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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
KRAMER GIVES CLARKE SATISFACTION
FIGHTERS CANNOT
CONE BACK AGAIN
Young Corbett All In; Charlie
Mitchell Also Tried to Re-
turn, but Failed.

Poor Young Corbett. When he went
to the floor in the fifth round of his
bout with Dave Dashler at Boston last
Tuesday and was actually unable to rise
because of being so badly wiuded it was
seen that the one-time featherwcight
champion of the world would be dis.
appointed in his hope that he could
"come back
On the coast he showed flash of his
old-timc form-for he had worked hard
and faithfully out there Bat he does
not seem 10 have trained for the match
with Dashler. The latter. realizing his
own advantage when Corbctt's pudgy
body came into the ring, simply played
for Corbett's stomach. il did the trick.
After the first few blows Corbett was
putting and blowing in the effort TO
catch his wind And when he went TO
the floor in the fifth he was actually
gasping for breath.
Many of those who had seen the
once great boxer in his bouts with Terry
McGovcrn, Mt "A time when the latter
was the "Terrblc Terry Of tho ring
! tried 10 cheer the little fellow on But
just as McGoyern did before him, when
! be once passed from tho front ranks
he could not climb the ladder agnin.
This thing Of looming back" into
condition is the hopeful statement made
by many boxer. But I've seen many
of them come and go. and the cases
where both Papkc and kctchel recov-
cred their first form aud commenced
alternating in defeating each other
stand out almost alone in ring annals
It's the stomach and wind that
] nj .ban
Corbctt ut Jacksonville there can be
no question that Mitchell worked hard
| In fact, he always claimed he was over
trained for the bout. Before he entered
the ring his arms and legs were like
steel and his chest muscles were beau
tifully developed. But there WASH I
that appearance of the stomach that Il
true athlete shows, and the old,hmers
who looked Charley over shook their
heads when they noted It, His absence
from the ring, the time he had spent
being entertained by friends at the hote'
run by his father, Pony Moore, who
has Just died. told their tale. 1t was
thought that his cleverness might enable
him TO make good bout against Cor
bett-and, indeed, he did draw blood
FROM Corbett' s mouth in the first
round Corbett went into that bout
with a determination to wipe out per
sonsl feeling against Mitchell. AND
when that swirl OF crimson commenced
TO trickle down his face and the seconds
in Mitchell S corner cheered him on, jim
went at Charley like a demon.
II was the first blow that landed IL
the stomach that turned the tide. Wher
| Corbett IS glove dashed into his pauncf
! Mitchell gasped and quivered and hi,
face turned pasty gray under his sun
! burned skin. Then he shook himself
and came back for the mercilcss pound
ing Corbctt gave him. But the stomach
blow had turned the trick, and hC
walked to his corner a beaten man-and
/ he knew his fate then.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
TEAM NOT COMING

NEW YORK, Oct. l6.-Cricketcrs
in this country are somewhat disap.
pointed over the fact that tho victori.
Gus team of Australians that visited
England the past season and got away
not alone with a large majority of the
matches played against the frst'class
counties there, but also with the best
score in the series of five test matches
PLAYED against All-England eleveus
will not return home by way of this
country. as had been planned ut one
time. Their manager, however, did
not meet with sufficient encouragement
from this side, owing TO the fact that
the Gentlemen of Ireland and the Pill
grim socker players were here also aud
had taken up about all the spare dates.
1t goes without saving, almost, that
the famous Antipodeans would have
made clean sweep here; neverthe-
less. the desire TO see them was nat
urally very great.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
H0RSENEH FIGURING
Oh WINTER RACING
VIII Try California, but Many
Are Dubious as to Final
Results.

