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Show , THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20,. 1921. Foothills Furnish Skiing for Loganites 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nelson Initiates Newcomers Into Mysteries oft he Sport Snow-Cover- ed i r DU ft SUrtinf a 1- - Kecognized Johnny American King . of Fly weight; Britton Better. By to The r: a 8. go. one-mil- e MU toboggan rid. 2. Mias Mary Beach. 3. Georg Kelson. 4. Bill Green Dell Mortenaon. 9. After three hours of fun. In the snow. In the air. t 0.0 Finish of toboggan ride. 5. . Miss Mury Hatch. 7. Waiting for thr cUrter'a lion Andrews. fiftee- ltthat Kc nd Kleberg runs Into big figures. n,vr bvtnrhftherCbc P1' "np(leatexl William!' P ar Bou-aonn-le. The match between Wilson and Rostan called for 15S pounds with 2200 forfeit. Roetan wae at the notch, while Wilson tipped the scale at ISO a manager, and Navy pounds, Sig Hart, promptly claimed the forfeit, which he under the a to do had articles or right agreomert. Probably that la why Cham-5 pion Wilson became ao aggressive and stopped Roetan so quickly, putting him to sleep in the second .round. Johnny Richie Mitchell at the Milwaukee Pete Herman and other champions torium through ten rounds of the hardest kind of fighting. Mitchell Is not a light have brought much abuse on thela heads their opponents weigh In at by making but times mere there hitter by any means, when Tlplits deliberately stuck out his the poundage of their class, while they to scale. If it is fair to demand refused jaw for Richie to batter at, with tha challenger o weigh In, then the champion Intention of showing hia contempt should alpo weigh, and that Is what for the Milwaukee boy's hitting powers and also do draw him out ao a to- get Roetan had entered into an agreement a awing at hla jaw. Richie did not apthe Kenosha promoter whereby he pear at hla best, but ha defeated tha with nof to receive a cent until V llson was Philadelphla'boy without trouble and had had been paid and the receipts had passed verdict by a big margin. ,the newspaper no mark. After that ha waa to Mitchell took unnecessary chances, the a14000 The receipts certain percentage. get but fought a very methodical battle and won away by himself. His blocking was totaled $2900, so Navy never even got hla the Into for money railway fare to better than usual. Had Rtchte used the same caution In blocking against Benny Kenosha, In addition to taking a fine beating at the hands of tha champion, Leonard there might have been a dllfer-fstory to the title match In New York. Navy probably figured that ha was getWhether Tlpllta can long aland the ting a crack at the title and that If he a -wild swing to tha - Jaw ha pounding on the jaw remains to bs teen, could put over tysf returns later. It w ButTatTBTs YImsTie la one of the toughed!' once that Roetan figured wrong, but he men in the ring today. had the experience. e, evl-(le- nt , - ' nt Champ Surrenders Forfeit. . The rather peculiar spectacle of a champion having to pay forfeit to what the fans would term a second-rat- e fighter was witnessed at Kenosha, Wls., when Johnny Wilson, champion mlddlsweight of America, was obliged to hand over J00 to Ngvy Roe tan, whom he had agreed to fight at 158 pounde. Then again Roetan had to fight the champion without getting any remuneration whatever, owing to the peculiar conditions ef the maten. Most champions Insist on their opponents making a stipulated weight while they themselves 'coma In at catchwelght a If You Cant Play Old Age Has Got You A great philosopher once aid - that the way for a man to live long it way to be a boy. Polka who can play 'never grow old. Tond bo surprised to find how many people find the ancient game of 'ten fins a real and a .Come in today and watch tha ' Try a game or two and get the kinks oat of yonr bones Orpheum Alleys BOWLING West Second South. ' - ELMER DICK COX BROS. Billiards and Snooker "ALyfAYa FIRST" Wa have Just installed anothsf Snooker Table Something Doing Every Minute. . 