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Show S: THE CITIZEN clared. With this district closed there would be no place in Salt Lake county iiiiiMiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiiiii', SPORTS C$t4 w iiiiiim mini Schefski. is the Utah This champion trap shooter. C. H. Reilley he took away from By Frank E. est L. Ford of Ogden Tuesdir fth birti recent tournament held in Ogter, RnaLji,y breaking six more targets in The the caSlthan Reilley could break. lk streaGjng ol the championship by Ford ndelier not only as a surprise, but in a ket filierL sensational manner. Ford, as the Utah trapshooters as-- r twelnjion, saw to it that all the visiting Oers were taken proper care of; went wrong with yton atwheJever anything riedVeiihelraps he fixed them, and during tournament be of tlibe.fntire time of the ifhrihe was not shooting he was busy Madeleifittlother work. After the first days seem to have a r and Mfeibocl Ford didnt He broke but 90 targets out A recJwki11If hfa first hundred, there being eigh- teeJmen on the grounds who broke than he did! Charlie Reilley, the King jhaBpion, started his first days shoot i attachflUgi (jent of - 3 digginfjjfljj 91 broken targets, and the race j ie title appeared to be between 3. L? Becker of Ogden and Sam Shariould Salt Lake. The championship nous on the second day and there finished in third place with 97 literary his 100 Reilley and Sharman discoverer first place with 98 birds each, f his brcjforijjcame back on the third day and he put ttjjgj i target out of his 100 while ther reaajhaian dropped 4 and Reilley went 8 targets. The unexplorj pieces and missed was for 200 targets, of broke 196, beating Shar- nan by 2 targets. Ford shot a game limHiHiMicehaving to come up from behind, ud.lt is doubtful whether there is an-man in the country that could pur veduplicated his wor. monaKfor That fr. nt , G.L. Becker wen the doubles which event was held on the Cham-nonihip- The contest proved a joarrace and four men H. S. Mills, j. Becker, Sam Sharman and J. L. Wlor, tied for the honors. In the hoot off Becker won by breaking 24 Jt of his 25. At the end of the first shoot, many of the sportsmen uying Becker as the winner for the (uiipionship in the singles, but he Us unable to shoot in his usual good iM pening day. IA & f mu Renfro of Monida, Mont., an bloke 997 targets , out of a WIKI MsIble One the first day Ren-made a run of 158 and the nCxt idustfttljy he broke 178 wtihout a miss, but Mug. an out3ide shooter he could not (E. fUllDfUr U unpete for Stock fc the state titles or troph- fbenvise he would have made a sweep by winning everything in Don on is!n defeated all the providing present, but had to break his t 50 targets straight, which he did. "'inan of Denver missed his Utah 8964 ?. !?rp:el and then broke 124 straight "as the longest run made by V.of the professionals. iiimii'iiii l; isionals IIIMIW i to hunt. THE BABE RUTH EPIDEMIC. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiMiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiimii? SURPRISES TALENT IN CHAMPION SHOOT tained 28 Harry Clark of Ogden was probably the big sensation at the tournament. With but six months practice he finished in third place for the championship, with a total of 192 out of a possible 200. The new officers elected for the state association were Ernest L. Ford of Ogden, president; G. L. Becker of W. P. Fowler Ogden, vice-presiden- the west. The fate of Utah does not hang upon the performance of Her Jack today in the squared ring, but some of us are going to shout with pride and strut around like a rednosed gobbler if he wins. Blood is thicker than water aye, even than t; of Salt Lake, secretary and treasurer. The next state tournament will be held in Salt Lake City, and a special effort will be made to secure prizes large enough to attract all the best shooters in the coutnry. Fly Season Opens July 15. Fly fishing this year will begin about July 15th, about a month late, owing to the high water in all the state streams. As predicted, the prize catches on the opening day were at the Parleys reservoir, but since the opening the trout have got wise and have deserted the shores for the middle of the lake, where they are safe. Fish lake has been muddy and but few fish are beipg caught at present. Thost who wish to make the trip especially to catch fish had better delay their outing until after the middle of July. The fishing season opened in the Strawberry river, Strawberry reservoir and its tributaries last Friday, and hundreds of fishermen have gone to their favorite camping grounds. According to reports, tons of fish are there which range from three to twelve ponds in weight and some big catches are anticipated. There is an unusual demand for fish separs which are being sold in several of the sporting goods stores. Many of the sportsmen are going to break the news to Commissioner Dave Madsen, and if those who are purchasing these spears intend to use them on the trout streams several arrests may follow; The sportsmen would like to see the entire United States made into one big bird and game preserve, but with open seasons for game birds and game As a rule game preserves prohibit hunting of all kinds, and this is a mistake. Duck shooting is not allowed oil the Strawberry reservoir and as soon as the lake freezes over the ducks fly to the southern states, where they are killed, while residents in the vicinity of the Strawberry are not allowed to shoot them. This is a matter