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Show anVoT You're kf ifibtttte m$ft SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1928. Amateur Baseball Undergoes Last M inute Reorganization Before Season Opening a Tuesday Class B Loops Consolidated Into One Senior Loop Reaches Age Of 52 Years Two Clubs Dropped From B Class; New Schedule Made; Pilots to Meet. Soms n b p Golf Peps Up 0 Cobb, Hornsby Share Honors I I Dig oix in NEW YORK, April 21 (AD Ty and Rogers Hornsby, the two great leaders, monopollied the limelight In the "Big Six" yesterday as the great Babe Ruth tumbled to the bottom of the heap. Bab faced Rube Walberg four times without success, but in the other lineup, Cobb hit Yankee pltchera for three singles, which played a big part In the Athletlca' 10 to 0 victory over the world's champions. Hornsby got a home run off Barnes as well as a single. Cobb's average mounted to .444 and Hornsby's to .393 aa a result of the day's proceedings. Klkl Cuyler turned the tide In favor of the Cuba by hitting a home run with one on against Lucas of Cincinnati, but his average climbed only to .244. The standing to date; Cobb Cobb, Athletics .. G. AB. R. 6 3 27 )i 25 Hornsby, Braves 7 Hellmann. Tigers .11 Ruth. Yankees ... 8 . 41 29 5 7 H. 12 ret. .444 .393 .220 .207 II 9 I RECORDS TUMBLE ing. Managers are particularly requested by the board of control to have their rosters complete and releases made by the time the player cards are due Wednesday. Extensive Program of Park Improvements Planned. Announcement of an extensive program of park lmprovenments was made by the board Saturday. Two scoreboards will be constructed on the municipal diamonds that will be used for Sunday morning league games and probably for twilight games later. These boards will give the score by innings together .with runs, hits and errors. Gongs also will be installed on the municipal grounds for the official scorers to operate, calling time and scoree. Work on constructing and installing the scoreboards will begin Immediately and they will he ready for the Sunday inaugural April 29. Backstops on the municipal diamonds will be ratsed for the opening of the season. The backstops have been much too small and this Improvement will be welcomed by all teams playing- on these diamond's. Five Diamonds Available IN OHIO RELAYS Out for Blood Rain Slows Most Races, but Marks Fall With d Clarence Smith. grappler from I'nlon. Is seeking wider fields to explore In the wrestling game and has Issued a general challenge. Smith is desirous, he says, of meeting all comers, and includes mlddleweights .ind light heavies not exceeding 175 Speed. OHIO STADIUM, Columbus, pounds weight. Smith has wrestled draws with John Kllonls and (Jus Pappas. and also has won decisions from Dick Canthle and George Olson, he reports. He has onlv come into mat prominence during the past year una Is now undr the man agement of J. Wallace. April (AP). Despite th, steady downpour that cut down times in most events, five records today were broken and a sixth tied during the closing day's events of the fifth annual Ohio Seveu records were broken relays. in eight, events. Splashing his way over a muddy track, George Simpson of Ohio State university turned In the most brilliant performance of the day when he shattered the former Ohio relay rec ord and tied the national collegiate mark of 9.6 seconds in the dash. Krlss, Simpson's Buckeye teammate, trailed him by two yards, to give Ohio State two places In the fast dash. Hester of Michigan, winner of the event last year, placed third. The only relay mark was 9.8 second. l The second dash record nf the when Mahoney of St. Xavler college, Cincinnati, beat the old Ohio relay record of 10.3 seconds In the dash for class B colleges and normal schools. Mahoney made the distance In 10 seconds flat. Whiting of West Virginia college trailed Maho- nev by eight yards for second place, while Button of Albion college. Al- I blon. Mich., placed third. Ohio State starred again in the university relay wen the speedy quartet of Krlss, Pierce. and SlmDson broke the old Ohio relay record of minut 30.2 sec- dls- onds. They