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Show IOGDEN-ELKS ! LOSEANOTHER ' Athletic Events at Lorin Farr 11 ?Park on Sunday Please - Many Fans v TJie Salt Lake and Ogden Elks held sway at Lorln Farr Park yesterday I afternoon before a record crowd of boosters. Two athletic events a three milo race and a- baseball gameH of the major league style were on the progress. In the first feature Robert !l S. Martin, western distance champion, met defeat at the hands oC .Everett ( Hopan of the West T-Tigh school. The I ball pa'mc resulted in a 7 to 6 victory! i for 'the SaU Lakers. 1 .in. the three mile jaunt Martin ran the first one and one-half miles alone, I lJoi&n finishing the remaining dls-I dls-I lance against the champion. For one . 1 milo the two men ran together but I with three laps remaining Hogan start-od'to start-od'to speed up and defeated the star bv Tnore than 100 yards. I , Runs Too Fast. I Martin registered his first half mile; I in 2 minutes IS seconds, which is; I entirely too fast in a raco of such aj II jlistance. This is given as me rwawii i for his defeat. He will leave shortly I for Tasadena where he will enter the I wetern trials for the American irack team. Irj the baseball game the score was first in favor of one aggregation and , then the other. It was however aj nip and tuck contest with both aggregations aggre-gations on their toes throughout. In the first Inning of the game Smith, I catching for the locals received a split finger. Maholo.ney relieved him. Bill Shipley on the rubber for the locals twirled high grade ball but lost I his own game in the seventh frame. With the score tied at 4 all in this; ! spasm, with a runner on first and a i runner on third, Shipley endeavored to , catch the runner going to second by, , trapping him on the line. In his at-! ( tempt the runner on third whizzed over the platter making the score 5 to ,1 for the visitors. In an Instant two more runs were chartered up for, I the. Salt Lakers, making the score 7 t'o -i. j Come Back Strong. The Ogdenltes came baci strong In I thermal frame and scored two coun- iei-s. With two men on the sacks after I i the. first two" men had scored the fans looked for a victory, but the stickers ' were unable N bat out a win. The men on the sacks died at their positions posi-tions the two remaining batters flying j out, thus ending the matinee. Besides being a flashy game, the , ruler of the diamond, his majesty the ! umpire, shared in the glory. Several times during the game decisions were 1 questioned, but -pop bottles were not I 1'or.thcomin-g. and the game was on j I each instant resumed. : ( -Tiie defeat yesterday of the locals j ' was (he second of the week the Salt , li ' Lakers winning the first game by a. i score of t to 0 on their lot. , i l'Jans are now being made to have! I the.'jtwo aggregations mix on the, 1 mound here July 4. in a gala athletic celebration in which Ogden's repre-; Hen tatlves will give exhibitions in their athletic, lines prior to departing for! the finals for the American team in the.'East. Some classy track events) will be on the card with a snappy ; baseball game, j 1 Bill O'Conner of Salt Lake Is back- 1 ing.ihe Independence celebration here j and as Bill Ls a live wire the plans; should be announced within a few j days. oo i |