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Show RIGHT OFF THE BAT. Senior handball games at the T. M. C A. are coming down to thin skin. Richardson Rich-ardson took a fall out of Rlppeto in the seml-flnala, and the Fanning brothers. Stewart and SchneJl, are putting up a real game. Schnell plays T. J. Fanning. Stewart Stew-art goes up against Cox. and the winners buck against each other before the end of this week. Basketball Is the thing at the local high school. Admission will be sought Into the State league, and a permanent organisation organisa-tion Is likely to be eipected In a short lime, maybe before then. That old eligibility stump Is likely to cause a few cues words at the conference here Saturday of representatives of educational edu-cational Institutions in the Intermountaln country. It pays to be a baseball backer or officer. offi-cer. Ban Johnson almost starves to death on $15,000 a year: Larry Lajole manages to get along on $7000; Muggsy McOraw gets 10. 000 plunks and growls for more; and Mathewson, the great twlrler, pulls down $4000 per. Fine business! New York Giants are going to slufT Salt Lake City In their practice and exhibition tour of the country, and are going straight through these woods to Los An-gohrs, An-gohrs, where they'll hang out until March. Arh Tonle! Hans Vogner of Pittsburg Pitts-burg took charge of the sporting sheet of a dally pacer there a few days ago, and has had the headache ever since. He said, among other bright sayings, that "the only thing I can enlighten youngsters young-sters on Is to tell them to pick out a spot an.) tJien smash the sphere. In other word.- hit them where they ain't. " rantre proved too hard to buck against last night in the basketball game between the Cranlte "Stakers" and the business bunch ,f th Y. M. C. A. Tho rocks fell on tho busy lads 24 to II. Lmas. president of the Northwestern Baseball league. won't do It resign. Portland won't come in unless he gets out and there you are. Willie Dugan. well-known hike rider, will go to Australia to rae this season. He's too heavy to roll around In this country. Terry Mciovern. poor Terry, receive.! almo.sr Jll.nun from his benefit performance perform-ance In New Vork Cltv last night But that won t make him any brighter. W T Baker, a 1'nited States sailor laddy . is out with a challenge to fight anv HI pounds on land. He's said to be a hunch of muscle and chain lightning, and tho .N'io Yawkers are making a "miwful" fi.ss over him. |