covered the the tnnce over muddy trackin 1 mln- or Chiute zx.6 seconds. University cago was second and Syracuse third. The fourth record of the day was broken when Ohio Wesley.m unlver- slty lowered the old Ohio relay mark In ihe sprint college relay from 43.7 seconds to 43.5 seconds. Pel- tibone, rjfrt Lombachsr and Slo- vaeky made, up the Wesleyan quartet, Bethany college. Pennsylvania, took second and Oberlln third. The pole vault mark of 13 feet was bettered by Otterness of the Unl- verslty rif Minnesota. The 1Gopher Itar cleared the bar at 13 feet Inch for a ohl" "by r'crd: nt mark last Pittsburgh who set 13 feet Plckd, 21 it great, day for southpaws in the major leagues Friday. To begin with. Lefty Grove entertained a crowd of 5,000 attending the opener at New York, by making the New York Yankees' murderers look like lame rabbits. Meanwhile, Earl Whitehltl, the d day-fel- Hail the South pan was a. Tigers' renowned southpaw, helped shove the Browns down the ladder by holding them to four hits and shutting them out. Over In the National league, the Chicago Cubs, who bombarded a crew of hits the dav pitchers for twenty-on- e before, were unable to focus their ev. on Eppa Hlxey's southpaw slants for more than four hits, and the Reds won. Outside of that, major league lefthanders didn't do much. Generally speaking, pitching reems to be in the upgrade in the big leagues. twspite the chilly Weather, some neat exhibitions of bending and burning 'em nav" Den witnessed by the fans who nave Braved the elements to attend the games. For one thing. Cleveland's Ingly good staff is the talk of the "ig show. When the Indians bump up tga Inst the world's champion Yanks their moundsmen will have an Ideal opportunity to show whether or not their performances thus far are to be a flash In the pan. If pitching la the necessary element to wftminr " pen- nants, ihe Indians have it In the bag right now, That Is. of course pro- vfUed tne Redskin hurlers don't crack Meanwhile, the Yanks don't seem to be a bit hesitant about going a fifth successive pennant weaker In pitching than theyAdmittedly were last year, the Yanks are still a great hall club. To begin with, the potent bat- ting power of the Yanks and theif steady Infield Is half a victory for anv Hurler that steps to the mound. Th- oniy ,nlnr tha ,ppMrg Yankl going For Leagues' Play. To date the board of control has five diamonds available (or use. There are two municipal diamonds at Seventh East and Thirteenth South, the school Whlttier Hawthorne apd grounds and the Fair Grounds. Ground be Satwill made each assignments urday for the week following. Following lr the first round of the revised schedule of the Tuesday league. The second round reverses the home teams of the first round, while the third round is Identical with the first. The home team Is flrat In each pairing. vs. Continental May 1 Walkers Oil: Mutual Creamery vs. Federal Reserve; Clover Leaf rs. Scenic Line. May 8 Scenic Line vs. Continental Oil, Federal Reserve - vs. Walkers; Mutual Creamery vs. Clover Leaf. May 15 Walkers vs. Mutual Creamery; Federal Reserve vs. Scenic Line; uTlJvSA aSathe Is he J " Clover Leaf vs. Continental OH. ,iBenrn.tt!rdf.C'To..do Llbbey dash SSfiP "5K May 22 Continental Oil vi. Fed eral Reserve; Walker. v.u. Leaf: Mutual Creamery ... . '"vs; ecenic ... ball gattw:- Beiflrtd the speed of Leffy nreasttng ttje tape In in seconds flat jrove, me msjor a ace southpaw, the 2 Newark. N. J prep national .hlxh A s Line vs. Walkers; Scenic May triumphed, 2 to 1, over the Yanks, Federal Reserve vs. Clover Leaf; Con- sohool relay champions, captured the Friday. If no other factor than previ-ou- a e g In sec47.9 vs. Oil minutes tinental Mutual Creamer'- relay experience la considered, the Athonds. letics a question mark. They have Cooper of Mlchigsn, winner of the been are to regsln the position they high hurdles race last year. Joined the once doped held In the A. L. several times s ranks of the late In In ths the meet, clipping one second from fallen past few years, but thev have down each time. Mebbe it's ths former Ohio relay record of 14.7 Connie's year this time. seconds. The