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Show son, Tom Butler, Frank Hofman, Eddie Smith and many others are expected to take part in the opening meet Decoration day. Several of them are already lore and in training at the track. The main event at the opening meet will be a match race between Barney Oldfield and W. G. Furman, in half mile heats, best two in three. There will also be a mile open professional with four prizes, B40, $20, $10 and $5; a mile open amateur tandem race with $40, $20 and $10 for the first three positions, and a half mile open amateur for prizes of $20, $10, $5 and $2.50. Schefski says he will put on class and consolation races for the local riders, much the same as he did when he was manager of the track be- Sporting (5ossip. If a few defeats are not handed the Ogden club presently the history of last season will be repeated in this base ball league of ours that is to say, Ogden will get such a lead at the start that it will be impossible to head it off. As the thing now is the Ogden club is many points to the good and still winning. Salt Lake and Logan are playing close places, together in second and third r. The while Lagoon is the howLagoon management announces, ever, that this condition is not to continue, and new players are being looked for. One acquisition of the week was fore. ft ft Lempke, a Colorado pitcher who seems promising, and several lines are out for The attempt to pull off the twenty-roun- d other players. ft ft boxing contest at the Athletic Gimlin, never overlooking a point, club Monday evening was abortive, immediately protested Lempke when owing to the failure of Fred' Davis to the latter arrived, basing his protest on show up. He came, after the crowd a telegram he received from the pitcher had been dismissed, and made a great was twice announced by Wilearly in the month accepting Ogden's roar. It terms. For a day or two early in the lard Bean, master of ceremonies, that week it looked like a wrangle, but the Davies declined to go on because the matter was finally settled and Lempke house was small. Davis denies the will stay with Lagoon. statements, and there is the situation in ft ft a nutshell. It makes but little differNephi Thomas of the Salt Lake club however. The public is tired of redeemed himself last week in one of ence, meal ticket fighting and prefers the the games with Logan, pitching about The match betwean Mcthe best game seen on the local grounds real thing. and Donnelly on Monday night this season. A little more coaching Carthy next will doubtless be well attended. and experience oujjht to make a good well. On the hand out of Nephi, but he will probably Both men are training Mose La Fontise of a not be what you might call thoroughly Monday following and Butte well is season Buddy King of California reliable pitcher until this will convert get together. This will be a good along. It takes a few games to mill It has been intimated that the an amateur into an effective professional suffer as a reason of last Monwill club ball player. fiasco. It should not,' for every days it ft one was treated fairly and had his Again there is talk of getting money refunded. The management back to Salt Lake. He could should not be made to suffer for somebe used all right, but it would be neces- thing over which it had no control. To guara against repetitions pugilists will sary to get his suspension lifted before in future be compelled to put up a he can again get a foothold in this forfeit. Once more we suggest to the wisdom of supleagae. His return would strengthen Manager Osborne called Sunshine. freak this the home club materially. From the pressing has long since and is a nuisance He kind of ball he has been playing in ceased to be amusing. Cut him out. California it is probable the people out ft ft there would raise a mighty holler should kick but their he jump back to Utah, The Decoration Day road race bids would not be any more justified than fair to be one of the greatest in the histhe kick of the Utah people when he tory of the state. Over 150 entries jumped out of this league. These little have been made for the 500 prizes. jumps back and forth merely emphasize Wilkes and W. W. Chisholm Charlie an of agreement the need of some sort an auto race over the course have will two leagues, to protect the clubs in the race. bike the after ft ft tail-ende- . . . . Mc-Nich- ols Schils, Salt Lakes third baseman, thus far has the rest of the third base- men in this league beat a mile. A good SALE OF COUNTY REAL ESTATE The Board ot Commis NOTICE: man with the club as well, cool and a veritable has he proved steady always, sioners of Salt Lake county will sell at public auction at the west door of the and County Building, at A story got around during the week Joint City twelve oclock, noon, on Saturday, June that McCafferty would jump from Og7. 1902, and convey to the highest bidder den, but an authoritative denial has cash the following real property been given out. If some of the other for to Salt Lake county, and bemanagers of this league could get on to belonging Gimlins system of holding good players ing no longer required for public use: it would help materially in cuttinga Beginning at a point in the north line down Ogdens lead. Stop and think of section twenty-si- x (26), Township minute and try to recall an instance four (4) south, Range one (1) west, where a player jumped an Ogden con which is seventeen hundred and seventy-five (1775) feet, more or less, east of oid Izzy Hansford has been doing the northwest corner of said Section (26); thence southerly along some great work, both in the field anc twenty-si- x hundred at the bat, for the Salt Lake club since said center line twenty-thr- ee Ocrden dropped him. Whether it is for and eighty (2380) feet, more or