Show WINTER SPORTS OBTAIN Basketball Hockey and Indoor Baseball Base-ball Now the Go Basketball I hookey and Indoor baseball base-ball arc attracting tho attention of tho athletes In this city at present and If the strong talk floating around holds good tho winter months will bo enlivened by somo mighty good sport along those llncB The recent cold snap has resulted In bringing forth all kinds of worldbeaters In tho skatIng line and tho various portIng port-Ing goods houses did a land office bust ness yoslerdav In disposing of oamplco of theIr stock in tho atcol runners lIne The majority of tho skaters found the best skating out at tho now rink at Agricultural Agri-cultural park although a largo number migrated to tho Icy surfaces down at the corners of Ninth and Tenth South and State streets A meeting will be held this week to frame up a schedule of games for tIle championship of tho city and It Is possible that by Sunday tho nockcy ncason will be In lull swing As to Indoor baseball the gamo blun fair to provo ono of the most popular of tho winter pastimes At the armory last evening a short practice game was played between picked teams one of which was captained by Farmer Fred Smith of football fame and the other by Scott Grocsbcck It was simply a cort or tryout try-out for tho numerous players desiring to mnko a plnco on ono of the nines Battery Bat-tery A will organize a club alno tho signal sig-nal service corps and from what players I are left the Guards will make up a nine Basketball will not start for ut least l a couplo of weeks an It will tako that tlmo for the teams to obtain their equipment equip-ment and get In shupo for tho coming grind Teams arc being worked up at the I L D S National Guard Y M C A All HaHowa and U of U Handball nt Y M C A Handball Is becoming n favorite sport among the members of the Y M C A and the games arc being pulled off every afternoon and evening In the gymnasium Yesterday Hugh PJppelo defeated Evans three straight games by scores of 2MO 21JI 210 l Prof Daniels also won out Irom Fisher with tho totals of 21S 2110 2111 The Indoor baseball nine will be started up some tlmo this week as an unexpectedly unexpect-edly largo number of tho members of tho association have applied to tho accrotary Jfor tho promoting of the gume New Orleans Races New Orleans Ln Dec 35 Crescent I City results I First race six furlongs Meran won Major Tenny second l Arontc third Time 12125 Second race selling mile Shandonflold won Optimo second Athoola third Time 119Third Third nice six and ah nit furlongs Tho Caxlon won Tom Kingslcy second Lord Neville third Time 129 Fourth race seven furlongsJohn Pc ters won V J DebOG second Echodale third Time 143 So Fifth race selling six and a half fur longs Harry Wilson won Doeskin second sec-ond Yalpa third Time 12025 Sixth race mllo and a sixteenth sell ing Flaneur won Shut Up second Joe Dougherty third Time 201 I To Cut Out Small Purses San Francisco Dec GThe new Call fornia Jockey club today Issued an announcement I an-nouncement claiming Jurisdiction over nil running racing In this State with tho exception ex-ception of those races run at country and Stale fairs Jt announces that other tracks must secure llcenso or bo out lawed The action Is taken tho jockey club says to prevent races for small purses and syndicate betting Fighters to Train at Cincinnati Now York Dec lliJ3oth Young Cor bell and Terry McGovorn have decided to train at Cincinnati for their light In Detroit next mt nth McGovcrn has left for the Queen City He will bo trained by Charley In > hood and will do his work In his old quarters Corbett will leave shortly for Cincinnati Harry TuthlH will look after the Denver boy during his training |