The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-12
BROWNS AND SHORT LINE.
PLAYED BASEBALL AT FORT
DOUGLAS YESTERDAY.
The Game Was Poor One, Resulting
In a Victory For the Short Line
By a Score of 10 to IL.

There was a baseball game at the
Fort Douglas grounds yesterday after
noon between the Oregon Short Line
team and another aggregation styling
| itself the Browns. presumably taking
on the name of the old Fort Douglas
nine that made such an excellent rec
ord before the boys had to go TO war,
in order TO draw q crowd. AS a mat
! ter of fact very few of the original
Browns team were there. and the new
] organization lacks a good deal of
reaching the standard of the old nine
But it wasn't all the Browns fault
The Oregon Short Line fellows played
about as poor a game as anybody has
ever witnessed on the grounds. There
was one exception, however. Kidder
pitched magnificent game, and
Knickerbocker behind the bat gave
splendid support. The rest of the nine
played about as well as a lot of farm
ers who had never seen a baseball
game.
Harris started in to pitch for the
Browns. but gave up. in the sixth in
ming, and Armstrong was substituted.
He did some good work, and consider
ing the fact that the nine was made
up of whatever material could be
found among the colored population of
the city. they gave him good support.
Had the Short Line boys played their
usual game it would have been a one
sided affair." decidedly so, but as it
happened they didn't and the score was
pretty even.
SHUT OUT IN THE FIRST
The Browns went to the bat and
were shut out in the first inning, while
the boys in blue suits scored three
runs 1t was very evident to the 500
spectators present that the playing
would all be done by the Short Line
team, if any, as Harris in the box was
batted all over the field.
In the second the Browns made a run.
and when the others got a chance they
made two. and came home confident.
In the third the soldier boys put two
men over the plate. and not to be out
done the others followed suit When
in the fourth inning the Browns made
two and the Short Line seven, the
bleacher population began to decrease.
Harris was not equal to the occasion,
and the other fellows found the ball
whenever they pleased
WORRIED THEIR OPPONENTS.
Then Armstrong was put in the box
and the colored lads worried their op-
pOnents, who seemed to fall down COM
pletely. Kidder pitched steady game
but the soldiers found him. A little fell
low who didn't look to be over Is years
old. batted home run in the seventh
and four more followed over the plate.
1t was a regular cake walk. Hughey
muffed the ball whenever it came his
way and Henderson, Barnes and Full
ton couldn't hold anything. In the four
last innings the Short Lines were shut
out, while the colored fellows scored
seven Still the lead gained at the be-
ginning of the game was too much to
overcome, and the former won, the
score standing Is toi12.
Smith umpired, and his decisions
were universally fair. The crowds
thought he displayed partially in one
or two instances and took occasion to
'hoot'' him after that, but he was not
easily ratified, and gave his decisions in
a firm manner.
The lineup of the two teams was as
follows: asE