43 Wally Hoqd Ordered to Robins Training Camp NEW YORK. Feb. 19. "Uncle Wilbert" Robinson will take a flock of thirty-on- e Robins to New Orleans on March J. from which he plana to product another National league pennant wlnnar for Brooklyn Tha training plana for tha club, announced tonight by President Ebbetts. call for the departure of eeven pitchers and two catchers to Hot Springs for preliminary work on February 24. This group will Include Cadcre, Grime. Mamauxr Mitchell, pfeffer, Iteuthar, Smith, Krueger. Miller and also Outfielder Tommy Griffith, hen the squad assemble In New Orleans, Manager Robinson will have thirl teen pitchers, four catchers, eight Infield-er- s and elx outfielders to start work. The new men to be tried out by the club are Pitrhec Haberham C. Durham, with the Jacksonville City league last year: Pltrher J. Ralph Phelps from a Fulton, N. Y , semi prof eiw Ion I team; Pitcher Paul F. Schrelber from the Lakeland club of the Florida State , leegut. Among Uie Infield talent are Walter Kee-leshortstop, from St. Mary's college, California. Jack f he hen, who finished tha aeason with tha club last year, and Caton, secured from tha Pittsburg Outfielder Wallace J. Hood, recalled from the Salt Lake City club; Catchara Tavlor and Mllla "Doa" Hart, who has Juat returned from a trip to Swaden, will train tha rhib. and Dan Comerford will get the grounds ready In New Orleans Umpire Bill Klem, who la to officials at all tha exhibition games in which tha Roblna participate, will join the learn In Naw Orleans on March 11. Tha first games wilt be played March 11 and U, with tha New Orleans club. a. Yale Riflemen Defeat Oxford University Team NEW HAVfcN. Conn. Feb. 19 Tha Yale rifle team last night defeated Oxford In the first Internal tonal iintveritty shoot ever staged The point acora waa 1544 to ISO. Eight Oxford e shot at their targeta at New College. acora and cabled tba to England tha Yale team. The figures were announced after tha eight Ell riflemen had finished shoot. ., . a . , ing her. gun-her- Weit Second South Northwest Cor. 2d So. ft Main No. 2 enow-covere- d ar ths to The Tribaas, OO AN, Feb. 19. The foot hill on the slopes of tha tow-he- years old. Twenty-thre- a years ring la going some, so It Is a case of hats off to the Boston bald bov. Recently Jack fought a fellow In Buffalo and mada good and repeated with another the other night the older Twin surprised the Boston fans by defeating George Robinson, a husky colored middleweight who gave Champion a hard battle at Montreal Johnny Wilson couple of weeks ago. That la certainly some for the Under going these conditions, Mike Gibbons should be able to make a great comeback. Mlkq la only 3 years of age, bowlers. Good players are good work era- Rpeclet Jabea White and Joe Ljnch are getIn the ting almost as well acquainted ring as Jack Britton and Ted Lewis. They have been meeting quite regularly and of Albany, N. Y., held the little the champion to a draw at St. Loula this week. White la a clever little fellow and haa been fighting the topnotchera for the peat four or five years. Jack Britton seems to grow better With age. Notwithstanding that he is nearmark, ha is giving the ing the fans a run for their money every time he starta His work against Ted Lewis In New York a few nights, ago waa a revelation to some. Jack was at his beat giving a fine exhibition ot and, besidesboxing, also showed that he could fight, too. Tex Rickard waa ao Impressed wltb hia work that he wante him back at the Garden and la now angling for a maten between the welter champion and Pinky Mitchell. The Milwaukee boy fought Britton some time ago and gave him a real argument.- - Bmce then Plnkv, according to the New York papers, defeated Willie Jackson, although the referee called (t a draw, but Willie declines another meeting with Mitchell. Pinky and Britton, in a championship match, would prove a big attraction, as the Milwaukee lad made a big hit with the fans when he fought there, as did Rlchls MitcDell, against Leonard. Billy Mitchell, manager of Pinky, says he Is not averse to such a meeting and the match may be made for some time during the present aeason. Imagine Jsck (Twin! Sullivan still fighting In the ring and, what is mors, winning battles! Jack, the biggest of the twins, has been fighting elnce 1898 and Is In gloom-chase- 45 Old Friends Now. now 'tl Lh -, Hornsby, (he cash value 5Ven Player whom Comiakey woula be cIos o W0, oflO and the owner of the White Bo Wooably.ooulA Kave commanded that Tig- - d cred t0 dispose of them life cash before they were "tainted." lh " waa aa high la the atellar rank aa therated .1 Cerdtnal Uw outfielders In