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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
GREAT INTEREST IN
CLASSIC CONTESTS
Absence of Olympic Games at
Athens Means Much to
Northern Meet.
TROUBLES IN GREECE
REASON FOR DISAPPOINTMENT
Greeks Anxious for Special
Festival for Themselves
Every Four Years.
BY RICHARD DAHLGREN.
Ial Gable to The Tribune.

Special Gable to The Tribune.
LONDON, March 19.-The absence Of
the Olympic games at Athens, Greece.
this year ought TO mean greater interest
In the classic contests when they are
held in the north In 1912. The games
this year did not promise very much
owing 10 the absence OF American and
other representatives. while the political
situation In Greece is so unsettled that
1t would have been risky to hold the
meet there. Australia and South Africa
had gotten the furthest along in their
plans for representation at Athens and
when cablegrams were sent general re-
were revived in Athens In 1896 They
were held in Paris In 1900 and at ST
Louis, Mo-, in 1904 In 1905 they were
held In London, In 1912 they Will be
held In Stockholm. and preparations are
already under way for this meeting. The
Greeks Greeks were taa,,a very deslrious OF special
themselves and held ono In 1906,
Cricket Team Sails.
The English cricket team which in
vaded South Africa sailed from Cape
Town for London today. according to a
cablegram which have received, The
British team, which went TO Africa for
torious. having won the majority OF the
matches, although there were five ties
AT johannesburg Pretoria, Cape Town
and other South African cities interest
in athletics. especially of the English
brand. Is very great. There are many
athletic teams which go in tor cricket,
polo, soccer football, canoeing. swimming
and so forth, The fact that English
forms of sport predominate is accounta-
Die In The simple fact that the English
residents are in the majority. American
sports. such as baseball and Rugby foot
ball. are very rare indeed.
Robert Fitzslmmons, James Corbett
Sharkey and Jeifries, and all the other
old masters OF the ring who. with the
exception of JefTries. admit they are too
Bobby Dobbs. the British ring veteran,
who won n 15-round fight from Charley
Hickman. twenty-eight years his junior
Dobbs is one of the history makers OF
the English ring, and he was old In the
game when John L. Sullivan and Char
and Hickman met at the New Olympic
club at Hull. and the old master was so
strong and clever that he put the young
s;er away in jig time. / looked the
marvel over recently and asked him what
"oh. just went along letting the other
boys have the FUN" said he 81 live
regularly and never drink nor smoke.
and take plenty of outdoor exercise every
day, I'm always In training. whether
boxers today waste their strength by
useless exertion. ] never strike a blow
aim IT.
Gladiators in Vaudeville.
Two old-time gladiators are touring
England In q vaudeville sketch. who are
well-kDown TO the music hall patrons in |
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
HAS WON EVERY FIGHT
So FAR IN EUROPE
George Gunther May Meet His
Waterloo in His Contest
With Lancaster.
Special Cable to Tho Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune
LONDON. March 19,-Georgc Gunther,
an Australian fighter, who has won every
fight so far In Europe. has been matched
with Tom Lancaster for twenty rounds
at the National club this month A side
bet OF $1,000 has been made upon the
fight and some good sport Is promised
Judging from him. they turn out some
pretty good pugilists in the antipodes.
AS Popular as Roulette.
Prize Sighting has become almost as
popular at Monte Carlo as roulette judg-
ing from The reports from that CEN
Ter great many American and French
boxers nave been matched to fight there
ana vast sums change hands in waeers
upon every fight. Too much betting on
