Show 0 j Backseat Driving r ing g By Frank Baker Telegram Sports Editor Soccer Teams Finally Meet Each Other Member teams of ot the Utah Soccer Soccer Soc Soc- union are to be congratulated upon their agreement to meet each cach other half halt on way the differences of Saturday and Sun day balLIn ball wt I In agreeing to f concede d con c e e a 3 few points to each other they have l struck a n balance e n that should lead A W j to more harmonious t i ious ous ou competition t i ion o n f this spring than 1 ever before The ma matter of ot t scheduling games gameson n on Saturdays and v. v Sundays is an argument ar or- i i of longstanding long 1 x standing with the kicking sport here Bingham for example cannot play at home on Sundays because the ball park Is used b by baseball teams Ogden on the theother theother theother other hand has access to a gridiron for Sundays but finds itself handicapped handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped because several of the players play play- ers prefer not to play Sunday ball Sun Sunday ay ball is the mainstay of the Salt Lake Vikings whose players vork work late Saturday afternoons thereby weakening any combination the club can put on the field that day of the week Argument Threatened Foundation of Union The argument has been heated healed enough at times to threaten the very foundation of the organization which has fostered soccer into one of the states state's major sports Last fall faU several clubs threatened to withdraw from competition Unless unless unless un un- less some sort of a compromise were reached Largely through the dIplomacy di diplomacy dI- dI of the officers the union essayed a makeshift schedule of playing playing playing play play- ing both days The issue bobbed up again this week but after a heated discussion the clubs dubs came to a more amicable agreement than ever before Inasmuch as the Vikings are usually usually usually usual usual- ly weakened for a Saturday game it developed that it was only fair that Ogden strong for its Saturday encounters should meet its competitors tors half way and play a couple of names James on Sunday when then a few regulars regulars regu lars may be cut out of the game Bingham has always been willing willingto to come to Salt Lake for Sunday games to help things along and schedule its home games for Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day so the matter practically cears clears itself up with that understanding The burden of making the plan successful successful successful suc suc- rests of course with the drafters of the schedule but the ten successive terms H. H O. O TurvIlle has had as secretary implies a confidence in his work which will vill undoubtedly run true in this instance too Salt Lake Baseball Compares Favorably Comparison of the brand of sport in various sections of o the country is of about as much argument argument N Nat ment meat as speeches disarmament disarmament at the ment conference conference- yeah but far more interesting J JOnes JOne's Ones One's thoughts cannot help turning turning turning turn turn- ing toward the the diamond S sport po r t iH i z w. w T w with th the e ma major or A li league e teams n beginning beg be- be in f inn 1 nt spring r g 4 f g ginning Ing t. t 4 training tr-I tr g In I n the th e t t 7 I la lands ds of perpetual m J i and i summer t J. J 1 warmer b breezes r e e zes f itt melting the snowdrifts snowdrifts snow snow- t tIt L drifts here in the t At R On the l l d heels of a most successful season season last summer it seems natural to predict an even baseball base more fascinating program of ball baIl on Salt Lakes Lake's sandlots this year Baseball as played by the Beehive Beehive Beehive Bee Bee- hive and state leaguers matches the caliber of that played anywhere in the country That's a abroad abroad abroad broad statement statement similar similar to the boast of almost an any section of the theland land land so so its it's m most s gratifying when somebody who really knows comes along with a few supporting remarks S Prefers Utah Players Johnny one of the states state's most sparkling performers at the keystone keystone keystone key key- stone bag and in the center garden for or the past two years writes that thata a few months on the coast makes one appreciate the Utah ball more than ever Johnny may join a coast club this year He writes in part I have bave been playing a little winter winter winter win win- ter ball when it is not raining Our club won the first half championship and is now in second place We have havea a pretty fair club but they dont don't play smart ball down here All the they think of is hitting the ball a mile or 60 so S I t always ys th thought bush ball was much faster down here than thanIn thanIn In Salt Lake Lak but I have changed chanced my ray mind They play b better and smarter ball in the Salt Lake leagues than thaD they do here A Acl cl club b like the old Walker Bank nine for which I played or the Green Cab club dub of last st summer would wade right through most of ot these outfits |