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Show I Sporting Life. H Shouts of joy greeted Salt Lake's importa- H tion from Portland when they came down from H the north country to play the initial game in Zion H with the husky gladiators of the Helena team. H it was the first exhibition of real snappy, live H baseball that had been seen here during the pres- H ent season, and the local fans showed their ap- B preciation of the advent of the tossers from the H north by being at the Walker grounds in large fl numbers, notwithstanding the increase in the H rate of admission. Salt Lake lost the first per- H formance, as was expected by those whq. were fl duly advised that several of the best players in H the Portland team had remained behind. Still fl every one was satisfied, except those who dropped H a few errant pesos, for it was a beautiful battle H from the beginning, and Salt Lake only lost by B reason of harder and more timely hitting by the H Montana men. H With the reinforcement of the local team by H the absent players, or others who could suitably H take their places, the Salt Lakers should have a H splendid chance to achieve a high place in the fl league. One of the saddening features was that B the locals failed to make good in the first per- B formance. Cook was the only one at home in the B fast company from the north, both Stoval and B Fullmer being afflicted either with stage fright or fl locomotor ataxia. Their friends expect that th.ey B will develop better form in later games, provided B they are still retained by the management. Un- B fortunately, Gimlin, one of the speediest of the B Utahns, had decided to sever his connection with fl the league. B Nearly all the players from the north won a fl home with the local fans, and they were well sat- B isfied with their reception. EUich ball chasers jas B Parratt, Davis and Donahue can live here as long B as they wish. It might also be announced that B Quick has greatly improved and is something fl of a hero with his many Salt Lake friends. fl It is predicted that Los Angeles will make the fl locals -climb- the high timbers, but it may be B said injthis connection that the Salt Lake man- B agement know what variety of ball players are fl needed and they are not asleep at the switch. jB v ? B Salt Lake has not yet quite recovered from fl the pugilistic shell game "that Mr. Mulvey handed the public when he engineered the Herrera-Dow-ney bogus battle. The aftermath of the fight was extremely ludicrous. Mr. Mulvey, having been very emphatically advised of the popular disapproval of the fiasco, signified at once that Downey's share of the mazuina and his own would go to some charity, to be stipulated by the sporting reporters of the four leading dailies. These scribes have received from Mr. Mulvey $348 for distribution among the halt and crippled. This amount, it is stated, represents Mr. Mulvey's profits after the payment of expenses, and the share that should have gone to Downey. The gross receipts were $1,930.40. Prize fighting doos not appear to be very lucrative these days. But why, did M,r. Mulvey turn the funds over to the sporting editors of the leading dailies? Is it possible pos-sible that the privilege of distributing thiB is a partial reward for their dumbness when Mr. Mulvey's fighting fraud ought to have been exposed? ex-posed? The sum of $100 went to Referee Donaldson. Donald-son. Very generous that, in Mr. Mulvey, for ref-ereeing ref-ereeing half a round of half a prize fight. While Mr. Mulvey stated that the Downey crowd were only to receive actual training expenses, the fact remains that they left on a Pullman car, at an expense of about $200. What every one wishes to know is, who furnished the money? And if he gave them any money at all, why did not Mr. Mulvey treat his fakirs squarely and give them all the money they had coming? can it be possible pos-sible that Mr. Mulvey, besides being an ex-theatrical manager, is also an accomplished stage player? The most farcical affair in connection with the swindle was the audacity of Mr. Jim Donaldson, Donald-son, the referee, in swearing out a warrant against Downey for perpetrating the prize fight fraud. It would be interesting to the public to learn who this Donaldson, who is protecting tho public against frauds, really is. Possibly it would be just as well for him to read the old story about people hurling stones and at the same time living in glass houses. While Mr. Donaldson is trying to have the law enforced against one fakir, would it not be just as well for the chief of police to bring Donaldson before the ;ity justice's tripod to show cause why he should not be sent to the rock pile on a charge of vagrancy? The city is already overburdened Avith personages of the caliber of Donaldson, and it would be gratifying gratify-ing to see him do a little work of public utility and which did not involve the fleecing of the pub- ,H Hc' III V v7 k7 HiHHl George Gardner's decisive defeat of Hoot was i H a surprise to the local sporting fraternity. The ;H result places Gardner in line for a battle with H Fitzsimmons, who has signified his willingness !H to try conclusions with the new middle heavy- H weight champion. If the fight is arranged, it is j'H probable that the tall Cornlshman will be gen- !H orally picked as the winner. 'H & & J H Herrera seems anxious to meet some of the 1 H local aspirant for fighting honors before going ' H against the big prize winners, and provided the jjH goes are not managed by Mr. Mulvey, some good JH mills should be witnessed here in the near fu- tH ture. H id w I H Bicycle racing has again become immensely H popular, and crowds which are bigger than those H which saw the Lawson brothers in the old days H witness the Tuesday and Friday night perform- ( H ances at the Salt Palace. When the faBt sprinters H from the east arrive, the saucer track from pres- ' H ent indications will prove an Important bonanza :H to the Salt Palace management. H |
