| Show w-l. w AE ANENT THE LEAGUE A A STUBBORN pennant race dur dur- during durIng 1 ing the final weeks of ot play In fn n the Utah Idaho league looms Jc oms as the result of th efforts of ot all ot of the clubs to strengthen Twin Falls FaIls cellar champions during the first half halt of ot the season se son has added William Wild Bill Bill- Laird to their roster Laird will serve as manager The wildman piloted the Idaho Falls FaIls athletes to toa toa toa a championship last season Ho He knows the tho game from every angle and Is out to give the tho Bruins Drums a winner Ogden Pocatello Salt Lake Twin Falls and Logan jogan all plan new faces for tor the windup Idaho Falls FaIls from present plans l lans will maintain the same club that won the pen pen- pennant pennant nant Dant during the first half of ot the season Competition as a tl consequence should bo be stubborn torrid and bit bit- ter The dope favors ors Ogden Salt Lake Lako or Logan to cop the pennant during tho the second halt half The trick schedule is given as the tho reason With the clubs engaged In a pen pen- pennant penDant pennant nant Dant scramble that Is suro sure to in In- increase Increase crease Interest over the circuit and gate gite receipts as well tho new chat chat- chatter chatter ter now going the tho rounds Is What is the outlook for tor 1928 In baseball hereabouts The answer may be summed up In a few fw t words Unless the clubs of ot the Pacific coast league come to the rescue of ot the I U-I circuit baseball hereabouts may pass from the picture for tor all time If It suitable working agree- agree agreements agreements ments meets with the coasters could be obtained the league would become a permanent fixture Logan Twin Falls and Pocatello have had dif dif- difficulty difficulty this season in making ends meet despite the fine brand of ot ball baU offered The Tho Th attendance has been far be be- below low that of ot 1926 Salt Lake with a population nearly double that of ot all of ot tho the other cities combined has been a disappointment Under such conditions the clubs of ot the tho league will not be able to stand standup standup standup up under the financial drain The Utah Idaho league offers otters a splendid farm for clubs of ot the AA from the nearest coast league city league It Is only a a. few tew hours which offers a splendid Inducement for tho the baseball powers Ogden this season has attracted far better crowds than yet et the attendance Sunday Sunda should jam the grandstand Two clubs of ot the coast circuit are anxious to finance teams in inthis Inthis this league over a period of years If It an arrangement of this char char- character character acter for all of the teams Is 19 work work- worked worked ed out surely baseball will be here hereto to stay On the other hand only a mir mir- miracle miracle acle will bring the th national sport back to this section next Dext season It is something to think about THE BIG BOUT nour JACK TACK DEMPSEY the Utah maul maul- J er and Jack Sharkey touted and conceited Boston mit star meet In a title non bout In New NewYork ew York Thursday evening From all Indications the event will attract one of ot the biggest crowds of ot all time yet et It Isn't expected to surpass the mob that attended the Dempsey Tunney-Dempsey con- con contest conte test teat te t staged at Philadelphia last las September Dempsey has always been an at at- attraction attraction attraction traction in the ring In the days when ho he t as was vas a ham and andaS egg aS battler he Jammed a local theatre when he was booked with Terry Keller leller As s a drawing pow pow- power 0 er Dempsey easily leads stars of ot all time yet his ability ability- Is 18 not ranked highly by James J. J Corbett former heavyweight cham chain champion pion of ot the Corbett recently informed this writer that Dempsey was over rated ra ted He is a fair fights fighter but Is rank rank- ranked ranked ranked ed ninth In my list of ot time all nfl time heavyweight Corbett told the writer The match Thursday Is of ot more than passing palling interest First of all the entire nation is wondering whether or not Dempsey is capable of staging a comeback some some- something thing that has never been featured successfully in the heavyweight On the other hand study these I questions Is Sharkey capable of ot carrying the fight and Is he be enough to trim the Utahn Critics at the training camps 4 stamp D Dempsey as a far tar different athlete than the tho Dempsey of ot 1919 1019 the Dempsey that battered Jess Willard all over the Toledo ring Many wany ot of the tho called so-called experts have hae stated that Dempsey must win with a knockout If it he is fa to gain a an re re- re return turn contest with Tunney Tunner Others Other ri believe Sharkey will iU gain gal the De de- decision It f the event goes the limit Despite the tho professional opinIons oDin Ions this writer picks Dempsey to ta score a II knockout over Sharkey It may come In tho the first or second L round and again It may not make Its s appearance until near the end I of ot the battle Dempsey Is 1 still ablo abl I to throw his right and left with itt plenty of ot power Leo Flynn his new manager un has haa kept his hla star und r wraps wrap In m the training work for tor Sharkey Flynn Is sly aly smart emart and ana an I a clover clever trainer Dont Don't be surprised I. I If It Dempsey shows a world of his bi S former ability And ADd dont don't be thrill cd ed If it he be counts a knockout |
