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Show Sporting Life. As was predicted in the exclusive story published pub-lished last week regarding the uncertain standing of some of the clubs in the Utah league and the deal which was on for a scheme to get back some of the money that has been sunk trying to float the proposition, began to show the plugged nickel part of its make-up last week. Pearl Casey, the premier second baseman in this State, quit the Lobsters cold and accepted a position posi-tion with Los Angeles, which has been hanging fire for several weeks. His departure took away the key to the Weber county infield and sent the fans straight up with no ballast in their shoes to keep them on the level. Following on the passing of Casey came the getaway of Fred Clark. Probably Proba-bly the best first bag guardian that has ever been seen out in this part of the country, he did not get his chance to have his name in the big headlines head-lines until one of Jim Hart's emissaries passed through Ogden and nailed "Dad" to the cross. He left for the East last night, as he concluded not to play out the series between Lagoon and Ogden. Manager Gimlin wears the same old smile and doesn't even bat an eyelid, as the dope is just coming out right for the money scheme which he and Borchers have got on. Logan will be forced out of the running, as they don't want the Temple City bunch in. The first try will "be for a three-club three-club league, consisting of Lagoon, Ogden and Salt Lake, but if it doesn't look good the whole matter will revert to the original project, which is simply a repetition of last year's struggle between Ogden and Salt Lake. The Wings have started to strengthen up their team with the addition of "Dartmouth"Macandrew, who reported at Logan last Thursday. The "Indian" broke his record in ilPifl keeping out of the game so long, having a good 'flfifl position as manager of a telephone exchange at Br' " fl Kemmerer, Wyo., but the smoke of battle got in fjj , i . fl his nostrils and he acted like a man who had just v ''fl got back from a trip through a desert turned loose l ..fl in a booze joint. Dave has been due for some K f I ffl time, and his advent to the Salt Lake line-up has ';. t f fl landed a large bunch of satisfaction in the palace ( ' $ fl of the fans. After the Fourth, the big league is i V ,;H doped to explode, and there will then be players f'Mifl galore for the Ogden and Salt Lake teams to pick ( f IfB from. The local tribe already has the ones "ft ! 'wilfjifl wants marked up on the tab and will corral them i mid I fl for a certainty this week. jf jf'fl if r ' fl An innovation is due to be sprung next I 4 H Wednesday by the Press club, which proposes to j I L fl have a big benefit at the ball park, where the best ! If f I, fl players from all four teams in the league will be 'M ' fl bunched, two nines made up under the leadership i 111 f 'jfl of "that young feller" Buck Weaver and the prom- utlKifl ising infant, Georgie Borchers. Held's band will KM J fl blow itself, and there will be some of the worst PHlI'II carryings on that has been seen at the sacred park w flnffl since Charley Griffin had his gopher-killing fit if Iftlifl there last season. w 'frliB Is 'ill The fightmakers will have a dull period from jyUci ifl now until the week of the Elks' convention, and MU ill business may not be so warm at that time as the UlIH promoters expect. Kid McCoy has sent out word ' j ir4jH through his press agent that he refuses to fight j H out in this country, which is good news. The Kid ffl is the worst four-flush actor in the business", and IlJifl his participance in a fight at the Salt Palace would 1 If 'jfffl make the event look like counterfeit coin. It is Sf tfl extremely doubtful if he ever mixed up with a llfrliH straight fight in his life, as he is noted even ffliV'ffl Continued on page 10. If ! fl Sporting Life. Continued from page 5. among his own compatriots in the mit line as a crook, which is certainly poor standing for any man to set up before a Utah public. ik Jimmy Burns was awakened from his long sleep last week by a challenge sent him by Charley Lange, the well-known sporting man, who used to manage the old State Street club, on behalf of an "unknown." Burns says that he will fight the crazy fool(?) if he only weighs six ounces and stands an inch high. Big George Lawyer, the Irish "giant," is trying to butt into the Elks' fistic proposition, but according ac-cording to the man who handles the cards, M. E. Mulvey, he has as much show as a snowball oil the pavement in front of the Onyx. Something has got to be doing down at the saucer race track or there will be a chance to split the whole cheese up for a Fourth of July bonfire. While the racing has been fairly good the bungling management of the Messrs. Heath in the outside attraction has caused a big falling off in the attendance at-tendance at the races, owing to the fact that the public are not certain as to what kind of goods will be handed them. But the programme put on last Tuesday was more than enough for the most jaded bicycle fan bo far as excitement was concerned. Johnny Chap. man, as usual, pulled out as the big winner in a race that was not framed up until a quarter of an hour before the event came off. Billy Samuelsou was to have ridden a match with his single motor against Barney Oldfield's "black demon," but ow. ing to an accident to his machine could not staM, Accordingly, a five-mile race was arranged be-tween be-tween the Prove lad and "Foxy Grandpa" Chap, man, paced by motors. Chapman, of course, had his game worked out before he would consent to even enter the event. He insisted on corraling the fastest motor, Oldfield's, and when a dispute arose between he and Samuelson, agreed to toss a coin for the choice. His freak luck did not fail hiin, for as one of the track officials remarked, "I'll bet the coin had two heads on it so he couldn't lose." The Australian pursuit race performed by the amateurs was one of the most popular events that has been pulled off at the track this season and only goes to show that races of that interest would draw a crowd which would pack the seating capacity ca-pacity of the saucer. |