Show SKATERS START STUNTS Take Possession of All the Ponds in City Limits r JACK FROST NOW KING Hockey Clubs Being Formed at Many Institutions New Rink at Agricultural Park This I Season Bert llrrrgetts to Be in Charge Other Sport Yesterday afternoon witnessed the real opening of the Ice okntlnd In this city Iud hundreds of tho devotees of tho report tool advantage of the big freeze of Saturday night nnd Sunday to burnish up their footIrons mid break Into one of the mopt glorious of winter sports Every little old patch of Ice was seized upon by anyone who owned a pull of tho steel runners the majority of tho skaters however congregating nt the main stamping grounds nt tho corner of Tenth South and State Heath s surface near Ninth South Fourth North nnd Fifth WcGt nnd nt the opening of the new rink at Agricultural park which will be under tho supervision this fall of Bert Margot Tho Ice was not In any too good condition l condi-tion at nny of these places but If I the present cold snap keens up tho chasers of the elusive puck and those pcdalera of tho Irons who simply follow the pastime for the pleasure to be gained from the nervetingling sensations and excitement derived from gliding over the smooth Icy I surfaces of the different rinks in the exhilarating ex-hilarating exercise will be ITIn capital letters during the next couplo of months From the present outlook the main resort re-sort of the skating public will be at the Agricultural park rink where tho ground 1 Inside the rails circling tho polo of tho raco track has been flooded and will bo the scene of the championship matches In the hockey lea lw this winter Jn cn > o tho hydrants give out tho management has provided for such an emergency with a system of their own whereby they can bring up water from the river which rune In close proximity to tho grounds to flood the surface of the rink The lighting facilities could not bo bettered alnco tho additional arc lights hao been placed around the arena A meeting of the various clubs who have signified their Intention of becoming members of the hockey league will be called for some evening this week and the championship series will be running full time by next Sunday A movement Is on foot In Fort Douglas to organize a hockey team to compete with the teams of this city In match games Upward of one hundred soldiers gathered on the little fountain lake ycB lerduy afternoon nnd went through the usual man euvers wtlh the crooked cluba preparatory to the forming of a team forming Many of tho soldiers showed Iemnrlc blo skill In manipulating the sticks and tho beet of theee will bo selected l later when the game has somewhat advanced In town and tho dealing season has bucomo better bet-ter The pond at the fort offers an excellent ex-cellent spot to play the game and It Is posslblo that If ugiecablc to the city teams the soldiers will enter the lenguc Hockey clubn arc to be organized at tho National Guards L D S High school All Hallows Salt Lake Business college and perhaps the University of Utah |