The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-31
APPELLANT CONTEST
Salt Lake Wins a Holly Fought
Game.
BY A SCORE OF SIX TO FIVE.
1t Was 0gden's Game Up to the Last Minute
In the Last Innings-TwO Well
Matched Teams

One of the closest, most exciting, best
played and most largely attended games of
Ease bali ever witnessed in Salt Lake, was
that played between Ogden and Salt Lake
on Washington square yesterday. Up to
the last bat on the last innings it was a
matter of uncertainty as to who would
win, and when the breathless question was
settled, it was only settled by score of 6
to in favor of the home club. The au-
dience was an immense one that crowded
the grand stand, filled the bleaching boards,
and overfowed upon the grassy turf, while
all the neighboring posts and trees grew a
crop Of youngsters such as has not been
seen for many season past.
THE GAME OPENED
by the Ogdens going to bat and being white
washed in quick order, Tony Barker's
lightning delivery seeming to paralyze the
strikers. The Salt Lakes made two runs
IN their first, Grifiths going all around on
6 heavy hit and tumble by the coon in
left.
In Ogden's second, Pennyboker led off
with a big hit and scored on another, but
three and out" was the fatal cry that pre-
vented their piling up any more. In Salt
Ogden's third was goose egg, Dobbs, the
darkey, being the only one that hit the
ball, the other two dying before Barker's
shoots. Salt Lakes was a ditto, Griffiths
going out on strikes and Platts being
caught mapping at second.
In the fourth Pennyboker took first on
big hit to center, and amid the groans of
the crowd, took all the other bases and
came home on Lloyd's wild throw to
Lucas. This put the score even, but there
1t staid. Salt Lakes fourth was another
whltewash, but pretty one; every man
hit the ball, but died at first by some even
throwing on the part of the Weberites.
The Ogden's fifth did not change the re-
suit though they sweat like Trojans in
working for it. Salt Lake worked just as
hard and accomplished just as little,
Barker striking out and the other two men
perishing at first.
The sixth opened amid the most intense
interest on the part of the crowd. Farley
went out at first. The Chocolate Drop''
made a good hit and took first and came in
on great three-bagger by Greenwell
which sent the score to three and brought
the audience TO their feet Pennyboker
made big fly which Larsen let go by slip
ping; heavens were rent with the yells.
Busby went out at first and the score re
NAMED even.
The eighth opened by Farley's flying out
TO Platts. The "Snowdropn took the bat
amid applause, made hit to Kelly Golden
and died at first; Greenwich took his base
on balls and Tony groaned in mighty
anguish; Ensign brought Pennyboker in
on hot hit, lifting the score to 5; Hest
mark died at first but the Ogdens were two
in the lead. The Salt Lakes came in for their
eighth looking muggy. Phillips famed
the air three times; Brown dittoed: Parry
made hot hit to third which Platts
reached out for, fumbled, tumbled down,
but caught the ball ere she touched the
ground, making one of the prettiest plays
ever seen on the grounds and achieving
the whitewash.
Salt Lakes opened their last by putting
in Larsen, with the eyes of the spectators
almost strained out of their sockets He
batted the air and went out amid fain
cheers and groans. Lloyd got to his frs
by the second oaseman's letting the bal
pass between his legs, and that error was
The fatal one. Then Lucas came in cool as
cucumber, with the full sense of the
emergency on his shoulders, but in every
way equal TO it, He sent out a long three
Dagger and took third like blooded horse
While Lloyd came in and tied the score.
Then how the yells did raisei Lucas stoot
there painting and burning for chance Il
make that deciding run, while Tony Bar
ker lifted the bat prepared to do or die. HI,
SEM great long ny out 10 lett, which
Dobbs took in most handsomely: bu
Dobbs was long way out, and Lucas
quick eye saw the opportunity Almos
before the darkey had his hands over thu
white sphere, Lucas was charging for tn,
home plate. Dobbs sent the ball afte
him and the two reached hom
together The catcher, unhappil,
for Ogden, failed to hold tn
ball and Lucas run sent the Salt LAX
score up to and ended the game. TIL
whole thing had been so quick, so sudden
so brilliant and so unexpected that til
Ogden boys stood still at their posts for
moment, scarcely able to realize that tn
victory had been snatched from their grasr
SO quickly and SO decisively. 1t was th
most exciting and critical juncture tina
could have arisen in the game-almost iden
teal with the famous New York Washir g
ton game which Hdr1per's Weekly though
worthy to illustrate in their paper thre
years ago. The score even, ) to s: mint
innings: two men out, man on third, an
long throw from left TO home to settl
which way the scale should turn. 1t wa
amoment Of supreme excitement, and vine
Lucas reached the haven in safety panGe
monium was let loose.