metropolitan hofscmcu are bcginnlug
to consider tho winter problem. An
cacrt will be made to race al Oak
land. and. according TO the gossip from
people who arc supposed 10 know, there
VIII be no trouble. IL is 4 marked pc
cuIiarity of all those places where anti
racing legislation is newly enacted that
the "'pcoplc who know arc always
unanimous in jhcir prediction that
everything VIII be all right, and it
is quite as noteworthy that the result
is always that everything is all
wrong.
Whom tho anti-racing bill WAS passed
m Missouri il was a matter OF com.
mon gossip that the sport would con
iinuc right along. because the law was
unconstitutional; at New Orleans 1t
9yas supposed the demands OF the ma
iority of the business men of the town
that racing continue would so impress
The officials that the enforcement Of
the new law would not be energetic
enough 10 make serious trouble, and
now out IN California everything is
''all right. -
The horscmon certainly hope il Will
20 turn out for the horses eat Just as
much and then Just rs much more in
winter rs IN summer and the stable
expenses 90 right on, and if there is
no opportunity TO bring in Il purse oc-
caslonaiiy the strain gets 20 he rather
severe. The effort TO continue racing
in Missouri and New Orleans in the
face Of the antagonistic laws was dis
astrous. and there is nothing but the
assurance of the racing magnatc ON the
California coast 10 indicate that there
viii nc a successful result there.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
Y. NJ. c. A. BOYS ARRANGE
ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT

Monday evening will mark the be
ginning of the SIN group team contests
in the senior CLOCK class at the Y
VI. C. a. gymnasium. In this schedule
of events over fifty young men Will
participate in various games and ath.
letic events. The list of events are:
Basketball fvelap relay race, two-lap
relay race; fence vault. bag race. ten
lap relay race. dives for distance,
eight potato race, twenty-yard swim,
three ec-lcgged race, egg race. pursuit
race. tug of war, relay race, three
broad jumps
The schedule VIII extend from Octo-
Der Is TO December ,, inclusive. The
captains of the various teams are rs
follows; \. f.. Bowen, j. q, Flandro,
n. b. Whitzcl. \. T.. Nilsson, J.. G..
Mchsc, Mr.. Weltc,
The six teams are made up Of the
following: Castro Heath. Ilougbtou,
Dahl, Cunningham. v Hammond, T, J..
Connolly, II, j. Putnam. j. NJ. Post. j..
L. Damey, \. j. Anderson. Frank Nor
rison, G.. II. Stark, c, +. Nelson. l.. G..
Wooltin, l.. w. Carlson, j. u. Hall. f..
G Crabbc, W. j. FiuIayson, G. Wright,
G, O. Peterson, Il. Howe, \. NJ. Hansen,
A. Lloyd a. Broadbcck, +. Smith,
and y, \. Machc.
The SIX captains have chosen names
of t5e six largest universities of
America, namely: Carlisle, Yale, Cor
nell, Annapolis, Princeton and lIar-
ward The team winning the group
game contest by the largest number
of points will be rendered "A banquet.
The remaining teams Will also be ban
quoted. but viii not receive the dain-
Ties that the first men will have, but
Will be banqnctcd in proportion To the
amount Of points won during the group
game contests.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
HIGH SCHOOL WORKING
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Bright Prospects in Sight
With Best Team of Series
Beaten.

The prospects for victorious foot
be brighter. for the hardest game of
the season has gone into history rs 4
victory and each afternoon of practice
the team is developing speed and sci
ence. The squad, under the coaching
OF " Dad - Convill and Callahan, has
worked hard for five weeks, and on its
FIRST demonstration showed midseason
playing, There are only five old play;
erS back, but the new material more
han offset the loss Of the old men. The
players had considerable trouble with
the eligibility rules. which threatened
TO snattcr the lineup Of the first game,
but the BOYS worked hard and only one
man was barred
Convill has been working his men
hard the past week and has spent con
siderable time in correcting mistakes
made in the first game. He found the
BOYS were weak on eHd-run interference
and the rules OF the game so each af-
tcrnoon special attention is given both
Of these
For the past two weeks there have
been two teams out in suits, and the
rlvaly in fast work is intense. The
boys arc shifted from one team to the
other. according to the way the prac.
tice, SO the first team players are run
TO the limit for their places
The high school has five league
games yet to play. but Convill is try,
lng hard 10 give HIM men n trip out
Of the state. He can take the team to
Butte and play The Butte high school.
according 10 present arrangements.
Convill is working bard for the state s
championship, because IT Will then be
possible TO play the EngIcwood high
school Of Chicago upon It's western trip
the latter part of the scasOn.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17

