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Show Sporting Life. And the dope came true. It was predicted in these columns last week and the week before that tlie proposition regarding the admission of Salt Lake and Ogden to the Pacific Northwest league was a losing one so long as such a man as Borchers had anything to do with the deal; that he had failed to make good this season when he had the chance to show whether he was IT or not, and that, knowing he was interested in the team, the prominent supporters of the game who had been approached regarding the money end would not give up their coin. It is also known that the backing figured on by the other promoters in on the scheme did not pan out and that they were finally forced to appeal ap-peal to Charlie Griffin, manager of the successful team of 1901, for financial support, and were practically prac-tically turned down. However, it was decided to send Borchers to the meeting of the Northwest clubs which was held in Spokane last Wednesday, but e- uck was against them, for the Chief was o) x -at train that did not arrive there until several sev-eral hours after the meeting had closed and the proposition from Salt Lake and Ogden ditched. Buck Weaver was the only representative of Utah interests present, and his statement that there was $1000 ready to back up his application was treated, evidently, with silent contempt, for even while the vote on the subject was. a tie and President Presi-dent Lucas had the deciding ballot and was supposed sup-posed to be the "booster" for the Utah cities, it was "Nay, nay, Pauline," and the proposition was sent away back under the rubber plants for an indefinite period. Weaver, naturally, was sore and came out with a statement that there would be a league anyhow, any-how, even if it were necessary to take in cities all the way from this side of Butte to Denver, with Great Falls, Pocatello, Anaconda, Pueblo and other cities mentioned. This dream of Weaver's however, how-ever, was shattered just as soon as little Georgie Borchers arrived, for he took the too-vigorous veteran in hand and said: "Now, you just simmer down. I am the real thing. Its' you to the wings while I take a slice of the limelight," with the result re-sult that the next day down comes a message to the effect that the Pacific Northwest Baseball league may yet be enlarged" to eight clubs for next year, as at the annual meeting of the directors the motion to admit Salt Lake and Ogden was "laid on the table," and it was predicted that the matter would be brought up again at the meeting next January. A dispatch also said: "Members of the board show little doubt about the admittance of the two Utah towns on the January date. In the first place, Ogden was not represented at the meeting meet-ing and Salt Lake did not make the proper showing. show-ing. Buck Weaver, the manager of the Salt Lake team, will go to his home town to complete arrangements ar-rangements for the deal. He is sure that he will be able to get the proper backing for Ogden and give the league directors such convincing proof of their worth that there will be no trouble. The prospects of an eight-club league next year are good." So it will be seen that there is still hope. Prol. Weaver will be used as the blind for the grafting parties who are back of the scheme, with Borchers handling the ribbons over the "old hoss" and, so it is rumored, acting tor Harry Joseph in the deal. He and Buck are to split the money over and above expenses, after the men in on the game have taken out their bit, and will be allowed five thousand shares of the stock apiece on the side. So to those who claim that the "Chief" has no finger in the pie, there is his part of the proposition. propo-sition. Unless there is a material change in the "power behind the throne," support from the better portion por-tion of the local fans will not be forthcoming, for they have been tossed once and will be very leary of trying the same brand a second time. What is needed is an astute manager to guide things, with from ?8000 to ?10,000 placed right in his mit to start with. In order to compete with any of the Northwest teams, Salt Lake must have fast ball players, and to get them one must spend the coin, 'lhis business of picking up young players and trying to whip them into something like a championship cham-pionship team is all bad dope. Both in Salt Lake and Ogden there must be teams that will come close to standing at the top of the list, as a losing club will get nothing but "knocks" and glacial glints from the fans. The football season is now off