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Show If Snappy Items of Sports News II A1 Young has had an attractive of j fcrtt fight eJght-round scraps with H ijahtwcights in Louisiana.. He has not fj announced whether or not he will jj journey southward, a Tennis enthusiasts plan extensive tourneys for local courts during the coning summer. Several golfer are S renorted lo ho overhauling equipment I in't-reparation for early spring train j in'at the Country club links. I Jim Brown of the Ogden High school I is looked upon as a likely candidate 3 for the high jump position on Coach ' Douglas' track team this spring. I ,j Warden, former Standard sports writer, has offered lo donate a gold 5 nails' 10 tnc w,nne1' of the runner in JJf (he EastAVest Side marathon who ?A bea's the record established by War-J War-J den in Uie first marathon event held between the two schools. The run will I take place Mnrch 26, I' Prospects for an interesting football I season next year, especially in gamos between the Ogden High school and Weber college, are promising. 'l The Weber Division title was annex ed last evening at Drigham City when ' Homer Warner's hoop experts edged a : game from the Box Elder High scnool '; quintette by a score of 19-1S. Bingham easily defeated Murray by ; 55 tc 23, thus 'securing the flag for (ho Salt Lake division No. 2. . The game was .played at Bingham. 1 Payson was victorious over Spanish Fork, winning their game on the homo ! floor b a score of 20-12. The game I made Payson leader of the Nebo hoop I division. I NEW YORK, March C Umpir.3 W. G. Klem of the National league, will r' start onight on a swing around tb- IJ senior league training camps for ths purpose of instructing- the pitchers in I the new rules and regulations adopt ed at the recent meeting of the major leagues in Chicago. The laurels for the Alpine division were hctly contested, a single basket givir Pleasant Grove HI the victorv over the American Fork Hi. The j-.cori? was 19 to 17. PHILADELPHIA. March C Pete Herman, bantamweight champion, who was lo have met K. O. Joo O'Donnell, of Gloucester, X. J., here tonight in n six-round bout, was forced to cancel his engagement becauso of Illness He Is buffering from influenza. L )S ANGELES, March G- Enthusiastic Enthusi-astic receptions were given Jack Deru,psey, heavyweight champion, and Benny Leonard, lightweight champion.' eaoh. of whom boxed three exhibition rounds at a local arena tonight. Dmp-sey's Dmp-sey's opponent was Terry Keller of New York. Eddie Hanlon of Seattle opposed Leonard. MIAMI, Fla., March G. Two world's reecrds in power boat racing wero made here in the midwinter regatta, Hootier V covering the ten mile race for express cruisers in 19 minutes, S seconds, and Miss Nassau, owueO by C. 15. Johnson of Cleveland, making the two miles against time in two minutes 40 4-5 seconds. CHICAGO. March 6. Norman Rosr., representing the Illinois A. A., today cabled the association that he has es tablished a new world's record for on-; mile in a swimming meet at Sydney, N. S. W. Rosa' time was given in the cable as 22:5S, and the former record, held by Barney Kieran, an Australian, was given as 23:16. NEW YORK, March G. The executive execu-tive committee of the intercollegiate association of Amateur Athletics decided de-cided to recommend the holding of this year's annual championship meet at Philadelphia. An Important rcso'ution was adopted to the effect that ono-fou.th ono-fou.th of the gross gate receipts at thrre games be given to the American Oljmpic committee as a contribution from the I. A. A. A., to the OJyrapic fund. MANHATTAN, Kan., March 6. Mis souri University's basketball team lost for the first time this season, when ll was defeated here by the Kansas State Agricultural college, 29 to 22. Missouri, Mis-souri, which has won the Missouri valley val-ley conference championship, had won seventeen games and the game tocighi closed its season. |