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Show t'""'''" v VOLUME FIFTY-FOU- R BINGHAM CANYON, UTAIll FEBRUARY 27, 1923 - NUMBER 9 A. A. U. TELLS OF . PRDFESSIOriALISM William E. Day. Head of A. A. U. la Utah in Talk Explain! Elasticity of ' V Rulea Governing a Professional. William E. Day, head of the A, A., , V U. in Utah, in a telephone converse-tio- n held Sunday of this week declar- - V - ed that Lolo Spencer, or the Apex team, was ineligible to compete In the National Tourney should th Utah Apex basketball team, of which Spencer is a member, win the Copper League championship. ' . :.v. Upon being quizzed, Mr. Day stat- - V-- , 'V ed that Mr. . Spencer was ineligible " V for the simple reason tha lie ,wa - 'l:.:. coach for two years. at Jordan Junior I' .'. high, and tRus automatically became l a professional, according to the na- - ? tlonal A. A. U. ruling, which accord-ing to Mr. Day was nation wide. ' Although the. picking cf the Apex team to win the championship is .. rather ahead of the time, nevertheless the time is always ripe 'to look into ! " the workings of those who control ' sports in this state, or any other state. The fact that the Apex quint wa decisively beaten Monday evening by ' ; v the Utah Copper fiv may be a news j -- item, but it has but little bearing on V: ? the question of professionalism, which ' at this time is the subject of this dls - , , course.' , .'..''." .' '.vv,.' Looking over the records of Lolo ' Spencer, it is found that during the ' .. latter part of his" college schooling, ' he was aent by the Board of Educa . tion to act as PHYSICAL IN STRUCTOR at the Jordan Junior ' school for the round turn of $60.00 month. According to .. authentic sources, the. word coach waa nivjf used in getting Mr. Spencer to acta! instructor .and yet he is declared In-eligible because he Is a professional COACH. Truly the rulings of the A. A.'U. are as elastic as those of the U. S. H) S. A. A. who declare that Jackie ' oJdo;0rossh&arVe fighter re' 7' digibte-f-o compete m amateur bat' ' ketball. - ' ' - "As far as can be ascertained, Lolo ' . Spencer or any other member of the Utah Apex basketball quintet have ' ' never accepted remuneration for their services as basketball players, which according to all rules on eligibility should make them eligible to com-pete in amateur competition. - During the conversation with Mr. Day it also "came to light that the Spencer twins were declared inelig-ible from college competition because of the. fact that they had referecd several basketball eames for eration. To the writer, this looks like the rankest kind of bunk, as a game has no direct reflec-tion upon the playing part of the game. If this rule is right, then an athlete who accepts remuneration for chopping wood near a basketball gym-nasiu- m is. also a professional as no ; doubt he would be paid well for the chopping of the wood. Such bunk is ' , hardly to be conceived with suppos- - . edly brilliant minds at the head of our Amateur Athletic Associations. The condition as it exists today is deplorable, to say the very least, and it is high time that the athletes of ' ' this state and others combine, and ' " r see if there , is not a meansf elimin- - - ; atmg, such foolishness pertaining to those who are endeavoring to remain amateurs, but who cannot because of . , just such outlandish rulings" which ', - , now grip the countryside. No wonder some teams drop out of ' . . . Athletic Associations in their effort - ( to clean out moss covered, rulings, " BINGHAM TAKES CLOSECOfJTEST Murray Player Put Up Great Game But Lose 21 to II in Spectacular - Tilt- -l Nina Straight for Locals, Bingham High School , basketball players won a hard fought game from the Murray five at Murray Friday eve-ning of last week, 21 to 18, before the largest crowd that ever jammed the gym, more than, 400 being unable to gain admission. , Playing with a determination to win the game, which would give them a chance to go to the state tournament, the Murray players played their best game of the year, their guarding be-ing among the best seen this season. Missing many easy baskets, combin-ed with their inability to make their free throws may be attributed as the cause for Murray losing the game, as their passing and general floor work surpassed that of the Bingham team. In the third session, their stellar work kept the Bingham team from scoring a point, the first time this year that a team has been able to keep the champs scoreless. Coach Terry of the Murray team tried a ruse in the opening session by putting in two subs, in