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Show (U THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH RIDER COLTILETTI ES FUSE RISE 14. 1020. Four Famous Utah Athletes to Try Out' for Places on.1920 Olympic Games Team PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS PLAN INTERNATIONAL TEAM MATCH Would Bring Together Best English, Scottish and - American Performers for Tourney Similar ; to One Held in 1916. Principal Aet of Jockey Who Take' Every Chance to Win. Nerve m 5 ANYONE can pick tha name of the professional golfer destined to carry off chief honors In tlia 1920 competitive season ha wilt be deserving of a place among the few worth-whil- e prophets. Competition la expected to become so keen that even such redoubtable performers aa Jim Barnes. Walter Hagen, Jock Hutchison and Bob Macdonald may have to watch their step, for golf la a game In which the have a way of Staging remarkable comebacks. For instance, at the outset of the Professional Golfers' easoctatlon champlon-ahi- p meeting at the Engineers t'ountry club last fall, who would liava picked Fred McLeod to figure In the finals It was as far hack aa 190 at Myopia that MrUcod, sometimes known as the Wasp." won the open title after a tte with the 1st V ill Smith. 81nce then McLeod haa competed In nearly all the Important money events IT Falls Fail to Disturb Confidence of . , Young Pilot. Life-Endangeri- ng . to Tlx IribUM. Sp'-ru- NEW ORLNAN8, March 13. Nerve-a- nd the chief asset plenty of It by Joi key Coltllettl. lad. who In the' (pare of a few short month ha risen from an unknown to one of the leading rider of the Amefl-ta- n turf. hate been connected with racing for many yeara. tay that In all of their experience the) have never eeen a boy taka the cbancea that this youngster takes In an effort to win races, and he seems to baxs ab- soluttly no regard for lahis own life or at stake. "1 limb when a victory must win," appears to be hla motto, and this ha does oftener than any other Colrtlettl a work present-da- y Jockey. that cauaed hla suspension ' should not o held against hie record, as ha plainly - , had gons stale. pounds. It Weighing only elghty-tw- o would naturally look a though he la not much help to a certain kind of horses, d which animals. will not run except when hard urged lor He does not make thle elate rup him he lets them run with him. When astride n alow beginner, he alts stead' until the horse makes Its move of U own accord, and than he get In hla work, which la chiefly to pick out a few small openings to get through, and ihua save a little ground. Mom of hie ' iclorlee are wou down along Wtie Inner rail, and how he keepa from being shut la something hard off time after tlm to fathom. 1 one-ha- le Richards in 1912 Meet. Doesnt Mind Falls. I title-hold- er , XA GLNTVN ALMA R.GHAR.DS AOdfflTS. AfARTN da. Chance to Display One s Knowledge reached the age of II he Whan h started out to make a turf tarter for In anarch of a Job aa exer-- i himself, and a ise bov be wandered Into tne stable of the S. A. Ck'Pton, who at present hold HI caused hlrni contraction light weight act Clopton to glva him a chance, an over that h has congyriulated himself leadto He him timessince. put many ing hornet around under th stable sheds and familiarising himself with other duties connected with a racing establishment, but It wa not long before ha i ealtaed that the time was ripe for the task of educating him to ride. No Jockey e'er had rougher sailing Ilian did CollUettl when he first made hls appearance In races and not one in a hundred persona gave him e'en the reWhat great writer was born in Niles, Michigan, and lives In Greenwich, Conn? motest kind of a chance to euceeed In By RING W. LARDNER. hie choeen profesalon. He made bis debut Crane COUPLE months ago Doc st Hot Spring. Ark., last spring, and his come out with a article In 1 ef the THE OK efforts were very bad. They finally gladly mention aucb that the stewards set him magaslnes and I would nnpolfdn-y'C- U FLOWERS be not seems to It the magazine only down fdh Inrompetenry, and this was a ethics to mention the name of 1 publiBM.KV TfcM 0UOOM ' bitter blow to the little lad. in another though deuce know White others were condemning him, cation YHE SPfltfG-to--- IN t say will have I and whv something however, Qtopton was still confident that about that later on, but any wav Doc HAVE he had the making of a good rider, and Crane come out with this article and time has proven that his Judgment was It NOTWM6- - To and teat a to be was lltery supposed won correct. He took him east, and he you couldn't answer all the questions Do vOlYH THF his first race last April 55 at Havre de If and only give on Sylvano. - Txiter in the 5he ast on different subjects , Grace, each to or something seconds thought lot of