The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-13

L eSferQay afternoon a baSebaH game
was played ON the University campus
between the commission men of Salt
Lake and the picked nine of the q. C.
NJ. I.
L. sphere tilroweUs are but the identify
of the commission men remains a
greater mystery than what Nordstrom
is trying to find out in a balloon.
q. c. NJ. l. had holes in their hats,
very large ones. Only five innings
were played. to the delectation of a
small number of spectators
At the end Of the fifth. the dews and
mists of evening closed in on the dust
begrirned contestants, and the COM
mission men threw their hats in the air
and turned sundry handsprings. They
had buried the Zionites in the green TO-
liage of the campus at the exact ratio
OF I6 TO 2.
The nine from q. C. M L claimed
with bitter emphasis that the counnats-
sion men were inteTlopers and that
most CT them did not know the differ
ence between a commission and
stack of .aIge black cats. But the YER
dict of the hundred and fifty small
boys was that the commission men
even if they did not know anything
about stocks and exchanges knew
enough about baseball to make yesteT-
day a dismal affair to The players of
Zion.
A DEFENSIVE ATTITUDE.
The Ziorttes as soon as they discover
ed what manner of men the comm.s-
sioners were took a purely defensive
attitude, and spent most of their time
in running away from right fielders
and lodging red hot liners from the
bat of the enemy. Dick Lafimer, who
is at the same time the smallest ana
biggest Roman in the Zion team, MADE
the only two base hits of the day TOT
the z. c. NJ. L. statesmen. 1T was
claimed by the commission battery
that Latimer hit the hall with his e.
bow, but this was emphatically denied
nv the Zion shouteTs and some OF the
small boys. After that it was all OH
with the little hero Of the clerks ana
statesmen.
The commission twirlers seemed to
conceive the idea that the Total ANN
hiIatioa of Latimer would give them
a complete victory, SO every time the
hov wonder took up the bat, the COM
mission p.l.cher aimed several feroclous
in-curves at Latimer's blind sweaser
The Zionite paid a high price for tina.
two-base hit, and occupied all the rest
of the game in trying TO keep the
sphere from hitting him in the clavicle
The Zion men, through the courtesy
of the commissioners, did moi score
again until the last inning. Then Cnaflle
Brown. of the glass and artificial flower
Recruitment, came heroitaIy to tle
rescue. First he made two wild hIngeS
at tae bali and cut the air INFO long
lean strips Then ne saw that all Ell
forts at punching with his bat were
hopeless, and when the ball came hot
out of ehe twirler's hand the next time
he leaped gracefully in front OF the
plate, drew in a deep breath, and throw
out his chest. 1t landed beautifully and
though Charley coughed Slightly and
showed strong symptoms of hemorr-
hage, lie took his base. This was the
only really brilliant play of the after
noon and the two hundred small boys
and Zion shouters howled till the
blesal-ers rocked and swayed in the
breeze.
Hope did not seem to spring UP eter-
nally in the hearts of z. c. NJ. 1. afer
Charley's star play. Somehow it seemed
to dampen the ardor of those who sue
ceeded him. They stood over the plate
in a sort of couchant attitude and when
the ball came towards them they went
through some juggling specialties that
would have made the Carnival of
Madrid" look like unto country fair in
comparison.
q. C. M. I. are still wondering who
are the commission men, although their
curiosity was not 50 poignant as to
induce chem to remain in order to find
out They did not even wait long
enough TO see whether Latimer's elbow
still panied him or to ask Charley
Brown how he was progressing with
his fractured bone and hemorrhage. 1t
is understood that the Zionl.es have not
yet issued a challenge for another game.
The commission men challenge any
commercial team in the city.