Show t Backseat B r t I Divin 13 i By FRANK R K BAKER R RT T Telegram Sports Editor Park City will be the hub around which the newly Y formed ice hockey league will operate according to Robert Rob Rob- f tr f ert T. T Meyer the hockey booster who expects to see his projected long-projected circuit get under way Sunday with six teams Four of the expected six clubs are slated to hail from Salt Lake City but with ice lee conditions likely to be far more dependable dependable depend depend- able at Park City than here a big share of the games will probably probably probably proba proba- t bly bo be played at the silver mining city The blade artists at Park City have flooded the softball p park ark there theta and Ivi Meyer eyes reports that the lights used for softball r will l provide splendid illumination for hockey And he believes k f that a great many fans tans will find it convenient to watch the ther ther r names games from their own autos parked around the ice I Meyer ha has been talking and boosting for tor an ice hockey league ever since he moved here from Idaho a couple o of years Fears ago alo Prior to that he had lived in Canton Ohio and played p on several northern Ohio clubs which alternated between outdoor and ami indoor rinks r t- t Uncertain ice conditions have discouraged a lot of skating skating- and hockey programs here in the past and so long longas as the skaters must use outdoor rinks locations like Park City Brighton and Alta Aha become imperative iye because of the more dependable ice Skating enthusiasts have had to post- post pane their tournaments hockey matches and eX 1 s so 50 repeatedly here In in the past that they they've ve all but given up I The city rinks boast splendid skating conditions a big share share 1 of the thc time but the uncertainty of ample ice on a given given date d te has made it difficult to set seta a tournament date and go head ahead on final preparations with confidence c it can be held f. f as ns scheduled I I Meyer and his associates have arranged to play matches on I local rinks and at Park City simultaneously They hope also alsoto alsoto alsoto to include Logan in the circuit If the ice should soften on local rinks the local matches will be transferred to Park City as part of a doubleheader Skating interest is mounting almost most as fast as that in ski ski- ing These two great outdoor sports go hand in hand and the new rink at Brighton is proving about as as popular as the ski slopes It is a frequent practice for the outdoor fans going to this winter resort to divide their afternoon and evening between z the two pastimes Although no official statement has been issued the Winter I Sports association is expected to develop a huge skating pond at Alta by another season I l i George II II Watson Altas Alta's celebrated mayor major or and atHI ski k bug says sas it wont won't be such a big undertaking either cither A shallow lake Jake can be backed up behind an earthen dam 1 It'll be a comparatively comparatively- easy cas matter to flood Hood from above at ats s regular intervals and the ice at that altitude altitude feet feet leet- will vi l tree freeze e sufficiently to support a tractor for tor shoving the new snot snow off the ice 4 P Even if palatial indoor rinks seem out of the reach 4 right now Utah skating fans can have a flock of fine rinks S by putting in a few improvements and letting nature do dothe dothe the freezing And if the rigors of the outdoor t temperatures tempera tempera- tures turCS appear too severe for large gatherings of fans it would j be comparatively clr simple to erect makeshift shelters against the wind if the crowds should merit them |