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Show Thursday, June 28, 1928 THE BINGHAM BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH ' ( f Yanks Can't Win Without Luck JCT know the Yanks hnve got the best hall club In the country, but I that doesn't mean If Is any cinch we ore going to win." And that, fellow funs, Is what the game's biggest figure. Babe Ruth, thinks about the Impending American league pennant race. The Babe bares his Innermost thoughts about baseball generally, baseball fans, baseball luck and, specifically, the Yanks' chances during the coming season In an Interview with Bozeninn Bulger, the veteran sports writer, published In The Farm Journal. "The trouble with baseball fans," observes Mr. Buth, "Is that they get so steamed lip over an easy win that they forget that 50 per cent ol baseball Is luck. If something goes wrong the next year they start right olT talking about In-ternal dissension, and this and that player being hard to get along with, and so on. They newt figure that the luck simply broke the other way." There have been a lot of great bull clubs that have pulled up In the ruck of a major league race, far behind Inferior teams, simply because they didn't get that 50 per cent break of luck. If you want Mr. ltuth's opinion "To cop the old Hag," says the $7u.oihi beauty quaintly, "a ball club has not only got to be the best, but It's got to get the breaks at (m ' A . s the right time, too. Babe Ruth. "Did you ever think what might have hap-pened to u last senson If we hadn't got oft to that runaway, start and then had another long winning streak solm afterward? Just throw out those two streaks, or balance them with average' link, and see where we would have been. Now It doesn't figure out that we are going to have such a streak again, even with the same ball players. "1 know the Ynnks have got the best hall club In the country, hut suppose somebody breaks a leg or one of our best pitchers goes wrong. What then?" Incidentally, Bulger's Farm Journal article throws an Interesting light on Ruth's determination to make himself better and positively .not biggerduring the senson, a characteristic that has grown year by year since his comeback of three years ago. . " ' O'DONNELL & CO. Funeral Directors Bingham Canyon Utah Phone 17 Wasatch 6461 Salt Lake Phone What You Want 4 How You Want It When You Want It j ifTT For anything in th J line of printing coma. Ju to us and we'll guar antee you aatufactory work I at price that art light I ; Bingham Stage Line Bingham Depot Main and Carr.Fork Phone 41 SCHEDULE Cars leave Bingham at 8, 9 and 11 a.m. 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Salt Lake City Office Semloh Hotel 107 E. 2nd South Phone Was. 1069 SCHEDULE , Cars leave Salt Lake City at 7, 9 and'll a.m. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 p.m. FARES Oneway $1.50 Round Trip $2.50 P(rinhn)G i Get ' ;r ;.' i; Your :! : Granite :: i: Furniture Co. jj Isis Theatre Building ',' l Bingham Canyon J ; J i 11 11 II II 1: iMi n I' ' ! TJvertisers j will find this mm- - ; paper an excellent i medium in which ; to display their f bargains and make j .theirwants known 4 1 Don t Overlook M that subscription. If yoa v in arrears renkember ' I that we can always find B (ood om for I I the MONEY tr": : ' " "r AMBITIONS FOR GANG LEADERSHIP ENDED BY BULLET Seeks Mantle of His Fallen Chief, "Wild Bill," and Is "Taken for a Ride." Brooklyn. Edward Lynch, while In Sing Slug recently, conceived the Idea of taking up the mantle of his fallen chief. "Wild Bill" Lovett, "for years leader of the gang that terrorized the Brooklyn waterfront, but he lost his struggle recently. lie was found dead early In the clay In a vacant lot at North Fourteenth street and Wythe avenue. A millet wus lodged In his brain. Detectives said he had been "taken for a ride." a custom borrowed by New York gang-sters from their Chicago cousins. The gangster, who was twenty-eigh- t and looked fifty, was found by Michael Shevlin of 2"2 Nassau avenue, Brook-lyn, as he passed on'hls way to work. Detectives found difficulty In Identify-ing the body, as Lyncb's pockets had been rifled. Record in Rogue's Uallery. Detectives of the homicide squad, however, found no