Felach and Jackson, and p!,a few superior mighty yth, to while was considered by them, many as the moat valuable third batsman in either , nd Kleberg waa a great ahort -atop, in spite of hla erratic tendencies Clcotte and Williams were classy pitch-e- ra consequently the million dollar rating given the seven of them collectively does not seem excessive. In view of xltlng demand for diamond What It will coat Comiakey to talent. them la another story, and hard replace figure mathematically. H baa had atosmall army of scouts aniff, anlffing" through the minor league domain over since he wracked hi team last September, and the result cannot be forecast until tha pext.campalgn la on, Inthe elimination of Hal Chase and Heine Zimmerman from their ranks, the ' New York Giants surrendered some good assets and ao did the Chicago Cuba when they released Lee Magee unconditionally. Another notable cate waa that of Joe Qedeon of the 8t. Loula Browns. , These men coat the clubs to which they owed allegiance considerable sums, either as original investments or in the cost of developing them. But none of the promoters suffered any such loss last sea-eo- n a did the White So owner. what the future coat-t- o base ball Is going to be can only be surmteed. and that not definitely. The actual exposure of serious conditions in tho professional game did ndt occur until ao lat In ths aeason that Its effect on tho pub-H- o could not bo determined with any certainty. It will require several week of the coming season to indicate whether or not tho scandals of 1920 will have any material effect on , tho aftanrtanco figurea, and much depend on how much confidence the fans havo In tha movement to divorce the aport from gambling, .' -- ht Infield-T'ei.?- Audi- -- was an aaaet tfl. trading standpoint, and ,hfawn? himself .outlast spring. , ot per " GlantF ?ff alWm'Jf . Iron men of the ring are not plentiful nowadays, but In Joe Tlpltts of Philadelphia the ring haa one tough bird, who can well lay claim to Joe Grimm a title of "champion Iron man." Poor Grimm had a rather bad ending, having been sent to the state hospital in Pennsylvania, according to reports. Tipllts battled witn Through Crooked-ness- ; Other Clubs Suffer. professional baseball to permit gamblers to gain control of the aport haa never been estimated ; what it Is going to cot cannot now be guessed, because It depend on a lot of things. Uh1?rle A notCoamlakey alonV the club ; owner wluy wa compelled to- only sacrifice playing material he promoter beet ot ,h The Implicated In thehtwSi.SJ,t pla'r e candl11 of rewnT Iln. tr 119 rep- money. nd we doubt vILltw! 000 for Rnsrs Hornsby of the t.rdlnali the la Johnny Buff of Jersey City, X. J., who has - been battling In' the east the past three of four years with varying success. Johnny engaged Frankie Mason in a, n-round contest at Xew Orleans last week and won the decision without any quetlon. the newspaper writers agreeing with the verdict of the referee. Mason, according to tha reports, did not have a chance after tha fifth round and was fairly beatan. Frankie claimed tha title two years ago, as did Young Zulu Kid, but the critics "finally recognised Mason as the logical tltleholder In that data Ha la well, around the mark and haa had more battlea than moat.. fighters. -- They fought at tha correct poundage 112 pounde and now Johnny a ill have clear sailing and a chance to defend his title in the regulation wav. A match between Buff and Jimmy Wilde tha world'a title, wo.uld. attr act .conjtor siderable attention, especially if held in England. It might he beat for Johnnv to first meet the French champion, and the winner of this match take oa Wilde. Tiplitz Tough Bird. Mil- - J ' y I. a. SANBORN. efclMg JWbim Salt lake Tribune Lced Wirt CHICAGO, Feb. U.What It has coat i Tribe,. MILWAUKEE, F b. 19, A new flyweight champion hat been added to the list of American tltleholdera one woo may have a chance to f rah off the world'a crown from the present holder, Jimmy , Wilde of Great Britain. The newcomer Special' White Sox Alone Lose Ws-eattf- h range east of Logan are making sluing possible, and the iamoue winter sport has bedh indulged in by both men and women tinder the direction of the Rolfsen Skiing club. Many have learned to aki while so much snow has covered the hills and mountains this winter. The best artist