The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
MIDSUMMER MUSINGS.

government funds for the animals.
Major Carson, determined not to be the
loser OF more than $4,000, appealed from
the decision of the auditor to the con-
troller OF the currency. That official has
upheld the auditors decision, which
means that Major Carson is either 5000
out or some loophoe must be found by
his attorneys or the department officials
to pay for the cadets polo ponies out
of tho United States treasury.
Getting New Diamond.
II the New York American league team
should win the pennant this year. and II
is by no means improbable, the flag Will
not float over the grounds upon which
undertaken the Job Of building the new
stands and laying off the new diamond
for the New York Americans, have prom
ised to have the grounds ready for base
ball at the opening of the season next
year, The new grounds are at Erond-
way and TWO Hundred and Twenty fifth
street The plot OF ground has already
been marked off and actual work was
started this week.
Frank Farrell proposes to make this
new plant the best in the country. The
stands will cost In the neighborhood OF
so00,000. They will oe OF concrete and
steel and Will havo a seating capacity
OF a little more than 10000.
Mr.. Farrell and his associates have the
assurance OF the railroad companies and
street car lines that the new grounds Will
be more accessible to the public than
the present plant at One Hundred and
Sixty eighth street. The New York Cen
the season begin that will take pas
sengers from the Grand Central station
to the Two Hundred and Twenty fifth
street grounds in ten minutes. and the
fare VIII be five cents.
For several days the fans have COM
mented on the temporary arrangements
for Increasing the seating capacity at
American League park and this brought
nj q
ers are preparing to move.
New Orleans Is surely getting ambi-
tious In an athletic way. Now that they
are working tooth and toe nail In the
Crescent City preparing for the A. a. u.
tourney In the fall. the Southerners are
looking further ahead. They want to
hold a grand athletic carnival In con-
nection with the Panama Canal expo
sition some several years hence II has
not get been decided whether tho gov
ernment will recognize the New Orleans
fair or the Frisco fair but no matter
whether congress officially recognizes the
expo" at New Orleans or not, there Is
going to be fair there any way and a
big athletic meet in tho bargain.
Ban Johnson is doing a lot OF quiet
work on the proposition TO raise fund
for aged and INDECENT baseball players
In his recent swing over the American
league circuit Johnson said that. while
nothing definite had been done vet, a
plan will be formulated and put into
execution by the end of the present year.
In some city and that exhibition games
be PLAYED at intervals, the proceeds to
go toward the maintenance of the place.
Harvard's s Schedule
Harvards football schedule this year
Is
October bates at Cambridge.
October 5-Bowdoln at Cambridge.
October S-Williams at Cambridge
October 16-Amhcrst at Cambridge.
October 22-Brown at Cambridge.
October 29-IIarvard plays West Point
at West Point.
November 5--Cornoll at Cambridge.
November 12-Dartmouth at Cam
bridge.
November 19-Harvard plays Yale at
New Haven.
Historians OF baseball say that the
game Is seventy years old Hughey
Jennings OF the Detroit Tigers has dug
up statistics to prove that II Is $500 years
old.
ut is not generally known" said Jen-
nings that ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was the
first pitcher mentioned I'm history. The
Bible mentions 1t in the last chapter OF
the Second Book Of Kings. which says:
And IL camo 10 pass in. the ninth year
o: his reign. In the tenth month and in
the tenth day OF the month that Nebu-
! chadnezzac. the King of Babylon came.
he and all his hosts against Jerusalem
and pitched against them, .