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I fit sf q M CAN HE STAY UP Tony Tony- Salt Lakes Lake's newest newest newest new new- est prospect for national honors in baseball is lacing facing a rather rathel stern stem proposition next spring when h he goes Into training camp with th the New Kew ew York Yankees Further he 1 is facing a II still stin tougher task when ho makes his bow before the dia- dia mond wise fans at the Yankee sta sta- chum lum Tonys Tony's serious problems haven haven't been created all by himself U II IU IUIs 1 Is Just another of the many young youn victims of exceptional publicity His record-breaking record feat of knocking out more home runs than any other person In the world has been broadcast far and wide through the major league cities They haven't taken Into consideration however that his home runs were made in a II season tt that lt took In more than games and that the long lent clouts were made under rather pe peculiar pecullar pellar pe- pe culiar cullar conditions Tony knocked a flock of his homers In the Salt Lake park where the Ute atmosphere Is 17 per cent lighter than any prominent prominent nent baseball town Further the park is small and combined with the he rare atmosphere too the ball traveled traveled trav tray out of it frequently Even Heinle Heinie Sand has knocked a home run here They're not taking that fact Into consideration in the East They're Riving giving Our Tone the same ame deal they have given other priced high minor l league sue stars such as Willie Willie Wil Wil- lie He Kamm Jack Bentley Wayland Vayland Dean Jimmy OConnell O'Connell and others So o in addition to being compelled t ta make good in compan company com corn pan pany Tony will also find himself with with a great reputation to live up lip to to Few rew say anything about what wha is Tonys Tony's greatest claim to 0 fame Came aine During the past season he made a minor league record that thaI stamps tAmps him as the goods During Durin the season geason he batted in runs run and at the same time scored 20 himself making him responsible for runs or 01 more than two a game for tor ar every game in which ha he took part That is a remarkable con con- If It every man on the thet t team am did as much there wouldn't tie be e an any reason in the world why Salt Lake shouldn't be as far ahead of San Francisco as an airplane Is ahead of a one one-hoss shay Tony will be in direct comparison compari compari- son with Babe Ruth that famous Sultan of ot Swat when he reaches his pew new pasture That's going to tomake tomake tomake make it still sUIl tougher However Tonys Tony's record for tor hard and timely is good and if he is able to keep his head had hell he'll make good Joie Joe Ray is said to be be ready to leave the amateur ranks to make some money Then we must have been all wrong in our assumption of where the money was to be bo made THE RACING SITUATION Judge L. L B. B Wight of ot the district dis ds- ds- ds court yesterday Just about waded through complicated legal entanglements involving the racing situation in this city To forestall action of city officials against racing rae rac ing the Utah State Fair Fall association association association tion and the Utah Agricultural and RacIn Racing association which were partners In the racing project flied filed action asking for an injunction prohibiting city officials from in interfering interfering interfering in- in with the races Th The in injunction n- n junction was refused That does not necessarily mEn that there will be no racing next year The two parties in the ac ao action tion were in court during the past week submitting proposed sed drafts of findings in the case cage the city endeavoring to prove that mu pari-mu- tuel playing was a game of chance with the racing officials Ing lag to get the court to state that it was a game of skill to pick sae trie winners in a race Inasmuch as two different proposed findings 0 o of fact in the case were submitted a hearing will be given both parties 1 before Judge Wright Wight writes his re rev report re et v port rt of the case case If It the racing fraternity v su ut fd d din in proving that pari Investments Investments' investments invest Invest- ments ments' are a game of skill It w wIll wll 11 do much toward preserving the sport of kings which was so poplar popular popular pop pop- ular lar last year for this city Even in the event the city sees fit to bar horse racing here there will be nothing to prevent the hobing holdIng holdIng hold hold- Ing of ot the races at the Lagoon mile me plant next summer In any event it is likely that t tb tbs state will see some racing before the summer p passes ss s. s A BIG BIRTHDAY January 1 in the racing world was the biggest birthday of the year It marked the change in aga aD of every horse upon every track in inthe inthe the world To enable the fans and racing of officials of- of to accurately determine the tl-e age of a running horse throughout the world to keep an accurate account of the age of a thoroughbred the exact date of its birth is disregarded and all thoroughbreds thoroughbreds thoroughbreds thor thor- age one year on January 1 Thus yesterday all yearlings be became became be be- came 2 years old and thus by racing racing rac rae ing rules are eligible for running in the year old events Likewise all year olds become year olds and are eligible for events for 3 year-olds year or older Yearlings are not allowed in competition and 2 year-olds year are m made de eligible for events of their class NEW YEAR 3 Many of or the year olds which raced at qt the Salt Lake tra s arnow ar arnow now seniors in the racing lacing game with the ol oM older They must enter entel u r horses I Kaliko aliko Baggage King Don K Swift Star Ir Irish ih Bee Letter Six Guinea Gold GOd Fore j Flyer Hyer Aggie A. A Flaxseed Kala- Kala kaua and other stars of ci the year old division now step tep out with their elders for tor the keener competition r m rJ J Sunny Jim Coffroth owner J of the Tijuana track makes it a I i practice every year to make a birthday present to all of the year olds at the track Last Friday he ho loaded four or five I hundred pounds of loaf sugar into his car and made the rounds of the tho stables congratulating congratulating lating the thoroughbreds upon the bi big bia event |