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Show (hundred boys will i RUN IN RELAY TODAY i j Deseret Gymnasium and Boy Scouts j Will Contest in Long I Race. I ' "With both teams on edge, the relay race between the Deseret gym and the boy scouts will be run tins afternoon in the Deseret gym at 4 o'clock. The race Is hot ween fifty boys from the gym and ten lads each from the five stakes of the city, including Granite division. divi-sion. Each runner will go one lap, which will total approximately 3 miles for the entire race. The Deseret gvm has been selected and , the boys have been working hard to get in conoit hin for the event. Work has been carried on at the gvin for the last few days. With a large field to select the scout representatives from, it has been a hard job and the ones who will start will not be known until this afternoon. Each stake has one fast man and this combination Is expected to put up a good battle. A few years asro the first race of this kind whs held between thf Deseret gym and th Y. M. C. A., and proved a popular popu-lar affair. This year, with even more Interest, In-terest, the rivalry between the two teams is very keen anil the rcord established In the first r;ic will, nn doubt, be smashed. Each team has fifteen boys between 14 and lZ, while the other thirty-five are from to H. Immediately foUowinc the race a peanut pea-nut bust will be given bv the Deseret trvm to which all the youibs of the city are Incite! I o scramble for the nuts. T''.ree junior memberships to the gym, which will be concealed in the peanuts, will riovid the feature of this scramble. A large crowd is expected. |