in the crowd is George Kelson, heavyweight wrestler, who brings his ability to ski from Seendmarta. While tn Norway and Sweden Nelson learned to ski lust as aptly as tbs American youth learns to toss a baseball, and he is showing the others the fine points of ths game now. Toboggan riding is also a ptfrt of ths outdoor, program of those who have developed a deaire to cavort in the snow. The Rolfsen Sporting Goods club will promote the pastime this year while there is snow on the ground, and next season it plans an extended tournament which will interest others from different parts of the state. well-know- n hts-aatr- New Yorker Asks Grapplers and Promoters to Attend RIFLE MATCHES AT Kansas City Meeting. his club His stars then were Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore, recently traded to Vernon by the New York Yankees on the Mitchell deal Outfielder Twombley, Thormahlen, a pitcher juet traded by the Yanks to thsjRed Sox, and Lamar, outfielder, Just suppose, to be supposing, that the federal league never had happened and that Babe Ruth were compelled to hide hie effulgence In the obscurity of a minor league team In Baltimore! , NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Having barred ths headlock In wrestling bouts under hie promotion. Jack Curley has now gone a step further and proposes to organize, if possible, a national body to govern the sport or In any case to bring about a conference ot those Interested to revise the rules. To that end ha addressed a telegram yesterday to over fifty wrestlers promoters and sporting writers, asking them to meet on or about March 29 to discuss the various holds now under discussion and to consider the advisability of revising the code and of forming, posalbly, a national association. Ha has suggested Kansas City a the place for the meeting, ae being central to all parts of the country, and In the heart, so to apeak, aa he puts It, of the wreatllng bel,t. Cut ley says that the rules were written 900 years ago, and that In view of advances made and the recent protest aa used by Ed against the headlock. Strangler" .Lewis and in a less degree to and tha hold the body scisagainst sors, that the time haa com for a general revision, with a chance for all those most Interested to express opinions The telegram sen I out by Curley yesterday folio: There haa been ao much controversy over various and agitation lately wrestling holds and wrestling rules that I am taking the liberty to Invite wreatlera, promoters, managers, newspaper men and fan to meet In some cenor about March 20. trally located city on It is my Idea to form elite American which all matchea rule under wrestling shall bo held. No harm can come from such a meeting and most llksly a lot if gobd. If there are any promoters in your section who wish to attend, mak every effort to Induce them to attend. I would Kanes City for the meeting suggest place " AmohgUiose to whom Corley sent the telegTam were Joe Coffe, Chicago. Nick Collin, Boies City. 'Idaho, Charles YMur: Al ray and Horae Lerch, 'Buffalo, N. Haft, Columbus, Ohio; Georg Bueche Louisville. Kv ; James Barnes, Spring-fielOhio, Norman Hoffheimer, Norfolk. Va ; Frank Schuler, San Francisco, Oscar Thorson. Des Moines. Is r George Barton, Minneapolis. Minn ; Sandy Grlewold, Omaha. Neb ; Otto Floto, Denver, Colo.: Ed Smith. Chicago; Jack Lewis and Gene Meladv, Omaha, William flcovtlle, Kansas City; Jules Baumaq, Rochester, N. IV and Georg. Kenned v,- - Montreal. -- ---d, Chamber of Commerce Supports Logan Nine 19 That the Logan I.OGAN, Feb chamber of tommerce la heartllv Supporting tha local baseball management and desires good clean baseball, Is evident from the applause which came after a re. port on the work of the baseball commit- tee, submitted by Chairman W, W. Anderson. Chairman Anderson was strongly supported In hts suggestion that Logan illy should help do something towards Improving the base hell park. Every city in the league haa given some aid In this respect Sod the local commute expects some support from Logan City Very eoon the oommlttee will have a number of suggesto tions present to the local fans and will ask for support In various wava to give Logan a winning team for thla year. John Christiansen, chairman of the fleh and gama committee, gave an Interesting report Of the organisation of the Cache