The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07
olympic Hero Plans to OMIT the
Game After Stupendous
Athletic Campaign.
MAJOR LEAGUE SCOUTS
LOOKING FOR MATERIAL
Oarsmen Looking Forward to
National Rowing Regatta to
Be Held This Week.
BY MANHATTAN.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Mel Sheppard,
the Olympic hero and all around smash
er of records, is going to retire from
athletics but not until he has broken
four or five more records which he has
in view. He wants 10 retire the
greatest athlete in the history of the
world.
The fact that Sheppard is planning a
stupendous athletic campaign IS known;
Sheppard has announced that. But he
has only announced privately TO friends
that he is going to retire from the
track and field after he has accom-
plishes his marvellous record.
On August % Shcp will 90 after the
half mile classic at Poughkeepsie- In
September he Will try 10 set new
record for the mile run In the mean
while he will try to break od@ Lon Meyers S
records for the $50 and 500 yards.
Sheppard says; "a chap only gels III
the condition that ] m in now once in a
life time | am better now than ! ever
was NV trials convince me that | can
carry out my campaign successfully
unless ] am hurt
"PeerIeSs Mel's' friends are urging
piad is held in Stockholm in 1872:
Sheppard won't promise. However. II
Sheppard does compete in the intcrna-
tional event it will be his last try after
athletic honors.
Looking for Recruits.
The major league scouts who have
= been watching the small leagues about
the country in search Of available talent
for the big clubs are now turning their
attention TO the American Association.
even though they can draft but one
player from each club of that assocla-
lion, The MAJOR league clubs figure that
If thcy can land Young star, they can
well afford TO pay a good prlce. for
real stars are scarce. They do not want
the old ones. nor those who have been
up and failed 10 make good; but they
want the young players.
OF the young players in the assocla-
tiop who look good enough at this time
for a trial in faster company, might be
mentioned the following hst' az. I'D
Pitchers-Yingling, Boise, Otis and
Baskette of Toledo; kaler and Pack,
ard of Columbus; O'Toole and Ryan oil
ST, Paul; Schardt, Santwell and Cutting
of Milwaukee,; Decannlere and Richter
Of Louisville; Hardgore of Indianapolis
First base-Hunter Of Kansas City
and Autrey of st. Paul.
second DaSe-DOWHS Ol SOluuuUuc CIV
Hinchman of Toledo.
Third base-Boucher of ST. Paul,
Shortstop-Butler of Toledo, and Nc
Cormick of st, Paul.
Fielders-Murrav of st. Paul, Morar
and Rafferty, of Kansas City. Chad
bourne Of Indianapolis, and Reilly oi
Columbus.
OF the pitchers, Yingliug, Otis, Pack
ard, Decanniere and Cutting are left
of the young right. handlers, kaler auc
Hardgrove look good. also Schardt. AM
OpToole and RYAN are booked FOR Tn
big leagues "Hy'' West and Robinson
of Toledo are both good right handler
and deserve place in faster company
Hunter is promising first baseman
being fairly hard hitter. big and live
". Downs will no doubt 60 to bii
league club, and it will not be surpris
ing If St. Louis lands him.
ST. Louis would have given consider
able to have had Jimmy Williams back
but Joe CaptiIlon refused TO listen Il
offers Hedges made for him; Harr,
Clark of Milwaukee and Flwcrt o
Toledo are both good third basemen an
arc easily better than some now II
faster company. Altizer. whom Char e
Comiskcy let go 10 Minneapolis: ha
been PLAYING first base for the Miller!
National Rowing Regatta.
Oarsmen all over the United State
arc now primed for the national roT
iup rcpatta which will he held next Fr
,lav and Saturday i'll Washington upo
the Patomac river. Despite the rae
that Washington oarsmcn were accuse
some weeks ago of laxity IN the arrange
neuts, they pitched into the rrepara
lions with 2 vim alter tNl5 crlticlsi
bccame general
Secretary Fortmevcr of fhe Natlons
Rowing Regatta SAWS there will be NOR
new clubs represented at this meet tina
ever before.
Clubs as far south as Galveston, TeS
west 10 san Francisco and north !
Portland Me. wrote That they woul
attend The regatta while places IN IN
middle west such as ST. Paul, lInn
apois and Cincinnati, viii he rcprescn
cd The Washington committee work.
hard raising The finances 10 carry II
affair TO success from i money poit
Of view.
Up in Canada the clubs anxious'
q i loohcG forward 10 Il trip 10 WashIui
Atou aud there is every reason TO b
Iieve the statemcu, issued by Captai
Joseph Wright. of the famous Arg
uauts. that they viii bring down mo-
than three hundred persons and wl
travel in their own special Canadian c
cursiou train. What is true in Toron
is also true in Ottawa. where Goa,
James Ten Eyck is looking after Il
fast senior crew of the Ottawas.
Nova Scotia tho feeling is strong. aI
O'Neall. the champion scuIler and q
senior four Of the ST. Mary s club, W
he present at Washington. with b
following.
The New York Athletic club. viii
won the cight-cared championship
last wear, has been in earnest trsIut
for the purpose of again winning I
blue ribbon event of tho regatta, I
seuior eght.oarcd championship.
In this race will be the Argonau
Of Toronto, Winnipeg Of Manitol
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