difficulty when they had taken ,111s fingerprints, noted a finger missing from his right hand and several teeth gone from his upper Jaw. Police records. In which Lynch occu-pied a prominent place, placed him as a well-know- figure In Brooklyn's un-derworld, and, according to the police, a bootlegger's "runner" since his re-lease from Sing Sing. The police believe be was killed when he attempted to Invade the spill He Was Found Dead in a Vacant Lot. Brooklyn waterfront, which hud been neatly parceled out turning the various gangs while he wus in Jail, and that the underworld, long under the imperi-ous rule of Lovett, did not welcome the return of bis lieutenant The police think he was killed else-where and carried to the spot where he was found. Upholding tills theory was the fact that no resident in the neighborhood had heard the shooting; also he was found without hat or over-coat. Though his killers hud removed everything from his pockets that might Identify t he body, they Ignored his money. In his coat was $4.80. Convicted Four Times. Four months ago Lynch narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of underworld enemies when a stream of bullets from a passing automobile sent him to Kings County hospital, danger-ously wounded. The police are work-ing on the theory that his killers are members of the old Bill Lovett gang. Lynch i said to have been convicted .four times for various crimes and he Waal shot once before. His convictions were: February, 1018. criminal assault, penitentiary sentence; January, 1022. felonious assault, five years In Sing Sing prison ; August, l!2a, assault. City prison, eight months; April, 1020. assault and robbery, returned to City prison for violation of parole and then to the penltentlnry. FREAK SHOT CLUB IS NOW REIGNING List of Eligibles Presented in American Golfer. Now that holes-ln-on- hnve been made on every year-ol- course In the land, the Journalistic gentlemen who follow the game are digging up eli-gibles for a more exclusive mythical fraternity, the Freak Shot club. All you' need to become n member are the proper circumstances and a ton of luck. If you hnppcn to plav your bull from Its lie In a bird's nest plop Into the hole, or If your hopeless hook ricochets from a tree and be-comes a hole-ln-one- , you're In. Anl you are in good company, as witness this list of eligibles presented In the American golfer. Willie MacFarlane got In through a barn door two barn doors. In fact. He was playing against Harry llauip- - ton nt the Abemleen (Scotland) club, j They were lighting hole for hole when Willie sliced a drive terrifically. It ; pulled iii near a burn, far off t lie fair- - I way. But Willie, opening the barn I door, found a second door exuctly opposite and the hole on a Hue '.MM) yards away. He had to hit a hard drive, measured In Inches to get through both doors. But be did It slopping bis bull within six feet of the hole. j Joe Detnoss, former Wisconsin Stats champion, wus matched with Warren K. Wood at Green Lake, Wis., when his drive from the eighteenth tee came down on top of a 'flat awning near the clubhouse. Detnoss uioui.ted I the awning and. teetering precariously, slapped a beautiful biassle shot for. the hole, ending a short Hilp-sho- t away. Aubrey Boomer was us surprised as his gallery at the play that took him into the. Freak Shot club. The English slur was playing a Lancashire tourna-ment, when Ids drive landed In front of a two-foo- t bank over which ho had to play. Using his spoon, he gave the ball a vicious cut. But Instead of arching through the air the hall dis-appeared completely. After a niystl-lie- d search. Boomer Incredulously drew the ball from his pocket. It had struck the soft eartli at the top of the bunk, rebounded and hidden It-self while he still had his arms ex-tended In completing the swing. And what do the rules say about that one? In the IK'-'-O Canadian Open ut Mon-treal, Leo Dlegel, then the tltleholder, found himself looking hopelessly nir the long eleventh hole In the practice rounds, says the American Uolfer ar-ticle His one hope to escape the jinx, he concluded, was to drive toward the twelfth fairway, which ran parallel on the right, and let 'er hook. Twice he did It in the