County Fish and Game Protective assoA number of applications for ciation fleh for the streams of Cache county haa been mada and accepted and when the tlma comes the association will have much to do to receive the fish and plant them. ' ii. mi- McGrqw Expects Heaps 'u From Speed-Bal- l Book -- J Bill Ryan, the husky Holy Cross youth who opened John McGrows eye at Gainesville, Fla., In 1919 with a great bunch of untamed speed and uncultivated cqrvea, ha aent in hi signed contract to tha Giants and is now a sura enough, big leaguer ready to face tho beat hllteca in tha National circuit. Bill has spent tw years In the minora one with Buffalo, one with Toronto and tha speed is with him yet, but the curves ara cultivated. He is "seasoned " as the big league manager say. McGram Is pinning hopa on Rian, and If he performs as well aa he did In the closing dava of last season tho pennant chances. pf the Giants will b greatly enhanced. July 30 to August 27 Are the Likely Dates; Range 7 1" Ideal for - Contests. By PETER P. CARNEY. The national rifle matches will be held at Camp Perry. Ohio, again thla year. While no time nas been set, It Is more likely that the matches will be staged between July 0 and August 27. Camp Perry ia an ideal place for the holding of the national matches. Jackbid for the tour-- , sonville, Fla , put in nament and, while Jacksonville Is a fine placa and haa an excellent rifle range, the national board for th promotion of rifle practice could not see Its aay clear to twitch the matches from Camp Ferr. It wae announced that Camp Bennlng. Ga . at some future time would aak to -hold the national matchea. Thera mtv be some changes In the rules and regulations governing the national matches and the N. R. A. matches this year. It was suggested that one stage of offhand rifle shooting be put on the program, that a team match for American (Legion men, and another for policemen be added. AM the colleges are closed when the national matchea take place It is difficult to arrange competition that will bring college men to the matches. Every effort will be made to Interest American Legion men becauae there la a feeling that It Is through American Legion corps that rifle shooting can be promote successfully Th committee to arrange the rules and regulations of the matches Is comprised of Colonel C. E. Stodtcr. dlrettor of cfvillah marksmanship, Lieutenant Colonel M, C. Mumina, I.lieulcnant l olo-no. F. Snvder; Lieutenant Colonel b W. Brookhart, Major - W. T. Waller, Brigadier General Fred. II Phillips, Jr . Major K. K. V. Casey; Major ,R. D. Ja Garde; Captain E. C. Crosaman. A 842 fnen attended the school of Instruction the fire? eight day, ot the.im matchea It la more than likely that thin Phase of the work will be continued In 1921. More than 1300 men ahot In the 1120 matchea It la the feeling that 1121 will prove the banner year for rifle shooting. 'll he welcome Ljoiu "Your o invited to visit toar nearest j el I- Baltimore Boss Refuses to Sell His Players Jack Dunn, manager of the Baltimore minor lafije champion Orlolaa, pormata m hla datarmlnation not to pell any of hla playara to tha major laacuaa. In abort, onca an athlata signs with Mr. Dunn ha ia dona with going hfghar If ha haa anv class at all. This la vary nloo for Baltimore, but hardly fair to tha friavera who ara deprived of tha rlht to go up iri their profession Every )oung bslj plajnr with any ambition at all wants to nmka a major league naturally club, and It Is gUlng him a pretty tough deal to refuse him hia chance However, Iunn pays hia men real money Dunn la reported to havs turned down an offer of $100 000 from the Crtirago hlta fflf for four of his playert- - In fielder Bently and Bolev, Outfielder Ja cobaon and pitcher Ogden One before Dunn had a squad of wonders, but that time he was forced to sell them because of federal league raids that fairly ridding VV Indian Dealer on February 22 to enr th special enter tahunent secure jot a useful and practical souvenir and meet the botS. ; c - : also see the itewmodels; learn, of then economif endurance, comfort and of the sport of motorcij dir.Q 11 Du!It by the largest Motocucles Pioneers of the Industry u the World Motorcycle rectory tn the Drop monus Oponoll dotj and evening LON CLAFLIN 75-7- 7 West Broadway And. all other t euthoriz.od Salt Lake City, Utah do i 1 B to 1 |