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Show 'Snappy Local' AlMeM GOSSIP . 1 Sports r Albert F. Toid in shorts j Here and there Warden j IT Armistice day will see some of the i best a'hletes in the west in harness ft in Ogden and it is expected that one ) of the largest crowds that ever at-tended at-tended an athletic contest In this City will be on hand to root for the star.-. Sprinters, distance men, grid stars and in fact stars of every nature will be y on hand. The big sport doings will j k start promptly at 12 o'clock, i; From the wee small hours of Arm is- , lice day until the wee small hours of the following da the words fun, frolic and merriment will rule supremo. It i i wil be a day of sports, a day when the eit of Ogden will smile, and celebrate cele-brate with the boys who made the world safe for democracy. Robert Martin, western champion, Ted Johnson, former western champion; cham-pion; Gail Martin, former Northwest-j ern university star Clarence Preshawi and others an- expected to show won-, derful speed in the six mih- nin on the eleventh. S1 The Weber Normal stars will do battle bat-tle with the fast L. I. S. aejuegation at Lorin Fair park tomonov. i.!"t r noon Coaches Watson and Olsen ex pect their respective aggregations to romp home with the bar on. Watson has one of the classiest first year aggregations ag-gregations in the state and the wis ;l owls are expected to bet on the locals.' In their game with the Davis grid stars the locals displayed class galore and from time to time have improved their style of play The kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 o'clock. Creed Haymond. national 100- and I 220-yard champion, rated as one of the fastest furlong runners in the( world, will be one of the starters in the print races at Lorin Farr park next Tuesday Haymond is primed for ac- tlon and will oppose such stars as! Harold Kay, Oscar Smith, Murphy. Llmlsay, 0Keefe and Hutton With more than twenty long-winded runners entered in the big six mile race, several fans of the city have j been picking the winners. In this race the writerpicks the first three Winners, that is the first three men: to croxs the tape. In the writer's opin ion Robert Martin, wearing the colors of the Klks' elub. will finish first; Ted, Johnson, former champion, will cross the tape second, while Gail Martin will ; break the ribbon in third place. The winner will cover the distance, vith fair weather prevailing, in between 33 and 35 minutes. Some of the fans of the city have even went so far as to pick five win ners on that day One sport yesterday yester-day stated that Robert Martin would win the five-mile, Haymond would take the 100 and 220-yard dash events, Martin Mar-tin would win the mile run and th.-American th.-American Legion the grid game Some selecting, eh? Captain Billlo Glasmann of the American Legion gridders had his stars in harness last night and the old time players displayed the real ginger. I The Legion players are expected to i show the fans some wonderful plaving' on Armistice day and while little bel ting on the game has been made as yet, It is expected that the locals will enter the fray as favorites. The soccer game between the Salt Lake and Ojnlen teams is creating considerable Interest. Both teams will present a first-class lineup and it is j expected that both aggregations will battle to the whistle. The Ogden plav J ers will clash with a picked aggregation aggrega-tion at Lorin Farr park Sunday at 2 1 o'clock. This game will be staged as' a practice game. Oeden high school gridders are ex pected to trim the Jordan Farmers with ease when the two aggregations clash at Jordan Fridav. Coach Clar ence Douglas will take his entire aggregation ag-gregation with him on the trip it is expected that scores of Tiger rooters will accompany the team |