The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06

focdte!lo baseball team has vastly
improved since its previous visit here.
as was shown by the manner in which
the Idahoans defeated the Short Lines
at Lagoon yesterday. In June, when
Pocatello paid its last visit to Salt
Lake, she suffered two successive de-
feats at the hands of the local rail-
readers, and by large scores. Yester-
lay she turned the tables on her former
conquerOrS and downed them nv a
score of 10 to S.
1t was pretty game of ball. For
seven innings IL was pitchers battle
with runs as scarce as small BOYS at
Sunday school in summer. The score
was kept down by the steady work of
both pitchers. aided by fielding that
Nefsed ON the sensational order once
or tWlce- Since his last game here
Gerhart has developed into twirler of
much ability. Whereas in June the
Short Lines batted him at will, and
batted him hard, yesterday he held
them in the hollow of his hand until
the very last inning, when he let down
and the railroad men almost pulled
the game out of the fire. Kidder. too.
was IN line fettle up to the eighth in
nIng. Then he lost his head and the
visitors batted out a victory without
the slightest difficulty
Both pitchers received excellent sup
port, the errors being well scattered
Barnes made two running catches
which were superb. and Rand executed
stop and throw Of a difficult ground
er that seemed certainly a base hit.
Boylan Is Good Umpire.
Especially to be commended was the
excellent umpiring of Boylan. The
colorado man was in every instance
falr, had a good eye for balls and
strikes, and was so quick on his feet
that he was always nearby when a
close decision came. His judgment
was never questioned, and the game
passed without kick from either
tear.
Il was a pretty difficult matter to
Skirt the bases in the first seven in
ninss- Up to the eighth the score was
4 TO in the Short Lines favor and
every run scored was acquired by dint
of much hard work Both teams scored
in the first, the Short Lines on a double
by Bennett, a force by Bowman and
Gerhart's wild throw to third base.
Hopkins got Pocatello's. He received a
pass, stole second, advanced on Mar
tins sacrifice and scored when Hart
man singled
Pocatello got another in the third on
singles by Hartman and Shannon, and
Gains error. Another came to her in
the sixth, when SiddOns sent out a
triple and DateSman followed with one !
for two corners. While these were be-
ing chalked up for the Idaho men the I
Short Lines had been unable to get
beyond second base, but in the sixth |
they woke from the trance inspired by /
GeTharts wide bends and took three |
Cain received his third pass to first, |
and trOtted around ahead of Reed when |
the eX-Lagoon man lost the ball out in |
the grass for three sacks. Kidder put |
the sphere into the same spot and /
they didn't find it again for an hour,
while Kidder strolled leisurely home |
with Reed in his van.
The Fatal Eighth.
The eighth proved fatal inning for
the locals. Kidder started it well by
striking out Shannon. but the next two
men up, Siddons and Datesman, each
singled. Berkeley sent out one on
which Reed made an Intellectual at
tempt to nab Siddons at the plate, and
kidder sent Gerhart to first, filling the
bases. The local rooters breathed more
easily when Hopkins famed but they !
shed tears in a second, for Rand
pounded out a double and Datesman
and Berkely scored. Martin then added
TO the agony by driving a single into
the field, Gerhart scoring. This made
four runs, but there was more trouble
to come, for with Kidder so suddenly
/
batting average also, and he put him
self against a daisy bend for a single,
Rand scored. Bowman let one
get past him and Martin scored. Shan
non was given free transportation and
Hartman scored when Siddons sent out
his double. Datesman ended it by pop
ping up high foul. which Reed COB
bled after a long run. The Short Lines
were 6azed and could do nothing to
help matters out in their half.
In the ninth Taylor went in and sue
ceeded in shutting out the visitors.
Gerhart almost threw away the game
then. First he let Bennett obtain a |
single. then he also let Taylor acquire
a triple. He eased the situation by
striking out Bowman, but the next
three men IN he sent in rapid success
sion to first base. Griggs singled and !
Kidder got a pass, in the doing of all
which four runs were scored. The
Short Line rooters were crazy for
there were still three men on bases and
only one out But Meinecke usually 7
90 strong with the stick at critical mo- r
nents popped up a little one to Hart >
nan, and Bennett could only send a :
grounder to third, which forced Reed !
1ut. And that was the end.
The Score. /
The score follows: .