Show I Weeks Week's Sport Gossip r By Bv Walter D. D Bratz Now hiring rill I tb the lull that has hall followed declaration of ot war r the I Ethiopian rUN race two to of ot the l ser Ir lights Battling Nelson Nhon and in pu pugilism Packey ar f are engaged n a in a little squabble which II bv liv the way i ill becoming he be coming monotonous I antI and lii Ins bill dearest have e bees haggling back haek anti lul forth for the weeks un ami I the fans tn know I nothing more now than the they did before simply shealy because neither of th the ru pugs overanxious l to Dle meet t the other Nelm Nel- Nel m so 08 announces that he lu will not meet Me- Me c- c Jl d on the th original date set Bet July Tuly 5 and end basi Insists on un setting it hack baek to tu Septem- Septem Of course McFarland cannot I fore foi Kelson to m meet t him the I latter latto date and he is compelled to he be begoody I I goody good but he be is doin doing more than hi his bill I hut of talking in io the meant meantime ime After AlTer the strain atrain that bad had attended 1 long silence Hence the fans needed just jUd mob JUab noh comic tomic opera junk as these two li lightweights h weights are putting on 00 1 Yer er a coward oward I can cnn lick liek yer ver whole family famil the knight o of the tin oar ear 4 thou dost doit fear my mci prow prow- urns the debonair St. St Patrick I. I k Yards H W e believe you both murmur too the oo n people Ones One's afraid and tile the theother oth other t That That's about th the extent of their bloodthirsty conversation It takes a adash dash dub of c color colo- lor to make the fight game me I interesting I firmly believe e that Nelson will vet yet live H up to hi his bis agreement and fi fight ht SIc Me- Farland July 5 not because ho he would not like lite to call MU it oil off and fi fight ht Johnny Thompson instead but because he be fears the placing of his bis name on tim tho blacklist f held by James W. W the Fri Frisco co promoter who is ie planning to stage the event e There is but one reason wh why Coffroth is fooling with Nelson now That is because be and can an cause ause the Dane is the champion dictate to those who would woul fight for forthe forthe forthe the title If Nelson elson were not title titleholder titleholder titleholder holder he would have been blacklisted when ho he first refused to keep his bis agree ree agreement ment meat to tight fight McFarland but as long longas nA nAas as he holds the tho title Coffroth will ha have e eto to be careful how be he handles bandies him Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son is a bad man to deal with and his isis manager Willus Britt is another bullheaded bull- bull bullheaded headed fellow who generally does things to suit euit Wilma Willus Britt and no one else But if it Nelson does not g give go o Me- Me rc Farland a battle on July 5 as was first Announced it is a a. certainty that Cof Cof- Coffroth froth roth will not have bae anything more to todo tolo lo do with the champion That is is s a bad or Nelson Coffroth is one ono of the d prominent fi fight bt promoters in int inthe tin the t hp world today tolay and he must be re re- by bv fighters fighter When in ill Chicago the tho other da day dy Nelson Nel el son announced the schedule ho he intends to t is ia t to fi ht t Dick Hyland in n Colma May 29 h f Thompson ninety ninety- ni ci n Colma and Packey tc arland fri fn forty five y-t y ve rounds or more September r 9 0 in m olma Colma He Ife al alto also o states that h ho bl ha has a i tw twenty ot weeks' weeks theatrical engagement scheduled dult d to take place after th the McFarland fi fight ht at 1 1250 50 a I week Pretty soft for Bat who Ils used d dt t to fight around t these ht 1 c parts for a ham sandwich and cup of coffee This hite schedule may mav st stick tk and it may mav not n Coffroth in th the m meantime antime is n not t worrying a II bit about Nelson esou refusing to M k keep his hill ori original inal 5 a engagement with McFarland Coffroth has the signed articles in hi his possession and lI McFarland has bus posted the money but Nelson ha has bas not The side bet is I is wise wise in lett letting D Nelson go o ahad with tho the light When the he gate receipts are are re counted up Cof- Cof can cao simply limply take of it and post Kolson's forfeit for the tho McFarland ight li without Nelson havin having his fins on onI I the li hr change This would we cause canse a great reat to be set up by Bat Bat but unless h c to sets gets hi his cash before he be enters the i ring ing Ma May Mav 21 that may be he the tb thing D Cof- Cof troth roth w will n do Coffroth is iR advertising in the rho Nelson McFarland-Nelson battle for July Tul 5 i just as if the trouble between Nelson Kelson ii and nd McFarland never occurred and in ill all probability it will win be pulled off if ife e off roth i ia determined to have it Ho Ito Hohas has a lot of in influence with Nelson and can caD win him bun over The much talked of Johnson Burns fight p pictures have ha been in our midst but they have demonstrated and shown hown as us nothing new new except except that Burns Borns was merely a plaything at the hands of Johnson Jhu Remember its it's 3 o'clock 0 clo Sunday af- af aft t OD doing but bat baseball and the I season has baa scarcely begun What Wha i ill ia it tO D to tot Ov Farnsworth G 1 is still looking for forr i. i r ball player Get one that tbt can canEd c Ed get one ODe that eta can clout Utah hopes to beat at Stanford next weak Tha That That's s 's 5 good news Dews aia m ia is the greatest baseball ith a t who vho ever 8 gripped a D. baseball h t I in S Salt Lake But let 1St him lose a abe abell ll be be a lobster Mormons the the be Samuel Samuel- eOs ar r t to be taking care of them them- BelY Angeles V Waiter De e Mara Mra Iara showed the fans faull av the Oae Pola that he ho can ride some after afi aU 1111 U at Paris Faria