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Show WILL SPORTSMEN OF UTAH DO BIT TOWARD OBSERVING NAT! SPORT WEEK? Surest Thing You Know, So Let's Get Busy; Siddoway Has Scheme to Provide Ducks for the Needy By W. D.B. ALMOST every state in the Union is making amftifre-m amftifre-m rntu for a general oWrvance of the "national sport week." Noveirfber 11 to 18, sot anitle for the purpose of getting out of sports and athlefirs eva-ryprTurr possible for the immense fund which is tqje rsised for the pnr- pose of providing retreat ion for the Yankees "over there." Several of our neighboring states are already setting their lines. Colorado is head over heels in its efforts of preparation. What will be t'tah's If th tnflu ban la lifted by that time w will simply have to do something. , and chances are that If this sreat. big trlotre state la one aroused properly It will do a whole lot. The war work publicity com mtt tees of the various states appear to he hand tins tha affairs for ths proposed week of benefit sport, but Inquiry illlcits ths Information In-formation hers that the no haa been ap proached on the subject from ihm national na-tional committee. , " Surely I'tah will be more than ready and willing to do its share. Every state In the union haa been esalled upon, or will be asked, to ar-' ar-' range aa varied a sport program as ta pneeible and In receipts from the va rtotia attractions going to the national the -boy "over there.4 At sanctioned events no war tax will be collected on the admlaslons. Nesj York City, for sn e sample, la putting on sn all-champion tnurnamsnt In which Willie Hoppe, Jess Wlllard. Jack Dempsey and ai&ny other tltleholdera will take part. States which already have made considerable con-siderable progress along the lines aug-! aug-! geeted have asked all college and high ; school football teams to stsge special ' ga7V.ee during that week or to give a percentage per-centage of the receipt a from their reaju-1 reaju-1 tar games to the good cause. Th feasibility of arranging boxing. ! wrestling, bowling, trap shooting, golf, I billiards and even baaelaMll attractions for the week should be taken under consld era I Ion hers without delay. a . |