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Show ijj I Sporting Life. Bi tL 1 B ! Sporting events during the present' week," to B 'HI use the classical language of George Ade, have B vl been very much to the sandpaper. The local team H Jji, I, assuredly is ripe for some overhauling, and this B I. should be done at an early date if the management B. 1 I 3 expects baseball to retain its present popularity B ;j with the local fans. B n J i The game last Sunday with Ogden was a sad B nf t exhibition. The Salt Lakers, following a cus- B j ( j j torn which is becoming proverbial and time hon- B I I' ored, went to the leafy woods in the last inning, B j ' and allowed the Ogdenltes'to grasp a victory out B it , ; of almost certain defeatf That kind of a finish B 1 1 ! is growing exceedingly wearisome to the fans, and B 'M ! j some move ought to be made at once to strengthen B Iff t I tlie Zion team. The management is very much B jh ; aware of this fact, and predicts that the locals will B M :'' be putting up a very superior class of baseball B hj- within the next few weeks. One of the first B moves in this direction was the re-signing of Bt t. , ' Spaulding, who will resume operations at the B J!j initial bag. He is a very capable infielder, and B 11 J j made a grave mistake when he left the team on B j( , account of the appropriate and highly appreciated B y release of O'Brien, who did about the dumbest B j) ;' " line of playing ever seem on the local diamond. B fA i B H ;( The citizens of Richfield have worked up a B ill i large-sized interest in baseball and are contem- B plating entering the amateur league. This will B ' I j help the situation considerably. And speaking B j, of amateurs, these unlisted baU tossers give B j J , f promise of presenting the public with some flrst- H ! ; class baseball this season. Several new teams H ' have been organized, and their work indicates B J J . that some of them are able to put up a very close B i I j ' contest with the Salt Lake or Ogden- teams. All B t$ (5 I they need is a good importation for the slab B jf j i work such a one, for instance, as young Thomas, H i l whose dips and curves proved very mysterious to B Sfel l! the Ogden hitters. Even HaUsen was an easy vic- B; V tim, a fact which, while it surprised the bleacher habitues, pleased them hugely. w O vl The horse races up to date have not been all that could be desired, but there are some swift speeders in Salt Lake, and there will probably be a much beter showing at the next racing carnival. s 7 v - All the resorts are now going at full swing. Some good bicycle and horse racing have been witnessed at the Salt Ealace and Calder's, and Saltair and Lagoon have the usual vogue with pleasure seekers. |