for the various fish and game as:ocia-tion- s of the state to look into and find out why the people living near the reservoir are asked to protect the ducks in order that the southern hunter may kill more. Noiv come the county commissioners, who ask that the Cottonwood district be closed as a game preserve. The sportsmen are in favor of this, providing that when quail and chicken become plentiful an open season be de ani-mal- Three years ago home runs had declined to the lowest point, both in the number made and in the estimation of baseball fans, recorded in the past decade. Batting science was the watchword both of those who coached from the sidelines and' those who howled from the bleachers, and the spectacular home run did not appeal. Then came Babe Ruth, the same who is now going stronger than ever, and overthrew the whole system of batting science in favor of a "brand-nesystem of his own. The home-ruepidemic might better be called the Babe Ruth epidemic, for the habit beand gan with the Bambino. This is the moral which F. C. Lane, one of the Baseball Magazines experts of the diamond, draws from the present mad scramble for circuit clouts. The career of Babe Ruth well illustrates the power of a dominating personality, says Mr. Lane: Most of us plod along and seem to exert little influence on the scheme of things. But now and again a superman arises in the domain of politics or finance or science and plays havoc with kingdoms or fortunes or established theories. Such a superman in s a narrow but obvious field is Babe Ruth.' The big might not make much impression in the fine arts or classical literature Doubtless, Thomas Edison, applying his celebrated questinonaire test, home-mad- e So our Bees are home again? Tis well. If they had stayed away, amid1 the enemy, much longer, they would have returned with nary a sting left. As it was they lost nearly every game they played abroad and had their wings trimmed right short, indeed. At home for four weeks and so far it is a fifty-fift- y affair with the Sacs. Anyhow the Bees are keeping the name of Salt Lake on the baseball map and if it be up or down in the cellar at present still the free advertising the town is getting is worth more than ' ' it pays for it. And, O, if we could only once more these horrid, torrid days put our left whtie shoe on the rail and discuss this Bee business over a glass of amber fluid like our dads uster! Zowie! It would be going some and believe muh, there would be lots to discuss. w n so-call- ed ' THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME. By Robert Hichens. Mr. er ft e. National Fistiana week ends today let us hope with a K. O., so that the mystery surrounding who is the best pug in all the world will be settled for a season at least. Thi3 thing has given half of the world nervous prostration and some other twinges besides, .which can only be eliminated when one of the mighty swatters of swats, with the hidden force of a mule tap, has laid the other fellow on the shelf. They say they are both ready both in the finests hape of their pugo.ogical careerj. And lets hope the experts have the right dope and that the best man wins. It appeals to the average sport in this section that the Lillie of France is tackling the Wildest Mountain Lion of a man that has ever come out of lias-bee- n server. An hotel keeper is the first to warn Derrick Merton, a rich, middle-aged bachelor who comes to Switzerland, to rest after his war activities, that the people who throng the place are mysterious, livThe ing without the means to live. Princess Aranensky also gives him a of vivid description of this which she confesses herself a part' who just sat in hotels during the war and worried about exchange and got poorer and poorer. She is Russian, a widow, aristocratic, intelligent and living in luxury in spite of her admission that she is ruined. She also analyzes another phase, of this condition, There are more terrible farewells than those we say to the dying those we say to the an- cient virtues we thought ingrained. There is nothing, my friend, which can In spite of these not be uprooted. warnings Derrick Merton admtis his love for this strange woman and asks her to be his wife. The string of beautiful pearls which she always wears gives the story its plot. Mr. Hichens does not explain the Princess Aranesky. She remains as inscrutable as the mystic East into which she vanishes. The story is told by a master of style who never allows the tools of his craftsmanship to leave traces. Again he gives us the fascination of cosmopolitan travel, and glimpsqs into the ironically tragic lives of people who drift from one place to another, blindly seeking Mon-treau- would label Babe as amazingly ignor- ant. Nevertheless, in his own particular field Babe is a true superman. The influence of the redoubtable slugger has made a lasting impression on the records. And by this we do not refer to the individual records he has hung up, however marvelous they may be. To get a true vision of Babes influence on the sport he has come so thoroughly to dominate, wre must search below mere surface indications. And the deeper we search the more impressive grows the evidence of Babes masterful presence. Hichens latest novel is an analy- sis of the spirit of the time immediately following the end of the war. This Zietgeist seems to stalk Central Europe like a tangible presence, evident even to the least sensitive ob- none-the-les- bat-wield- beer. v ' riff-ra- x, : ff . .. . |