fsst rims was not recog. nized ss a new record, because of a Washington la up among the top stiff wind which swept through the notohers, as wss expected. Regardless the fact that the s.n.tnr. ,i after the rain stopped falling of LAWRENCE, Kan., April (AP). stadium look like pennant winners they sppear Harold Buchanan, 20, Wlnnebaoo late in the day. nave s gooa nurnng staff, which Indian from Black River Falls, Wis., should make it warm again for the competing for Haakell Institute, this Yanks. afternoon won the International In- Kentucky Race Track Chlaox The seem surs a of win when which waa ran from dian marathon, UllB boy nsmed Alphonse Thomas 'Take-ou- t' Topeka. Kan. More Allowed nm me rnomss iskcs won sechis The run. which finished with a ond victory, when ne held the Inturn of the memorial quarter-mil- e dians an at bay, accomplishment In LEXINGTON, Ky., April M (AP). Itself stadium track here, waa a feature of that few can boast of thus far An increased "take-oo- f of money the sixth annual Kansas relays. this year. Buchanan appeared exhausted aa watered through Dan Howie) 's Browns appear headed waa allowed Kentucky and he bit the tape after walking part of U-- : other tracks operating under their di- for the position that dopesters hsd the but 100 yards of the them rection by the Kentucky racing comfigured for at ths opening of the ard route. IHa time waa announced aa three mission In executive session here to- - season. After winning four straight secgames, Thomas started them down by hours four minutes and fifty-si4ay. Under the new ruling approved by blanking them. Sines then the Mound teat considering the onds, fairly entry in the junior circuit has routs and advers weather condltlona ths commission the tracks at Churchill City Downs and Latonia would be allowed done tittle to startle ths fans. which prevailed. Outside of these few uncertainties reduction and all The United States scored a double a f per cent othar tracks a 10 per cent cut. Under the American league race Is an setvictory when Harry Chaoea. ths oM rale a I per cent redaction tled. Hspl. represenUng Sherman was allowed all tracks finished Riverside. Calif.. Pittsburgh's Pirates, who hare s 127 runner The from second. high seas of ths National pound NIVADA WINS OUT. league for nigh on to three yssra. seem Polarca, Arts , cam In in 1:94 SI. RBTSO, rT. April 11 (API With to have a hard time staying anywhere finishing fairly strong Albert Cooler. Apache, the outcome of th meet dependent near ths surface. Ths Caralaals and nine en- upon the winner of ths relay, the Ne- ths Giants ars making a and another nf HsnkeT was vada wolf pack relay team raced to a proposition oat of what waa supposed trants, finished third. His timeNsvs-Jo. sw Nevada record, leaving the dan to bs a 1.14.S. Eugene Anderson. II. scramble early In ths of H.'keil finished fourth. His Joss squad fifty yards In the rear, and year. Nevada captured lh meet time was .2P Wh the Cards hare best) making d 1 half-mil- e d - surprls-Stroth- g - , two-mil- record-breaker- . x rid-th- two-rlu- h five-clu- b it ' Mackmen New Uniforms Have A' Emblems fefe Carmen Garner, Helen Van Buren Set New Time Fast. Sharp ; THE white elephant, symbol on the uniforms of the Philadelphia Athletics, is to be removed. The letter "A" The last will be restored. time the team wore this uniform was in 1914, the year the A's won the American league Tb TribtiDt. Sseelil OGDEN. April 21 Exceptional tlen wss recorded In practically every event in the finals of th Intermountain A. A. U. awlmming meet here tonight. Carmen Garner, Weber gym, a nat- TULSA RACE MEET tered the record In ths 1 Wot stroks for women by covering the distance In 1.3M. This Is 10 seconds under the record which was held by lone Duncan. Heln Van Buren was timed In I fre minute 12 seconds In the style for women. This is a new feature. Harlow Sharp turned In two exceptional performance without competition. He came within of a second of the record lb ths free styls event, and within on second of th mark In th back atroke. Gordon Van Buren, Weber gym. won the men's diving sfter a stiff battle with Hugh Stewsrt. The