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Show EIGHT OFF THE BAT. t i . V . One side won't have anything to say ! thia afternoon in the basketball game i between the Granite Stakers ana the ' Dumb lads at Ogden. Some of 'em eaa , do a whole lot of damage with their ; hands. x Bobby Walthour, crack bicycle, i rider, was voted the most popular bik- i iat in Paree. Bobby is from Atlanta so is Johnny Chapman nuf sed. . Jack Palmer is crossing' the briny 'deep these days and is gtoing to land t here with a chip on his shoulder for Jack O'Brien or Tommr Burns. The (chip won't last long, ne'ither . will Pal-i Pal-i mer. ' . W. W. Coe of Boston broke the eight-V eight-V pound shot record yesterday by throwing throw-ing it 63 feet 1 inches. Beans and ' brown bread stick to the ribs. ' ; If there 's a dog heaven. Prophet Joe, . , one of the best bow-wows in town, '11 surely go there, providing he comes back from the Denver dog show, with a blue ribbon on his neck or tail. Dog-, Dog-, ' matism will not stand in the way, T' rr will doggerel. ' . Jobablea and Possibles, two teams belonging to the Salt Lake socker football foot-ball league, played a practice game this afternoon at 3-o'clock on the Tower grounds. Eighth and B streets. The best , ones will be selected to take part in the game with the Eureka outfit for the State championship cup. A meeting will be held tomorrow night at No. 63 East .First South street, to talk things over. . - -. I Contracts will probably be signed this afternoon by Coach Maddock of the U and Santschi of the High Schoolers, to ,play five practice .baseball. games early in the season. C. F. B. Alexander and H. H. Hackett won the finals in the indoor tennis tour- v lament at New York Isst night. Payne Whitney, racquet champion of 1903, was defeated last night bv R. B. Bincke, national champion. Whitney is going to raise a racket because Brooke of Philadelphia is going to play, off with Fincke. . Rome more fish and game talk will take place tomorrow., night between committees so-named in "the House and . in the Senate.' Next week the public will have a chance to et a word in. Tonight is the night Jack O'Brien 11 get his. Handsome Jack is going up against George Brown, Jim Tremble and, another hard hitter, and guarantees guaran-tees to put 'era awav in less than six ' rounds. Jack- has $5000 which says he can do the job. Betting is even on - the event, which takes place at Los Angeles. An-geles. Joe Walcott is going to knock the pots off of old Uncle Tom. The black ' demon is going to go fin the stage and take the part of the old gentleman, and thatens to become a-a-a-a-a real actor f Uube Turner and Cyclone Thompson eoraJy together tonight at Marvsville, . for a purse of $2000 and a joblot of glory. The fight ought to be a mighty good one. |