the hopes that Bingham would take a small lead, get cocky, and then when he threw his entire strength into the fray, the blue and white would be able to recover, and that he nearly made his trick work is shown by the fact that but three points separated the two teams when the last whistle was blown. The two teams battled on an equal footing in the first quarter with Bing-ham making 5 and Murray 4. In the second quarter the ruse started to make itself manifest, Bingham scor-ing 10 as to 2 for the Murrayites. The half ended with Bingham leading IS to 6, .. After throwing in hfe full strength in the last part of the second quarter, the Murray boys came back in the ro4---- tarter; aH tftnpftrtel;-1trtr- t played their opponents'," ' scoring 7 while Bingham went scoreless,; The last quarter was flip and tuck, with Bingham scoring 6 and Murray S. ' " Brady played a nice scoring game for the Bingham team with four field goals, while Vietti starred on the floor. ' ' ' The guard work of Rimby and Pat-ten was also of the highest order, while Allias had his hands full try-ing to get away from the two men who were delegated to guard him. (Continued on Page 0) . DANCERS JOURNEY TO CANYON HALL Blanket Hop to Be Held This Eve-ning, With Player Receiving Beau-tiful Blankets from Sid Spencer, The first Blanket Hop ever given in Bingham Canyon will be held this eve-ning at Canyon Hall under the aus-pices of Sid Spencer who is giving the first string players of the Bingham Canyon High School beautiful blan-kets in appreciation of their winning the Jordan division basketball cham-pionship. It will be the first time this season since actual training started that the local baskeeteers will be allowed to trip the light fantastic. The members of both the first and second teams will be in attendance, and the presentation of blankets will take place during the evening. To add to the gaiety of the oc-casion, Mr. Spencer will have Mickeys Melodians furnish the music, which means that music of the highest order will be heard. Many tickets have been sold which assures the management of a large crowd, and that the crowd will enjoy themselves is made manifest when it is known that every follower of bas-ketball in the camp has signified his willingness to help celebrate the win-ning of the Jordan Division cham-pionship. The music will start for the danc-ers immediately following the Bing-ham Canyon-Grantsvil- le game at the high school gym, which closet the Jordan division schedule. Those who have neglected getting their tickets may be accommodated by seeing members of the first team, who are more than anxious to have you attend the ceremonies.' Remember that he who misses the dance tonight misses all. UTAH GOPPEH Court Grantt Request, to Construct Tunnel and Pipe Line at Bingham. An order granting taa Utah Copper company's motion to ke immediate possession of property . on certain claims of the Montana Bingham Mines company in th West Moun-tain mining district, BThe ham canyon; to construct a tunnel and pipe line to recover water said tojhold copper in solution, was issued by Judge Chris Mathison in the Thirf district court Wednesday according if the Salt Lake Tribune. The order ws made on mo-tion of the copper company asking for immediate possession pending ac-tion on its condemnation suit, so that the company .may immediately ake steps to recover the wafer from which it seeks to precipitate i i vats the min-eral content. ' The court held thatwhen a value-less substance sue has, the water in-volved is mixed with i valuable sub-stance .the whole bcloqgs to the own-er of the valuable substance. The court also held that if n taking water from the Utah Copp r mine dump, which, is on the defen ant's property, the copper company Removed any-thing belonging to the'jMontana-Bing-ha-company the latter would have redress through action! for damages. ' Findings Summarized The title of the suit s Utah Copper company vs. Elias AiSmith, trustee; Francis B. Critchlow.f trustee, and Montana-Bingha- m Miiet company. The court summarizedinis findings as follows : .J The plaintiff seeks tf condemn cer-tain lands in the district to collect and convey away waters which percolate through its dump of tow-gra- ores, asking for an easement to construct a ISO-fo- ot tunnel beneath the surface of the gulch on the defendant's min-ing claims; an easement at the face of the tunnel to constrYside branches s"o sSftb form i"reterny4fpound the water; an casement to. afford a dumping place for the material remov-ed in constructing the tunnel, and an easement for a pipe line