Show BY eY I J JJ J ru It has hILS been said aid that there will bea be bea e a a. fourth major league in tho the field next season but the avra average c fan fau is moro more willin willing to believe that if the present state of affairs continues vo wo will be lucky if there's theres one major league Baseball Base Bao ball ban 1 Is a very popular game ame in these United States and there are a lot of fans to pay their nickels nickos at the tho box office but hardly enough h to keep four big biR leagues ea afloat It has bas been seen Been that with three leagues the fans were unable to make mako all of them pay and what would they ever do with four foud Baseball mo moguls s should be well content with what they are arc doin doing without trying try try- ing D to go o any auy farther They mi might ht kill tho the goose Roose that laid the tho 18 k eK egg I The mere fact that a man holds a championship in pugilism evidently does docs not make him much of ot a a. drawing card cardin cardin cardin in En England land Willie Villie fou fought ht a British champion and the gate receipts were about while Gunboat Smith of American and aud Geor Georges es Carpentier Carpen- Carpen tier of France Prance fought in the same spot Thursday night and the advance sale salo was waa close to When Jack Johnson Johnson John John- son Bon gets ets to thinking of at that big bif fat purse puree be he may be ready to fight ht some Bomo ono one himself An article written by an English golfer and published in one of our American ma magazines a nes says say ays s that unless wo we mend our ways we wo will never make great golfers in this country that we haY have hae made no pro progress ess in tho the last fifteen fifteen teen years in the improvement of ot oto courses o and that comparatively speak speaking ing the American golf olf courses are much osier easier easier than tho the En English courses Ho further says that they have hundreds of ot golfers over there who are as good goodas as aa the few fow of our r really great players That person perron who thou thought ht ho he possessed the foresight to peep into the future and see baseball peacefully reposing in it its its' rave grave merely because the Federal league entered the tho field has another guess ees coming Instead of a n. death blow to the theold theold theold old Ja game ane e the Feds FOOs have cut in little on the turnstile registration at ma major maor or le league o ball parks and nd the old circuits arc are a again in in in the throes of ot hectic struggles gics for the coveted bun buntings tin s. s-s. Ri Right ht now they are back to the go good d old days when th the Giants and i Cubs fought tooth and nail to gain ain the flag when the Sox Sor Ti Tigers ers and Athletics battled rl right ht up to to the tho last week of ot th th schedule c for a share of the worlds world's series spoils for today just such battles are raging in the majors and promise to continue until the blow off blow off in early Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober Even in St. St Louis where it was pr predicted the Feds would inai make e Hed Hedges s sand and Britton Britten seek leek rooms in the poor poor- the fans have for forgotten otten tho the Ternero Ter Tor- nero den because they thoy are way down in the tho therace thorace race handing out just the brand of baseball tho the Mound City fans have haye had crammed down their throats for years years' while the tho Br Browns ns and Cardinals aro are up in the running and playing to larger larser crowds than they have entertained sin since e th the tho rood good old days when tho the Browns had hada a chance to win the tho flag and Cardinals made macic a pennant stand When the National National Na Na- lea league ne broke away from the barnor barrier bar bar- rier nor in April Chicago o wa was counted out p c it entirely with Pittsburg and the Giants fi figured ur d to fi fight ht it out Tho The Pirates traveled tra way out in front for fora a time and then started a rapid devout de vout ut landing near the bottom of the heap The Cubs trailed along but steadily tt improved until they are now 50 so o 1 To t to th thA that the old feud I I of years ego ago has boon boen renewed and promises to be bo the one ono bitter bittor struggle of ot the parent major ri right t up to the of tho the date for the tho bl big feast St. St Louis is the tho only other club that appears to have ft R. chance cliance but tho the Cardinals are aro hardly strong enough h to keep up the tho pace to the finish although they are surprising even their most ardent ad ad- In tho junior major maior there is isa isa isa a much Better rag raf race Tho The Athletics are aro doped to win of course but they will have to bent beat five good ball clubs to succeed Detroit and Washington ton are crowding tho the closely Chicago Chica Chi Chi- ca cago St. St Louis and Boston are not far behind Are you going to ba have e another TELEGRAM BOYS BOYS' LEAGUE next nest season semen f J the boys ask tho the writer a al almost almost al- al most every day The boys have appreciated appreciated this papers paper's efforts toward promoting pro good wholesome baseball rivalry rival rival- ry and giving them a chance to play regular honest to goodness ss league games with comp competent umpires strict regulations and with regulation league baseballs They have hae also appreciated the mer merchandise and trophy prizes kindl kindly donated by the Gardner Adams and Salt Lake Hardware companies com corn and by bv Walter In other words the league has been a huge huJo success success far far moro more so EO than this paper had any auy idea it would be When the he idea iden was first broached broach d it was believed that if a i dozen teams could be secured for tor the tho competition the venture would prove provo a a. success We act actually ally had more than two dozen team entries within twenty-four twenty hours after the first announcement an an- of the tho scheme From then thenon thenon on on the entries poured in until there were fort three forty forty teams ready to start the opening games ames It did not take very long before this paper found that I it had started something It became necessary to seek the aid of someone experienced in the he knack of handling such a big affair and Hardy Hard Downing proved to be that someone Hardy bandIed handled ban ban- dIed the kids and the three forty-three t teams ams in a a- manner that has won him the everlasting gratitude of this thi pap paper r rand and the boys also abo If you dont don't think Hardy had bad his troubles troubIe and lots Jots of them just consider for a R. moment the troubles of e oven en an umpire in organized baseball with everything in his favor in trying to handle handIe two teams tea of grown grovr up men Yes Hardy Hardt spent rent many sleepless hours but ho he finished what he started and he has done the boys bs of Salt BaIt Lake City THE TELEGRAM and nud the great national pastime a oo turn lurn Th The Tho little league has had bad its its' good effect on the young youn fellows of the city in more ways than ono one THE TELEGRAM TELEGRAM TELE TELE- GRA GRAM feels proud of it its little achievement achieve achieve- ment and so bo does Hardy Downing go Their efforts have ha been doubly re re- warded Also this department wishes to thank tho the Salt Lake Hardware company com corn pan pany tho the Gardner Adams company Walter WaJter the umpires who worked without remuneration ration and everyone else elso who assisted us in making making mak mak- ing the little lea league ue such a success A St. St Paul exchange brings us tho the dope done that J. J A. A McNeil the tho former bike rider who later became a motorcycle rider here is starring on the tho m motor motor- tor- tor drome droma in that city In fact ho he seems to be the II whole works He is winning everything in sight ht and is featured featured fea fea- as the star of th the trac track What are arc those thore fight promoters on ont t the e other side ide of ot the pond handing u us anyway t a |