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Show I SPORTING GOSSIP. That light at Ogdon, between George Gardner nnd Billy Stlft must have been a jolly old thing to look at 6no of the dally papers charges that It was "framed up" for Gardner to win, during the time the principals were kicking about the gate receipts. It must have been that the Ogdon people had a hunch that there was going to bo a fake, because, despite tho advertising the affair received; despite the efforts of tho barkers at tho door who wanted people to come In and got a good seat early, tho crowd was a slim ono. Tho men showed up poorly, neither man doing any work wotrh mentioning, although tho Tribune Trib-une presented its readers with a diagram dia-gram of tho blows exchanged. Such contests as this ought to bo stopped. What's the uso of humbugging tho people any longer? We haven't had a good contest slnco Nelson beat Spider Welch. Wo cannot blame Fltzslmmons for leaving. Ho saw how things wore going and declined to take a chance. All this talk about Fltz being afraid of Schreck is rot', j And now we are to have Dave Barry and Schreck. Any old thing for a fight. From tho champion of the world to a third-rater! Rats! This afternoon and tomorrow the Salt Lake team and tho Ogdon club 1 will play here at tho park. It will ! doubtless bo a good game The boys left hero are full of ginger and want j .to play. Salt Lake City likes to see 1 good ball games. Tho people will pat- j ronlze good ball. Wo advise them to ! go to tho games, and wo advise the 1 players to get busy, because when snappy, gingery ball Is played the spectators aro delighted. Under the new arrangement games will bo played here Saturday and Sunday, and 1 at Ogden Wednesday and Thursday. I If will bo a good thing for both towns 1 to patronize tho games, for by so do- 1 Ing they will encourage the players, the people behind the players and the men with the money. Next year we will doubtless bo traveling In bettor company. The opening of tho now road gives us a chanco to get In with Los Angeles and San Francisco, In a leaguo . with a standing to it. Help out base ball. A town without base ball Is a dead ono. A town with base ball players of ability Is marked in black letters on all maps. A town 1 without a ball team Is usually a , whistling station, while a town with a good team Is mentioned In the papers every day. Hero's luck to the Salt Lake baso ball team! Big Chief Rcilly has an action '!;' '; against tho management of tho local team for salary, at tho rate of ?400 ;-! .;; per month for soven months. Still, .' , there wore somo people who contond- B -1' ed that Salt Lake wasn't paying sal- 5? arles. Four hundred dollars per 5, r j month for playing about four games ' a week is a mighty good salary. There . jVf' are plenty of us who would play two ' " ' games every day In tho week for ?400 , '. . per month. |