to convey the waters-- and leach certain of the met-als." ' ', ; , On September 30, 1907 ,the copper company obtained a perpetual ease-ment to dump earth, rock and so forth from its own ground to certain min-ing claims of the defendant, and also (Continued on page S) III TALENT IS-- " SHOiVNAT SHOW High School Ladi Please in Monster Minstrel Show at High School Au-ditorium. The high school girls and boys, un-der the supervision of Professor Ir-win Jensen of the music department gave a minstrel show at the high school auditorium Wednesday eve-ning before a handful of spectators. Getting tnlo the spirit of the play from the very ou'set, the large cast gave a most creditable performance, the comedians working in tip top shape, while more could not have been asked of the chorus and soloists. The only regrettable feature of the evening's entertainment was the lack of support given the performers by the townspeople. A bare handful of the faithful being in attendance. ' Neither professional or amateur per-formers enjoy playing to a mass of empty seats, and yet this is what hap-pened Wednesday evening. This condition, coming alter the children had rehearsed faithfully for over a month, and with the proceeds going for the paying of band instruments, should not have existed .and it is de-plorable to record the lack of interest being shown by tho people of the camp when it comes to assisting the local high school. A basketball game, would no doubt have drawn a large crowd, and one wonders what is getting into the peo-ple of Bingham Canyon. Truly the performers deserved better patronage after such diligent efforts. ; . The performance opened with the Kappelle sisters and Margaret Adams singing in trio, muc bto the pleasure of the audience. These girls are far over the average and their voices blend beautifully. The second part of the show gave Garth Jones and Gerald Franz an op-portunity to show their skill as com-edians in a pirate boat skit. Thtf act ade a tnmnYlifi: ' The third part of the performance consisted of a minstrel show with Riley Patten, Harvey Wolfe and Bob O'Neal as the leading comedians, while Don Johanson handled the in-terlocutor part in fine fashion. Two songs, "My Gal" and "Lul-laby," written by Mr. Jensen were well received, the high school octette giving "My Gal," with the entire chorus singing "Lullaby." Readings were given by Catherine Williams and Blanch Kenner, ' and many high class jokes interspersed the evening's entertainment. ', It is to be hoped that when the high school decides to give another enter-tainment that the people of the camp will assist in making it a success. TOD MUCH SPEED BEATSAPEX MEN Copper Quintet Finally Wins From Underground Men, 47 to 30, in Game Featured by Stellar Guarding It happened at last, and it happened Monday evening of this week at the Gemmell Memorial Club House when the fast stepping Utah Ape quintet went down to defeat at the hands of the Utah Copper team 47 to 30 in one of the fastest games ever seen on the local floor. ' Going at top speed from the very outset, the Copper players soon made it evident they would win the game without a struggle, and that they did is made manifest in the decisive vic-tory. ' .. Never at any stage of the game were the Copper players in danger of losing, their guards, E. Knudsen and Tom Saddler forcing the Apex men to shoot from the center of the floor for the greater part of the tilt. - - The Copper forwards were at their best, Dow and Whiteley playing their most consistent game, Dow, partic-ularly being effective at getting thru the Apex guards, while Whiteley star-red with some of the best floor work and rustling he has shown in years. Jerry Dunn also played a great game guarding as he never did before besides caging 6 field goals. Anderson and Larsen played a nice enough guarding game, but the fast stepping Copper lads failed to be stopped. The two Spencer brothers played a neat floor game but were off on their basket shooting. Jones cag-ed four field goals while Lolo Spen-cer rang the. bell five times. The first quarter ended with the Copper men leading 10 to 6 and they increased their lead to 22 to 13 at the half by scoring 12 more while the Apex made 7. The third quarter was decidedly Copper, the open air min-ers making 14 while the underground men had to content themselves with 6. The last quartei adc wjth botb. learns" registering' 11 "points." It is the consensus of opinion that the Copper team played the best game since their inception. The vic-tory gives them a clean title to first place. The box score: -- Utah Copper 47' Player Pos. FG FT FP F Total Whiteley, rf 6 2 2 2 14 ' Dow, If .8 2 0 0 16 Dunn, c 6 1 1 1 13 E. Knudsen, rg 1 0 0 0 2 Saddler, Ig 1 1 0 12 Totals 22 6 3 - 4 47 . Utah Apex 30 Player Pos. FG FT FP F Total L. Spencer, rf 5 0 0 1 10 S. Spencer, If 2 2 0 1 4 Jones, c, rg 4 .4 12 9 Larsen, rg, c . 