The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26
THE COMING BASEBALL SEASON
PREPARATION GOING ON APACE
IN SALT LAKE.
The Oregon Short Line Team-What
the Y. NJ. C. A. Will Do-Activ-
ity Among the Schools.

Interest in the coming baseball sea-
son increases as the days pass and the
time for the opening games draws near
er. The wet weather of the past week
has prevented any outdoor work thus
| far, but it has not lessened the enthusi-
asin of the ball tossers and in bowling
alley and gymnasium they have been
hard at it putting new strength into
glass" arms and working off the SUI
perfiuous avordupois of a winter de-
voted to nothing more athletic than
! "tidoleywinks'' OF sixty three"
The O. S. L. team starts out with
much better prospects than ever before.
OF last years nine there will be at
least seven members again in Short
Line uniforms this year: knickerbock-
er, Barnes, Miller, Margetts, McFar-
lane, Griggs and Taylor. The latter
played in but a few of last year games
and created a splendid impression. He
is here now for the entire season and
Will captain the team alternating be-
tween the pitchers box and first base.
Dale, who umpired several of last
years games, and who is an old-timer
at the game, expects to get into harness
once more and he will prove a valuable
man in the field. Three new men, all
from Omaha and all experienced men,
will take the place of those players who
have left the Short Line for other
teams. They are Bowman, Scully and
Waller Bowman comes with an ex-
cellent reputation as an allaround
man, with a prediction for roasting
close behind the bat and eating foul
tips. Scully is said to be a twirler
with an arm of steel and an ability
to wind curves three times around a
batsman without half trying. Waller
is never happy far away from second
base and takes to hot grounders as a
duck to water. The team ought to
prove a strong one with these access
SionS
The Y. NJ. c. A. has been gathering
in much available baseball timber and
judging from the formidable array of
names and records which Manager AK
ton has jotted down in his note book,
the Christian team proposes to let the
other fellows know they've been play
ing ball before the season ends. Start
ing with Captain Sylvester, who is an
ex-California league player and will
coach the team and hold down short
field, they have Glaze, d Kansas City
player, Siddons, a Coloradoan and
pitcher of reputation, Allen. who
caught for one of the teams of the
amateur California league, Malcolm
Glendinning whose ability in pulling
long flies out of the sky is we'll remem-
bered here and won him a place on his
class team at Yale, Hughey, Burns and
Meinecke, ex-Short Liners, Charlie Dull
whose length and agility make it i'm
possible to throw over him on first base,
j. Q. Cross, captain of last years ia
nous football team, Nicholson, of the
l.. d. S. team, Knox Bodell, Gray, Err
nest Smith, Clemens, Demming and
several others. Out of this list a team
ought to be chosen which will put up
an excellent quality of baseball.
The Elks have thus far done nothing
toward organizing for the year. Man
ager Kelley has received an offer for a
series of games in Butte, to take place
some time in May, and provided the old
Elk team can be gathered together in
time to get into shape for the series he
may take them north.
The school boys have not been idle
during the week. Negotiations are now
pending for a reorganization of the In
tercollegiate league, which played
through so successful a season last
year. The four schools who were mem
bers of the league last year all expect
TO put strong teams out. The High |
school boys have been actively working
for the league and the University, the
L. D. S. college and All Hallows college
are likewise taking much interest in it.
A regular schedule for a series of
games each Saturday in May and early
T11n will he a..