hight Is not good for the snort, for II
sometimes leads to disaster
VIII Meet in Sydney.
A week from Monday was the date
selected for the Burns-Lang fight. when
the heavyweight championship OF Aus
trana would be decided. Tommy and
Blli were matched the first of last
month. According to the vague done on
the subject the fight was set for Syd
ney.
Example Pretty Boxing.
Jem Driscor will give the Londoners
another example of pretty boxing when
he faces Spike Robson at the National
sporting club on April /. Jem had such
picnic with Seaman Hayes that they
thought tough one like Robson would
help things out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
BATTLE MAY OCCUR
At EMERYV|LLE
Fifty Thousand People, 1t Is
Said, Could Easily See
the Contest.
RICHARD AND GLEASON
SATISFIED WITH LESS
Jeffries Training Camp Will Be
Established in Mountains
Near Santa Cruz.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK. March 19.-The Emery
ville race course in Alameda county. Just
across the bay from San Francisco is an
ideal place for the Johnson-Jeffries fight.
Up until the California legislature put a
crmp In race track betting the Emery
Vile track was noted far and near but
little has been done IN racing in the past
winter. From my recollection OF Emery
vile. $4,000 people could easily see the
fight although both Rckard and Glea-
son Will be satisfied with $4,000. Emery
Vile is one OF the California towns that
was incorporated some years ago for
special purpose. Racing was under at
tack at lngleside and other courses so
that the notion was conceived OF build
the principal feature; Tom Williams
owns the larger majority OF stock OF the
New California Jockey club. which, in
turn. owns Emeryville.
Jeffries. who has been hunting in the
Tehachippi mountains announces that he
Will train for the fight In the mountains
ns,ah near ah,Saln Santa Cruz. where camn, win be
any real hard work until the first OF
May. Frank Gotch and Corbett won't
join the outfit until June l. Roger Cor
nell OF Frisco and Bob Armstrong, to-
eether with Farmer" Burns viii handle
the big fellow In the meantime. Billy
Delaney refused overtures which were
made TO him to join the training squad.
Ever since Jeh repudiated a match which
Delaney made with BIZ Squres, bad blood
has existed between the men.
Anxious to Meet Wolgast,
Tommy Murphy. the little Harlem
lightweight. who got a decision over
Owen Moran, is making every effort pos
sble TO get at Wolgast for fight before
Battling Nelson gets a return fight. Muir
ny. through his manager. Johnny OIL
yer, prepared to post $4,000 TO insure a
forty-five round battle but Wolgast would
have none OF it. Murphy says he is will
Ing 10 fight anywhere. weighing In 133
pounds al the rlngside and allowing the
e+nn4 TO go as a side bet. Il have been
time" said Murphy. ''I wanted to get
at Nelson before Wolgast fought him.
will keep this offer up. and Wolgast
and Nelson ight again / Will come in
first for chance at the winner"
Nicknames Of Prizefghters.
] was running over the names OF some
RI our best known fighters today and II
seems TO me That we are coming into an
age OF pugilistic adjectives. Billy Papke
Stanley Ketchel as the Michigan Assas-
sim" Battling Nelson as the demon
Dane" Ad Wolgsst as the Michigan
Wildcat" Terry McGovern used to be
Terrible Terry" and Packey Mcfarland
Is the Chicago "Stockyards Wonder" Jim
Johnson has no descriptive handle 10 his
name. Neither has Tommy Burns nor
Freddy Welsh or Harry or Willie Lewis
nor scores Of others. But j might sug-
gest come. What is the matter with
Sam Langford ''the Boston Bearcat,''
Jim Stewart. ''the Brooklyn Earth
quake" Charley sieeer. "the Hoboken
Continued on Following Page.
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The First Chapter of This Story
Appeared in The Tribune
Monday, March IA