regular play, and botL tllnes the hooks described a perfect semlclrcl-b- nt landed 350 yards away and In the center of the eleventh fair-way. Half-Mil-e Record Held by Six Different Men In view of Lloyd Halm's record It Is Interesting to note that only five men before him have held the acknowl-edged world's half-mil- record since 1S85. The great Lou Meyers set a world's mark of 1 minute G. seconds in the half In 18S5 nnd that stood for Just ten years. On September 21, ISO"', In a dual meet between the New York A. C and Oxford nnd Cambridge In New York, Charles II. Kilpntrlck, a Union College star, covered the distance In 1 minute K5 seconds. It was almost fourteen years later, September 15, ISM)!), that Einilie Lung-hi- , an Italian runner touring America, cut the record to 1 nilnut 5245 sec-onds at Montreal. Then, at the 1012 Olympics, came Ted Meredith's great 1 minute 52V4 seconds dash nnd four years later his 1 minute 52V5 seconds performance In a Pennsylvania-Cornel- l dual meet. Ten years and two months afterward. In London. Or. Otto Peltzer. on July 3, 192(5, set the present outdoor figure 1 minute 51 seconds. Now comes Hahn to join the elect. Sisler Joins Braves The photograph shows a closeup of George Sisler, formerly of the lngtons, as he appeared In his new uniform of the Boston Braves after he had joined his toam. At one time Sisler was called the greatest tirst baseman In the big leagues. , t INews Notes to Lion in i BRIGHAM CITY Utah potatoes are grown principally in the counties of Salt Lake, Weber, Utah, Cache, Box-elde- r, Davis and Sanpete. PROVO High quality, Exceptional flavor, color and size of fruits and veg-etables have made Utah agricultural products famous throughout the Uni-ted States. VERNALi Fishermen angling In the Uintah mountain streams report only fair success, due to somewhat muddy condition of the water. Recent rains In the mountains have caused no abrupt raise In the creeks, but the pre-cipitation did cause a rolled condition. AIRPORT Several Salt Lake planes will go to Ogden June 30 to be used there In the celebration marking the dedication of the Junction, City's new municipal airport. The Ogden com-mittee is putting on an aerial program and Salt Lakers will compete for prizes. LOGAN Forty farmers from Rich county conducted a dairy tour of the city and Cache county recently, accord-ing to Robert L. Wrigley, county agri-cultural agent, who accompanied the party. The purpose of the excursion, Agent Wrigley stated, was to gain ad-ditional information on cow testing, breeding and also sweet clover pas-ture. x HEBER Wasatch county was vis-ited by a killing frost recently, the mercury dropping to 26 degrees. Po-tatoes, corn and flowers were de-stroyed, even where the gardens had been covered with heavy guilts. It was cold enough to freeze ice a quarter of an inch thick. Damage to peas and grain was slight, only the peas that were In bloom and the the grain which was in head being damaged. GUNNISON Fifty-tw- o full grown pheasants have been received and lib-erated in this section by Sidney Bax-ter and Ernest Baxter, members of the local fish and game commission. The birds were shipped from the state game farm at Springville. The birds were liberated about two miles east of here. The Gunnison commission is ako expecting a shipment of trout from the game farm with which to stock the streams near here. Ogden B. J. Finch, district engin-eer for the United States bureau of , public roads, anounced that bids would "V be opened, June 28, in his office in this city, on three contracts for gravel sur- - facing, as follows: Seven-mil- e stretch west of Frultland on the Victory high-way; nine miles from North Fork to Gibsonville on the Salmon, Idaho, to Montana line road, and two and four-tenth- s miles on the Alpine scenic road A Utah county. OGDEN Seventy five pairs of pheasants, furnished by D. H. Madsen, commissioner of the state fish and game department, have been planted west of Ogden by officers of the Weber County Fish and Game Protective as-sociation. Sixty-fiv- e pheasants eggs under Incubation at the farm of H. H. Hodge, east of Ogden, will be hatched this week. The birds will be turned on the wilds when hatched, which, gives promise of an open