The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24

Today.
The lean men did up the fats in the
game between the two factions of the
at Garfield beach, although the score
was only IA to u. 1t might have been
different and the proud bird of victory
might have been roosting on the ban
ner Of the fats at the conclusion of
the contest but for the fact that Brady
Brady, the joy and pride of the big
men-fell down in the first inning, near
third base, sustaining an injury to his
mental feelings, from which he refused
to recover. From that timeron the fat
men lost hope. In vain did Coulam
knock out home runs; in vain did
Harry Tooker, who is fat man him.
| self, coach and coach and coach; in
vain did Douglas yell from the rum
ners line. 1t was off and stayed off.
The game opened with the fat men
at the bat, and for a time it looked as
| if the ample gentlemen were going to
fill a page of the score card with runs,
but they were checked in the midst of
a mad career. Coulam, the latest of
the fats, began operations at once and
knocked a three-b Dagger to windward
and scored amid the cheers of the as
sembled people, on a base hit which he
damned to port by Lavidge, who stole
second and came in on corking hit by
Dale.
Lewis made mistake by selecting
bat with a hole in it, and after miss
ing the ball three times sat down to
ruminate. but Martis made hit and
brought Dale in. Martis had bad luck
as to himself, for after stealing second
and getting to third on wild pitch, he
was left on a base by Perkins and
McLelland saving three wide gashes
in the salt sea breeze in vain attempts
to hit the ball.
The fats went to the field with three
runs TO their credit, full of hope and
boarding house beefsteak On the
narrow faces of the leans gloom sat an
uncrowned king, but they yelled like
Indians in their despair and prepared
to sell out as dearly as possible. The
placing of a key of beer on third base
had an eXhilirating effect, and Smith,
the first man to come to the plate,
practiced a couple of times and then
banged ball away past Brady in right
field. He stole second and when Weaver
got base on balls walked to third and
after refreshing himself came in on
the hit made by Hess, who stole sec
ond and scored on Anderson's out at
first, Weaver ambling in ahead of him.
Simpson found the ball for a good hit,
and Edwards got a base on balls, and
then Clippinger, a small man, who has
no more meat on him than a weather.
beaten bone, made a two-bagger and
brought them in. Hickey wasn't feel
ing well, and struck out, and Robb
went out at first, but Clippinger ran
in when no one was looking, before this
happened, and the leans gathered
around the small barrel of tincture of
Gambrinus, flushed and elated.
In the first half of the second Doug
las was the first man at bat for the
fats He sustained the well earned
reputation which he has by hitting the
first ball which-came along, and when
Brady-Brady, the pet Of the Oleomar-
garine club-made a hit, he scored.
Brady sprinted to. second and was try
ing to get to third, when a happy
throw on the part of the pitcher cut
him off in the heyday of his triumph,
and he put on sub and went into the /
lake to cool off. Coulam and Lavidge |
famed out and with the one run that I
Douglas made the fats again took the |
field.
In their half of the second the leans,
more than made runs. 1t was Diff, /
bang, smash and so on, until Catcher I
Coulam begged for mercy, and the bal |
ance of the butterine boys were in a |
state bordering on melting. Eight runs /
were made. every man Of the nine scor-
ing, except Hess, who, although he |
made two-bagger, was the victim of |
circumstances over which he had no |
control.
The fats made three runs. and their
stock went up point, especially when |
they shut out their opponents in their
half. In the next inning the fats made
three more, and retired the attenuated
people by a triple play from one man
to another, until every player had
handled the ball, and Tooker and his
crowd of coachers made the welkin
howl with their shouts of gleeful exul-
tation.
Full of confidence and what there
was left in the key, the fats came to
the bat for the first half of the fifth.
Coulam took long breath and hit a
home run to the deputy sheriff down
at the lunch pavilion, and the sheriff
held on to it until Coulam scored. La
vidge went out at first and Dale hit to
the pitcher, who let the ball drop Lewis
made hit and Douglas made another
run, and then some of the boys, enough
Of them, at least, went out, and the
fats sat down to rest, a defeated aggre-
cation of beef.
A table of the score is unnecessary.
so here it is by innings:
r ats .................3 8 2 IL
Leans -...-........6 S IA
Another game has been arranged to-
take place at the same spot some time
next year.
THE GAME TO-DAY.
The Oregon Short Line team and the
Union Pacific. from Evanston, will
play game this afternoon at Fort
Douglas. the game to be called at $3.50
sharp. The following is the lineup:
Short Line. Position. Evanston.