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Show Sporting Gossip At the meeting of trap experts at Walla Walla, Washington, last week, the Utah marksmen came pretty near getting everything in sight. G. L. Becker, of Ogdcn, won high average; Archie Bigelow, of Ogden, won second place; John Boa won high professional average, and the Ogden team won the three-man trophy. The celebrated Stanford track team is scheduled to stop over in bait Lake to-day and try conclusions with the University hoys. The Stanford athletes arc on their way to Chicago, and the meet here will be a welcome break in their journey. There will be sports of every description for the entertainment of the bait Lakers who have a holiday to-day. With the road race, the meeting between the Stanford and the University track teams; the different base ball games, and the bicycle races, it will be only the hard to please that do not get a run for their money on this Decoration Day. An effort is being made by the fight promoters of Ogden to frame up a match between Mike (Twin) Sullivan and some likely candidate for pugilistic honors. Alike says he will meet any lightweight in the world in Ogden, if the promoters will steer him up against the coin. And the woods are full of the same kind of scrappers. ,,. T,!l.c wolllan's k'olf championship of Great Britain was won by Miss liltcrton, who. beat Miss Campbell at St. Andrews, Scotland. I he wrestling tournament held at Ogdcn last week was attended by a small but enthusiastic crowd, the contest being worthy of better patronage than it received. A number of the best amateurs of the state competed and only one Salt Lake man met defeat. Four state records were broken and the Ogden boys walked away with the honors at the State High School track meet held in Salt Lake last Saturday The final score was: Ogdcn, 364 points; Lchi, 22, ba t Lake, l ; Granite, 10; Weber Academy, 9'2 ; Snow Academy, 4; Brigham City, 3 ; Springvillc, 1. 3 Harry lleagrcn has secured the management of the Ogden bicycle track and announces that races will be held weekly, at least $200 being hung up for the boys to ride for at each meet. 'Hie opening of the newly constructed $30,000 bicycle track at Saltair occurs to-day at 4 p. in., when the fastest bunch of riders Salt Lake has ever had will ride, the prizes totalling $500. Manager Chapman Chap-man announces that he will give races on each Wednesday and Sunday evening, with special meets on big excursion days. "Jewey" Smith, the South African heavyweight, was knocked out by bam MacVcy of California in the third round of a twenty round match at Porte Naillot, France. Tommy Burns has caught on again, this time on a $20,000 proposition. propo-sition. He is to fight the Australian boxer, Lang, at Sydney during the visit of the American fleet, and has his favorite phrase, "lose, win or draw, tacked to the contract. With this $20,000 in sight it is hardly likely that he will want to tackle Johnson just yet. Johnnie Chapman announces that he has signed up" Henry Mayer a genuine German baron, who took to bike riding for the fun of it' and has made good in every way, for a match race with Jackie Clarke! to take place at the Saltair track about June 15th. The first pri7c for the race will be $1,000, with $500 for the man who gets beaten. The annual road race to Farmington occurs to-day, the riders starting at 10:30. An unusual number of riders have entered for this event, the prizes are greater than in the past, and an interesting contest con-test is looked for. ' The opening of the tenth season of cycle racing at the Salt Palace track occurs to-night. Manager Iver Redman announcing a program that should please the patrons of the game, there being two profes-sioiia profes-sioiia , two amateur and a motor race scheduled. The different riders have been training for some time for this event. Each one is determined to get in on the money, and there is reason to believe that there will be some exciting finishes. Sir Thomas Lipton made the statement last week that he did not ever intend to challenge again for the American cup unless the New ork acht Club s rules are so changed that he can take a serviceable sea boat across the Atlantic. The sports of Milford arranged a little bout last week, to which their wives were not invited, that caused the changing of several dollars. dol-lars. It was a little boxing contest between Joe McCloskcy of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania and Cornelius Sullivan of Indian Territory. Cornelius slopped one on the jaw in the second round, and when he woke up the decision had been awarded to the Pennsylvanian. H. Daniels, a broncho buster who has been trying to get a match with some Utah rider, has been called by L. P. Bryne of