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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
BALLOON EXPLODES
HOUR BEFORE RACE.
America Represented in Big
International Contest by
Only Two Cars.

STUTTGART. Germany. Oct 27.-An
hour before the time set for the Inter.
rational balloon race for the Gordon Ben
nett cup, the American balloon Kansas
City II. exploded while being filled No
one was injured, although the pilot John
Watts. was standing nearby.
The cause of the explosion has not been
learned.
The French entries protested against
Dr. BroecEclmann, who had been named
IN place OF Lieutenant GcriCkc who was
Killed in balloon explosion over Gross
enhaln several days ago The protest was
allowed ana Broeckclmann balloon Dus-
sedorf, was placed at the disposal OF Mr..
Watts for an altcmp, al a record lie
was not permitted however, to contest
for tho cup.
Germany and United States therefore.
were each represented by only two con-
testants. the latter country by John
Berry, Million Population" and H. II.
Honeywell, "Unclc Sam"
Belgium and Italy also have two en-
tries each. France. Austria aud Swlizer-
land three each and England and Den
mark one.
The race began in the presence OF the
KING and queen. II there is no change in
the upper air currents the balloons should
be in the vicinity of Cologne tomorrow AT
ternoon From there they VIII head to-
ward MeclSleuberG coast, where they will
possibly meet stormy weather.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
CAVANAUGk STILL
LEADS THE JOCKEYS
Pauley Second, With Hill
and Corey Tied for
Third Place.

The fourth week of the Lagoon fall
race meeting opens this afternoon win
an excellent card Of sin races. including
TWO over the mile course. rs the start
in mile races is made directly in front
OF the crandstand. this distance Is Dopu-
lar with the raccSOcrs. " ell -bdla anced
fields VIII start in each of the six events
and tho afternoon should be productive
of some interesting contests
The crowds which have attended the
races during the past have been uni
formly large and have witnessed really
high class Of racing. The performances
Of The horses have been formful, and the
few revcrsals have been followed by
close investiga tons by the officials.
4 feature OF the meeting is the uni
form success of the players in their c(-
forts 10 pick winners. With one eNcep-
ton the boOSmakcrS are losers on the
meet and the "ta.cnt' IN high
feather.
The riding Of Jockey I'm was ono Of
the features ~ the week. Mr. llick 5
clever boy plotting seven winners. Cava-
naugh was iirst past tho judges stand
on four occasions and retains his place
at the head Of the list vith total of
Thirteen wins at tho meeting, Ralph
pauiey is second with eleven wins, and
Corey ties with Hill for third place with
ton victories. Pete Ormcs is close up
with nine winning mounts.
Tho full table of performances of all
riders 3 the meeting follows.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
DENVER RACE MEET
IS ABRUPTLY ENDED
Scarcity of Horses Accounts
for Lack Of Interest in
the Meeting.

Special 20 The Tribune
DENVER, Colo. Oct. 27.--H. c. Burlew.
president of the queen Guy Jockey club.
today announced the cancellation Of the
remaining dates OF the Overland park race
meeting Failure Of local followers TO take
enough interest 10 make the meet fnan-
clal success was ascrbed a the reason
for the cancellation.
Following as ID does upon favorable
court decision ruling that part -mutuel ma :
chimes are legal, Buricw's action hits the
turf hard blow IN Colorado. Burlew
himself. however, does not attribute the
poor attendance 10 falling off in interest
in racing but rather 10 the fact that ,hc
officials were una bic to induce sufficient
horscnen To send their strings "a the
meet, making the problem OF fiiing cards
a difficult one.
The strings entered at the meet will
he held here another Week when they Will
be shipped 10 Iuarc2 to take part in the
winter meet at Jhat point. II is under
stood that another effort will he made 10
revive racing here next spring when
JusreZ horsemen Will be invited TO par
tCiDate.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
YALE COACH THINKS
HARVARD HAS SHADE
Says Crimson Team Has Bet
ter Defense Than the
Princeton Eleven.
BY JAMES SCULLEY.
The Yale Coach