ability, 'ear he began to ahow a but why you was a ignorant boob snd It was not so long until his appren--Ic- one on hand if you could answer alowance, under the rules of the themtheallother why what of it 7 So In the 1st. lockey club, which make U terminate should you try and answer why when a rider has won forty races, ex- place them because if did, why nothing pired. This did not affect him In tha happened and if you you didn't you would least. When he came to New Orleans he half to go around saying to yourself I am again had th use of his five pounds a sap, 1 am a sap. appsedfjlo allowance, as Kentucky rules Doc Crane'e proposition reminded used here, and they give a Jockey the meWell tnT like 1 of these here penny weighing ' oiig until one 5ear from the date he machines where you drop a penny In and has ridden hjs first winner. If the machine Isn't working that day loose your penny and if It is whv you Unpopular With Comrades. either working you find out tnatyou w too milch or not enough, so I have euuceaa His hert all inter ha been weigh to give my readers a marvelous. He led the riders at th first II made up my mind Jefferson Park meeting, and duplicated I test ou their liter-- , only I will make mine fair arid equible; namely? If jou til performance at the fair grounds. In direct contrast to hi nerve In the I can t answer the questions under the I raddle Is his lack of gamenexs out of It specified condition why you are not only when called upon to defend himself with I entitled- to consider yourself abnormal his fists. Jockev Simpson Bo'Ve recently I but not onl that bot the first one that dusted him off1 In a fistic encounter In sends In a correct list of answers along ihe Jockevs' room at the fair grounds, II with a affidavit signed by a notary pub-bile at Jefferson last fall Jockey Walter lie that thev (didn't cheat, why I will r.Idenour gave him a trimming" Hr I give he or she a prize suft of pajamas rles whe hit, and will not fight hack, slightly rent In locality and only I butRidenour spent fifty dajs on th ground tons missing out of a possible S. l, ax for whipping compensation" ax the latter took me case to Ihe T11S condition of the contest stewards. la far from being popThe little Italian In no dp to 1. kou must not look ular with his fellow riders, and nothing date hooks in regards up to any of the gives them greater pleasure than to beat questions. nun In a close finish. They say that suc2 You must not spend no more or less cess has gone to bis head, and It Is a than I wka on any of the questions. 'act that he spends eonslderabe time 3 You must not self or receiv e no criticising-th- e other jookevs and pointing from anvbodv that Is a relative aa out their faults In, a riding wav. When help we are not trvlng to prove that the whole ne gets beaten In a driving finiYh. he Infamily Is a moron but Just youm 4. variably haa plenty of alibis for himself, You must not bother me with re3 and never will he give his conqueror plies. Iowa in order named tinder the different What docs a vice president think credit for outriding him. about? 5. la barred from this contest head lines. Nobody It may. however, he gets Doc Crane Inclusive Be that's 4. HintonWhat nationality ban janitors? 5. t ho said this was a government of results, and this la what counts In an' The queries in this contest la as foj- 1. What was Columous 1st name' the profession or business- - And there la no people, 2 miss by th people and for the did Willard times How many denying that h seems to have a supply his chair when he set down at Toledo? . people 5 of nerve In unlimited quantities, and as Reminded me like 1 of these here penny What 3. Washington hall plaver was What lx gin? long as this lasts success will continue to 4. What great general raid love 'me it that said to an umpire for gorn sake weighing machines. come his way. eves get7. your open? and tl Jtorld Is mine What a the name of Admiral Gray5. Who win the war son flag snip. 4. taste like? What beer did AND TUNNEY Music. 7. 'Cte re PoohoS What great pitcher alwa.vz pitched What s the Ingredients of onion iOWCSOOY (XIU IN LONGEST . soup? MUft'lHXUg Out Geography. 2. Who wax th tenor in the Four 1 Who lives In St. Louis? Fortland? yoM lFVOI Horsemen of the Apoplex "What is th wmrtds record for numPOCKET! IN Minneaptiliz? .1. hat famous umpire ald to a Na ber of rounds in a fight?" asks a boxing 2. What towns' are near Brooklyn? tional league ball plaser shut up or get fan. 3. Where do thev still sell it Durned If we know'. Believe Ihe roc 4. What places are the umpires point- out of the game ord for length la th Religion, scrap being at before a game? 1. What day do Huy have church? tween Jack Jones and Patay Tunnev In 5. Where does the 11 30 p. in. Slam-for- d 2 Whv doi a lot of ministers button Jack had Cheshire, England. In 125. Local stop? their collars back yonder nothing else to do that day, aa there Science. wera no Income tax blank IJterature. to bother 1. Who Invented the telephone? 