The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-06
FORT DOUGLAS WINS
Evanston Men No rlatch For the
Soldiers.
BOYS IN BLUE WIN BY NINE
TEEN 10 TWO.
The Attendance Was Light-The
Evans Team Defeats the Salt Lake
Nine at Beck's Hot Springs by
Score of 8 to 10.

II was a dusty day out at the Fort
Douglas baseball park yesterday. A
brisk wind was blowing and the goOdly
number who had seats in the grand
stand, IL is safe to say. made a good
start on the proverbial peck of dirt
which is apportioned to them TO swallow
before they leave this earthly sphere.
All the dirt on the diamond was not
caught uD by the winds. however.
The Fort Douglas Browns played a
nine which came down from Evanston,
Wyo. The visitors weren't in it Ut all,
and the dusl.y fellows from the fort
wiped uo all the earth there was left
on the diamond with them There Is
nothing small about the Browns when
it comes to playing ball, especially If
they get chance at an easy thing ike
the Evanston team was for them The
manager OF the visiting team changed the
position of his men several times the
way the Browns caught hold OF the bail
was something astonishing and it was
thought Sworz was too easy with them.
so in the third inning he exchanged
places with Mccoy. The change dion
Seem to helm the condition of things any
and in the sixth the men changed back
10 their original positions. Williams eX-
changed places with Cole in the fifth.
and in the seventh. Mccoy was put in
as pitcher again.
EVANSTON SCORED TWO.
bers of the Evanston nine that scored
for their side at all. Mccoy made a hit
and scored one on an error made by
Jackson. Evans caught hold of the bail
and sent IL so far away that the opDos-
ing team couldn't get IL back in time
10 prevent him making a home run The
visitors made these scores right at the
start but when they had done so that
settled 1t so far as any more was con-
cerned.
The Fort Douglas team failed to score
any the first inning. Jackson got as far
as the second base and was put out.
Hughes. who is just about the best
player among the Browns. was struck
out and Wheeler batted the ball over TO
trouble.
THE RIOTERS SHOUTED.
In the second the Browns scored five
made Dlentr of Fourth OF July noise
Loving got in and made the first score
on errors Armstrong got home in the
base and center field. Flowers did better.
and made a hit which carried him around
TO the starting point. Richards was
struck out. jackson and Hughes. both
scored. Re.d sent a grounder over to
the third base and went out; and Loving
was stopped on ball from the center
field
the third; Armstrong made a hit but
Greenwich tossed the ball over to the
second base and Sworz got it before he
could reach that point. Evans put
Flower out on ball sent to him by
Sworz; and Richards was struck out.
Reid scored one IN the fourth inning
Comtee got around for the first time and
he was followed by Wheeler and Loving
who made runs on good batting
Hughes had TO take the first base on
balls in the. NTH: He stole his way
around to the third base while Edwards
was napping. and Comtee made a nice
home run on heavy batting. Reid and
Loving went out or balls captured by
Bluth and Wheeler was stopped at third
base