This absorbing story by Christy Math-
cwson was begun In Tho Tribune Mon
day, March H. Two chapters have al-
ready been printed. The story has to do
with the ambition of Hal Chase. star first
baseman Of the American league. 1t is
a story that is of intense interest to
every lovor OF tho national game, and
who Is there that is not? No other news
paper In the intcrmountaln empire prints
tnis story. II can be had only in The
Salt Lake Tribune. Issues containing the
preceding chapters can be had at The
Tribune business office.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
.CHOYNSK| ONLY MAN
TO KNOCK JOHNSON OUT
This, However, Was in Early
Days, Before Black Man
Was Onto Game.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

by Leased wire 10 Inc tribune.
NEW YORK, March 19.-Jack Johnson
is the bad man" of the ring, according
to Joe ChoynsSi, the only man who ever
knocked Johnson out And this knock
out came In the early days before John
son knew much of the game, Speaking
OF the event, Choynski says; LAS the
only man who ever knocked johnson out.
It might be inferred that / know con-
siderable of the punching ability of this
big black man who Will soon battle for
the supremacy of the word. It was In
Galveston, Tex, in 1901. that Johnson
and l met. The negro. stripped, was a
formidable antagonist. His long, gorilla
like arms were muscular and he was eX-
tremcly quick on his feet.
Knocked Out in Third.
81 was promised $500 and percentage
OF the gate receipts TO knock out the
negro. and as soon as / got into the ring
/ commenced TO formulate my plans.
was skipping around Johnson. dartng
and ducking, while he was doing the
some to me. l don't think there was a
blow struck in the first two rounds. In
the third saw something must be done.
purposely raised my guard 10 have Jack
lead to my ribs, and he bit. I dashed out
with left hook for his jaw and in those
days i had mighty wallop. 1 reached
Tor the point or the jaw, but the blow
was high and caught the big fellow right
behind the eye. He went down with a
terrible crash.
Both Sent to Jail.
Just as ! was congratulating myself.
the sheriff and a couple Of Texas rangers
arrested us both. We spent a month In
tail and neither got a cent for the fight
Then we were ordered out of the state
and / don't think either one OF us has
been back since. gave Johnson his first
scientific lessons In that jail at Calves
fnp hc ~
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AatW beat all TIE 'hdsh bTo~r' at
cJecheTS
c6SChSTS

to do things different from the way he
wanted them done.
Crossley had been brought up TO think
that everything he wanted he could have.
The fault was largely with his parents.
They gave him everything he asked for
and denied him nothing. Once I'm a while
his parents would try TO curb his desire
for one thing or another. and then Cross
ley would pout and his parents gave in.
This gave CrosSley a very wrong idea
OF the world In general. But he was TO
world besides himself and that they had
Ideas OF their own and that many OF them
were just as selfish In their ideas as he
was. When he met this kind of a fellow
he got furiously angry.
Makes a Discovery.
When he came 10 Lowell he naturally
thought that the son OF so wealthy man
as his father would receive special at
teution by the college people and stu
dents When he found that merit alone
counted in Lowell affairs. he was furI-
Gus. When he saw some fellow who
could do some one thing better than he
could and who therefore received the
attention which his accomplishment war
ranted, he became very jealous.
When he wanted anything that came
10 him as desire he would stop at moth
Ing in his efforts TO get II. by hook or
crook.
The result of It all was that after he
had been at college for q few months he
had not done anything worth while for
himself, and outside OF n small number
of fellows who were brought up like him.
self he had not made many friends who
would do him any good.
One of the things he asked his father
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20

made In Halls favor. So his name went
on the list and Crossley was sent TO the
second squad.
Crossley Is Jealous.
Now Crossley had wanted this auto
mobile very much and he was disap-
pointed. He felt that Case had beat him
out OF the position. He became furI-
ously jealous and made n resolution that
he would get Hal In some way or 9th
er. What that way was he himself did
not know. but he had a cunning mind
and he decided to lay some deep plans TO
undermine Hal. and then he would get
the job and the auto.
A day or two after the ColfaX game
the two squads were lined up for gen.
eral practice. The practice was prin-
cipally devoted TO batting and base run
ming. One squad would take the field
lined up In the regular positions and
the other at bat. Each batter remained
at the plate until he got a hit. Then
he ran ito first, OF course. From there
the bases.
Spiked Hal Badly.
OF course IL Is hard TO steal a base
when the other side knows what you are
going TO do. but stealing bases is "A very
important factor of the game EVerson
was on the lines helping Hughle instruct
ing on base stealing. And squad No .
was at bat, Hal had been asked to see
what he could do at the second bag a
few minutes aftcrward Crossley came up
for his turn at bat and made a hit and
went to first. Then Hughie. who was
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
WILL HOLD EXAMS
ON WAY TO COURSE
Members of Varsity viii Recite
to Professors While on
Train.
THIS EVADES A MIX-UP
REGARDING TRAINING
1t Is Predicted That Wisconsin
Will Make Best Show Oh
Water This Year.
BY MANHATTAN.

