The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-15
THEY WERE LUMINOUS
Salt Lakes Star Aggregation Of Ball
TOSSerS Made 10 Dance.
The Alice Nine Are Amateurs, but
They Play Great Ball For Five
Fine Innings They Lead the
Mormon Professionals.
BY the Standards Special Wire.

By the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE. July li.-The mar who says that
there is no interest in base ball in Butte
and that nobody in town can play the
national game should have beer down to
the race track this afternoon. The great
Salt Lake aggregation of stars, all lumi-
nous In the base ball ornament. appeared
on the field pitted against the Alice team
of Walkerville in the first ball game of
the season. The Alice team was an anna
tcur one; IL was not composed Of stars, as
was the agg regation from Utah; but il
contained nine earnest. hardworking.
honest ball players, who played To win
and led the professionals "a merry chase
for five innings. There may he hotter
ball players in the world thar Old Joe
Moilett, who held down second base for
Walkcrvillc; or little Eddie Grove the
blithc and lively fielder of the Alice club;
but they don't come this way.
About 80 people paid 80 cents
apiece to see the game this afternoon.
The home club was defeated. hut every
body got his moneys worth. For they saw
as dainty "A little game as is often seen.
The sun was bright and poured down
holly upon players m spectators, but
everybody was absorbed In the game and
no one cared for the warmth. For half
the match the local teams rolled the visit
ors around in the dust and mopped M the
diamond with them. But practice told he
fore the game was over, and the anna
teurs, who kept ahead OF the professionals
for half the game, were unablc 10 keep up
the pace throughout Tho match. The Salt
Lake club plays ball almost daily and had
the nerve la fight for the gaIne in the last
few innings, thus snatching IL out 81 the
fire.
Burns pitched beautifully. He has sell
dom IL eve stood in the box before
for an entire game, hut hc
puzzled the Mormons worse than
the Edmunds bill and added To his
excellent pitching the most brilliant field
ing IT the day. Hot liners he ooh with
amazing coolncss and certainty, scooping
them up and getting them To first in "a
manner that dismaycd the ambitious WIS.,
itors. Sloan played "a good first, aud
Kirby ms catcher, proved the jewel he al
ways Is.
When Umpire ~CuSickcallcd the game.
Burns of the home team faced the pitcher.
Burns was hit by the pitched ball, but was
subsequently thrown out at first. The
frs, run was made 10y Mari, who
planted "A pretty little hit over short, got
around Ia third on ~ wild pitch and
scored on Captain Halls splendid two
bagger. Hall himself scored ON "a wild
throw 10y Lucas, giving the home team "A
lead of two runs. Salt Lake was white
washed through clever work by Martin,
Burns aud Kirby. In the second inning
Salt Lake gained a run IN "A muifed ball
by Hall, made, however, after "a hard run,
a wild throw and n hit 10y Larson.
In the second inning Walkeryillc also
got a run ON "a hit 10y Noiictt. "A wild
throw 10y Jeyne aud "A wild throw 10y Lu-
cas-. Both sides were blanked in u
thiri. In the fourth. Walkerville OBJ
tanned a run 10y Martins glorious triple
followed by a wild pitch. The visitors
then added two runs on a hit 10y Lloyd.
one by Larson and "A Wild throw To- sec
ond by Kirby.
With the score 4 Ia 3 in favor OF the
home team, the visitors IN u fifth in
ming piled up five runs, mostly on nerve
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