ticallv all there is OF il. and that he
should serve also rs treasurer. rs handI-
cappcr, aud rs referee. and take rs
MS cmolumcnt the entire income of
the association, the dues, the rcgistra-
tion foes. the franchise and sanction
fees. 10 say nothing OF the receipts
from handicappiHg and rcfcrociug--
such situation would he almost I'M
thnkablc were IL not the fact
The personal policy pursued by Chair.
mau Kelsey has not served to better
either tbc sport of the organization.
II long has been policy of cXpcdi.
cney-a policy Of trying TO please
everyone. The natural result has fol-
lowed lie has pleased no ono. and
respect for the association and its Of
iccrs aud rules are al low cbb. The
.disaircctiur is so great that rebellion
mas been discussed for year or more
and cool heads only have served TO
prevent an open outbreak. The dissat-
i>fuctiun il confined 60 no one class.
Racing mon and race promoters alike
yrc affected and though sclf-inlcrcSr
may influence he attitudes of sofuc Of
them. there is little that Bicycling
World ITSELF. though il inciincs 10 do
50. can find That is admirable i'm The
y. &. \. or It's management. or that
entities i, tu Whoi"-hosrtcd support
Sport Is Unclcan.
No gcuuinc effort has been made tn
keep he sport clean or TO enforce the
rules or 10 compel respect for them.
| The prevailing policy has wet -blanketcd
The sport and stuuird the growth OF
both auatrrrisw mud professionalism.
| The former has been permitted TO be
come so foul hat IL almost is impos-
-iblc tr approach the subject without
/ holding the nose The real amateur has
/ had absolutely no chancc-no cucour.
agercut Far ~ least two wears
! known, but disguised, professionals have
been permitted 90 become amateur
| champions 40 he Cnd OF profitable
season "A few men have been turned
! into the cash class: the other fakirs
nrc permitted to remain Promoters
! have given the cash almost openly and
! without fear Of punishment. and ii
! has been accepted with similar lack OF
I timiditv No preicusc of investigation
has been made Were Justice reail,
done. tho professional ranks would DO
! fall 90 ovcrGowing. and there would
be no scarcity OF entries such n now
cwhaTasscs promoters, and with IN,
! fakirs out. new blood would come II
aud the real amateurs would receive
their due. II the rules were enforced
I and real and not mock punishment wer,
mctcd out. and without regard 10 whom
il affected. the entire tone of the sport
would ho raised and there would bo les.
uccd for punishment of any sort
But with the present men and III,
prcscut policy tho case is hopeless
In Bicycling World. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
SHEPPARD TRANSFERRED
TO NEW YORK CITY
lbune speeIal sportlng servlce.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, Oct. lG.-Aeain comes the
news that Melvin Sheppard, America S
premier middle distance runner has been
transferred hy the government from his
post at Licoricc Wharf, Camden. y. j..
TO the New York custom house. The Same
announcement last summer proved
premature and totally false.
Sheppard told Il close friend of his the
fayorably acted upon by the powers that
bc In the customs service. and he Will
be transferred TO the New York job under
date Of November IL. Living in Philadcl-
phia has been one Of the haudicaps that
has kept Sheppard from getting in fine
condition this fall. He has practically
no place to train steadily and 10 one to
work out with. In addition. he has been
able 10 get into a race about once II
month over in Philadelphia, whereas by
living mere he can get race once a
week
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
AUTOMOBILES
Maxwell in Racing Game.

Though 1T has always been the claim
of the manufacturers of the Maxwell
automobiles that their aim is the at
tainment of reliability rather than the
achievement of speed records, continued
Maxwell victories are reported with
their new twenty two horsepower model
Q ears, costing $3.50 TO $1,000, In the
first automobile Derby held over the
twenty-thrce-mile course at Eiverhead
Long Island, on September 29, the two
Maxwels won first and second places
in their class, negotiating the ninety"
one miles in l0l minutes and % seconds
and I09 minutes and II seconds, rcspec"
tiYClv.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
Autos VS.. Horses.

Officers of the Cleveland Humane So
ciety are declaring for the automobile
rs against thee horse for heavy city
hauling.
Statistics SHOW that horses fresh from
the farm are completely knocked ont
after three years of work on the hard
city pavings. and then unfit for the
purpose for which they were purchased
are sold 10 peddlers, movers, dravmen,
etc, who mistrcat them in majority
of eases.
DIR. Friedrich, Cleveland health Off.
Ger, saws that in his opinion auto
trucks are humane rs well ns useful
and that he hopes TO see the timo when
all heavy hauling viii be done by them
leaving less ardnous work TO the horse
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
Pinch HitterS.