the other da day Oh Oh Salt SaI Lake h high rh school ached ha has apparently the dip state track au and ml l field eld ta d aW away meet aln dY Give a care are Decoration I ration day dar draws nigh the ita for the b bike ke game amp here bere are getti brighter evor every minute Welcome Clyde Hull Hall We MU can ut ue u o oyon yon s-on sonto to good nta ad advantage Frank will imagine n he be is fain faina facing a wrestling class dass when bE he casts his lamps over oyer the bun bunch b of Gf sturdy athletes ath sIb I letes that Heairren rn has bas picked for him dot Clet let a few more Harry and nad let lets let a hang bang aco EO OB on him bUll This Thim old town is surely lw beginning iun D to took look like a real horse race town Have BaTe von you noti noticed the attendance figurs fig fig- urs orl's in the Intermountain league thus I far fad They must be encouraging n to the tb pro pro- I meters This is the time to make nay hay while the sun SilO shines however beI because be- be I cause ause when the resorts resort are all aU open the crowds will bt begin o to drop o off in io in all of the cities There is is this much to look forward to D nevertheless verthel 9 all of the camps crames thus far ha have c been beeD well up to the standard of ball enjoyed by br any tuv eit city in the he country outside of the hi bi big leagues Al All of or the scores in the lie Helena Hel Hel- ena eD series were clo close e and those of th the present series promise to be likewise If H the teams continue to deliver the thea goods a as la they the have bave the attendance should be satisfactory all nil through the tho IeR eaon On I Although I h haye o seen fleD but hut three of t the be teams tEam in the league I will not I hesitate to say that tho they ure orf mighty e evenly balanced for tora tor a a new league 1 Neither team teem has bas had bad a runaway race I of at any auy of the series thus series thus far and anil are arc that none of them theta will ill in inthe in inthe the future On th the showing thus far 1 the teams look well 11 matched and all of them are strengthening that means mans a great deal When teams are evenly enly matched th the fans get just as good an I I article of If hull hail as liS in i ii the big bi leagues It Itis It ItI Itis to be but the thO I I is not as II classy sure teams team play just as evenly c Yes T have I I seen ICon baseball games ames in the thc Three I I I la league ue that equally as good if not I hotter better than dozens I have ha witnessed in inI inthe in inthe the big bis leagues Why Wh can cant can't t t we ha have hae e ball ban that is le just as nil good ri right bt here I We b have bave e been getting Jettin it thus far this thill season season sealon All 11 of the towns ton have bave been a little slow in warming up to the game but hut they arc ill all enthusiastic now Such Huch ball bail baila has hall been dished out since the a n M opening opening opening open open- ing will draw the people in any town There Thor is something moro more about the th I Intermountain league that should appeal appeal ap ap- I Ifal peal f to the fans fans the managers in in each earh of the towns appear to bo be popular I Boise Bois although a little slow in taking j to is with him bim Butte is is all for Barnes Barns Huston is the whole show how howin in Helena and by b tho way vay ono oho E. E C G. G Farnsworth is makin making a decided hit in io in inthis this city I Farnsworth and Hammond have havo gotten gotten got got- ten tn together a pretty tt good little ball team all Ill reports to the contrary not not- withstanding The boys are a gentlemanly gen gen- fn lot hot and belp help out ono one another as men mn on en a team should do A They conduct themselves wen well on tb field and play baseball in io in a manner that entitles en CD- titles them to the respect of the fans There arc are a few men on the team tam who will ivill not do but the tho managers know kilow that as well as Iho fans and they are making makin provisions to bring in in bette men mon Mr Ir Farnsworth is hero to give i e the town a winning ball team and Ind all he asks is the opportunity He ire is descrying deserving descry descry- in ing of the chance The fans of Salt Lako can help him hint a great reat deal Howl How Boost Eddie Robinson formerly a well local promoter has bils another Jap wrestler wres wres- tier says the Los An Angeles eles exchanges Eddie has a fond spot in his heart for tho Japs Yes Yei not Otto Floto and E. E W. W Dickerson are arc still at it Why dont don't someone unchain the two and let them go to it itT The appearance of President Taft at ata ata a ball ban game Jame recently w ws s the cause causo for whole columns of newspaper comment and thousands upon thousands of words of eon conversation between baseball fa fanatics fa- fa natis nati's and citizens generally of this country Recent presidents of the United States ha have e not attended ball ban tames games and the fact that President Taft did so caused even n more comment than it might have done under other circumstances The United States is probably the only country on the face of the earth where a ruler could attend thus publicly publicly pub pub- a sport of this kind kinji without moro more personal safeguards ards than tho pr president employed fd when ho he attended the game ame at Washington It is is a splendid commentary commentary tar tary on tho the nation and its democratic ways way hut but the question is whether or not the chief ebie executive of a country ou ought ht to expose himself in this way If there is any possible excuse for such a thins thing a baseball game janle would justify it Everything E considered it is quit quite likely that the president is justified justi justi- fled fied in In going Oln to such suh games ames but there i is no question about it it he be and the tho nation nation na na- tion are arc taking chances |