summary: free style Harlow Sharp. Deaeret jgym, won; George Engar. gym, second; Charles WeToh, Ds-erseconds. gym, third. Time, Si breast stroke for ladles-Car- men Garner. Weber gym. won; Ion Duncan, Deaeret gym, second; Grace third. Time, Coppin, Deseret gym, 1:36.4 (new record). , men Gordon Van Fancy diving for Buren, Weber gym, won; Hugh Stewart, Weber gym, second: Kllton Stewart. Deseret gym, third. free styls for ladles Helen Van Buren. Weber gym. Won; Donna Manning, Weber gym, second: Celestla. BrowneTl, Deseret gym, third. Time, 1:12 (new event snd new record). back stroke for men Harlow Sharp, Deseret gym, 'won; Lewis Fetisr, Deseret gym, second; Gorg Engar, Deseret gym. third. Time, d DRAWSB1G LIST two-fift- Horses, Owners Familiar to Salt Lake Tracks Are Quartered. Hello folks !l Des-er- et to The Tribune. TULSA. April 21. -- Salt 5 Special Condition of Amply Demonstrates They Harken to Battle Shout WALKER Giants' Famous Leader Accords High Praise to O'Doul and Cohen Among Recruits; Browns, Reds Upset Predictions. By JOHN J. McGRAW Manager of New York Giants. NEW YORK. April 21. The striking feature of the big league races for these first eight or nine days is the unmistakable evidence of a serious and determined effort on the of the veterans to get ready. I can name, offhand, ten or twelve players who have done more hard and conscientious training to prepare themselves for these races than tliey have done sine they were kids. The results speak for themselves. The veterans feel a fight In the air and 4part As He Sees It John J. M cGraw, most noted of all baseball men, tells Tribune readers how he feels about it. have prepared themselves accordingly. Th anappy, games In both leagues and the consequent enthusiasm of tne fans has been largely due to the speed nf these old stars. Their physical training has told. Matter of Individuals; Old Stars Travel Fast. The actual scores sre not yet Indicative of strength to level the clubs out and put your finger on the probable contenders. We are In for a nice fight. Right now it Is a matter of individuals. To illustrate my have point of how the veterans worked to be In shape, I wonder If fans hsve noticed the showing of EdBill die Roush, Grover Alexander, Sherdel, .less Haines. Arthur Nehf, and Adolph Luque. Every Eppa Hlxey on? of -- them waa off with the Aun. Over in the American league started off apparently as good aa ever. Marberry also is In shape. The training fever must havs atruck th Cleveland and St. Louis outfits Just right, for all their pitchers ap pear to be going good. The work of Daxzy Vance In n- nlng two egames indicates that he lis in his form. Dave Bancroft and Max Carey are also oh their toes. It's a wonderful thing for baseball to see the veterans going like that. O'Doul and Cohen Help Giants Over. The good start of the Giants has been largely due to th way Lefty O'Doul and Andy Cohen more than lived up to expectations. Then Frank Hoctan joined us just st the right time and has been all that we expected of him. and mor". His spirit Is wonderful Let me make it clear that all th enthusiasm In New York over Andy Cohen la not simply because hs Is Jewish, but because he hss ball play proved himself a first-rat- e er He haa the winning spirit and hard-foug- agar u.ke City TEAM Navy Defeats Tech Eights 5 vide thirty-si- holes of medal play, x Stanford Beats Bears on Track In- stead of eighteen, aa previously announced. The statement added that September 2. 1925, had been definitely fixed as the date for beginning the amateur at Del championship to be played Monte, Cal next year. . STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CaHf., April 21 (AP). Stanford university's track snd field team defeated the University of California. 