The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-20
PATRONAGE Of
SPORTS BETTER
Good Showing Is Made in All
Branches in Spite of Short.
age of Money.
BOXING TOURNAMENT OF
ARMY AND NAVY EXCITING
Danny Maher Shows Wonderful
Resoureefulness i'm Winning
Jockey Club Cup.
BY RICHARD pAH1aREN.
ial Cable TO The Tribune.

Special Cable TO The Tribune,
LONDON. Nov. I9-Although business
generally is only recovering from the last
financial storm and many English sport
ing organizations have been complaining
OF hard times and deficits the country
seems to have been as liberal as OF yore
In patronizing sports. A sporting statis-
tician who has looked into figures says
more money than ever is being spent in
various ways on sporting and athletic
events OF all kinds. His figures of years
expenditure indicate that the country has
been paying the following amounts for
the purposes Indicated:
Horse racing. e3.69s. 900: shooting. e.
246.!o1; dog shows, f914s53: coursing,
g217.636; hunting. 15.520, 500; field trials
sRns sRH5ns 10000 600 tsSSe yashtnP polo SS
coaching, ESQ. 900; horse shows. ESQ. 900:
sports Of the people. e15000.00 000 To use
an Americanism. this is going some"
Big Boxing Tourney.
The big army and navy boxing cham
pionsbip tournament held here recently
attracted widespread interest and II was
attended by immense crowds.
While there was something to be de-
sired as regards skill and cleverness.
those who patronized the boxing at tho
gymnasium. Aldershot. had plenty for
their money.
A rather regrettablc incident-more so
because two officers were concerned
marred the boxing. 1t came as a matter
subordnates a bad example by ignor-
ing the warning OF the referee to such
an extent as TO bring down disqualified
ton. This came about in the heat OF
tenant S. A. Macmillan Gordon High
landers) and Captain NJ Baggard (Welsh
regimenD. who, declining to take any
notice Of the frequent cautions, persisted
referee had no alternative but to call the
bout void
Capt. r. G. Williams of the Royal Field
artillery, and a member OF the Belsize
lightweight class, Midshipman L. H.
Bayley, who boxed with promise. also
got through another heat in the welter-
weight class, which, like the other
heavyweight class proved. so far as 1t
went rather disappointment. Gnr
Hewitt. the holder. defeated Sergeant
BOYD easily. Boyd was expected to give
and failed to go three rounds. while Pie.
Voyles OF the Irish Guards, who quite re
Gently gave Bombardier Wells a great
battle. disposed Of Gnr. McFadden In half
a round.
There was some sparkling hitting in the
welterweight. and a surprise furnished
when Pte. Hutton of the Royal Fusiiers
defeated Petty Officer Roche who beat
er. sapr. O'Neil. who twice fought Bak-
er at the National Sporting club. quail
fed for the semi-fnaI of the light
weights. and then another good thing
came when Bandsman Mcdonald was de-
feated In the featherweights after close
set-to with wear and tear boxer, Stoker
Hagan OF the Tnvincibe Capt. F. A.
Mako beat Lieut., w. C. Wilson heavy
weight; Lieut.. c. R. Samson. navy, de-
feated Lieut.. III. Begbie. both being mid
dleweights. These were among tho star
bouts on the programme.
Maher Is Surprise.
The riding OF Maher. the famous Amer
lean jockey for the Jockey Club cup. as
tonished everybody. The running OF
Charlemont and Abattis behind Lagos
and Royal Realm for the Jockey Club cup
further depreciates the -year-old
form. for they were utterly strung out
by the old horses, Of whom Royal Realm
seemed TO have all the best of 1t from,
the bushes into the dip. With less con-
summate artist than Maher on his back.
Lagos would have accepted the position
and dropped right out; indeed. his trainer
bet that he would be last, but although
they were in the last furlong. Maher
found time 10 pat his horse and thus eX-
ercise the devil demon which was tempt