The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
LagoonS Beat Weber Lads BY a
Score of II to E.
GREAT BALL BY LAG0ONS
BAMBERGER PRoTEGES Play
ING LIKE CHAMPIONS.
In the Field and With the Willow
They Are Giving the Other Eel
lows Pointers On the Game-Good
Attendance at Game-Despite Bad
Weather, 500 Attend.

Those baseball players out at Lagoon
have just about established a clear
title to the championship of Utah.
They are putting up an article of ball
that Utah has not seen in years, and
If they maintain their present gait
they should have no difficulty in beat
ing easily every team in the state.
Yesterday the Lagoons defeated Og-
den by score of u to 6, and they did
1t without half trying. too This doesn't
mean that the Ogdens didn't play ball.
They did, but the trouble was they
weren't playing the same kind of ball
that the Lagoons We're. They were
simply outclassed, that was ALL
The difference in the two teams was
particularly noticeable in their field
work. The Lagoons played a brilliant
game in the field. \ half-dozen times
at least they executed plays that
brought roars of applause from the
grand stand. Bennett and Hopkins and
Barker each in turn made running
catches of long flies that seemed GER
tain hits Haynes, at first base made
a wonderful stop of hard grounder
from Henry's bat, and Kimbrough
stopped one of Gimlin's that was all
most duplicate of the other. Two
of the Lagoons' three errors were on
eXcusable wild throws and the third
was on a grounder to Graham, which
the latter permitted TO evade him. Og-
den's field work was not so good, nor
did they seem to put the ginger into
their play that the Lagoons did.
Both pitchers We're touched up free
ly, but KimbrOugh managed, except in
the ninth, when the game was Won to
keep the Ogden hits we'll scattered.
The splendid work of his outfieId aided
him nlohtilV n &c chnxv-f1 NV 70 of
that nine of the twenty-siX outs made
were on outfield flies. Hahsford hard
ly seems up to the mark as a pitcher.
Not only did he prove ineffective, but
he does not field his position at all as
he ought TO. His unfortunate habit
also of going all to pieces at least once
In game is disheartening to his team.
Lagoons Score at Start.
The Lagoons wasted no time about
their run-getting. With two out in the
first inning, McCausland singled neat
ly. Haynes popped up a little one
which should have retired the side, but
the wind was blowing hard and Hans
ford was slow in starting for the ball.
so when he had finally located it he
dropped it. Kimbrough came right up
and sent out a smashing single. on
which McCausland scored. In the third
Read singled, McCausland advanced
him with sacrifice, he stole third
handily and scored on wild throw by
GreenweIl
Hansford chose the fourth inning for
his customary let-up and the Lagoons
took advantage of it to score six runs.
In the course of the inning thew Sc
cured four singles and a double and
Hansford hit one batsman. They
contented themselves with one run in
the next on Benefits double and a
wild throw by Henry. Two more came
in the sixth, when Read received
complimentary. McCausland poked
double over Schnabe's head and
Haynes followed with a long single.
Ogden came out of its trance in the
sixth and scored an earned run on a
single by Ferrin. sacrifice by Henry
and a clean two-bagger by Gimlin
They got another in the seventh. when
Schnable secured a life by forcing off
Greenwich and completed the circuit on
singles by Bluth and Ferrin. With two
men on bases Haynes shut off further
run-getting by gobbling Henry's fierce
grounder and beating him on the sprint
TO first.
The eighth recorded one more for
Lagoon. Hopkins singled and went to
second on Reads sacrifice. He made
third on an error by McGregor and
scored on a sacrifice by McCausland.
In the ninth Kimbrough let down, and
after two men We're out. allowed two
singles and sent two men to first on
balls, forcing in one run. The game
was too far gone, however, and after
four runs had been scored, McGregor
popped up a little one to Graham and
ended it.
Despite the threatening weather
crowd Of 500 attended the game. The
sprinkle of rain had cooled the air and
laid the dust on the diamond. so con-
ditiOns were admirable for excellent
ball.