1. What great writer was born In with, so he took all day to dispose of 2. W ho crabbed It Niles, and lives in Uheenwicli. Mien,, 3 Tunney. What was Yale trying (o do on Conn. Ihe record for t ft. line Battling Nelson hold Harvard's 2 111., on April 5. 1901, What, great American writer's Ini4. Who discovered ralxlnsbrevity. In Harvev. - la RW. U? - tha battler knocked out William Bossier 6. "WhjsIWks matdx take Thursday off? tial W ho got 3 In two Seconds They wslked to the cenup the expression you Art 7 A! me know of the ring and the battler took ter 1. Witch Is th tall or Mutt or Jeff Just time to whang him on the whiskers 2 W hat magasm rover artist genally and down he went, like a man hit by a ,8 pointed out in the condition of th always draws a girl? sack of sand dropped from an aeroplane. 2. What makes some glrla y brows e contest replies can be sent Matechy Hogan, mho refereed the bout, lose so morh flash vou ctiooMi to send them excent d also refereed a knockout bv Bam" mean In a com4. What doea I don't want to hw bothered with that Pal Kaw kins In Carson Cltv, Jxev.. on ical cartoon them pemonallv and the announcement March' 17. 197. before Fitzsimmons won 5. What kind of a tooth never de- of th winner will problv he made n this the championship from Corbett. Martin a long ahout 1h beaglnning cays newspaper roiit icx f summer bv witch lime the hiatus In FlahertyIs wa th vlct m of the wnario 1 W ho Is the present members of the the authority for the slstement Hogan wil it mav of grew bigger, prize. that Neteon Ik, eas Ihe quicker of tne cabinet ; wont make so mindi different on ant two. , of tue climate why? I Ring Inaugurates a Literary Quiz dt dt s dt Wants to Know How. Beer Tasted A be-ra- Martin first began hla track work In Chicago at the Lewis Institute. After completing his school work there, he went to the University of Illinois, and white there wa elected raptalu of Ihe track team. 8ome of hte beat times are aa follows: One mile, 4 minutes 21 sec onds; two tulles, 9 minute 33 seconds; throe miles, IS minute 9 seconds; five miles, 24 minutes 4 seconds. Alma Richards la the only member of the Utah team who has taken part In an Olympic meet. Hex was entered In th trials for the American Olympic team In 1913, hla event being the high Jump. He experienced little difficulty In making the team, wdnnlng the Chicago event, and later th final one. At Stockholm he won first place bv leaping over th bar at 4 feet 3 Inches, and thereby established a brand new record for the meets. high jump at Richards began hla track work at th B. Y, U, at Provo. Later he went to Cornell, and from there joined th Illinois Athletic club at Chicago. I the interallied games, which took place last man. July In Part, ho wa hlgh-poila the United States R.chard of th decathlon. Larsen I another athlete who hails from tue B. Y. U. He started his career In 1914 at the Dixie high school, and interscholaatic while ttjer set a atat mark for tlia high Jump. Hla record still glands, being 4 feet 2 Inches. Clin took part in the athletic games In Philadelphia In J914. representing the B. Y. U.. and thera won the college high jump a new rerprd, this time OTt the first time In the history of title and hung tip ' 4 feet I Inches. athletks In Utah tha Beehlvs slat at In th Interallied same at Paris he will be properly represented In th defeated hla tesmpvat. Alma Richards, he vaulted the pole at-helghlb trials for the American Olympic when feet 4 Inchef, , games 'team when Alma Richards. of ( Clinton Larsen, Creed Haymond and Robert 8. Martin will wear th colors ef Haymond Star Sprinter. the recently otganlzed Ogden Athletic Creed Haymond Is on of the greatest association and try out for the team In sprinter In th gam. He has tied th even st June The association Is backing those world's record In th four Utah athlete to the last ditch, and it no fewer than five time, and It will do all in Its power to see that they Is hla on great ambition to ahat er get to the Oljmplo games at Antwerp.. that mark before he retire f. jtn th It la not Just jet definitely known cinder path. where tha trials will be held, but San Ha.vmond was for a number of vears FYanoisoo or Pasadena at present appear the atar performer at the bprlngvllU to be the most logical places. In July, high school. Later he went to the Uni- Ob-mpl- world-famo- Starts With Clopton. au-c-- ss. hh International Match Plan. tlnlss all signs go for naught. th champlonsh.p thla year at Inverneae will more algnlflcance than any previous Lnited .Slates Golf association open, not h HrTOkHnlPV(-n- the final will be run off at