Piedmont, Wyoming, and as a result there will be a riding contest at Ogdcn today to-day that promises to be of' interest to lovers of that kind of sport. Two thousand fans saw the colored aggregation of ball players called the Occidentals, take a little of the conceit out of Bert Margctts' team at Walker's field last Sunday. The irame was a little bit on the ragged order on both sides, the colored boys making four errors and Margetts' pets piling up six, three of which were credited to the redoubtable re-doubtable Bert. There was some clever playing, however, to make up for the moments when the players seemed to be dreaming. Joe Cans says he will put Battling Nelson to sleep in fifteen rounds, providing the Battler will stand up and fight instead of cov- ering up and hugging. But Joe doesn't really believe that Nelson will change his tactics, and that he will not stand up and slug. The first of a series of automobile races will take place at Ogden to-day, over a course from the Ogden river bridge to the Utah Hot Springs, a distance of ten miles. The races are open to Ogden cars only. Packy McFarland seems to be a wise gazabo in the art of advertising, ad-vertising, lie announces that he will go into two more fights and then he will quit the ring for keeps, no matter whether he wins' or loses. The two men he is after arc Battling Nelson and Joe Cans. Now in case he should defeat both men, wouldn't he stand a sweet chance of quitting the game? But perhaps he figures that he will lose and his stock will go down so low that it won't pay him to cou-'4f' cou-'4f' tinuc as a punching bag. Stanley Ketchell, the Montana middleweight, is to give Billy l'apke, the Illinois scrapper, a chance to get his block caved in. The I meeting is scheduled to take place in Milwaukee, the fighters to get I 65 per cent of the gross receipts for a ten-round stunt. Battling Nelson is making preparations to become a farmer when lie has done' with the fighting game, having purchased a farm near San Francisco. Wise old head has the Battler. That little old farm may come in handy when he is down and out, a la Britt. Bert Fuller, the Salt Lake automobile driver, is anxious to secure se-cure a car to drive in the Valulcrbilt cup race next fall, believing that he has as good a chance as any one to win. Fuller has the nerve, alright, and if the machine was fast enough and he didn't go into the ditch, the other fellows would know they had been in a race when the happy-go-lucky Fuller finished. John McCloskcy, whom the Salt Lake fans will remember as the man who made a whirlwind team out of the Boise club, admits i that he has no hopes of the St. Louis Cardinals, of which he is the manager, winning the pennant this season. McCloskey has been known for many years as "Honest John," and is evidently living up to his reputation. Frankie Neil of California was outclassed by Ad Wolgast of Milwaukee in a ten-round bout in Milwaukee last week, the Cali-fornian Cali-fornian getting an even break in but one round. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. A new play called "The Intruder," by Thomas Buchanan, was produced recently in Boston and met with a flattering reception. It turns on the struggle between a mother and a stepmother for the custody cus-tody of a young girl. The new J. M. Barrie play is said to have reached its complete final form. It is in four acts and the story is entirely modem. The American performance of the woman who finally has her way (as they usually do) will fall to the lot of Maude Adams. W. G. Stewart of Buffalo has obtained the American and Canadian Can-adian rights of a new comic opera, "The Pied Piper of ITamclin," which was written by Phillip F. Kobbc, Jr., of New York. The opera will be produced in Buffalo soon and then taken to New York to entertain en-tertain the Gothamites. " The Shubcrts have announced that in the future a new system will be adopted in launching productions under their management. When the production opens in New York City a special dress rehearsal will be given one or two days before the actual opening, to whjch the critics will be invited, with the understanding that the invitation is for the purpose only of familiarizing them with the story and action of the piece. A new play of American life, entitled "The Clew," is to have its initial appearance at Atlantic City, under the management of Nixon & Zimmerman. Marie Dressier, after a long absence in England, is back home and will fill a vaudeville engagement in New York. The statement is made by one on the inside that Ward and Vokes are going to reunite next season, having decided that the two come more nearly being one star than two. Richard Harlowe and Nelly Daly will be the leading performers in the coming revival of "1492" in Boston. |