The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03
Manager of Giants Expects to
Be in Front Row in Race
for Rag"
PITTSBURG BASEBALL
TEAM DEPENDS on HANS
Bonhag, Long Distance Runner,
VIII Not Do Much Work
This Season.
BY MANHATTAN.

NEW YORK, April 2.-Tom Bur.
rows, the old English athlete and club
swinger, who recently established a
new world s record and beat his own
old one by swinging the clubs for
sixty-seven hours and ten minutes, will
make tour of the United States upon
his return TO England from Australia,
where he set up this new high mark.
Burrows will arrive in San Francisco
soon, and viii likely give exhibitions
there, in Salt Lake City, Seattle, Den
yer, Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago and
eastern cities. i have not heard
whether he VIII go south or not, but
his marvellous facility for club swing
ing would make him a drawing card
anywhere.
His world-beating performance was
given in Sydney, New South Wales.
Burrows swung in the open, with only
tarpaulin to cover him in daylight
and keep the burning rays Of the sun
off his head. As he passed his old
record he broke into half hour S ex-
hlbltlon OF fancy swinging. and then
settled down to straight away work
again,
John McGraw, manager of the New
York Giants, sends word TO me from
Marlin Springs that the only thing
which can keep the New Yorkers from
winning the National league pennant
this year is John Barleycorn. Mr.. Nc
Graw bases his prediction upon the
havoc which the demon created in Mr.
Bugs Raymond While we were all
cheering because we thought Bugs was
riding upon the mythical wagon we
find that he was not upon the vehicle
at all. McGraw says that If Bugs
will reform, nothing can stop the
Giants from ending first McGraw has
the strength of his convictions. too. for
this week he raised Bugs bonus from
$1,000 to $1,000 If he would abstain un-
til October |. Bugs is thinking it over.
Hans Wagner, the greatest baseball
player in the world, who is again in
the fold this year, after his usual hold
out, is showing up in his old-time fast
without Wagner. The whole structure
of the world s championship team
seems to be built around this pillar of
strength, With Wagner gone. the
Pirates would be In sore plight, in
deed. Howard Camnitz, who did such
good work for the Champs last year. is
doing some splendid preliminary work
Bonhag May Not Run.
George Bonhag, the Insh-Amcrican
long distance runner who has won so
many laurcls, both national and inter.
national, will compete in very few
races during the coming summer.
- we gone litcless' and feel that
] have done too much work indoors
during the past winter said George
the other dav. 81 will train but lit
tie during the late spring. rs / do not
intend TO take part in many events
in the summer. | shall keep myself in
shape TO run up to two miles. but will
not take part in races where the dis
tance Is greater,
That star athletes are not developed
in a day Is shown in the case of Gayle
a. Dull. the captain of the Pittsburg
Athletic association track team. Dull
is one OF The best~known athletes in
the country today, and his specialties
are the races at one and TWO miles,
though ha frequently competes in runs
of five miles. He was graduated from
the University of Michigan in 1908,
but returned in 1909 for Il gradu
ate course, having been elected to the
captaincy Of the track team last year.
He made the trip TO London with the
American Olympic team in 1908, but.
through illness, failed TO make a cred
Itable showing. Dull was not an ath
lete when he entered college. He was
n strong youth, and interested in all
forms of sports, but nc had never ex
celled ut any. Once in the University
of Michigan he became imbued with
the idea that he would like to become
a runner. However, he knew abso-
lutely nothing Of the game, Keane
the Wolverine trainer, who
is going to Princeton in the fall, said
recently, in commenting upon the de-
velopment OF Dull, that, on his en-