pheasants season for Ogden hunters. HEBER The Heber tourist camp, owned by the county and improved during the past few years by the joint efforts of the Wasatch chamber of comerce, Heber City, Wasatch coun-ty and the Wasatch stake of the L. D. S. church, will receive additional im-provements' soon. A fund has been accumulated by charging campers, and this fund Is to be spent for the paint-ing of the present structures and the Installation of shower baths and other conveniences. SALT LAKE The low temperature and light frost which touched Salt Lake and other portions of the inter-- , mountain district Sunday night of last week did not result in any damage to crops, acording to the United States weather bureau and Harden Bennlon, state agricultural commissioner. The temperature In the Salt Lake valley dropped as low as 40 degrees. Records of the weather bureau show that this drop in the temperature was not par-ticularly unusual for Salt Lake, inas-- much as nearly every June on record has shown a cold spell on or about the middle of the month, the mercury drop-ping in some cases as low as 32 de-grees. HEBER Utah's winter wheat crop is estimated by the bureau of agricul-tural economics of the United States department of agriculture at 3,164,000 bushels' this year, as compared with 2,888,000 bushels last year. This in-crease of close to 10 per cent in the Utah crop is in the face of a decrease of about 9 per cent in the nation's winter wheat crop, the bureau's fig-ures show. The nation crop estimate for 1928 is 512,252,000 bushels, while last year's figures were ' 552,384,000 bushels. ZION NATIONAL PARK For the season to date, a total of 10.0S9 per-sons, representing thirty-on- e states, District of Columbia Hawaii, three-province- s of Canada, Sweden, and South Africa, have passed through the gates of Zion National park, it was announced by E. T. Scoyen, park su-perintendent, here. This figure is prao Ucally double last year's total for the lame period of 5399 Private motor travel, as usual, makes up the greater pirt of the total with 9499 persons in 1840 autos. The remainder, or 590, lame by stage from the end of the raili U Cedar City. Olympic Coach Schulte Never on Cinder Path Truck Couch Henry F. (Indian) Schulte of the University of Nebraska, selected us one of the menlo&s of Ihe 1028 United States Olympic team, nev-er performed on the cinder path. To his couching credit, however, are many past Olympic perfwmers und 11)28 potential representatives. There was the great Itohrt Simp, son, who revolutionized hurdling and set world murks which only recently have been bettered. Jackson Scholz, speed marvel for more than a decade and still among the select, learned the art of sprinting under Sciiulte's direc-tion. And uow there are Roland Locke, bolder of the world's furlong record of 20.5 seconds, and Fait American decuthlou champion and record holder. VDIAMDNDV APICK-UFS- A Brooklyn bus two of the greatest pitchers In the major leugues In Jess Petty and Laxzy Vance. Pitcher Jim Hubinson, from .Macon in the Sally league, bus j lined the Brooklyn Robins at Cincinnati. Visiting American league teams tuny enjoy tbe nights In New York, but the afternoons are said to be terrible. Jimmy Reese, Oakland star who Is owned by the Yankees, wus once hailed as the worst inlielder In the old Appalachian league. William Dickey, tall young catcher of the New York Yankees, has been released on option to t lie Buffalo club of the International league. Pitcher Charles Darnabe nnd Out-fielder Randy Moore of the White Sox have been released on option to the Waco club of the Texas league. Whitey Oberc, formerly of Pittfleld of the Eastern league, has been re-leased and Is playing independent ball in the outfield for Pottstown, Pa. . Complaint Is beard In American As-sociation circles that the games played take up too much time, nnd there is a demand for speeding them up. One critic sums It up In a few words for the Pirates when be asked what fun they would have If they only had to face their own pitching staff. Charley Hall, who helped to pitch the St. Paul club to four American Association pennants, has played pro-fessional baseball for twenty-fou- r years. A resolution adopted In 1010 by the