2 0 0 0 4 Porter, rg' '. 0 0 0 0 0 Anderson, lg ....l 110 3 Totals 14 7 2 4 30 Score by quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Utah Copper 10 12 14 11 47 Utah Apex 6-- 7 6 11 30 Referee: Mclntyre. Umpire: Christensen. i WEATHER STARTS . ' i PEDDLER SEASON l,' ' Clearing of Snow Shows Old Time ' ' Nuisances Getting Ready' for Vic- - . ious Attack on Local Merchants. Practically all the . snow is gone from the hillside, and with the pass-- , r .. ing of what was once a severe winter ; I V comes the annual trek'of the peddler, ' ! the biggest nuisance this camp has , to put up with.' ' ." " !. During the past few days, with the ; v; ' sun shining, and with the merchants , of the camp getting ready for their h - "spring openings, along J comes this . dreaded. money ; grabber, with his full(r) line of this and that. . Friends, before giving this man a j i ' chance to enter the portals of your v home, think twice. Think, if you can, " as to what the peddler has been doing .."all winter.. Why didn't he. visit the camp during the dreary days when the ! local merchants were ready to serve your beck and call? If your business is not worth coming after during the cold dismal days pf winter, sarety it is not not worth a great deal when the spring and summer makes its ap--. pearance. i ' The locar merchant has been open every day during the winter just com-ing to a close, and at all times has been willing to help you. He ' has taken care of you because, like him-- .. self, you too are a resident of Bing-ham. You too, Jiave assisted in the upkeep of the community, and the average merchant of any community ; willing to help those who help the . community."' , . Is the local merchant entitled to I v your business? Let us see. The ped-- - dler comes to the camp, rattles first . - one door and then the other and tells you of his wonderful line of merch-- andise, second to none in the world. Unsuspectingly you listen to his per--; . feet talk, and then give him a small ).-- ' ' deposit on the amount purchased, and I ' he then tells you that the balance will rT-- ; ' coiheoilf r; tJ.-lJ.- U WtTmeTthe ? v" goods arrive, and although you didn't ? - know it, there is an additional charge ,',- - ' for having the merchandise sent C. O. j - D. You receive the package, and -- "My goodness, this is not what I or dered," but you have paid for it, so in order to keep from losing all the money you keep your mouth shut and do the next best. Far be it from you J . to tell your neighbors that a peddler I1,? . ' slipped one over "on you, and thus '. with you keeping your secret, the ''" "... rest of the good housewives of the . camp are left open to learn their own lesson. T ' Is that the way of the local mer-..- .. - chant? Hardly. When you purchase a commodity from your local merch-- . ... ant does he ask for a small deposit, .' and then send the balance C. O. D? - Never have we heard of a merchant : using such tactics. What does he do? ' He sells you the article wanted, and ; t in a nice way you tell him that you , will pay him on pay day, and "would he please charge it?" : Sure he will . " charge it, and is more than delighted to be of service. ' ' . ',': Pay day arrives, and there is sick- - . ness in the family, or perchance the man of the house has been injured. ( Does the local merchant come to the ( house with the sheriff and take the f . furniture?' He does not, and in all . probability he extends more credit un til the man of the house is able to be - back on the job. Truly this is 'a great comparison, t , one that bears considering. Are the V tactics employed by the local mer chant the same as those of the ped- - . dler? An eight year old child can V see the difference, and why can't the . ' ' , - grown-up- s see it in the same light? ",-.