for the wire, and a pretty race is looked for in this State between the University of Utah, Logan Aggies and the National Na-tional Guard. Coach Holmes is reported as saying say-ing that the last-named eleven will be one of the easiest arguments which the "Rah-rah" boys from the east bench will have this fall, but the coach, as usual, is playing pinochle with himself and leaving the high cards out, for the Guard bunch will give his pets the strongest surprise in their lives when the two teams come together on November No-vember 8th. Never mind how it will be done, but the walloping is coming so sure as Spalding makes football suits. This afternoon will be a good time to get a line on both the Guards and the Aggies' elevens, as they both mix at Walker's field this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Aggies met unexpected defeat at the hands of the Soldiers last Saturday, but put in a practically "sub" team, so they say. At any rate, the result of this afternoon's after-noon's contest will show what the lads from Cache valley have in the line of pigskin-chasers. If the Guards win, they will be the only team in the State which has not yet met defeat, with the ex- i L : t l9 ception of the University of Utah, so that when I r ,( , ,H these two elevens appear on the gridiron it will ' fH be a battle for your whiskers. The University I ' jjH plays the Soldiers at the new campus this after- i1 ,9 noon, and the writers of the football dope sheet are 1 ! jjH anxiously awaiting the outcome. ' I'M' H The Terrible Turk met his undoing at the . ' , .JH Theater last Monday night when he failed in his u H contract to throw four wrestlers in one hour's '. ,SH I, , r flH time, but he received a large and elegant double- f jj M cross from the quartette, as a big husky from Iowa ; i.l j H named James Galentine was rung in on him and ' '4 H stayed out the stipulated time. Galentine is a i' . ; ,(i'M wrestler of nearly twenty years' experience and f! . ! H came within an ace of tossing the Moslem gent. I ' ' t , ,a In fact, he got so chesty over his showing that he . , JH challenged the Turk, best two out of three falls, j , 'tH for any part of $500, an offer which the Turk ac- $ ), I j .jjH cepted Thursday, and the pair will meet at the If ( j 'fjH Theater next Thursday night. 1 j" j t; IH The weather looked threatening, but aside J I-jI'j'jH from a slight mist was favorable for the game for $ . H the golf championship. The gallery consisted of ,!' pi j'jH about twenty very much interested members of I jv jlH the club, who followed paitiently in the rear of the S jf1 '; 1JH players throughout the entire match. The match I M j jlH started off vigorously with the first hole tied in I Ijl L ' i9 four, and Channing won the second hole, followed I J .$H by Channing winning the third, which gives an a 1 1 ' fH idea of the closeness of the match. The garden ' j! I 'JH hole seemed to be Copp's hoodoo and the home j I'lxiwH hole Channings, Copp giving up the first hole fflA',! jjjH twice on account of poor drives, and Channing th xH failing to win the home hole at any time In the W k jL H four rounds. Copp's first round was made in 1 111 L i' H thirty-nine strokes, which is bogey. He followed I m ffi'JjH this the second round by thirty-six; thus the rec- W ,1 HH ords of the links were broken both for nine holes ' in lj i' H and for eighteen holes. Copp evinced considerable )t v 9 nervousness in the first round and, to the surprise 'i , vf $H I II of Channing'B friends, Channing, who was sup- H posed to be absolutely without nerves, showed the j . j' JH same symptoms in the second round. Thereafter Ifi I !H the players steadied down to their game. On the W KJ third hole Channing was so unfortunate as to ac- j ' lH cidentally hit his ball, which was lying in the g ' ' iWM hazard; the referee called it a stroke, which prob- dl'VliH ably prevented a tie on the hole and gave it to 81 iijH Copp. With but two holes to play and Copp dormy, jffH Copp topped his ball and landed in the bottom of f M4iM the gulch, failing to recover. Channing won the L U jjH thirty-fifth hole. This left Mr. Copp the narrow I $ f kJH margin of one up and one to play. A brilliant loft m If IH by Channing over trees came very near making 1 jlL JJ the game a tie, but the fall was a trifle too near j ( . fH the hedge for a creditable shot, and the final hole bR jH was tied in five, thus giving the match to Mr. m ' JM Copp, the champion of last year, by one up. It Wt) JH was great work, and both of the experts deserve W l' H all the good things that can be said of them. B; liH |