The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-21
RaiIroaders Play Rail.

The long expected and widely her
aided event, the meeting of forces of
the Union Pacific and Rio Grande West
ern general offices on the diamond in
deadly com-er-baSeball bat transpired
yesterday at the level field at Fort
Douglas, meath the effulgent rays of
an afternoon sun, which, by the way,
were so very effulgent that the boys
transpired also and so hard that even
the victors were fairly able to ra-y-se
a shout by the time the game was over
It was a game as hot as the weather,
from start to finish, and was won by
the Union Pacifics by a score of IA
to 19.
Jack Reeves sat on cake of ice
and took things very coolly as he die
tated instructions to the Union Pa
cifics, his proteges. and helped to win
the game by his calm counsel, superin-
duced by necessarily frequent recourse
to the contents Of key upon which
sat Joe Brinker, cautioning his colts
and also receiving inspiration from
the same key, which was supplied for
the occasion by the Salt Lake Brewing
company and which was charged with
especially brewed baseball enthus-
iaSm
About 100 people went out to the fort
to see the game, and all felt highly
pleased with the science which was not
displayed, and particularly with the
manner in which aforesaid gentlemen
presided over the ice and the key
They all also took a particular interest
in Keyes and would gladly have taken
his offer of SIS for the privilege Of
hitting that ball once, if they could
have afforded him the satisfaction he
desired.
One of the spectacular features of
the game was the coaching of Otis
Cross, who yelled himself hoarse and
then got cross because the Western
boys gave him the ho-a-rse laugh. The
makeup of the teams was as follows:
Rio Grande Western-First base,
Captain w. E. Stimson; second base,
P. Holman; third base, Albert Smith;
short stop, E. r. Dickinson; right field,
J. S. Darke: center field, H. T. Clough;
left field, H. Cobb; pitcher, W. Nickel
lar: catcher, w. Ridd.
Union Pacific-F'irst base 0. Nor
ris: second base, H W. Henderson:
third base, W. Anderson; short stop,
l.. Lean; right field, Harry Clark;
center field, Otis Cross; left field. L.
j. Keyes; pitcher. J. Osborne; catcher,
Captain c. G. Barnes.
The game commenced at o'clock,
the Western team going to the bat and
making four runs before the side was
retired.
In the Union Pacific's half of the in
ming they got a goose egg and when
the Western men came in for the sec
ond inning they again scored. making
one run. The U. P s. got whitewashed
again in their half
In the third inning Captain Barnes
changed pitchers and put Osborne in
the box. The Western boys were ap-
parently afraid Of the master mechan-
les chief clerk, for they found him
rot and retired without a hit.
The Union Pacific's played horse with
Mcclellan in their half of the third
and touched him off for five runs.
In the fourth innings sthe Western
boys were still unable to familiarize
themselves with Osborne's elusive
curves and again failed to score, while
the u. P's. kept smashing Mcclellan
and scored twice.
In the fifth the Westerns were stiN
leery of Osborne, but Henderson at
second failed to gather in Captain
Barnes throw down to head off Darke,
who thereby succeeded in stealing
home.
The u. P's. failed in their half and
the Western ditto in the first half of
the sixth, while Union Pacific stock
went UP in their half, with a bound.
Captain Simpson had seen fit to- sub
stitute Smith for Mcclellan in the box.
but discovered his error when five runs
had been piled up.
In the first half of the seventh the