- . Perhaps there are some who will ; , step to the front and say that they " can purchase merchandise in Salt ' Lake City "so much cheaper." Can ' , they? Let us see. Mrs. Smithers ' - . makes ut a list of let us say groc- - -- fV cries that are needed. . She gets in- -. ' to the old bus and away she goes. - !' She visits many of the cut rate groc-- - ery stores in Salt Lake" City, and : v ". ... bless us, she has saved 98c. But has ' J she? In the first place she forgot to figure oh the price of the gasoline, C- oil and wear on the car. Then she .. forgot to figure out that she had to , carry all the merchandise purchased , .. rom the store and bring it home her- - , , self. - i - - t- - We go on' record as stating that j should the women of the camp treat " .the "merchants of this camp in the . ' , - same manner as they treat those of Salt Lake City, the prices in the two ' ' , ' places" would in all probability be the J ' , - - . v' same. Let the housewife of Bingham Canyon go to the local grocer, lay her money on the counter and then pick up the merchandise purchased and take it home, and it is a surety that Bingham Canyon will compete with Salt Lake City on grocery prices. When a merchant has to keep up a delivery system, and wait two weeks for his money, it costs him more to do business, which naturally must be added to the selling price. Let the people of the camp make the groc-eries of the camp a cash and carry proposition, and all will be well. The subject of our next week's dis-course will be "Mail Order Houses." BLANKET HOP TONIGHT FIREMEN DANCE ATTENDED BY EXTRA LARGE CROWD Those who went to Canyon Hall Monday evening to attend the An-nual Dance of the Bingham Canyon Volunteer Firemen will remember It for a long time to come, as the crowd was one of the largest of the year and everyone seemed to be having the time of his life. According to custom, the Firemen gave three ladies' prizes and three for the gentlemen. Ruth Welch was chosen to wear the blind fold, and ac-cording to her way of picking out the numbers Marie Stewart won the first ladies' prize with number 41. The second number drawn was '437, and Mrs. Max Geffen responded to the call. Mrs. Ben Robbins was the next to raise her hand when the number 16 was called. - . Tom Mayne had number 250 and ac-cording to Hoyle was declared elig- - ible for the first gentlemen's prize. Alvin Harris wore a broad smile as number 419 was called and went to the platform for his gift. Ture. Pet-erson was given a thrill when it was announced that number 30 was the number chosen for third prize. The Imperials furnished a high class brand of music .and everyone left at midnight declaring .that 12 months is a long time to wait for another an-nual Firemen's Dance. MAX GLOVER ON lESpCARD Local Grappler to Wrestle to a Finish With "Pinky" Gardner at Princess Theater Tuesday evening. . What promises to be one of the best wrestling matches ever staged in Bingham Canyon will be featured at the Princess Theater Tuesday eve-ning of next week, when Carrol "Pink" Gardner will wrestle in a fin-ish bout with Max Glover of the Utah Copper. . Two weeks ago, when these two men met at the Gemmell Memorial Club house, Gardner won the bout by taking a fall after 40 minutes of high class wrestling, and after the rest, Glover pinned Gardner down with a straight arm scissors, a hold he held up to the time limit, and although he did not get credit for the fall, it is the consensus of opinion, that a few minutes more and Glover would have tied the count. After the match at the Club House, Gardner admitted that Glover was one of the .toughest men he had met, while Glover opined that he could take care of himself if given another chance with Gardner, thus the match for this coming Tuesday. ' That a large crowd will be present is made manifest in the interest be-ing shown by the fans of the camp. Many requests for reserved seats have been received, and a large delegation from Salt Lake City will be in at-tendance. The promoters of the bout promise several high class preliminaries and those who fail to take advantage of the opportunity of seeing these two gladiators in action will always rue it. Don't forget to be at the Princess Theater Tuesday evening of next week at 9 sharp, as the management has promised to start the bouts on time. , . coranEEs out. FOR BOY SCOUTS Drive to Raise $800 is Started With Pronounced Success Locals to Af-filiate With Salt Lake Council. ' The drive for the purpose of raising $800 for the Boy Scout movement of Bingham Canyon started Thursday morning, and according to late reports much enthusiasm was being shown by all concerned. The different men appointed on the campaign committee report consider-able success ,and it is to be hoped that ere the week is over the entire amount is fully subscribed, as there is noth-ing more essential at the present time than BOY SCOUTS for Bingham Canyon. According to H. R. Atkin, district scout commissioner, the committee in charge of the Boy Scout drive for funds are asked to make the following explanation in order that folks know just why the drive is being made. 1. The Boy Scout Council of Bing-ham Canyon believes that the Boy Scout movement is one of the most important institutions for1 the develop-ment of manly qualities and substan-tial citizenship in the lives of the boys of the camp. 2. Unless we raise the fund the purpose for which this drive has been inaugurated it is impossible for us to continue our membership in the Boy Scout organization. - . 