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Show PREACHERS HURT IN 'WT CLASS Pastors Attempt Difficult Athletic Stunts and Four Are Injured; Y. M. C. A. Hospital Proposed. THE INJURED. The Rev. Benjamin Young (Methodist), (Metho-dist), contusion on left foot. The Rev. D. Arthur Brown (Baptist), abrasion above left eye. The Rev. J. K. McGilllvTay (Presbyterian), (Pres-byterian), ankle sprained. The Rev. Daniel M. Helmick (Methodist), (Meth-odist), sprained ankle. The pastor of mor." than one Salt Lake t'itv church will limp up to his pulpit dok tomorrow morning. His face is likely to betray physical suffering suffer-ing as the Sunday service wears on. and it is possible that some of the ser mons will be slightlv abridged. And it '? all hcause fifteen members of t he Ministers' association have formed a ' ' gvm ' ' class. The Rev. Mr. Young, pastor of the First Methodist church, was doing stunts on the horizontal bar the other day when he fell heavily to the flour. Since that time Mr. Young has walked with a cane. The Rev. Mr. Brown was indulging in rather violent exercise when his head collided with a Congregation;;! brother. There is now a scar en the forehead of the Fir?t Baptist 's pastor. The Rev. Sir. McGillivray. uperin tendent of Presbvtenan Sunday-school work in I'tah. fell. when s.-nr-hing around the track. The Rev. Mr. He! mick stumbled while engaged in vaulting vault-ing the leather horse. All of these accidents have occurred in the last two weeks. The preacher ' rlas was formed because of the conviction con-viction that in fighting the devil. pHvsi-c.-il. a well as spiritual, development . is a valuable asset. Three times a week Monda. Wednesday and Friday mornings the fifteen men of the cloth go to the Y. M C. A. gymnasium and are put through the paces by Director Brown The clergymen also have formed a basketball" team, which is seeking matches with sortie of the hc?t aggregations of plavers in the St.Vo. Meanwhile the Y. M C A. directors a'e considering the advisability of pj. tablihing an emergency hospital in connection with the institution. |