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Show I Sporting Gossip H The annual dual track meet between the University of Utah and the University of Colorado will be held at Boulder today. Ten athletes from each school will compete. H In a two-mile race on rollers at the Murray skating rink, Robison defeated "Red" Brodcbcck, the time being 6:54, which is going some for a twenty-five lap stunt. H Richard Crokcr, the former political boss of New York, has strong hopes of adding this year the "one thousand guineas" at Epsom H to his previous victories on the British turf. H In a little wrestling match at Seattle, Dr. B. F. .Roller, of that city, defeated Jess Wcstergard, of Des Moines, Iowa, in two straight falls, the time being 36 minutes and 20 seconds for the first fall, and 20 minutes and 51 seconds for the second. H Tommy Burns isn't the only American pug that is raising a stake in the old country. At the Theatre Cirque, in Paris, on May 2, Willie Lewis, a New York middleweight, took the measure of Walter Stan- ton of San Francisco, the California boy, losing by the knockout route. H In the College ball games last Saturday, the University of Utah boys defeated the Provo lads in a twelve inning game, the score being 4 to 3. At Logan, the Saints of Salt Lake defeated the Agricultural College nine by a score of 8 to 6. The track and field meet at Logan resulted in a victory for the University, the score being 91 to 27. H Dr. Victor Clifton Alderson, president of the Colorado school of mines, in a talk on school athletics said the University of Utah is ttii- questionably entitled to the Rocky Mountain football championship for the past season. Shake, Doc. You're a gentleman and a scholar ; and your opinion of the matter tallies with ours. H The ball game at Logan on May 1, between the B. Y. C. and H L- P- S. U. nines went to the Logan boys, the Salt Lake students H getting a grouch over a decision by the umpire and refusing to con- H Untie the game. Bad business quitting, boys. They say there's no room for a quitter even in heaven. H It seems to be settled that an English lawn tennis team is to play in America during the coming summer, not only taking part H in the regular American championship, but will play against the Amer-H Amer-H ican team for the Davis cup. won last year by a team from Australia. H The winners of this contest will go to Australia and play the etui H holders. The police of New York City prevented the scheduled ten round H boxing bout between Terry McGovern and Johnny Summers of Eng-H Eng-H ad from coming ofT. Terry seems to be having hard luck coming M his way in bunches; or did the cops figure that they were doing H Terry a favor in preventing the Englishman from taking a ran at him? H Tommy Burns, while declaring that he is ready to fight Jack H Johnson at the drop of the hat, still insists that he must be guaranteed H $30,000 before he goes in the ring with the black fellow. Say, we H know lots of scrappers that would be glad to forget that Johnson is H a colored man and take a chance with him for half that pile, yes, or even a quarter of that amount. H The colored baseball players of this city arc going around with H a chip on their shoulders these clays, offering to bet all kinds of money H that they can clean up any team in the state. The manager of the H team announces that he may take his team out "barn-storming" M playing all comers, returning to Salt Lake for the Saturday and Sui'i-day Sui'i-day games. Some of the younger members of the bar of Salt Lake have M organized a baseball team and issued a challenge to the doctors of H the city for a game. In fact, they are willing to go up against any M team that may be gotten up by professional men. They probably H figure that if the curves of the opposing pitcher don't just meet their H approval they can' take an exception and that the umpire will sustain them. It is said that Hackcnsclunidt has entered a vigorous protest against the moving pictures of his contest with Gotch beiiiir cx-H cx-H hibitcd m Europe. Hack, has made some strong statements about M he way he was treated in his wrestling bout with Gotch, since he M left America, and it's not to be wondered at that he is averse to hav-H hav-H ing the pictures show how he was defeated at every turn, and simply H laid down to the American wrestler when he saw there was no chance of his winning. Baseball enthusiasts of Lehi are backing a team which they claim j is the fastest bunch of amateurs in the state, being ready to take a chance with any team that thinks they arc really wise to the national game. A baseball league is being organized in Southern Idaho, the