The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
Structure to Cost $650,000
Planned, to Be Fully Used
Just Once a Year.
SOCCER GAINING FAVOR
WITH MANY NEW WORKERS
Next Seasons Baseball, Polo
and Football Already Arous-
ing Interest.
BY MANHATTAN.
-.eased Mire 10 The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK. Jan. 21.--The various
baseball teams are rounding up their
players and getting ready for exhibition
games. which will be preliminary 10 the
spring practice in the south.
Prof. woolsey of Yale has joined in the
discussion OF the possibility of a coliseum
| for the Blue.
''As an individual member of the ath-
| letic committee. he says. II have
thought IL might help the discussion of
a question which is of growing import
ance II | set down certain considerations
as 10 the stadium. or. rather. coliseum.
| for that IL any, is the shape new FOOT
ball stand Is likely TO take.
And first il Is debatablc whether the
expenditure of S65o,o0o upon building To
use of money, II is only on condition
| that the building of a coliseum shall in
terfere with no other university pur-
pose. shah check no other form of gen
erosty, that II is justif1able And. to
prove that il does not do so, we should
either have a gift or few gifts for this
specific purpose from persons whose good
will bids fair to take no other form; or
we should. raise il from many individuals
who would be content TO take their divi
dends in tickets, or the right TO buy
tickets as business proposition, I say
dividends, rather than interest, because
bond. no matter how its interest Is borne.
eventually becomes due, and must be
paid. This payment is exactly what We
cannot afford to assume. The risk is too
great.
Another use of its large capacity would
be the admission at cheap rates OF the
non, collegiate youth of the city.
LAS an argument for the need of
coliseum I mention the wish to accom-
modate all our alumni. undergraduates,
our New Haven public, and the friends Of
these three classes: TO avoid the risk of
panic: to keep playing surface always
fresh and smooth, the daily practice being
held elsewhere; TO turn the space COW
cred by the present stands into much
needed playing fields.
Some Tentative Suggestions.
Whoever owns it by stock holdings,
the Yale corporation ought to control IT,
Each 500 share, however, might be given
A reserved seat or standing space at the
last football game of the season Cor the
last two) to be played In New Haven, so
that the owner OF five or more shares
could be sure of places for his party.
Perhaps In time certain number of
these shares would be given TO the asso-
citation. and. IL the coliseum finances war
ranted, others might be bought In BNt
on the basis OF $500 shares, deducted from
say 4e. 500 seats: balance Of 10000 at
81. or $4,000. would seem TO be the in
come for the great day. or this Yale
would get half, the whole being shared
with its opponent.
"A less generous plan would give each
sharcowner the right to purchase one
seat, which would bear dividends not in
cash, but only in peace of mind. Whether
such financing, or any financing OF this
magnitude and for this purpose is practic-
able, it Is for the graduates to say
The strides association football is max
ing here may be gauged by the fact that
no fewer than twenty-five association
clubs have been drawn by the New York
state Football association for the annual
cup competition, the final round OF which
must be played on or before February 4.
hn tni al int 40
applying for membership with the foot
ball association. If this is granted
great impetus will he given TO the game.
states.
New Football Schedules,
IT is now practically certain that Dart
mouth will remain on the Harvard foot
ball schedule. 1t is expected. too. that
the Hanover team will have the old date.
the Saturday before the Yale game. The
army game will be abandoned for the
time being. 1t is likely that il Will be
played hereafter in the seasons in which
Princeton goes to Cambridge.
Although the feeling between Harvard
and Cornell continues to be cordial, the
Ithacans may be dropped. When strong
er teams are turned out by Cornell, the
annual game is likely to be resumed. AS
arrangements now stand. Harvard Will
play the Tigers at Princeton on Novom-
The Quakers brought every ounce OF
persuasion and pressure to bear, all to
no purpose; The Crimson Will meet the
but the time Is not ripe for a resumption
or relations on the gridiron, The Penn
sylvanians have only themselves to blame
for their comparatively isolated position
in the eastern football world. They are
not such wanderers as the Wolverines.
but the time is at hand when they are
sadly in need of some alliance other than
Pounding" the game. and claiming
championships annually no matter what
rnr p-d ,G l,11 L Il n
Pennsylvania.
Polo Waits on Whitney.
Polo players anxiously await the re-
turn of Harry Payne Whitney from
Europe The Meadow Brook captain has
been empowered by the Polo association
ingbsm officials for tho international
matches between England and America,
on Long Island The challenge le''vs Was soMrl re-
ceiyed from England three weeks ago.
and was accepted, but the dates were left
open
II is somewhat difficult to settle upon
the time for the contests 40 Il will
suit the teams OF both countries. The
| played either before June or after July
| s. as they have several tournaments dur
Ing that month, and above all. Coronation
visitors want to be in England for that
event,
President Patrick Conway was the
I ulaS'ol VI III II recent gath
ering of the Irish American clubs. The
noted athlete. John Flanagan who is
now in Ireland trying TO get an estate
which was willcd 10 him by q relative
/ was sadly missed at the gathering Big
John was the life of tho gathering nj ali
times. and every one felt that there was
something lacking In the national and
metropolitan champions that were on
hand,
About Players Uniforms.
/ Speaking OF the resolution passed by
] the National league 10 impose "A nne on
any club violating the clause in the
players contracts, which provides for tho
payment OF $50 for uniforms. President
/ Ebbetts of the Brooklyn club said
/ S''When the Chicago club was controlled
/ hN A. G Sna Iding the la iter ulu,auS N, .ln