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Show SAMUEL -NEWHOUSE OFFERS FINE PRIZE Magnificent Silver Tea Set to the Lady Winning at Tennis. TENNIS Is the fad. It has si ruck Salt Lakers on tho right spot, and Is here for the present season, with good prospects of becoming one of tho most popular of sporting pastimes. Tho ladles at the Country club who formerly for-merly took so much delight In wielding tho golf club havo now deserted It for tho racket. For the past month they have been playing tennis dally, with tho result re-sult that some of them have now become very expert. As to who Is the champion, no one knows n yet, but many people are anxious to find out. Among these Is Samuel H. Nowhouse, and so strong Is his deslro that ho has decided to arrange a tournament ana give tho victor a magnificent magni-ficent silver tea set. The prize is a very attractive one, and as a consequence most all of tho ladles havo decided to try their luck at swinging the racket. The B street tennis aggregation has been considerably strengthened of late by tho return of -several of lis best players. Mondav afternoon Frank Roberts, Utah's champion tennis player, made his first nppearanco since his return frcm his wedding wed-ding trip. Ho Phowed up In his old-tlmo form. In a hotly-contested robin, he was beaten by James Salisbury, who has just recently returned from Cornell, whore he won tho college championship In the tennis ten-nis singles. James Is a accompanied by his brother, Walker, who la also an expert ex-pert player. Ho won the loving cup offered of-fered by the B street club to the winner of the Fourth of July turnamcnt. Last Saturday Walker won out In a tennis tournament played at the Country club. Ills final competitor was Leon Chandler, who was not defeated without a very spirited contest. Tho prlzo offered was an antique silver cigarette case. The B street plays are planning for a big State tournament. In the Immcdiato future they Intend to call a meeting for the purpose of organizing teams throughout through-out the Slate. Tho Fort Douglas officers intend giving the B street aggregation n return match in tho near future. Just as soon as1 their courts aro in order Bicyclo Programme Tonight. Two redeeming exhibition motor races and a three-cornered unlimited team pursuit pur-suit race will constitute the features of tonight's bicyclo races. J. M. Chupman will make an effort to capture the world's motor-paced record. While training yesterday yes-terday afternoon he clipped several seconds sec-onds off tho present track record 1 -30 and It looks as though he could, by a llttlo extra work, capture the coveted world record mark. Earl Staley, who will rido a match motoi race with E. B. Heagren for a $200 side bet next Friday evening, will make his first appearance on his new motor. He will reel off several miles Just to show tho people that he can go somo. The three-cornered unlimited pursuit race will bo the exciting and novel event of the evening. Each team will start seventy-three yards apart and will keep on going until caught and pnssed. Tho riders are evenly matched and have pnlreri off as follows: S. V. Palmer and O. E. Emery, Orlando Stevens and J. P. Gunn and Holllster and Stavcr The other events will be: Two-mile lap handicap race, professional, twenty riders rid-ers startlngat once, mllo handicap, amateur; ama-teur; half-mllo open, amateur. Ball Game Thursday. Thcro will be no gnmes In tho Pacific National leaguo until Thursday. Tho Salt Lake team will stop In Ogden today and play a local aggregation, which hopes to skin tho Glmllnltca. There aro some who would believe this possible if tho Og-denltcs Og-denltcs were still captained by Glmlln, but such Is not tho case, and all looks well for tho Saints. Next Thursday afternoon tho Elders will line up against Reilly's Indians on the local diamond. In the last scries the Indians didn't give tho Elders oven a look In, but tho oracles have been consulted and announce that there is better luck in storo for the returned missionaries. |