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Show Once upon a time there was a ball player earned "Shine" Harmon .Now that Tv Cobb has signed we can all rest in peace, and there will be room for more new items than in the days gone by. Yea. Oswald. Herb Hester has a whole lot bfttir ball team than he has been rven credit for having. In fact, the team looks much stronger trssn at anv tine last season. There's nothing nicer than to have a ringside anas at a boxing show, and k.. whan imi set there find some lor Joe Tinker, and 1 certainly hope hi nulla Cincinnati into a good place. Ha Matty Baldwin a few days ago. Hi has drifted away from Alex MrLeer and is managing" himself Understand Heagren and Fowler have both traeJii this seaaon. They should do well Have an offer from Oreat Falls, ami may get back out west before loag. 1 note that Honest John has the baseball dub. I hope he make money, aa hi deserves to be successful because he ii always trying and hustling. Remember me to that old wooden head, Al Browo and the rest of the gang." boob that climbed through a window occupying it. It' too much. There was the usual cry of scandal and "robbery" after the recent hoot at Murray. A boxing bill such as that which passed tbe Utah legislature and was then vetoed by tbe governor would have obviated all this. Our idea of something really worth while would be a moving picture of the mirthful actions of the Oreat Falls bugs when thev learned of how tbeir new team handed trimming to the former Kleetries and other Skyscraper. Skyscrap-er. Now that Zbysxko ha trimmed l.e Maria he wiH be yelping hi bead off for a match with Frank Gotrh. Evi-dentlv Evi-dentlv he has been working with Assistant As-sistant Thief eTehuettler of Chicago, a he has annonaced that the toe hold would not be allowed in f'hieago again. Oreat mysteries John Mctioskev's age, Ty Cobb's salary, where the Skyscraper Sky-scraper will finish, who got that hundred hun-dred that was supposed to have been held oat for the four sporting editors, when Bob Oibaon will get into shape and when the weather man will get over his grouch. t It waa another case of too mueh Moe-tana Moe-tana la the Union association yesterday but there are better day coming. If we're going to lose them, let' lose them now. Heretofore Salt Lake has always takea every series ia the first five weeks at home aad then lost every aerie oa the first road trip. Perhaps these conditions will be reversed in 1913. N. T Graatnad, for year (porting editor of the Providence Tribune and a wall known handler of fighter la the east, is ia the eity aa proas man for the Hanky Panky show. Graaland waa the first man to see the possibilities in oar old friend Prank Mantell aad Peter Sullivan, and it was alao he who first handled Jack Brittoo. Granluad is also a thirty-third degree bieyele fan and numbers among his close friends all of the bike stars who are so well known la this neck of the woods. It kar been quite awhile bow since the aame of the famous colored chant pion heavy weight of the world has appealed la the newspaper, bat he "busted" In again last week, aad, eat-uraltv eat-uraltv enough. In connection with eotae violation of law, which Is the best thing he doe, by the way. The gov eminent got after him thi time aad -the dusky gentleman soon found out that the little old Unite.) States had a "wallop" In both hands It cost him 1000. but he lost more than that amount when, true to hia nature, he tried to put the blame on his dead wife! Some beings do that sort of thing habitually. They are seldom elaaeed among men. A real sport is a man all aerve. but who never shows them. A real sport Is the man who stands the gaff without a whimper, never forgetting for a moment, mo-ment, however, that other opportunities are coming. A real sport is a true sport aad ao embellishment or refinement refine-ment of language would convey a better bet-ter ateaaing. The world applauds a player who loaes a game of baseball without going into a fit. It claps it hands st a fighter who, putting up a a-ame bout, fail to get the decision. It cheers a football team that's game but conquered. Aad so it goes' The world makes noise over a good sport who trie hi best aad falls. Since his return from Seattle, Man ager liarry Hcagren of the Salt Palace bike track has become busier thaa the one armed bill poster in a gale of wind. He has signed up a good striag of sprinters, par makers and pace follower, follow-er, and, if the weather permits, be may decide to opea the seaaon eae week earlier than usual this season May 25. Amoeg the boys Heagren has signed to date are: Ned Young, last veer's ama teur champion; Aubrey Taylor, amateur ama-teur champion of Australia: R. Finlcv. pace following champion of Autralia; Eddie Root. Harvev Wileox. Kraak i avanaugh. Gordon TValker. Walter Pe Marn. Musty Crabs. Rav Duer, W and T. Samuclson. Lloyd Thomas Grassv Rvau. J. A. McNeill. Kred Whittlef. Clem Turvilie. Tommy Morgan and a number of other "far markers." Tur ville. Whtttler and T. Mamuelsoa will be the pace makers in the motor paced races at the saucer, while DeMara, Pin lev. Duer. Root, Wilcox. Walker. Oeb and several other will be behind the machines. Whlttler and Mceill will No ride ia class A at the Wandamcre motordrome. McXamara. Correy and I we others of the Australian stars who leaded at Vancouver yesterday, will pas through the cttv en route east next ! week, and Heagren feels that he asavl possibly ladnee the whole string to rentals re-ntals ever here for the 1S13 season in stead of going to Newark - Here we have a rather interesting let ter from Charley Porter, dated New York, April tt: "Ne. really, I ass aot dead; just didn't get around to writing ere this. Mae got hack from Europe be other day and is aow visiting in Buffalo. He had a good winter across the pond, and Goullet is alao richer thaa wheat you saw him. Mac la uader contract con-tract to Mi bio aad Chapman for four months, begianiag May 1. His position is manager aad it ia for a big salary. He may. I hear, rue tracks at Xew Haiea aad Provideace. 'Rnwhtde' Kelly will be here aext were with 'Babe' Pieate. who threatens to be the aext feather weight champion. This tew is wild ever Prank kan'e. Xext to Camaee the fans are pulliag hardest |