Show SPORTING SPLINTERS Tho practice hall was crowded last night with all tho teams taking part in tomorrow tomor-row a tournament and every man worked for all ho was worth Each practice pull is limited to ten minutes but tho time at the theatre is to be full thirty minutes There will be no monotony no waits no anything any-thing which can fail to enlist the attention of the audience from the opening to the closing of the theatre doors The newsboys each have a team sailing under the colors ol THE HERALD and Trib unc and their followers will bo there to applaud the little follows as the hemp works up and down with terrible uncertainty uncer-tainty The Scots havo picked tho flowers of the highlands and lowlands and the thistle will never bloom more beautifully than during the three nights contest England has a fine team which will respond to every command of their captain The struggle will bo as fierce as the time whon the red and white roses refused to grow together I The Canadians under McKinnon have been practicing constantly and everybody S regards them as a very strong team The army boys under Captain Riley reflect re-flect honor on themselves and on their uniforms and respond to every signal made by their captain the anchor man of the soldier team is one of tho best tuggers that over sat on the end of a rope The Danish Norwegian teams coming com-ing as they do from the cold and haroy north havealways been noted for their strength every member is a bundle of muscle and from start to finish ho pulls with all the strength at his command A special committee has been appointed to pet the champion of the world John L Sullivan to referee the tournament during dur-ing ono of tho last nights the mere mention men-tion of Sullivans name will crowd tho theatre the-atre from foundation to dome with eager excited humanity It is but justice to say in behalf of the management that no effort has been spared to secure the greatest aggregation of merit muscle and skill over gathered together to-gether under one roof in Utah Everything will be conducted in such away a-way aa to enlist tho attendance of all lovers of sport there will be no feature to which the most refined can take exception and there will be much to commend itsel to the intelligent men and women of our city cityTaken Taken all in all tho tournament will bo a reflection in our own day of the great Greek Olympian game where skill and merit won the applause of thousands At I the meeting the newsboys said their teams were as good as any in the business The captain of THE HERALD newsboys team BHid if their team won against the Tribune t THE HERALD would treat its team to tickets tick-ets to the theatre and give a supper afterwards after-wards it is thought the = Tdhllnc will hang up a similar prize for the newsboys pulling for it Tho great tournament takes place January 23 2G and 27 The following teams will pull the first night Scots vs Fort Douglas Canadians vs American Danish vs Norwegian Peter Mayer has poster a forfeit 5000 with the New York World for a fight with Sullivan but tho latter says he will not meet Peter Unless ho relents Mayer will claim the championship The Fencers club has been tho scene of some very spirited and well contested bouts lately The WilliamsGreggens match is still hanging fire |