90" to 404. at the Stanford stadium here this afternoon. This was the thirty-fiftcontest of the schools. arnjual v h Pen-noc- k er I the Buccaneers walk the plank, the Giants have been winning ball games and laying off. The rest seems to do McGraw's men good, for they are playing smart basebsll when they make -- - ports. Vllllam "Wrlgley's CrUbs haven't yet proved the threat they were expected to be. One day they resemble Hug-gin- s' heavy srtillery artists, snd the next day they look like the hitless wonders, who used to Inhabit another part of the same city. The Boston Braves, considered a question mark that might develop Into something more tangible, so. fsr have erased all doubts as to their possibilities. the fact thst the Despite mighty Rajah Is holding down the keystone ssck for ths Braves, they are not creating any great stir In National league play. All of which goes to show that It takes nine men to make a baseball team, and not one. For years fans hsve said thai I rv Benton, the studious starboard hurler who used to toss em for the Braves, would be a world Mater If he ever got the opportunity to play with a club oarrylrgr some batting punch and having a defense, specially the former. Now Larry Is living up to the hopes of his fsns. So far ha has done so well for the Gianu thst be has mad th Gotham fans forget that they sver got fooled on Herb McQuillan, and OTer in Boston they are wondering If Larry would have performed (he earns war with th Inspiration of Hornsby on second and Lester Bell on third. i LA BARBA TO WED SAN FRANCWCO. April tl (AP) ridel La Barb, former flvweirht champion, and Stanford university law student, and Mrs Marlon Louis D Beck, former wife of Billy De Beck. rtoonlst. obtained a mamas llrenw hers today and said thcr would ,! nlgrhtfall. But where and when tne j sept secret our young pitcher hsve started the Giants off nicely. The Ysnks have run prtty close to hitting form. Naturally ths sur- prise of the early gamea Is the spurt of the Browns. I sccount for that In th good spirit that hss been ngeri- dered by Howler's efforts to put to The gether a new combination. changing of clubs has probably given such players as Manush and Blue a lot of new ambition and pep. All thos things help. Redleos Havs Punch; Praise for Sid Purdy. Th Cincinnati club also has fooled a lot of th calamity howler. It. haa shown a decided punch snd apparently is getting good pitching. CIncy seems to hsve a good man In Purdv Naturally all of us sre plessed st the wsy Eppa Rixjry Is going. Good pitching will tske the Beds a long war. Aa I suspected, th Cubs already na reit cuyler punch In th ting order. Twio already he has knocked out the winning run. Altogether the racea are starting off with a bang, but It may be a month before, all th clubs sett' Into their natural groov. Andy Cohen Draws High Praise From Babe Ruth 4- - Bambino Certain Young Infield Sensation Will Continue Clever Work. By BABE RUTH. NEW YORK CITY, April 21 The at man I have been most Interested during these first few dsy of th o e O II nt "anruaii asn't been on our gar -- You know, when some unknown kid comes slong the fans don't expect much of htm. and anything be does la a boost. But when one pf these advertised kids happens by, he can't even afford to be average. He's got to be sensational or the fana think he's a total loss. As I see It. Tony Laxxerl Is the only kid to come along in the last three or four seasons who was In anything like as tough a spot aa Andy Cohsn. And ths fact that both of them made good proves that they've got the nerve and the spunk and the fight that it takes to make real ball players. lijsSj,.niHl &2i&!ibXAUp& Follow, th, Dot league He's Andy Cohen ,1 JJii F f I) ' of the Giants. I've So far th first ten dayt of the sot a hunch the season Is atconcerned, things are goAndy Is the molt ing along about as the experts doped talked-o- r ballplaythem The strength Is being thown er in the big where it was expected, snd th weak leagues today, and teams already are beginning to slip I know that nine tne oottom. out of every ten towara In our league the Athletlca got sway ball players are to a baa start, but they II come hack. pulling for him to too good a club to keep on make good. It They're losing hall games. Th most remark looks ss though be able when you come to showing would do It, too. think about it, has been made by To mind. Wsshlngton. Bucky's crew hsd been my Andy Cohen drew sll fhot to pieces with injuries. Rice. th toughest as- Goelin. Harris. Ruel, Bluege, signment In