DJ i<tdScu WIG u no
NEW YORK, March 10.-Here is
where the oarsmen of the University
of Wisconsin establish a new record
this spring. The muscular young gem
tlemen making up the rowing team of
the Wisconsin varsity team were sched-
uled to leave Madison on June IL for
Poughkeepsie, where the American re-
gatta will be rowed on June 25. Now
it so happens that the spring exams
were scheduled for the period interven-
ing between June IL and %. 1t looked
for time as though there would be
a mix-up and that a crimp might be
placed in the athletic aspirations of
the oarsmen, but a solution was finally
found
Hold Exams on Train.
The exams will be held on the train
and professors will accompany the boys.
propounding queries in Latin and Greek
and mathematics Of varying degrees
Some of the professors may elect to
remain in the east and see the boat
races. but there is no quibbling over
the fact taht they will carry on those
uNdhiiHdbluuo Iu5L tut SdIle Us luOupu
the operation were going forward In a
classroom. f., II. Ten Eyck. coach of
the Wisconsin crews, who was recently
elected chairman of the athletic coun-
Gil, predicts that Wisconsin will make
the best showing in her history upon
the water this year.
Aged Walker Making Time.
1t looks as though Edward Payson
Weston, the aged walker, will come
into New York ahead of time on his
present peripatetic launt from the Pa
cific coast. Weston had the good for
tune IN the western states TO encounter
the best of weather conditions
1.-THE Presidents Cup
fThe President s Cup" the newest
Yachting trophy for which an interna-
tional flotilla of yachts will compete
next year. will be worth $4,000. Presi-
dent Taft stands sponsor for the cup,
and 1T will probably become one of the
most coveted honors of sea athletics
Correspondence was in progress between
the Atlantic Yacht club Of New York
and British yacht club regarding the
proposed race, which Will be the first
to be run westward across the ocean
from some foreign port to Sandy Hook
Race Sailed Next Year.
Conditions for the event have not
vet been decided upon. further than
that the race will be sailed in 1911
II. e. Boucher, chairman of the re.
oatta committee OF the Atlantic Yacht
club. was in Washington today, having
gone there for the purpose of obtaining
the consent Of the president to naming
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
MANY NEW WRINKLES
TO BE INTRODUCED
IN BALL GAMES

!. BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
: NEW YORK. March l9.-When
: the joyous cry, PLAY BALI"
!. sounds across the continent, the
: fans will be introduced to many
: new wrinkles In the game. At ev-
!. cry training point the managers
!. and captains are drilling their men
: In new tricks TO be pulled of dur
: Ing the season. Fancy base-run-
: ming, new curves, new batting
!. stunts. and. in fact. every feature
: OF the game is getting an over
: hauling. Pitcher Parsons. the for
: mer star OF Bucknell college, who
7 is being tried out by the New .
!. York Giants at Marlin Springs.
!. Tex. has evolved a new curve,
: which he calls the "fishball curve"
). Why he should name 1t after this
: succulent free lunch dish is some
: what OF a mystery. The ball wob-
: bles in its flight and it has both
: catcher and batter guessing 10 see
:. where 1t will finally land
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
SENATE EMPLOYEES HAVE
GOT BASEBALL BUG
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune

