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Show .YMPIC POPULAR MEN PLACED TRIAL HEATS WILL BE RUN IN UTAH UPON JUDICIAL TICKET. The Republican boys set off the fireworks locally for the coming national election by naming the judges and attorney for the Third Judicial District in a convention held last Saturday at tryouts for this district be held May 11 over a 116.8 mile e rse under the sanction of 'the League of America and er the auspices of the Amateur eletic Union of America. The rse selected is from Salt Lake City Salem, Utah, and return, going lie Olympic Aina-Bicycl- ough it of Murray, Sandy, around the mountain to Lehi, the Ameri-Fork- , been-name- Pleasant Grove, Provo, agville, Spanish Fork, to Salem return over the same course to Lake. The winner of this race will entered in the final trials to be pro-e- d at Paterson, N. J., June 1, and viner of that race will represent l States at the Olympic birace to be held at Paris, France, United 23. of the local riders are training Bcientiously for the race and from Bt appearances and indications of the five prominent racing men ihown in the picture herewith will Improbable winner. Reading from to right at the top there is who was won time prize ny Her-Eldredg- e, different occasions and a Peat ability. rider Frank Murray was a contestant of the A. B. L. A. last and he has a bright future ahead as a rider. Everett Seeley has time prize In two different road In 1923 he won the senior state toPtonship of the A. B. JL. A., and cnt to Chicago to compete for the Daal title, where he finished in 'Place among entries from all over nited States. Underneath the top ' "j , . I the left is Anton Clawson, Jr.f k8 like he may develop into a in Jider days to come. Clawson me 1923 road race over the and he also won the A. B. Mid-cours- Junior state championship. e, He the City and County building. This was the first step towards making up the Republican ticket, and some of the best legal talent of the state has to fill the judiciary. Judges M. L. Ritchie, Ephraim Hanson, Wm. H. McCrea and L. B. Wight, incumbents, were nominated by acclamation. Chris Mathison of this city and W. S. Marks of Tooele had some opposition, but 'finally won out after several ballots, and both of these lawyers are in high standing Izi the community, and will, if anything, add The above riders, who are looked strength to the ticket. E. A. Rogers won on the first ballot upon as Utahs best crop in cycling, all the in the race for district attorney, beat ride the famous Fierce-Arroin ghis friend, Brigham Clegg, to the wheel which carried Frank Kramer to score. the worlds championship which he All these men are well known lawof a century. held for nearly yers and stand high in the public welThe officials of the race, time of the fare of the community. They have event for starting on May 11, and other given years fo successful service to details, will be announced later. The this state and there is no good reason should not continue in their officials will be selected during the why they prosperous course. None are better week. Mr. Wright will meet with Utah known in the legal fraternity and the officials of the A. A. U., and work out delegates of the convention are to be all the preliminaries for the program, congratulated for their wise and etc. lar selection of such seven big men for the Republican judicial ticket. Mr. Wright says that the race will be run during the hours of the last traffic on the road, but as the highway is wide Fort Wayne Sentinel. If a man of the riders will suffer little inconventhe caliber and character of Andrew W. Mellon is unfit to serve h!s counience from the automobile traffic ,and the entire course of 116.8 miles is try, then as Senator Reed of Pennsylvania told Congress, The only place paved, which ought to establish a new state road record for that distnce. for the president to look for cabinet members is the poor house or heaven." competed at Chicago at the national championships where he finished in fourth place, defeating many of the best riders of the entire country, and he was close to the front at the finish. Anton Clawson, Sr., is Utahs veteran rider. While he is the father of ten children and advanced In years, he makes claim that there are none at or near his age who can best him on the road and he never allows a race to go by without entering. All of these men have entered for the Olympic road race together with many others vrho will start and among whom several dark horses may come to the front as a surprise to the older and well known racing men. 'Phil Wright is the A. B. L. A. representative In Utah, and it was through his efforts that the Olympic trial heats for this district will be held here instead of Denver, as previously sched- -' uled, and under the supervision and direction of the A. A. U. w, one-fift- h d |