy Papke Jimmy Flynn
beat him to fragile at Los Angeles on
Friday night, and Sam Langford knocked
Jimmy Flynn out in one round. Where
does Papke stand?
The fight fans who read of the ae-
counts of the fight at Rock Springs.
where Jack Tippets so easily disposed of
Ben Smith on Wednesday night, now
know what they missed when that knock
stopped the Manteii-Tippets 90 at Muir
ray few weeks back.
At the present time Butte, Mont is
wild on roller skating. and particularly
so on Marathon racing. If they need q
good man UP there. who possesses real
speed Salt Lake can loan them a lad
named Sehstz. Witness what he Gid to
the Montana champion at the Auditorium
Friday night.
There has not been new bicycle track
built during the past week to entice Salt
Lake riders away this year. Probably