bass-bal- l. snd Ltsenbe hav all been Hsdley out of uauoo Xpuy Stepping Into at one. It has bean o bad that me snoes of one or there had to play George Sisler has Bucky the greatest players of all time Is ine outiieia. never easy. In addition to all that. in But still they win the majority of Cohen hsd a lot of publicity to live nan games snd when a club can rneir down. Then he's a Jewish bov. and do that, they've got something, right outside New York Jewish ball players spirit, n notning els. have to take a lot of riding and rsas-In- ingCleveland, too. hss had a rood start Consequently when a fellow And mark this down. If the Clsvedoes sll thos things snd still comes noia up. tne ji p a isna purners through, he's got something season I touan club all don't long. mean that they II win any or snythlng like that. Theypennants won t. Andy' Popular Topic But orthey'll make plenty of trouble for us. And I n willing that they sii (Copyrisrht, 1IS, by th Christy I should. t don't knew of any saan Walsh Syndics Of all ths kids who cam up to tb in me worra id rather see make good this year, Cohen is th aa a manager big leagu than Roger Peckin-psugmoat talked about, and being talked MUTTON NIW COAXH. can have one or two and If shout doe.pt make s fellow's Job good years in he a row, ha il be set for Special te Tea Tribes. any easier. Publicity Is a great thing, in uwr. GOODING, Idaho. April tl. A. O but too much of It makes the going I'll ssy this fer Peck. too. Give Huttoo. roach at Nsmps high school, pretty tough I notice) that a M of htm ball pssyers and he'll get has chosen coach for Gooding newspaper stories are written about about real as much out of them as any high next year by th school hoar!, kid man In the business. He knows hie to take charge of athletic here Beat players who come up and then fall T. baa ball plasty. year Frank Knight, thte rear's coach, to mske good. The way I op It ha resigned. Mr. Hutton has a spleneast Is that It waa th pric snd She 'Copyright Christy did record as a coach. syndicate.,)" mat causes their j bt g. or bn d fans would enthuse over the racing meeting which opens her Tuesday, for there are many owners and trainers and th ssme horses that have performed In Utah and other western states. William P. Kyne, general manager of the Tulsa Jockey club, CUP announced Saturday that mor than 600 horses were on th ground ready ior me meeting that will run for nineteen or mor days. Veteran racing officials who have Two New Golfers Named served In Utah and who will assist Mr. Kyne Include C. W. Primrose. on American DefendM. H. Morrison, Peter Clark, judges; C. V. Henderson, petrol judge, and W. R. Jarvls, starter. Among weat-er- n ing Eight. owners who will participate are J. W. Nlchol, A. Bordeau, Edward Stertt, Mrs. C. T. Shsfer, W. T. Studebaker, T. Grimes. J. L, Scobey, AUGUSTA. Ga., April 21 (API. E. E. E. i. Middleton, Robert T. (Bobby) Jones, Atlanta golf Fairfax Edwards, stable. Nobl Tiller. Buchanwizard, will captain America's Walker an brothers W. Mlkel & Son and Mrs. cup team this summer In defending R. M. Hoot. Jockeys will be granted llceuse the amateur trophy against the Inva- Monday. sion of Great Britain, Melvin A. Tray-lo- r, president of th United States Golf association, announced today. Jones' teammates In the fight to retain the trophy, won five times in succession by America, will be Jes Sweetser, George Yon Elm, Charles ANNAPOLIS. Md.. April 21 (AP). Evans. Jr., Francis Oulmet, Harrison won me varsity boat race nary rrom R. Johnston, Watts Gunn and Roland Massachusetts Institute of Techhere today by half a length. Mackenzie, all of whom were on the nology With wind and sea bad the Navy last cup team with the exception of crew time was seven minutes 14 Evans and Johnston. These two take seconds for the Henley distance of the places of Jesse. Guilford and Robert one and mile. AC Gardner. Nsvy won the junior varsity boat The team, selected by the executive race from Massachusetts Tech by committee of the golf sssoctstion at four lengths in a driving rain and its meeting hr this week, will meet choppy sea. Battling a northeast the British team at Chicago