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Show Battle of Century Looms in C. C. 'Barnyard Ping Pong' Tournament eaeaeMaass.esaaMaews. mil ,li'i vea - ' ?t Th battle of the century well, of th last two day wa being lined up Tuesdsy. The gsge wss picked up by th governor of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce Tuesday, Tues-day, when it wa dropped with a clank by director di-rector of th Ogden chamber.' The challenge, addressed to Marion C. Nelson, Salt Lake City chamber president, and signed by lRoy B. Young, head man of the Ogden boosters, wa for a "duel of horseshoes," which local governor took to mean a horseshoe tourni-ment, tourni-ment, a th horseshoe Is not widely renarded a a deadly weapon against today' hirdboiled business man. Gu P. Backman, secretary of the local chamber, cham-ber, said the challenge, which was for February 13, dste of Ogden't livestock show, wss quickly accepted by the governor, chiefly because of the heady overtone in th Ogden note. "Since Ogden became the fastest growing city in America we left you people (Salt Lakers) far behind," the challenge declares, and offer to live Salt Lake City an opportunity to regain, n a messure at least, some of th glory that was her. This, of course, wa a bombshell among th governor. "Whoever," one governor asked, who urged that hi nam and quoits be kept out of this, "hesrd of prowess in barnyard pingpong being regarded mark of community excellence?" Somebody else suggested that in Ogden they must nay more tttention to things bucolic than do Sslt Lakers. "They did that- deliberately," nolher governor gover-nor charged. .'The last time they ebrted di- I rectors they chose them with an eye to their skill in horseshoe pitching. They did that deliberately de-liberately to embarrass us." HERBERT A. SNOW Practices ringert for horsesho test |