The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
To PLAY RUGBY
IN CALF FORN|A
English Team Is Coming to
America From Australia for
Series of Games.
BIG LEAGUES ARE EAGER
FOR COLLEGE BALL PLAYERS
President 7. J. Lynch of the
Nationals Getting "Tn Bad"
With Magnates.
BY MANHATTAN.

By Leased Wire to The Tribune.
+ NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-The English
International Northern Union rugby foot
ball team. the greatest aggregation Of
rugby football players in the world, who
have been touring Australia and New
Zealand playing teams there. will return
to England via the United States. AS a
result OF this 1t is quite likely that n
number OF exhibition games VIII be
played here. in both the east and the
west.
The English team viii land at San
Francisco from Australia some time next
month. General games will be played in
California where rugby is very popular
Much has been heard in this country
OF the etyle OF football known as the
Northern Union rules, but IL has never
been played In this country because #
Is conSloered professional game and is
only played by professionals
The greatest opponents OF the game in
the world have already been invited TO
play IN San Francisco. There are over
thirty men in the com 1bin5tion bur there
are only thirteen players on team un-
der the Northern Union rules.
The followers OF rugby In this ste te
and Nevada want a chance 10 compare
the new style game with the old
Want College Players.
The college baseball star has been In
this summer. There are six varsity
pitchers who were rushed" by the nro-
tessonals. and a peculiar twist Of the
matter is that Detroit made bid for flve
pitchers without lspdng one Among
the most soueht-after men on the coll
lege teams were Templeton of Williams.
De Mott OF Lafayette Schultz OF Penn
sylvania. Foley OF Holy Cross and Nc
Hale Of Vermont
The first two men were the best twirl-
ers In the colleges. Templeton received
several hattering offers. but refused 10
play baseball ms o professional The De =
troit club made en- offer for every other
man In the list. without landing apvnnc
Schultz was spoken for berore Detroit
made overtures 10 him. De Mott has
promised his arm to Cleveland Hicks of
Harvard has refused to sign anywhere
until his college course Is competed and
is NOT sure OF entering professional ball
at all. Detroit spoke too late Tor McHare
Only two college men are now on the
Detroit payroll. Casey OF Vtuanova ana
Lathers OF, Michigan, II IS expected thai
me club WIN Keep sharp scout on The
campus diamonds for next seasons finds.
Young Mcclure, the Amherst pitcher
The l1tghlanders engaged. Will probably.
spend the rest Of the season in Toronto
Baseball in Panama.
Baseball has become the national game
OF the Panama canal zone. which is
proper and fitting. as the United StnfAs
is building the canal. DIR. Fred GiIlen of
Milwaukee, who recently returned from
Gallon, Panama. says the baseball league
which was formed there last year Is still
In existence and making "A success of
the venture, The Americans on the canal
zone are fast teaching The natives the
game, and some of them are developing
into good players. In March last the
baseball season was at its height, and
several star players from the northern
sta teS had work on the canal, so as to bc
able 10 play on the various teams The
natives seemed TO have the greatest DIFF
icuty learning how To Judge groundcr;
and pick them up. They were all good
throwers, but experienced difficulty In
ever, in another year or two an Amer
lean team of class will he able To tour
the Panama zone and make financial
success OF IT, In u game at Ancon on
the Panama side of the canal, one OF
the natives made four fumblcs In success
sion, but the fifth chance no accepted.
| making q neat pickup and out. Then
the natives broke loose and cheered him
| to the echo, and IL was sincere. too.
In looking forward to the Olympic
games in 1912, and in comparing the afh-
| letic resources Of the various countries.
we arc struck by tho apparent superiority
| present time. although these same condl-
| tions may not prevail two years hence
! The table printed below shows the
| time made by the Britons, and the
| Americans In the national champion
ships. AT tho English championships the
100-yard dash. 220-yard. and the pole
yaulting events were won by foreigners,
| Tex Ramsdell of the United States taxi
ing the 100 in 10 Id seconds and tho