Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-26
NATIONAL GUARD NULL
HOLD INDOOR GAMES.
Basketball League and Baseball
League Organized by Guardsmcn
Tor Winter sports.

Each Thursday night aftor tho first OF
the year Will be known rs athletic night
In natonul guard c!rcio-. In carrying
Gu; TINS iana. scherule Of basketball!
and Indoor Dasti,hl games lins just been
arranged, which Viii be mixed with
wrestling. boxing, euu.p,nrnt races, wall
scaling, indoor shooting ana other com
petitions peculiar to the military organ
iza:ions Which viii insure an evening OF
real enjoyable athletics ut least one night
each week
Tho games will be played in the ma
tlonai guard nrmory on l,ierpont street.
starting 1t o'clock oacl Thursday night
during the schedule OF II weeks. There
Will doubtless be games between the
guard teams and outsiders IN the ar
mory Oh other nights, but the Thursday
night idea has been made prominent to
establish this one night for games and
competitions between organizations OF
the guard alone
.rhc schedule starts the first Thursday
night IN january, and continues into
March. If there Is n demand for more
games at that time. 1t Is likely that an
other schedule or competitions will be
arranged between the companies None
hut bona fde members o. the several
eurgit,iizai ions will be allowed TO compete.
The schedule will be run In two Sc
ries, aud the champions In both basket
ball and indoor baseball VIII be those
Teams which clash after the second series
Is concin1td. or cou.re # the same
10 need 70: championship game. In
which event. some other features Will be
introduced to FIJI in the evening. Two
caps one for basketball and the other
for baseball. will be Offered Tor the win
ming teams.
The games In Salt Lake will be between
the local organizations. the winners to
play company Of Ogden in Salt Lake.
AdM.-Gcn. T.. y. WcdSwood and Maj,
W. G. Williams lave entered heartily
into the athletic contests. and believe 1t
Tat i,,.r .kEf "a
several organizations. ana thus upon the
national guard as a whole. Tie arlnory
hall is being made into ono of the best
EymnasiuEls in the city. baskets are be-
things being DOM to improve the hall.
Commanding officers o, the several cor
pantes have taken keen interest in the
work and have arpointed athletic officers
to handle Tho work and arouse interest
In the organizations. 1t seems certain
that Thursday night will become one
OF the most important In the calendar of
the ;unrdsmen and onr which VIII do
p,uch 10 arouse interest in guard work
and guard life.
Amateur wIcstlers and boxers in some
of the organizations nave asked that
t:iey be allowed TO help make the Thurs
day night contests of increasing Inter-
est, and arrangements will be made for
ton. several different contests will be
run OFF between tho basketball and
baseball contests, Tho baseball and
paskelBuii games. VIII us CUT soHle"ndt
short to allow other sports to be seen.
the purpose being to have two hours
when there Is something doing all the
time to interest those WHO have attended.
Because OF the uncertainty of those who
will enter In boxing and wrestling. this
feature has not been included IN the pro.
gam. to amy extent. but events Of this
character will he worked into the eve
nnS's sport AZ much as possible.
The schedule of games in the two series
of games follows:
FIRST SERIES.
Jan. 5--Indoor baseball-Co II VS.. First
Fattery. Baskctbali-Co. C VS.. Signal
Corps
jan. -Baseball--sisnni Corps VS., Co,
Jan. l?--Baskctball between two win
ming teams. Wrestling and boxing. In
door baseball game between winning
teams.
Jan 26-Indcor baseball game between
winners In Salt Lake series and Co. r.
Ogden, Rifle competition between teams
not In athletic contest Basketball game
between winners OF salt Lake series ana
Co. i. Ogden.
SECOND SERIES.
Feb. Observation-Disclosures Corps VS..
Battery. Bhseball-Co. II VS.. Co. Z:
Feb --Uasebul-Bnttery VS.. Signal
Corps. BaSketbnll-Co, {. vs. Co II,
winning teams, Observation-Disclosures be-
tween two winning teams.
Eel. 2S-Eascbnll- Winners of Salt Lake
series against Co II. Ogden: basketball
Winners OF salt Lake series against Co.
u. Ogden
sInrch 2-.Basrball and basketball clnm-
pIonship g;rmes between winning teams
of first and second series.
March 9-WrGstllng and boxing
matches. Equipment races