The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-28
SORTS AND PASTIMES.
:. Game of Base Ball as a
Speculation.
AMATEUR SPORTSMAN.
.;.veIe BalI-Ogdens and Reds
The On On 'Horseback-The Ring
KaysvilIe Sports.
AMATEUR SPORTSMAN.
r,,e national Game.

was a time in the history OF the
~ ..aal Game in this city, when its de-
N'-S s made as much money from fol-
'''e15 II as the average actor made
owe ALLOWING the stage; the public
iI0i "a inst as willingly to see an arts
aor hsss ball exhibition, as to witness a
ling ~ dramamatic or musical enter
lga !-1snt on the boards, and Whatwould
u aunt United as very satisfactory receipts
% , .;+ber the Salt Lake or the Opera
a. CO., now-a-days-$5 $500, 5000, and 500
nv vs. not infrequently taken in at
,rosbington Square. This was in the
W. I-- Deseret and Red Stocking days
W wheeler. Barker, Barlow, Duke,
WIZ yILi-,o y Funkhauser, McKelvey etc,
seiiiI he idols of the hour, and the pat
ae -ns u,bich every gamin from the Jor-
tn 1.I 10 the Dry Bench, setup as models
aap u ~ to. to toll to, TO die for. In
XIV. y Tim times. besides the exciting home
NC that used to deplete Main Street,
ss,o ,,-lI we're kept up with the east
a15 west. and the Chicagos, the Hop
~ p;ttors the Brown Stockings, and the
Sa ,,' Franciscans were brought here from
fine 10 time, to swell the receipts ana
Ieen the interest excited.
S6rne unsavory rumors thatgot to the
citv Council concerning the manage
yne mel Of affairs about that time, caused
the officials to stretch forth their Pater-
n ni hands in remonstrance and the IN
I',S+-v al once dropped and Wlthered.
T Vabmever. McKeIvey and the other I'M
Ted TOD nlayers who had been paid regu-
r. salaries and provided with easy
,1 ~ nv the Deseret managers, re-
tg g-,'aS'i IN more congenial chimes, and
49, ~ NsroIeonic Buxbaum faded again
~ ~ tba wool and hides background.
Vars va vent by, but the germ which had
boen nlantpd in the fiery bosom OF the
v DoT enthusiasts who roasted in
irees and skinned the barbed wire
ratings 10 view the game had taken TOO
deep root to be trampled out OF lie,
and the ball and bat were cherished IN
the secrecy of school yards and back
oIleys to burst forth with re-kindled ar
llor in the spring of 1884. Reds. Blues,
Browns. Stars, 0Iympics and Eleventh
4 Warders rose spontaneously to mingle
arnica in the common cause, A Home
League was established. Miu Creek en-
listed beneath its banners; Ogden and
A Park City caught the coRtagion, and
A sent representatives praying to be adj
mitred to the Brotherhood The public
showed signs of awakening interest and
manifested willingness once more to
drive down in buggies and look over
the fence; q lev accepted compliment
taTy tickets; some went 50 far as to pay
for admission, and the good old ball
was started Is rolling again.
0utof all the fomen4ing and excite
ment it has settled down to this, that
two mines remain which it is worth pay.
ing ones money TO see The Reds and
Blues are very closely matched, anC
once in while they play game thai
mars the professional standard. Then
contests are not such rs the old Deseret:
and Red Stockings used to play, but we
think they viii be in another season
The question is now. how to make the
pastime pqy something, in order t0jus
tiiy ones leaving his regular employ
ment at the call of his nine. To this
there is only one answer-improve- The
public have shown in the old days that
they viii 60 down into their pockets fol
this formef entertainment as readily as
for any other, and they have recently
manifested the same disposition when
a good team like TIE Ogdenites was
brought to town. Wethink the five com
Ping games, on October Sd and 4th- be,
tween the Reds and that nine, and still
more particularly, OF the 9Th, 7th and
9Th, between the Buttes and Blues. Hill
see some very heavy receipts at Wash
lngton Square, provided of course, thai
lie weather continues suspicious