The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-19

which they tore excavations in the
campus When searching for flies, was
the source of the firemanic triumph.
FIRST INNING.
When Commissioner Dinniny lifted
his soft accents to say time Officer
Burgess went u the bat, where he sue
ceeded in remaining long enough 10
make three heavy swipeS at the ball
Then he gracefully retired in favor of
Wilson, who in turn vacated for Sham
non. Shannon found the bat too small,
and Sergeant Wire lost the ball in the
direction of the north star on a foul.
Then Wilson was caught mapping and
the blue coats went to the field with
out scoring.
A THREE DAGGER.
Woods found Wilson's first ball and
passed it over the head of the right
fielder, which gave him time TO make
three bases. Berry missed the sphere
twice by large margins but gained
first on the third on a ball which hit
his portly form before touching the
ground. Cahoon and Paul both sue
ceeding in scoring, which made three
runs. phenomenal decision by the
umpire created a tremendous alterca-
ton, during which the strident tones
of Officer Shannon almost succeeded in
drowning all other sounds. The fire
men had registered three runs.
SECOND INNINGS.
The patrolmen were received with
loud Gathering applause from the
bleachers, as they came in from the
field, and Sergeant Weir took up the
bat. The huge sergeant sent another
ball sky-diving directly towards the
zenith, but it was safely taken care of
by Paul on second. Roberts and
Heath then died with the willow in
their hands.
Love smiled iridescently as he en-
tered the box. The firemen failed to
smile when he lifted the sphere above
the topmost bOugh of the tall and dis
tant sycamore Mcclure followed this
up with a warm one to center field,
and Heath remained there juggling
with it while Love passed over the
home plate. Paul lost the ball, and
when another came uD, Cahoon made
an in-field hit. with two men on bases.
and the policemen claimed he was out.
The umpire decided otherwise and
wrangle ensued.
Captain Sullivan went out, but not
until he had sent a ball backward
against the shirt front of f. w. Wilson.
Paul then trifled with Heaths feelings
by sending a fly to him. The sight was
too much for the patrolman and he col
lapsed and fell just as the ball reached
him. 1t is alleged that this put an
other wrinkle in the brow of Jim
Adams.
POLICEMEN WARM UP.
The olympic blood of the policemen be-
gan to warm up as they again took
the bat. Parry put a two-baser in
the field and on attempting later to
make a graceful hit to third was hit in
the region of the spine by the oval. He
shook himself but WINGED not.
Then Jim Adams sent a red-hot liner
between third base and short stop. The
sergeant sprinted to first in way that
was strikingly unique and poetic.
When he is in full chase, the doughty
sergeant throws his feet far to the for
ward of himself and then proceeds to
follow them at more leisure. But Jim
made the bases, and he came in grace
fully for a run, by virtue of a two-base
hit by Shannon.
The game struggled on eventually for
some time and the coppers made a
gay and gallant squirt and tailed up
seven runs, which made a total of Is
at the end of the fifth inning. That was
only the beginning of the fray, for they
TINS up Dy nOldlnS uOWn the
fremen in the next fray TO a goose egg.
JIAI'S HOPES SHORT LIVED.
Jim Adams smile was so luminous
that it reached to the tent where the
beer was lying in cold repose.
We've got 'em beat" said he.
But the citation was short lived. The
fremen retahated upon their enemies
with a wnitewash. The game pushed
on excitedly. The umpire, by his
strange and Misunderstanding decis-
ions, fell from favor with the rooters.
Every time the burly form of a patrol
man glided towards a base there were
derisive cries of Out Quit" All this
rooter-bred irony fell, however, on
needless ears.
In the eighth inning the firemen made |
nine runs, many of which were vocifer-
)usly protested by the men in blue. But |
they went, and the firemen had a score |
Of 81 and one inning to spare, when
Jim Adams giants walked slowly and |
stolidly from the field to enter the |
Black Maria. II was a good symbol of !,
their blighted hopes.