about the wind, it took the winners minnrst or September. utes and fifteen seconds to eight cover the A list or alternates will be named one snd course. mile at the June meeting of the executive committee, Mr. Traylor declared. He also announced that the committee st Its meeting this week had changed the conditions governing a possible playoff during the national open at Olym-pi- a fields, Chicago, in June, to pro- JONES TO CAPTAIN Old-Time- rs ftr 0er Buchanan Wins Indian Marathon 5& Women Swimmers Lead Ogden Record Assualt Ready-CAME- RA! Em Vtah Surprises Ike Armstrong's 1'nlverslty of Utah trackmen pulled the Initial surprise of the collegiate track season by handing the Brlgham Young university boys a. trimming in their own back yard by the good and sufficient margin of 10 points. Now other schools, both on this and the east aide nf the Rockies, will begin to wonder what it's all about, and Utah will be a marked camp. That victory came as an almost total surprise, and yet the wise boys who had been compiling the meager bits of Information from the Ute teepee are pulling the "I told you so." Surprise or not. It was a great victory, and the Utah boya are entitled to full credit. It was the freshmen who carried much of the brunt of the attack for Utah and their performances are notable feats. And then Coach Armstrong comes In for a gentle pnt on the back and generous commendation. It Is no little task to take a bunch of freshmen and whip them into collegiate material in a month or two. Ike's training has been carried out well, and if the Utes can continue the work begun against the Y they will receive a stumbling block In other directions. pions. Next on the program of getting ready for the opening of the season Sunday, April 20, will be a special meeting of managers at the Elks' club Thursday evening. All details of the season opening will be explained, along with what other questions the managers may care to bring up In regard to assignment of grounds and times of games. All clubs that expect to play must have their fees and player cards submitted to the board of control by aa the board must have Wednesday, them all accounted for and approved Fees and cards before the opening. may be sent to 401 Walker bank build- golf has been on the sports program for the past six weeks or so. the real golf season Is lust now due for III opening. It takes about s month for the winter kinks to become loosened up. and when they are out the coureea are crowded from daylight till dark The Salt Lake season this year holds promises of being the most brilliant The four courses In golf history here. are In much better condition as a whole than they have ever been and there are more people playing golf than ever. Construction programs will add at leaat 18 more holes to the links this year. Nine of them will be built at the Fort Douglaa layout, malting a full 18 holes there. The other nine are in process of construction at the Old Mill club, and this course will be put In operation at the end of this season or at the opening, of the next season. All of the clubs are on the eve of their tournament schedules, and with the flrat major tournament due to begin May 30, the Ogden Invitational, the sharpening up process will be While yean ago, on April 22, 1876, the first game scheduled under the newly formed rules and code of honor of the then recently organized National League of Baseball Clubs Professional was played. I7IXTT-TW- reorganisation of the amateur baseball league was acby the board of control complished of amateur ball Saturday, when It became known that two of the clubs entered In the Tuesday class B competition will be unable to play, one through withdrawal and the other through Ineligibility. Schramm-John-so- n withdrew and the board declared the Electrical League of Utah Ineligible to compete In employee ball because of Its plan to recruit players from all electrical companies. However. In order to keep the Electrical league in the game, the board will request the team's management to recruit a team in this manner and enter It In either Sunday or Wednesday A Open leagues, or both, where vacancies