less, to the purpose of revenge, or what, don the south line of Lot one (1), containing matter, but the cold fact remainsof that four and forty-fo- ur hundredths (4.44) his Hansford is playing the game acres. lite- By order of the Board of CommissionLake county. of Manager Schefski is booming things ers Salt JOHN JAMES, County Clerk. along at the bicycle track. Barney Dated Salt Lake City, Utah, April Oldfield, Pedlar Palmer, W. G. Fur1902. man, Johnny Chapman, W. E. Samuel- 28. ; Educational, man; Harry Dawson, catcher; Christus Tripp, pitcher; Percy Browne, first baseman; John Jensen, third baseman-GeorgWebb, shortstop; LeRoy Breek on, right fielder; Will Castleton, center fielder; Ralph Bowdle, left fielder. Sophomores Harmel Pratt, captain and second baseman; Will Bloek catcher; Ellis Black, pitcher: Frank German, first baseman; Myron Billinas third baseman; Berenice Richardson shortstop; John Rudy, right fielder Will Fowler, center fielder; Lisle Smith, left fielder. Freshmen Uans Hansen, captain and second baseman-RalpBrown, catcher; Ray Weilcr pitcher; Frank Rurv, first baseman-HarolBerkeley, third baseman; Ed Pierce, shortstop; Frank Riddle, left fielder; Elmer Woolf, center fielder-BerCooper, right fielder. ft ft -- e On Wednesday afternoon, in assembly one, Principal Eaton addressed the principals and teachers of the seventh and eighth grades on the subject, Preparation for the High school. The cadets gave a battalion drill in honor of the teachers, which was most enjoyable. As a result of the recent entertainment given at the Washington school, a new piano has been added to those alNow ready owned by that building. school three has the good instruments, one for each floor. ft ft Miss Williams, of the Oquirrh, re- ceived a cordial greeting at the resumption of work, last Monday, after an illness of two weeks duration, h d t The manrger of the track team has ft ft arranged for a special train to take ex- The rug designs on display in the cursionists to the meet at Ogden today. will leave the Rio Grande station at teachers room in the city and county It 9 a. m. building are exciting much interest ft ft and comment. The one marked for Interest .is all concentrated on the first prize is submitted by Thaddeus Hammond of the Lowell school.- Ger- meet at Ogden, and the boys have been ald H. Simon of the Oquirrh 8th grade practicing diligently. ft ft receives first honorable mention; Elsie Gallaher of Wasatch 8th grade receives The cadets will not drill any more second honorable mention. this season, if they give a good exhibift ft tion on Memorial day. The work on exhibition this week is ft ft was the last day Lieutenfrom the Hamilton, Sumner, Longfellow Wednesday and Twelfth schools. This will be the ant Webb drilled the cadets, before last exhibit for this year. leaving for the Philipines. Three cheers were given for him by the boys, ft ft who regret loosing their prized inSchool was dismissed for a half day structor. at the Grant, there being no provision ft ft made for the unexpected cool weather. Fires were started and school sessions Athletes from Berkeley, Cal., are to resumed at noon, as usual. come to Salt Lake to compete with the ft ft U. of U. track and field experts, say 9 The Sumner school festival given Manager Gill Richards. After much last Friday evening, Saturday after- correspondence with Manager De Sote noon and Saturday evening, was a com- to the California boys, Mr. Richards plete success, for which the teachers has been able to arrange with the and pupils alike worked zealously. Berkeley athletes, who are now on an Room ten was awarded the first prize eastern tour, for a meet in this city. for largest sale of tickets, while room On their way home the Berkeleys will seven was accorded the second prize. off here on June 7 and give the The latter room being composed of stop lads a shaking up. With the younger pupils and of less number, were local hamthe recipients of a prize of equal merit Californians is Plaw, the great metal as that given the olde pupils in room mer thrower, who has hurled the the After expenses were paid the farther than has any other man inwith ten. sum realized was 8150, which is to be world, and he will be in Salt Lake used to procure pictures and statuary. the remainder of the aggregation. week The Sumner finished payments, last Since Utah defeated Nevada last burnManager Gill Richards has been year, on a fine piano. ing up for want of more fields to coft ft nquer. Here is a go for the most enThe botany classes are making fre- - thusiastic and an interesting meet is to be the outcome. qvent trips afield in search of speci- sure Idaho has also notified Mr. Richards mens. the that brawny experts from the gem ft ft will be here to hold their athlestate Mr. Pendergrass is now drilling his tic argument with Utah on May 29. commercial classes in stenography in News. - , speed tests. ft ft ft ft Chapel exercises were conducted this The class in commercial law is now week at the University by Mr. Evans. studying Partnership. ft ft ft ft Professor Marshall entertained his The High school organizations parade literature class, at his home yesterday advertised the meet to take Saturday on Tuesday. place today in Ogden. ft ft In the special study of optical instrumoney ments the physics class are now re- litres viewing the subjects of sound and light, ft ft The geology class are making many QEOm E. BLAIR . physical and chemical tests, and they 4ff AUERBACH BLK. are making examinations of the fossil bedsand carboniferous deposits found in the nearby canyons. WHITE STAR OIL COMPANY ft ft PIONEER COMPANY. Class nines have been organized by the juniors, sophomores and freshmen. The line-u- ps Learn About it are as follows; Juniors Harry Moore, captain and second base- Make Money on its Stock - |