Philadelphia. Martin, Haymond, lAtraen and Richards hr four of the beet athletes Id the country, and stand very good chances of coming through the trial with flying colors. Martin la the present western long distance champion. He holds all record of the lntermountaln and Rocky Mountain A. A. U. from the one to ten and lf mtlea Bob haa not been beaten In a race since 1914 In Chicago, when In two-mla event he finished second to Jote Ray. Th time for the race was minute 32 seconds. heavy-heade- Falla do not seem to weaken hla nerve two of them this an. at he has had winter which put him to a se'ere teat in this respect. In the last one he had shout as cloaa a call from death- - as he will eter ha'e without meeting It, this being the spill In which .Joikev Jacka lie esiaped Swlli'an lost hla life. similar fate bv a matter of lnchea, and it was feared that tills, coupled with the (act that hla companion had been killed, would frighten him too badly to ride He foi a while H urged to take a i est, but instead he rode In the remainraces that four day, and the following ing day he won four iscee and finished second twice In six mounts Cottilattt la a native of New York, hla home being on lxlrgton a'enue, that, the citj. not far from horse msrket. It was here that he gained It Ins first experience around fioraea, being hi loafing place during his early school and, according to hla own statement, he ne'er had any other ambition In life except to become a jockej. with varying It wa a deadly putting atreak that started him going at th Engineers, but whan h reached th final he found "Long Jim' too tough a customer. , At mads play, the atjle of game most favored for competition among professionals, Tom McNamara la'WJw ays dan- IIn 1909. at Englewood, that this home-bre- d cam or winning th national within an ace open. Georgs Sargent, however, Juat nosed him out and thus postponed for a time th advancing hoata pf natlv born which broka n and have had things Prttty much their ova vay erer nine. LAlSf a d -5 ev-s- J10 thesSit-- 0 also M-i- 'O'- c ub proposed visiting Britons against a P n' resulting n the triumph over Vardon and Rav .l International match Include an amateur team Recently the Inverness an event In which four would have a chance to like number of American ulmt representatives. Since then, however, the Professional Golfers association, through Its energetic A plrte' suggested what Ui on th original eaf2X.,n.I non plan. Thl than & elaah ba n four teamothrEngitgh. Scottish, homo-bre- d and amateur. Only one be-fhas anything like it been attempted here, and that was In 1914, when under r. O. A. auaplre th hombrda srored ov ep the Scottish, English and amateurs. occasion th Scottish and English teams war med up of resident professionals,. while In the coming affah thou tw-- combinations xrould of a certainly be greatly strengthensd through th presence of the expected foreign delegation. It la practically assured thst Vardon, Mitchell, Bay, Duncan and Lau renc Ayton will mak the trip. r!!7' -t or nt Six-ma- n Teams Suggested. It haa been that competing teams b limitedsuggested to ala players, and that would, of course, give the amateurs a chanc to do thamselves Juatic. which was Impoealbte on tha previous occasion whsn they finished a bad last. With such n t. performers as Francis Chick Evans, Dave Herron. Bobbv Robert Jones, Gardner and Jerome Trav era In one group. It la doubtful If any professions! combination would have much of an advantage. In all probability conditions for th proposed International match win provide for aggregate scores; In other words, thirty-si- x hole of medal play, with the team returning th lowest total xilnlng. of That, course, would tend to favor the professionals, whd are mors accustomed to important strok competitions. 4u-me- -- versltv of Utth, and from there to the University of Pennsylvania. He was captain of th Penn track team 1i and a member of the relay during team which shattered several collegiate records. Creed holds th state record In the ISO. at It seconds, and la tied lth a mark of seconds flat for th hundred. He was one of the four athletes on tb relay team which atlll holds- the hieh school record. .7 n Martin, Havmond, Richards and are lie training at the present time In preparation for th June trials, and expect to be In the best possible condition w hen th time arrives for th trv out Although th permanent organization of the Ogden Athletic association has not et been formed, the temporary organization I headed by Abe Qiasmann, With A) Warden, secretary. tn T.ar-ac- -- f ca.se e jp, ! w 1 , COItl-lett- - JONES FIGHT - Spring Opening 16 to 60 the-come- 1 any-wher- four-ieron- men like our clothes. Honest fabrics, beautiful styles and careful tailoring in every garment. 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