Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-08 | Page 9 | Amateur Chatter

Pi A. AMATEUR r CHATTER Wm By Al Warden IB The scheduled game between the mxm Universtiy of Chicago baseball play- SjHK ers and the University of Utah for WjvN Friday has been cancelled. The Crim- ra9L son player have been unable to prac- ikM'' ce on account of the weather, and flflffi " Mentor Fitzpatrick called the contest Mmm off. The Chicago players arc en BjEi r.outc to Japan. High school marathon runners will PS have ample time lo prepare for the HK EastWest high school cross countiy. hH The event originally planned for Mar. 9m 24 was postponed on account of King iBr' Winter and scheduled for April 9, The HEu two coches, however, decided to ftlMWfl '. postpone the jaunt until May 12, thus gflflfjl . giving the runners in all parts of the HcMU sta'te ample lime to condition. 9pjV ' Coach Ott Romney of Lhe East high im3 1 school is out with "the news that he IttrefSV' nas a 'oisht man w"0 ""'M shatter PSjffll? A. season. The gent is Parkinson, an liuwwxr all-state end on tho Leopard team EaRm last fall. He holds the California rec- HHt 4 ord in kc shot put. having a mark of 13 feet. He is out to shatter "Heine" mBkP Richardson's mark of 43 feet, 4 inches, jjflHtU I made in 1007. Parkinson has a mark. flBWi of 12 feet in the pole vault. jfiB1 1 Trackstcrs of the Ogden high school flHr were out In force last night, taking Sfl advantage of the first real "spring" 9H day offered by his majesty, the weath-er weath-er roan. Coach Clarence Douglas ex- lH pects to have afirst class (.rack and fH field team. The baseball men were jjHj also oul, limbering up, and going jjH through early season exercises. ijHi J. Franklin Scholtz, speed merchant of the University of Missouri, and rated as one of the best sprinters in America, is touted to defeat Creed Haymond, Ogden. A. A. star, according to an article written by Fred Windsor H. in a St I.ouis paper. Scholtz Is a classy sprinter, hut wo have doubts as to whether he will be able to hand flf H almond a defeat. Experience is one H of .the chief points In Halmond's fa- Baseball is taking a strong hold on MV the fans of Utah, Jdaho and Wyoming Hm and the old game is sure to come back Hl with considerable pepper this season. Pl Leagues in all pas of Utah are being formed while Idaho has a national rep- ffl utatlon for baseball leagues. IBh Plans for the proposed Ogden Com- merclal baaoball leaguo are maturing and the, league will no. doubt bo under Hj way before many weeks, pass. ,Four! fast teams are now seeking admit- t Alma Richards writes that ho isln first class condition and that ho will Hj 1 be on hand to entertain Ogden fans at the gala track and field meet hero