exist. These two leagues are the only ones open to a club that must get together its roster in such a manner. and the "With Schramm-JohnsoElectrical clubs out of Tuesday ball, the two left in the league will be placed In the other Tuesday circuit, The league. making it a schedule was revised Saturday for this b new league, which will be composed of Walkers, Continental Oil, Mutual Creamery. Federal Reserve, Clover Leaf and Scenic- - Line. Runners-Uto Play for Berth in Twilight Series. The combining of the two Tuesday loops makes It possible for but three twilight championa to enter the twilight championship series which will be played ut the end of the season. ne team from the Tuesday, one from the Thursday and one from the Friday. However, in order to place four team:; In the twilight series, the board nf control decided to conduct a serlea of the three between the runners-u- p twilight league?, the winner of which series will enter the championship along with the three league cham All high-price- d, d JjSSt Hu. d d 1:62 J. d frss styls for men Charles Welch, Jr.. Deseret gym, won: George Peterson, Deseret gym. second; Gordon Holt, Deseret gym, third. Tim- -, 6:40. Davis Group Opens Matches In California LOS ANGELES. Aoril 21 (AP The American Davis cup team's ex hibition tournament at th Loa An geles Tennis dub opened her this afternoon with a singles match between Arnold Jones of Providence, R. I., former csptain of th Yale university tennis tesm and now a member of the Davis cup team, and Een GorohaJfoff, Occidental college star. Jones played rings around Goroha-koto win, His superb stroking and placements bad th local college star running around In circles most of th time, wltb the tasterner on top of th play at all times. Jones' deceptive style and great pace were the principal factors In defeating Gorchakoff. Packed galleries witnessed the play, which was the first of several local appearances of the American team. ff Discus Only Mark to Fail In Relay Meet LAWRENCE. Kan , April tl (AP). The handicap of wintry weather, combined with a raw wind that swept Memorial stadium, bested the effort. today of a entry of college and university trsck stars' to break meet records at the sixth annual University of Kansas reUvt. The only record to go waa in tb dit cus throw, in which Howell, Oklahoma univserlty, set a new record of 11 feet, Inches, downing the favorite, Baldwin of Texas, whose hear of 141 feet. 7 inches also waa better than the old record of 141 feet, 4 4 inches. Northwestern dominated the re lav events, collecting nine points by winning s first, snd tying for another Missouri collected eight and 'f points. Illinois totaled eight and th Texas Aggies and Kansas got, seven -- BSWTf .fhilSf .k MtaMS-- l I t I. . ytr.n "re.: Tims' waa J:M. Iowa State wasrets?'. second. The quarter mile ran true to form, as Kansas and the Texas Aggie staged a great battle for first place, victory going to Kansas. Tom Churchill, rising young University of Oklahoma star, flashed to a brilliant victory over Vernon Kennedy of the Missouri State Teachers' college of Warrentburg, Mo In the decathlon, a new event added for the benefit of thos preparing for Olympic competition. The yoibful Oklahoman amassed a total of 7t4-852points to take th event Ken nedy was not fsr behind ChurchUl with record-breakin- g one-ha- " ...,n . ' 4 7212 S414 point. , Outsiders forced the favorite from the limelight In the special erects Beat tie of the Colorado AgTtaa beat out Hargisa of Texas in th tbotsut. whtl Brewer of th asm school tied with Drake snd Brycs or Oklahoma and Droegemuetler of Northwestern in the pole rault. Ray Conger, considered on of th outstanding Olympic prospects, suffered his second defeat In two days today. whn he eras conquered by Jo Hsak of Illinois a, C, and orral M.rtln, Purdue university '. sophomore. In a ss)el mOe Herman Phillip of IUInota A-- C. defeated Conger in a special "rnTfft "P-- ' . yeaterday. mtddl-dlatan- Ward Elected Prexy Of Izaak Walton League Nb. Asrtl 11 fAP) K..twiE Ward, nufSSstli st UMFuarrersity ear RV nois. w elected president of Die IsaakWaltttn Utagueof America If OMAHA. Dr. Henry |