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Show Big league base ball players are making a strenuous holler over the decision of the national commission that members of pennant winning win-ning teams arc not to be presented with cash gifts, as in the past. Last season the members of the pennant winning teams gathered in a small fortune as a result of the post series games and presents from the managers, and had been figuring on the same thing this season. But ri just how the commission is going to prevent the different managers from "slipping" each one of their players a small bunch of coin is a problem that would take a Solomon to decide, providing the managers wish to reward their players, and can trust them. Al Kaufmann, who for some time was considered a likely aspirant for championship honors in the heavyweight division, but who had been out of the game for some time, is coming to the front again, and there will be something doing when the big Californian gets to going his gait. Tommy Bums and Bill Squires have met on three different occasions, occa-sions, each time on a different continent, and on all three occasions the Australian has lost by the knock-out-route. It's about time that Tommy was making a match with some one that could give the public J a run for their money The regular season of the Utah State base ball league came to a close on Sunday, but the four teams will continue to play so long as the weather will permit and the gate receipts justify the boys in continuing con-tinuing in the game. Ogden is again the pennant winner, with Salt Lake second. Some improvement, however, as Salt Lake usually sticks to the bottom of the percentage column. Hardy Downing and F. A. McFarland have gone to New York-City York-City to take part in the two-hour-a-day six day race. A good combination. combin-ation. These oldtimers should make a killing at that game. William H. Anderson, a farmer living at Harrisvillc, Weber county, sprung a surprise on the professional trap shooters at Ogden when he defeated the field of professionals, winning the highest average aver-age of the shoot. Anderson got 195 out of 200 birds, making a total of 1 18 without a miss during one period of the contest. The Salt Lake cricketers had a lively contest on Labor Day, the married men being pitted against the single men. A game had been scheduled with the Australian cricketers, but was called off. The Samuclson brothers will go to New York next week and butt into the bike game in the East. W. E. Samuclson will pay strict attention atten-tion to the pace following game, and it is expected he will be able to secure matches with the best pace followers in the country, and make good. His brother will ride the motor. Sockcr football has caught on in Provo, the Provo team having secured a match with the Winter Quarters and Castle Gate teams for September 12th and 28th. Should Provo defeat her country cousins, the Salt Lake and Ogden teams will be challenged It is announced that Albert E. Willis, riding behind Bertin on a motor cycle, has broken all world's bicycle records up to and including the hour, the trial taking place at Munich, Germany. Willis, who is an old time English amateur, forty years old, rode sixty-one miles 970 yards in the hour. Eddie Hanlon and Freddie Welsh arc to box twenty rounds before be-fore the Washington Athletic club at San Francisco, on September 30. The weight of the fighters has been fixed at 133 pounds. Hal Chase, the clever Californian who has played first base on the New York team of the American league for the past three seasons, has "yumped his yob," and will play with the San Jose team. Chase declares de-clares that stories detrimental to his character, circulated by the management man-agement of the New York team, caused him to decide to become an outlaw. In ten rounds of fast fighting before the fight fans of Los Angeles, Phil Brock was universally conceded the winner over Carscy, his curly headed rival. There was no decision, of course, but Brock had the best of the scrap in all of the ten rounds, with the possible exception of the seventh. A brother of Battling Nelson who is a student at the University of California, and who had never before witnessed a prize fight, was at the ringside when Nelson and Gans met on the 9th. Four umpires are to figure in the world's championship baseball games in the future, two from the regular staff of the National and two from the American league. Dad Gimlin's find from Chicago, Sydney Eckstone, simply made monkeys of the Murray aggregation on Sunday, letting the ' smoke eaters" down with three measly hits Once more the judgment of the Ogden wizard has been justified by performance. " The board of education will allow the High School a paid coach to handle athletics the coming season,. and negotiations are now umlei way for a coach from Chicago who has a reputation as one of the best in the country . . The last race meet under the auspices of the Salt Lake Driving Club for this season was held on Labor Day at the State Fair Grounds. One of the closest and most exciting races in base ball has been between the Indianapolis, Louisville, Toledo and Columbus teams of the American Association. At one time last week but a few points separated the four clubs. The mining men of Chafey, Nevada, arc nothing if not dead game , sports. A movement has been inaugurated looking to the raising of a i purse of $50,000 to be hung up for the heavyweight championship. A committee has been appointed to secure the fighters, build an arena, and get things in shape for one of the most memorable meets in the history of the prize ring. j Al Ilalstcad and Parley Giles, two of the fastest amateurs on the local tracks this season, are to make a bicycle trip from Salt Lake to ' New York City. When the boys arrive in the East they will take up i the racing game, and figure that the trip will aid them materially in i getting in shape to beat all of the eastern amateurs. A former Salt Laker, W. W. Shemwell, now living at Colorado Springs, won the Rocky Mountain handicap at Denver last week, shooting from twenty yard rise, his score being 94. George Maxwell . of Hastings, Neb., scored 96, but being a professional, was barred from winning prize money. Ralph Rose was cheered to the echo by 6,000 spectators at Trcn- I ton, N. J., last week, when he broke the world's record in the shot-put, tossing the weight 53 feet 4 inches. HON. LYMAN R. 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