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct 2I-Now IL
IL the Crimson or the Tiger The old RI
walls or the top notchers OF tho sridIron
Tili meet IN The Cambridge stadium next
saturday for their first clash on Harvard
SOD siGce 1883 and ii would not surprise
me II the game proved as cratic as the
one registered by Princeton against Cam
bridge when after Harvard led fifteen 10
len when tho first half closed. the Tigers
turned the tables and won BIZ something
IKE 40 TO 10. Although shall reserve my
outline OF the coming contest for the pres
ent' VIII say, In passing that Harvard s
detense has been the more consistent all
The TALL and was with the match with
Brown Yesterday which ] witnessed This
snould give Harvard a slight advantage,
put dependable one. II cannot be claim ed
that the Princeton line is Irresistible.
Dartmouth was able to gain substa ntla Nv
through IL yesterday and the Green tear
is not the first eleven to accomplish the
feat since the season opened
L may say, too, that the Brown touch
ooWn which was scored against Harvard
was made through a substitute line and
back Held and is no test whatever OF tho
Intrinsic strength Of the Harvard first
string players.
Harvard. Princeton and Yale have now
All had their first real tests of the se5
~on and they came through with n good
showing In every case There is no lonpa,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
HIGH HAS NEW PLAYS
FOR GAME IN BOISE

Coach Richardson OF tho Salt Lake high
school team has received the eligibility
list from Manager WorthWiuc cf the Bois 8
high school with whom The Indians will
play al Boise November . There are thIr-
ty-two men on the list including several
old PLAYERS who were on ono OF The cIas-
sicst high school teams I'm the entire
northwest last year. The Boise eleven
or 1911 was undefeated. the best Nampa
could do being 10 twice tie Boise In all
OF the other games this team won with
ease.
The local team bias started on What
promises 10 be the most brilliant season
OF It's career, scoring 10 date lJs points.
and not being scored against The two
games PLAYED havc been with ccvens tina I
heretofore have given the Indians a hard
battle and In the game with Grand juno
ton they met what was considered one
OF the three strongest high school teams
In Colorado The Indians are anxious to
go through the season without being
scored against and they have a flying start
In that direction.
Coach Richardson and Advisory Goa ch
Callahan are OF the opinion that the game
with the Ida hoans will be the hardest OF
the year and from now III Friday, when
the team starts It's northern invasion, Will
be spent In pcrfectlng a style intended to
bcwllder their opponents. Edhulm, the
crack guard. recently injured, may be un-
able to make the trip. Ills loss would be
felt, The Red and Black line la greatly
responsible for the teams lrcsent sue
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
'Played Wonderful Game"
Saws Coach of Utah Eleven
Victorious Team Back From DenUer and Will Work
Hard to CHnch Championship

GUS 10 put In a new llnuman while wo
wore on the safe slde or the game.
Every man IN the backfled was In
fine shape and cnch one seemed 10
bo determined TO make more ground
than the others. The credit fell about
even. as one man would do better for
n few minutes, only to be outshone
by some tcammate. Lon Romney's
great reputation In Colorado went
hard against him, MS he was spotted
throughout the game. on every play
the focus OF the Mines defense was
ccntered upon Lon. making II hard
for him TO perform up to his usual
for the other backs. though, and while
the Goldenites We're watching Lon
Romney. Holmstead. Hampton Suth-
erland, Hamilton. Fitzpatrick and
Summer were making long and con-
Sutherland and not Hampton who
made the last touchdown for Utah. as
stated In the dispatches.
The Mines must surely be congratu-
lated on the stubborn battle they nut
up. They refused TO give In and
from first to last fought with deter
minatlon that betolsens ct least the
Colorado championship for them, In
one respect Utah wSs lucky to get
eighteen points and had the game
been one minute shorter the score
would have been 6 to. instead of
lS 10 8. Ctah's second touchdown was
maze thirty seconds before the whis-
tie in the first half and the third
one. fifteen seconds before final
time.
We are not going to let our vic
tory slow us up and after A rest to-
day We Will teach the freshmen the
formations used by Montana and
Boulder and Will then learn to meet II
by scrlmmage with the freshies.
After the game Coach Johnson Of Tn,
1Ines team said:
We have no excuses TO make. Col
den put up a beautiful battle. but
lost to finer team. No team In
Colorado can touch the Mormons.
Ihey nave the championship tied up
ahu tne Iight from now on Is for the
championship of Colorado The Mines
has the team aud should win H.
Captain Dune Gardener Of Utah was SC
ickled that he could hardly talk anC
AID There's nothin' TO it. boy. Utah.
Vinning" ~ Aoe'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
Boston Fans Dis9runtled'
With Red SOX Mana9ema
Sliqht Put On Rooters by Club Officials Ho,
Many Friends to the National Game
BY w. J. MACBETH.