3. If we raise the fund our Boy Scouts not only become members of. the Boy Scout Organization of Amer-ica but also members of the Salt Lake County Boy Scout organizations. 4. Membership, in the Salt Lake Council entitles ks to the ' following privileges: (a) Our boys will be entitled to use all the Boy Scout equipment belong-ing to the Salt Lake Council. This equipment includes a $15,000 summer home in Immigration Canyon. (b) The Bingham Council and Scout masters would be entitled, to the direction and leadership of the executives of the Salt Lake Council. The chief of these executives is Os-car Kirkham, who has a national rep-utation in scouting. 4 (c) The Salt Lake Council will hire a man trained in scouting, who will visit Bingham Canyon occasionally perhaps once a month and help or-ganize the local troops, keep the local scout masters enthusiastic and famil-iar with developments in scouting (Continued on Page 7.) GRANTSV LLE TO Elf!J SEASON Last Game of Jordan Schedule to be Played at Local High School This Evening Game Should be Close. This evening at the high school the Grantsville basketball quintet' will vie for honors with the local constella-tion of hoop stars in the last regular scheduled game of the Jordan division. To date Bingham ha won all its games, and this evening will attempt to finish the division season with a clean slate, although it is conceded to the Grantsville five that they are exceptionally tough on the local floor. ' Last year the Grantsville team threw a scare into the local camp by playing one of the fastest games 'of the year in their clash with the locals, and only in the last few minutes of play did the locals show their super-iority. This year may mean the same thing, and it may mean that Grants-ville, in its effort to gain a place at the tournament will use every effort to win this evening. A win this eve-ning will be just what the doctor or-dered as far as Grantsville is concern-ed, but as has been said, the locals are just as set on going through the en-tire season without a blemish, so con- - sequent !y.a tough game is. on the cal-endar for this evening. ' ' The game is scheduled 'to start at 7:30 sharp, as the teams have a very important engagement at Canyon Hall immediately following the game where a huge Blanket Dance will be held, each member of the first string team of the local school receiving a beau-tiful blanket, given by Sid Spencer in appreciation of the Bingham team win-ning the Jordan division champion-ship.,' ' ' ' , ' ... . Be there on time, as the. first game will start promptly at 7:30 and it will be well to remember that this will be your last chance at seeing the lo-cals in action until the state tourna-ment starts on March 11. '( OPOSSUMS (This composition turned in to a Bingham Canyon teacher by a pupil, has not been altered.) Oppossum is the right way to spell this. He is a funny animal what hangs by his tail from something like he is dead only he aint dead at all he is only fooling you he aint even at alL On a Sunday once we ketched a opposum and he was so fat and heavy we left him lay till we got back and we did and he wasnt there no more he was gone away. He was-n't dead at alL . He does like that on everybody. He tastes a little good if you don't think about what he looks like which is a rat ; BLANKET HOP TONIGHT A NEW 23rd PSALM The Ford is my auto, I shall not ' walk. It maketh me to lie down in muddy, roads; it . leadeth me , into - trouble; it draweth on my purse, I . go into the paths of debt for its sake. Yea, though T understand my Ford perfectly, I ffear much evil lest the radius rods pr the axle might break, -- or it hath a blowout in the presence of mine enemies. I anoint the crank-cas- e with oil, the radiator boileth or-,f-c). ; ex. Surely this thing will not follow me all the days of my life, or I shall dwell in the house of poverty forever ', Moral: Equip your Ford with, one of 'the new improved cuckoo clocks. .. When the car reaches a speed, mif i miles per hour the bird will come out and iing, Nearer My God t Thee," and at 40 mites an hour, "lord tta r ' ; ' Coming Home.41--' ' ' ' ' "" |