Tribune Special Sporting Service
NEW YORK, oct. 16.-Onc OF the re
cent developments OF baseball mas been
tho pinch hitter" Almost all OF tina
teams In the National and the American
leagues carry some PLAYER these days
who is supposed To he able 10 take his
place at bat in AN emergency and rap the
ball out Of the reach OF the fielders.
thereby restoring his club TO good stand
ing and keeping peace IN the community:
To some oNtcnt. John j. AfcGrow Of
the New York Nationals is responsible
for this innovation. lie MAS quick TO see
the advantages which were likely to he
gained when the rule was passed that
one player could he substituted for am
other At any time. and after II was put
in effect by the rules committee, kept
one or two men on his team for not
much Of any other reason thnn that they
could frequently walk 10 the plate md
smash tho ball safely 70 the held when IL
was needed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
Gross Country Trips.

While there arc n number Of mat
ters that viii make the present year 4
notable one IN motor car history, few
will. when the retrospect stage is
reachcd, be seen 10 have n greater bear
ing on thc industry than the marked
tendency toward long tours by owners.
In the east this tendency has been no.
ticcablc for several years, but in tho
great central states and the west il is
of more recent origin, Motor car manu-
facturcrs whose factories are in the
east have been in good position To
SEQ tho Gxtcat Of this trend. 1t has
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
Golf Championship.
Tribune. Special Sporting Service.

IlInUD'. Si'NIIIT HIVIUNb SVTNlJ".
NEW YORK. oct 16.-Nt a recent
meeting OF the Eastern Professional Golf
crs association, Il was decided 10 hold
ncNt years championship in August. on
a course yet 20 De selected. The cham
pionship viii he played Tor as follows:
Eighteen holes medal play. first eight
scores TO qualify and play of. match
play. Tor tho championship. Tho player
gcttlng the lowest score in the qualifying
round will receive a sold medal. Second
and third eight scores 10 play of medal
PLAY FOR prizes
Tho amateur and professional luuv-
somcs have been abandoned
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
All-National Team.
Tribune Special Sporting Service

Tribunc Special SPORTING SerNlcc.
NEW YORK. Oct. l6.-Frank Bancroft.
who viii manage the All National team in
the exhibition trip to the Pacific coast.
with tho Philadelphia Athletics. has Sc
lected his team. The combination In
cludcs Chief Meyers, Larry Doyle. Snod =
grass aud Marquard Of the Giants. Mey-
crs will catch, DOYLE VIII play second,
and Snoderass viii 20 along as utility
catcher and inielder. Marquard VIII
have elf CurtisS uf the Boston Nationals
70 assist him in the box work. The ;oans
viii play lour weeks IL san Francisco.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17

and having previously failed TO apply
the rulc when the possibility was rs
great aud rs apparent ms il was last
sunday, II thereafter became impog-
sihlc TO enforce II without favor 10
someone: IN other words, il had ccascd
10 bc possible 20 fairly apply Inc rule.
ne uproar that has resulted and
mat has not been Siilcd IL the direct
result OF this manifest uHfairursS But
Whiic the prOyocaiiOu was great. if
does not excuse the ''strikc'' ipau-
Guratcd hv Clarke and the Others. who
refused 10 ride. IL proved thm Ia be
hard losers aud their conduct NOR
iied The swift and vigorous punish.
ment which long since ceased Ia be :,
parl OF the \. G.. \. policy. The men
probably viii be disciplined, if tbcv
Nrc disciplined at all. after the racing
season has closed, when the punish.
ment VIII bo Of n" real effect.
Needs Thorough Cleaning.
Apart from calling attention 10 the
rdlcuonsnesS OF = rule TINT permits
aiS'ance ehAWyionship event So hc
l'rllHilE decided bv distance
uta'S' IN" turmoil that has been
cI'aipu results as tn" Ncw3ri; prin,-
and many persons maintain II viii rc.
Sul'; tbat id. IN 4 shako-up or reor.
gahiLahon OF the y. &. l.. IL vjll
not nave been wholly in vain. For IL
ever a hous" required rcnovating and
dislnieeting IL Is the National CTcliur
association, AS the Bicycling World has
,emarkcd on more than one occasion
Not only. do The rules require over
hauling, hu' the basis of membership
ana lhc plan of management reuuir,
tcnodehng. There probably never wa.
another organization which so thor
oughIy was one man affair. The chair
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17

been planted in the valleys and low
lands in sluggish brooks, which are
to their liking. Next year the fish
ing ought to be at least 30 per cent
better than the past season. and two
years from now there ought to be
enough trout in the Utah streams so
that everybody can 90 out and catch
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
Ihoso snfTermc rrom wenk.