Al EW YORK. oct. 26.-,The worlds
M series OF 1912 proved by far the
most sensational in history. Yet
IL had It's drawbacks, too. and II is
very doubtful II 1t did not do more
harm than good.
Certainly II damaged the cause OF
the American lcasue in Boston, the
greatest baseball hotbed in the coun-
try, In spite OF the fact that the city
ot culture has been sraced by
worlds championship penuant Bos-
ton has soured on the executive Of
it's penuant winners and for good rsa
son. The rooters threaten "A boycott
because Of The utter indifference OF
the msnas ement to the patrons who
stood by the champions through the
;hick OF the American league strife
and the opening battle OF the greater
competition
During the first six games Of the
world s series A loyal band OF Red
SoX enthusiasts followed the fortunes
OF their idols as spectators to the
games. AT great trouble, reservations
were secured at the Polo grounds,
and every trip 10 New York this loyal
legion made. paving their expenses
checrfully IN order to encourage
Stahvs men on a foreign field Pro-
vlded with pennons. colors. music and
In many Instances, costumes. they
proved one OF the picturesque tca
lures Of the series. and undoubtedly
n great encouragement 10 the speed
noys
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
IHREE-BAGGER COST
PLAYER HIS JOB

1t IS good 10 see those old Wilsonian
three' 'oaggers 20 speeding toward the
FENCES and scoreboard but Forbes Field
ians do not realize that timely three.
9asc hit once cost Chief Wilson his
jop, says n PIttsburg story teller. J.
owen or Texas has had many three
paggers tins year, but he will not re-
memoer any OF them as clearly as the
one he had in Little Rock in 1906 The
score stood , TO | in favor of Memnhis
and Little Rock had runners OH frst
and second in the eighth inning. a
youngster named Wilson who had
drifted into "MickeyD Finnjs cam
from Fort Worth went to bat and hit
one of the kind of three. .baepers
that were destined to become famous
IN i9l2. The game ended to Q for
LlttIe ROCK. Wilson s name got in the
papers. The Memphis management be.
gan 10 ask, :. Who is this fellow Will
SON. anywayg' They counted up and
found that with Wilson the Little
Rock club had tweDty-one PLAYERS or
one over the league limit Memphis
protested the game, which was thrown
out Manager Finn was ordered to cut
ms squad down to twenty. To Wilson.
the man who won the game he tied
the can and Wilson drifted to Des
Moines, where Fred Clarke got him a
year later. Had Wilson not hit that
triple he wouldn't have become con
spicuous and the Memphis crowd
wouldn Z have known that there was
such man. Wilson would then have
continued to draw salary. Bnt alas
for the chief He hit that triple with.
out snowlng that it was to cost him
his Job. 1t is well, however, that he
tnpled or Pittsburg would not have
got hlm from Des Moincs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
ROAD RACERS REACH
YUMA IN FAST TIME
Hamlin Leads Los Angeles
Cars, With Washburn First
for San Diego.
BY International News Service.

YUMA, Ariz., Oct. 2T-With beGrin ed
and half crazed drivers. determlnedI,
forcing every ounce OF power out OF their
machines to gain supremacy, the racers
In the Los Angeles to Phoenix and San
Diego TO Phoenix contests struggled into
this city. their first control, today and
tonight The Franklin car. driven by
Ralph Hamlin. stands at the head OF tho
Los Angeles contingent, although Ham
lin lett Los Angeles forty minutes behind
the nrst car The Franklin arrived al
l0s32:3i a. M, With elapsed time for tho
So4 miles OF ten huurs six minutes and
'thirty-four seconds
The Cadillac No 3, with Charles Soules
AT the wheel, arrived at l0;l5:1I and is
second, with ten hours. nineteen mInu, es
and seventeen seconds and the SImnlex
Al NJ. Faulkner driving and Chester
Lawrence, automobile editor of tho Los
wige'es ni,S' @ Examiner; ho mechanician, is third
seconds TO their credit. The Simplex was
delayed three-eight minutes by running
Into sand drift which threw Lawrence
twenty feet from the car. Tho Simplex
and Mecca
Cadillac No. Z is fourth in the race.
the National fifth and Cadillac No. j
sixth. Other cars OF tho Los Angeles con
,,iihsent stragsied Into the control during
or the twenty-five cars which left Sa
Diego last night. but three made good
showing. The three leaders are the
Stuil. driven by Carl II. Wsshhurn, ar
rived AT ga 4. M; National, j. 3 Hous-
ton. driver second at 7:lo a. m. and
the Stevens Duryea, u. G. Campbell
driver. thiro'at 7;1J. The other San Diego
racers stra Sged far behind these
All the cars VIII leave here at sunrise
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
OAKLAND WINS FLAG
ON PACIFIC COAST
Defeats Vernon in Long Pen.
nant Race by Four
Point Margin.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 27-By less
than one game. according TO the figures.
the Oakland team won today the cham
pionship OF the coast league for the sea-
son 1912. For more than a week Oak
land and Vernon have been see-saw!ns
for the lead. sometimes separated by less
than half game. Both teams played
double-header today and both won
twice. Oakland defeating Los Angeles and
Vernon defeating Portland. The off,
cial standing OF the two teams is:
Won Lost. PC,
Oakland .l20 So .59li3
vernon ...s,.,.lls So .5S706
The games today brought to an end
a seven months season. Los Angeles,
for considerable period toward the end
OF the season, close contestor for first
place, took decided slump month ago.
as the result of illness OF a number OF
players and the death from typhoid of
Heiney Heitmuller. one of the most valu-
able players on the team. Los Angeles
finished third, Portland fourth. San Fran
cisco fifth, and Sacramento, sixth The
season was a prosperous one for all the
teams except Sacramento and that club
probably Will show a slight profit.
Standing OF the other teams follow;
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28