Natlon-- Association of Baseball Clubs prohibits the playing of more th:i:i two games in one day by minor league teams. Outfielder Art Weiss nnd Pitcher Bill Lutlolph are recent uddiiioii-- s in the Little Rock Travelers, having been obtained from the Missions ol the Coast league. Leo Cusey, tired of sluing on ihe bench with Newark, usked for u trans fer. He was then ,'jleased to New Haven In the Eastern league, subject to recall at any time. Toledo cut down on the rookie crop when It sent Guy Jones. Leltoy Parmallce and Jack Mundy to Stuffy Mclnnis' Sulein club of the New Eng-land league on option. Baltimore's pitching staff was in-creased when Dallas of the Texas league returned Pitcher Cliff Jackson, taken fnun the Birds Just before the start of spring training. Ernie Nevers, the great football star, has been sent to the minors by the St. Louis Brown-?- It seems that the big 'leagues weren't In the ueed of touchdowns Just now. . In his earliest baseball days, Wil-be- rt Robinson, manager of the Brook-lyn National Leacuo Baseball club, hud unite a reputation as u wrestler e- - weii as u ball player. Five niajoi league clubs are inter-ested In the eighteen-year-ol- short-stop, Stevens, with New Haven in the Eastern league. His work has fea-tui- l for New Haven this season. Max Carey, Brooklyn outfielder, who has been tearing around the base-path-for 20 years,, has led the Na-tional league in base thefts ten times In t''.e pust fourteen years and has been second the other four times. Badger Coach Organizes Amateur Baseball Teams Promoting amateur baseball In Wis-consin 1s the latest job assigned to Coach Leonard B. Allison, assistant athletic director at the University of Wisconsin, who has been appointed state athletic officer for the American Legion. Allison was recommended for the post by MaJ. John Grlfllth, commis-sioner of the western conference, who knew of his work In a similar position while at South Dakota State univer-sity. "Stub" as the Badger coach Is better known, is making preliminary plans for a Wisconsin state baseball league. Critz Hits Timely fc5?& J a 1 ,1 nil lit . 1 'JS Hughey Critz (shown-l- n the photo graph) has been bitting timely and fielding brilliantly for the Cincinnati Reds this season. The Cincinnati seo ond baseman Is one of the best In ths league. Had he been going aa wel? last summer the race might havt and-e-differently. . Woman Saves Church Periled by Burning Cat Belleville. Kan. Mrs. W. A. Reese, wife of the Methodist mlnlstei of this place. Is being congratulated foi her presence of mind, which enabled her to save the church of which her bus-bun-is pastor, from destruction by tire. , Some persons saturated the fur of a cut with gasoline und set It afire. The cat. ahla.e. run under the church. Mrs. Reese, seeing the danger of the church being sel on tire, ran to the scene ami. regardless of burns, seized the cat and hurled It some distance from I lie church. The cat burned to death. Efforts to learn who treated the cat so Inhuman-ly have of no avail. fporffofes At golf one plays for the short as well as the long green. - A new sports arena to seat 20,000 people Is planned In. Cleveland, Ohio. We see where a writer In Harper's Magazine says amateur tennis Is a racket Charley Vyta's cross-countr- y stroll may be endcl but we'll bet the bun-Ion- s linger on, The Kentucky derby purse original- - " ly amounted to but $2,Srii). Now it amounts to more than $"0,(KH). Victorio Compolo, rising young box-er now exhibiting in Ihe East, is a heavyweight from South America. The first game of hockey ot which ere is any record in North America was played In the Cit; of Kingston. Ontario, in 18SS. - Donald Carrlck. husky amateur golf' champion of Canada, has decided to abandon his sticks until after he has qualified for the Olympic boxing team David A. Wood, of Toronto, one-lim- e running star. Is still active on his feet at the age of seventy-si- and reiains a Item inUvest In the racers i inibiy Like Black Eyes Boston. Wheii a middy has a black eye his sweetheart gets a kick. So says Spike Webb, navy boxing coach. The girls like to attend academy bouts Just before the dance there and are highly pleased if their escorts at the hops display signs of battle. a |