q - Those suffering from wenk.
N nS nesees which sap the pleasures
~ w n OF life should take Juven Pilia
- One box will tell a story of
masrclons results. This medicine has mora
bfnve9iating, bsfase yitalizipg force than has over
PS"Asge only on receipt of this adv. and 81.
s.,,u s,lsus %, its originator. G. /. Hood Co pro-
Ni7toIs Ho"ds S,TsA99rilla. Lowell. Maxs,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
KRAMER DICTATES
RULES TO \. {. 4.
Chairman Kelsey Bows to Rid
ers' Request and Brings on
TrOuble.
KRAMER'S CHAMPIONSHIP
TITLE IS NOT CLEAR
Was Afraid Of Clarke and Uses
Cycling Association TO
Win Race.

"Tcchuical champions never are
wholly admirable. and because Of the
fact il j. rcgrct;ablc that Frank Ia.
Kramer should have resortcd to tech.
nicalitiss TINT while they again Sc
cured for him the cycling championship
Of America. yet left clouds on the
title.
After his long and proud career rs
America s champion for ten y'ars--a
record without parallcl-it WAS M
worthy of him to call tcchnicalities
to his aid when HIS laurels were IN
danger: and having previously given
II no heed, and having been called on
In Give no heed to the claStic l'cnnl-
c1litv in the rules 20 which Kramer M
tho eleventh hour rcSOrlcG. 'nairmah
Kelsey of The y. {. A., IN his capacity
rs referee. cannot very we'll escape the
criticism which attaches so h's act,
The. extent of which can be apprecl-
utci bv few not familiar with con
ditions i'm and near Newark, y. -
where the championship was decidcd.
and who may fancy that interest IN
cvcIc racing is nj best lukcwarm.
There the interest is of the same frcn-
lied sort that goes with the gamo OF
baseball and the feeling created by Inst
Sundays occurrence is great and deep
sealed The uttered and printed crit
cism Of kelsey is savage. while the
respective adhcrents of Kramer and
Clarke have rushed their opinions into
print 10 tho extent of columns.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
Poor Sportsnen.

After all Is said and done. however,
Inc fact remains that both Kramer aud
KELSEY violated the first rule of sports
manship-thc unwrittcn r;llc that
neither asks nor gives favor. Having
ridden in two fivc-milc championship
events. which were ridden in one heat
it vas unbecoming of champion, his
laurc! trembling in thc balance, 10 ask
that hc be favored by running The
concluding race 10 his liking. II was
as unbccomiug of the referee 10 grant
.he favor. and having granted 1t. 20
seek refuge in n rule which he nad
not enforced ON the ground that he
had not been asked TO enforce II. The
language wherever possible implies
the existence of discretionary power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-09
6. A. R. VETERANS CELEBRATE
FoRTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY OF
RAWLINS POST OBSERVED.
D. J. Kaufman Mustered In-Sev-
eral Short Addresses Delivered.
Music by Banjo Club.

The forty-third anniversary Of the date
of the organization Of Gen. John A.
Rawlins Post. No. 1. Grand Army Of
the Republic. was celebrated by the men,
bers last night in G.. A. r. Hall. William
H. Bailey. Junior vice commander and
presided.
Prior to the entertainment the post held
a business meeting. Commander Samuel
r. Stratton introduced d. j. Kaufman,
who had been mustered into the post.
Others who delivered addresses were
Clarence NJ. Cobb. who told of his feat
of swimming around the steel pier at At
lantc City last summer; Capt. Mckee.
warden of the District Jail; Henry Sand
ford of wisconsin, Gen. r. Fl. Holbrook,
department commander, who congratulate
ed the members upon the way they car
ried their forty-three years, and Col. E.
Emmett Urell one of the charter MEM
bers of the post.
Clarence Smith entertained with imita-
tons of Italian opera singers. Music was
furnished by the Nautical Banjo Club.
Following the entertainment refreshments
We're served.
The officers of the post are: Comma nder,
Samuel r. Stratton: senior vice command
er. Samuel Cross. junior vice commander.
William II. Baleyj adjutant, James A..
Allen; quartermaster, r. B. Schwickardi;
surgeon, &. A. Lyon; chaplain, A. s.
Taber; sergeant major John Finn.