N OSTON was proud Of the spirit
n iypificd by this faithful follow
ing. The club. Officially, too,
seemed gratetu! with such an express
sion Of loyalty For tho first three
games in the Hub every courtesy
was shown the ROYAL Rooters." \
section or the general admission seats
was reserved daily But on Tuesday,
the seventh game OF the series, and
what Was TO Boston the greatest day
OF all up to that time, the money
mad mana cement entirely disregarded
all claims oil fealty and sold out 10
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28

-LuSIlED with victory and bearing
tho admiration Of the entire Rocky
Mountain conference, Coach Fred
~ Bennion and his victorious Utah
football ulcn returned from Denver
last evening over tho Union Pacific
The victory OF Utah over Golden Sat-
urday was the most important victory OF
the conference so far this season and
the players We're full OF joy when they,
arrived In town last night. Every man
wa IN fine shape and declared himsel,
ready and anxious 10 get down 70 work
again and dig harder than ever now
thst the championship is so clearly In
sight. They feel that there Is plenty left
70 40 since they have conquered Denver
and the Mines and are looking forward
10 rlne bitter tights. Boulder showed n
reversal OF form Saturday and bant the
wyoming team 10 10 while every one
comedies the Colorado College Il forrn!d-
abel team.
Throughout the entire trip. the MEN
received the best of treatment and had
words OF praise for the people of Denver
who were their hosts on the trip.
In speaking of the game, Coach Ben
nion says:
The boys put up wonderful gams
and could have beaten any team IN
the conference Saturday. In the early
s,eSes of the game the Miners exc
euted pretty clever shift which
bGffled the Utah linemeu and looked
dangerous. BY the middle OF tho
fret quarter, though. the llneren
were onto the shift and then there
waa no question about the outcome.
The line was absolutely iapregna bio
and on defense was so strong and
sure that there was racticelly moth
Ing for the secondary defense 10 do.
OF course our mighty tackles tora
things TO pieces but the work of Toll
man and Cole. the guards both OF
whom are new men this year was
Teveletio 10 me. They were able
10 open holes at any time and fire.
qvcntly broke through and made be
mind the-linc tackles. ! did not make
single substitution in the line as
all the fellows were working in ex-
collent form before the middle of the
first quarter and since the Golden
shift was somewhat hard TO get used
to I figured that IL would be danger
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
BALDWIN-NELSONW GU
PUT OFF TWO WI

CHICAGO. Oct. 91.-Just as
bout 10 board train for Besi
morning Battling Nelson reeaY'.
from the Pilgrim Athletic cluo
clty that his bout with hally y
scheduled for Tuesday nisht. "
postponed for Two weeks. a SIX Z
race IS 10 be held In tie arsa
club next week and the traes
notified the management that ihs.
nave 10 start work on the trseh :
order to have il rcady for the ~,
son. Instead of being emtaIraww
Dostponcment, decided ihat !
the best. ms he had taken W.
"a weeks notice and the aGo'n,.
allowed will give him chance y
even better shape.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28

any uncertainty as 10 whether these teams
arc up TO the usual standard or not for
tuey nave played strong tea ms and were
able to roll up large scores against them
without much difficulty, Everything points
TO a very close battle between these teams
ior the football championship Of 1912 with
llttle to choose hetMccn fl1nm i
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
TIIE PLAYERS for a tim. d