towns to be represented being Pocatcllo, St. Anthony, Rupert, American Falls, Soda Springs, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, McCammon, Blackfoot and Montpelier. J. L. Malone, ex-pool champion of the world, who is now a resident resi-dent of Salt Lake, has issued a challenge to play any billiard player in Utah for the championship of the state and a reasonable side bet. lie is also itching for a chance to get a little pool game with any of the boys who think they arc artists with the cue. That was a fearful drubbing the Crown bowling team gave the Hanes Colts in the contest for the city championship, the Colts being defeated five straight games, all by a small margin, there being but five pins difference in one game. The Crown team is composed ot Jimmy Collins, captain; President Burt of the City Bowling league, Sam Williams, Bert Pierpont, J. Quinn and Gyllcnswan. Six teams have been admitted to the Salt Lake Amateur baseball league, an organization in which only the Simon pure is entitled to play, any one who has ever taken part in games in which professionals figured being barred. A schedule has been prepared which runs from May 30 to August 1, all games to be played on Saturdays and holidays. holi-days. The teams arc: Y. M. C. A.. Oregon Short Line, Z. C. M. I., National Guard of Utah, Bell Telephones, and Wandamere. ; Ogdcn is to have bicycle races this season after all. Last week H. B. Heagrcn got busy and secured the management of the track for the season, and as a result the riders who have selected Utah as their field of operation will be given an opportunity to ride five nights a week, two at the Salt Palace, two at Saltair and one at Ogden. Last season the races in Ogden were held on Sunday nights, but it is probable that this season this will not be the case, as it is believed be-lieved that some night during the week will pay better. I The business men of Murray want a baseball team in the pro- posed state league, announcing that they have $1,000 to toss into the t jackpot for the upbuilding of a state league, and want cither a four I or six team league started. Now if the wide awake business men of some of the other towns will only get wise to the advantage they will reap from the advertising made possible by a first class ball team in their midst, it should not be very difficult to get a state league started. ' Local patriotism should be sufficient to make the raising of $1,000 to keep a team in the field just as easy as falling off a log. Abe Attell, the American featherweight champion, showed "Brooklyn Tommy" Sullivan of St. Louis that he is still a live one, at San Francisco on Thursday night of last week, putting the representative repre-sentative of Missouri down and out in the fourth round. Abe floored Sullivan three times in the fourth, the last time for keeps, although the chief of police stepped in the ring and ordered the fight stopped but, mind you, after he was sure that the scrap was over. Attell didn t have a mark, after the rumpus was over, to show that he had been in a scrap. Wouldn't that jar you? Bill Squires, the Australian wonder (nit), who came over to the land of the free with the intention of simply paralyzing every pug underneath the protection of the starry flag, and who proved to be the biggest lemon ever sprung on the public, has found some one who is a shade larger "dub" than himself. Jem Roach, the former Irish champion, was an easy victim for Squires at Dublin last week, being knocked out by the Australian in the fourth round. The purse was $1,375, and there was a side bet of $3,000. What a woeful waste of money. "Jackie" Clarke and F. A. McFarland, two of the most popular riders that have ever appeared on the local cycle track, arrived in the city Sunday from Australia, where they have been putting all the fast riders of that country to the rear. Mac announces that he and Clarke have cleaned up at least $5,000 since they left Salt Lake at the close of last season, arid that they are both as fit as ever. In fact that wise old rider, who has been finishing within the money for over twenty years, and who seems good for several years more, says ' that Clarke is the fastest man in the world today, and the lengthy i one is willing to wager a cool thousand that the little Australian -can defeat Kramer, Lawson, or any other man in a match race. Clarke was one of the fastest men on the local track last season, only Kramer " having it on him, and if he has improved as is reported, there seems r? M,g? Cla,,Jcof his enuring the championship this season. I both Clark and McFarland will ride on the Salt Palace and Saltair , tracks this season. i |