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Show Sporting Life. The eyes of the members of the football world are expectantly centered on the outcome of the great game this afternoon on the University campus cam-pus between Coach Holmes' "rah-rah" lads and the husky gents who make up the National guard eleven. elev-en. It will undoubtedly be the fiercest battle of the season on a local gridiron, and the feeling between the members of both elevens has been so worked up by stories about them, whether true or otherwise, other-wise, that in all probability there will be much bad blood shown and good blood spilt, a fact much to bo deplored and one which, if it proves true, will be a grievous blow at the glorious game in this city. This is all on account of the revival of the old cantankerous spirit of rivalry between the Salt Lake High School and the University, which dates back for years and at one time almost amounted to a feud. Even now when an adherent of the Guards and there are hundreds of them meets up with a University opponent on the street or other public place, and converse for about three minutes, there is usually a mix to close the meetingno meet-ingno benediction is asked for. The High School and L. D. S. student bodies will go en masse to root for the National Guards team, which is made up almost wholly of former players on representative teams from those institutions, insti-tutions, and will give back yell for yell to the supporters sup-porters of the crimson and white. In a word, it will be a game for your whiskers. Last Saturday's showing of the University against the lighter Colorado eleven was a sad disappointment dis-appointment to their admirers who, when the two elevens lined up, only wondered how large a score the boys from the East bench would roll up in the time allotted them. But the Coloradoans were there with the goods and peddled them out to the big brawnies with the result that only for the retirement of Ft. Collins' best men from the game, one on account of simply running himeslf out from being sent to carry the ball so often, and the other for being the coach of the team, although he was allowed to start in the game, the University's goal line would have been crossed for the first time this year. Team work alone was accountable for the great showing of the visitors. Whenever the man with the ball was sent into the line all the rest of the eleven were at his back pushing, shoving and " " ' W" dragging him along for some sort of a gain, even were it only a yard. The Colorado quarterback, too, was a whole team in himself, getting the plays off quickly and with rare judgment and slipping into the interference like a flash. He soon sized up the 'Varsity's weak place, which was at right end tackle, and banged away at it until a touchdown seemed imminent. On the other hand, the 'Varsity was slow in every move and seemed to lack the necessary ginger, gin-ger, the quicker opponents sifting through the line and piling up the play almost before it was started. However, it undoubtedly proved of great value to the University team to meet with that kind of football, and they have undoubtedly profited by it, as they will show in this afternoon's game, The game with the eleven from the Leland Stanford University of California was clinched last week, and the Golden Gate lads sent word on hero for the Utah management to reserve 300 seats in the grandstand to accommodate the enthusiastic crowd of rooters who will come on the excursion. Tho All Hallows team went to an early grave during the past week, owing to not only poor coaching and material, but from the fact that they failed to march over the small Collegiate Institute team at will. The latter eleven came near disband-ment disband-ment at that, but recovered themselves in time to reorganize. The Salt Lake High School team has been laying lay-ing off since trimming Ogden last Saturday and are in fine fettle to go against any of the smaller teams. A scheme was consummated last Wednesday Wednes-day whereby they will play a series of three games with the boys from up the railroad for a handsome championship cup offered by Dr. Mayo of this city. Some time ago a member of this paper took his little yen-hook, stretched himself out on a divan, rolled a little pill, lit the pipe and smoked, and this is what he dreamed: Baseball run in a rattling good city so long as the fans were furnished the goods. A splendid team one year ago. Everybody satisfied. Last spring, new season opens. Bad actor appears. Foxy individual. Sees graft. Looks around, sees another grafter with a wad he had "lifted." Heads together. Nothing to it. Big talk. Old association members sick. Two-puls-one with their stock. Couldn't give it away. The two Johns approach. Another big talk. Great business. All kinds of metal. Everybody get rich. Old "vets" ' , . - 1 ) 1mm si t IBal bite? Not yet. Go ahead. Use stock. No good. j j & , ,, ijH Wait a year. Not? "Why, my boy, there's mil- Jj I 1 lt lions in it." This when second "graft" has cold f'f f' ! feet. Hypnotic passes before eyes. Transformation a! aal scene. Stock taken; not bought; loaned. First itH lH "graft" swells up. Money to throw in street com- f u flfl ing. "My bit" always in. Misfit and "dead" ones H I" ii aal run in for ball club. Angry mob yells. Few more ji V I, t j( 4H sent for. Worse. Second "graft's" pocket nailed 14 '' jafl up. Amateurs blow up. No loss. Didn't cost any- j it' j'fl thing. Appeals fail. Pocket still nailed with new 1 "u . 'iM padlock added. Mob grow weary. Play ping-pong I , , f cffl at home. Games? No attendance. Second "graft" ,. $ tjLw shakes head and shuffles. "Appeals" cut out of r , Iftfl prompt book. Team enters farce comedy. Rotten j :V H actors. Show closes. "Graft's" disheartened, but v.E" ' v first one sights new one. Swell "bull con." Dif- K , ! V ft ' "Haal ferent league. Public says "nay." "Graft" never t 1 & (j A'ftV minds. Don't see kibosh coming. Butts in good. I F 1 ! , M Snares drawing card. Latter buffaloed. Works ' h ) qmm away in far country. Comes back. Nothing done. j fell' JIB Promises ? Fakes? No backing. All "hot air." ! 9 f f H Drawing card draws out. Glad hand given him. ( j Iff 7 , i Jjm Accepts. New project. Backing? A barrel of it. ! fefU'V'jB Businessmen. Good standing. Keep word. There ' lffr-JB before. Made good. Has public's confidence. Spend I'f '"sLW thousands for good ball. Goes after franchise. If ; fj ifjprH he gets it future of baseball in Utah is assured. ! illJL ' 'imW Team of players already in sight to be composed ! ,2j 2 1 , H of tho test in the Western, Northwest and Call- H- ff " ifl fornia leagues. Old favorites to return like Mere- & $ rS dith, Newmeyer, McNichols, Zearfoss, Kid Mohler, &,p- , vjfl Breitenstein, etc. How do you like the smoke? a j ,$ 'jj H And the dream hasn't yet. f Pit &1bb1 |