TlIE PLAYERS for a time q
encd TO cause some "
They thought themsslyu
tied To share Of the gate "a
Of that tie game in addition |,
FIRST four contests decided dssi
ono way or the other For q
II looked rs If they might, ~
avaricc, crab" This source dI
revenue. No one bcgrudses
all he can get. But 1t ssemf \
light Of cold reason tnat tue NJ
al commission and the club u
do very VOL FOR tie pzrudf
Each Red SoX player feceyd
proXimatcly $500 and each !
$4,000 MS his share of a weeks
in view Of the fact that .n|
owner. under present conlracl 4
tions. might force these men lo|
the series for nothing, 1t dpH
seem that the PLAYER Is 9
abused.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28

n Ut they did more: thcy circulated
n among friends and created such
feeling OF antagonism that
the eighth game drew scarcely half
the ordinary patronage. Why the
Boston management ever could have
been so short sighted is beyond all
conjecture. 1t may have been simply
an oversight, but it looked ana was
bad: very. very bad. 1t had every
appearance Of ingratitudc As If the
Boston club said TO itself: '"rhe series
Will end today. The rooiers wlu
come anyhow. What II they are in
convenlenced some? They will for
get " before nest spring Let us
sell their seats and make 80 murn
more money
Mayor Fitzgerald OF Boston mas
espoused the cause Of the rootors and
demands tho dismissal OF Secretary
treasurer Robert McRoy So another
ana apparently serious scandal has
developed from basebalrs antumn
c,aSslc. Inc rough treatment OF the
,luo stannchcst allies has started
IohSnes 10 waggirg in other WAYS.
IN boston. public confidence i'm ma
ns.ional pestime has been soundIy
IIuaneu pn every hand one couid
ush, IN the tttr or Culture n,urmurs
y. bar Ioup' as TO the integrity of base
This series is fixed" was ;hc mil
pay for his new park AZ Iby.nn tbe Sr;c 20
OF US such IS no new crv 'tin ~ pre- pre-
rH0 ~ V.1g rn~,,-. j., -,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28

NJ O moro sensational uoYds
" Was ever seen than iA,|
tween the He'd Sox "a
Giants But for mum by I
Lewis Boston would have ze,'
straight But for muf w /
grass, New York. after helm, Il
emily hopelessly oUtclassed 1
have duplicated Roston's rrnt|
OF 1908 against Pittsburg-eons
behind Tor three straight ND
and = worlds psnnant. Malh.s
sun tile. grcate pitcher in ths ,
try. failed TO win game IA /
starts. though he should Mys'
each hands down. Bedient. 4
boy. developed Into The pitchlrr
oi the great series az a staht
oC the renowned Ioc Wood. Tsr
though winning bu' one gams Y
proved one OF the finest M
Narquard, unlversslly regsrds'
the weak link Of McGfaw's rll
chain. proved the strongest ry'
ming two games. II
The men who Should hsY. d
the great heroes o. The bat.le II
down Those not counted urls
brightly. And above II all. I'd
team played its game within 4
cent. II was not a case Of ba
a rival, but simply case oi Z
side would first boot away -four d
10 the enemy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
Mayor James c. Dahlman {.

Mayor James c. Dahlman Is ser,;,
his fourth term as mayor Of Omabs
Neb., having received the overwbeln,
ing support Of the voters Of that citv
His steadily increasing popularity n,r,
allels that of a famous medicine h.
has used, of which he writes: "I have
taken Foley Kidney Pills and they have
gwen me great deal Of relief
so ] cheerfully recommend them -
Sehramm- johnson, Drugs.
tAdyortisemenu
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
William Kolehmainen Wins Again

NEW YORK, Oct. 27-William BoIeb-
nainen. the Finnish distance CHAMPION
VINO made new worlds mara thon zee
ora week ago. at Newark. n, j., won
race NJ Celtic park today In 1:2o:ie. Tbe
world record OF l:lS15 for this distance
~ neld by A. Z. Wood OF England. Hans
hoIIler OF this city was second. 100 wards
behind the winner and over oue-tbird ~
a mile ahead of the third man. Thure
johaunsen, OF Sweden
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
Tennis Matches to Australia

NEW YORK, Oct. 2T.-Tho r,o,J.
tennls matches will he played Noyembnr
Is, y. 80, st Melbourne, Australia az.
Gordins TO official sdvices from London,
International competition for the n,o,Id, =
famous cup. which was offered nv Dwight
r. Davis. an American. America ;s NOT
10 be represented this year