WASHINGTON, d. C.. March 1e-7,be
oaseoali bug is running wild among the
employees OF the senate side of the capi-
tol. BlIIy Burns OF the senate document
room nus organized team and is So
ncltlng contributions for its maintenance
ana support. Every employe. from Sec
netary Bennett down. has contributed.
team. and one that will be nattily uni
formed; Many ex-colege stars are rec
ognized on the list of eligibles, and the
,,r ,,,urn"Ser is IN earnest when he says he
VIII DE ready to challenge any OF the
crack amateur teams in WASHINGTON,
georgetown. Alexandria and Anacostia
at the opening OF the baseball season.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
GIANTS TO PUT UP
A GREAT BATTLE
Good Work by Raymond Early
in Season VIII Keep
Team to Front.
By Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased wire to The Tribune,
NEW YORK. March 19.-The condition
of Pitcher Bugs" Raymond when the
Giants open the season will mean n lot
10 the teams chances, and there is no
secret made Of the fact that the New
York Nationals will make the hardest
battle in the history of baseball to win
the pennant this year, Tho other first
string pitchers are not usually good cold
weather men, and good work by Ray
mond right at the start would keep Nc
Graw's men from being left at the post
AT present the insect Is on his good be-
havlor, and II he can keep 1t up for a
month after the season opens New York
rooters will be deeply indebted TO him.
Ted Coy Showing Up.
Ted Coy OF Yale. the greatest football
player in the history OF the game. is
showing UP so well upon the baseball dia-
mond this spring that he Will likely CLEAN
new athletic laurels when the baseball
season opens. AS pitcher he has plenty
at present he is not masking his delivery
as he should but this will doubtless come
In time. Coy's physique and temper
ament arc well fitted to the position. and
him develop into star BILLY" Lush.
who is coaching the Yale baseball team
thinks well of Coy.
May Try the Arkansans.
Barney Dreyfuss OF the world champion
vertised pitchers and fielders on the Uni
versity OF Arkansas baseball team, and
has offered a date TO the collegians with
the Pirates for April In Little Rock or
will decide as to whether the coIleglans
may play the professionals
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
WESTERN GOLFERS
ARE INSURGENTS ON
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Z BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
: NEW YORK. March l9.-The di-
: rectors OF the Western Golf asso-
+ ciatlon have come forward as IN
: surgents on the open champion
: ship. Instead OF the traditional
: seventy holes OF medal play, the
: western open championship Will this
+ year begin with an eighteen-hole
: qualifying round. sixteen to keep
: on at match play. The dates OF
!. the western amateur championships
!. were announced as follows: July
: %. Olympic cup at Mlnnikahda
: club. Minneapolis; July % 10 80,
: Western Amateur championship at
: Minnikahda club. Minneapolis Au-
!. gust 81 TO September 2. Western
: Open championship. Beverly Coun-
: try club; July to 0. Westward Ho
: tournament, July IL to 16, Calumet
: Country Club tournament; July 10
: to %. Skokie Country club. invita-
: tion tournament; June 16, Tom
7 Morris memorial trophy.
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Spiked Hal Badly.
COMING SEASON TO
BE BANNER ONE
In TURF HISTORY

: BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune
: NEW YORK, Mar l9.-All the
!. nearby race tracks lis week dis
: closes activity everywhere The
!. three courses. Sheepshead Bay,
: Belmont Park, and Gravesend,
J. where most OF the horses are To-
: Gated, have been put In such condl-
!. tion that trainers can put their
: charges through every wrinkle OF a
: real race. That every effort Is be-
! ing made to make the coming sea-
: son banner one in turf history Is
: assured. from the fact that never
: before were there so many prom
!. ising two-year- -olds and stake
I horses OF mature years in train
: Ing, The stables OF August Bel
: mont, James r. Keene. r. r. Will
: son. S. c, Uildreth, II. P. Whit
: ney and others are literally filled
!. with nrst-class stock. New arriv-
]. ais arc coming in daily from the
: western and southern stud farms.
!: :
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A BASEBALL, ST
By CHRISTY MATHRwc.
Copyright, 1910, by r. J. Baamo. !,

on the coaching linz u
nm TO steal on tie Tie
Crossley was a en, ns n(
was not used to Thu fhn
stuck TO the bag fhs p
90 &c. to receive the thse,,,W "
me catcher threw o,,,1
had the ball In squtc
Crosslcy when the iat,n
teet from the base. n,
for CrosGley to have n
instead lie came the % -
standing up, and wher
from the bag he ravs
oae' feet first. and IL,
feet, spikes and all ~
cutting him badly
down. They both ro,,el
and Hal had to be nicf.
from the field. N-H
Hughle and Everson 4
ICY duu were calling h|
OF names for such bo,,'
for once In their H.
boys had been fooled.s;
they, had seen was a.
stealing a base and
where he got such an
Noted by On
Hal himself as he I
the field by Hans. r
thought Il was his oo'
on second base as ne
In his hands. instead n
line out of the path n
touching him out bes6,
bag. Hal blamed ma
but Hans. while he 4,
seen the look In Cror'
started for second. and
all the way. He had /.
the ylciousness of Crn'
the care with which he
down on the right su<
knew of no reason WI,
have It I'm for Hal. he'
something back of n
badly cut. but the doc(|
sent him home In a {
him he'd better not pa'
tor three or four daT<
He was out next dav
his foot did not hr,rf