The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-16
Baseball.
GOOD EARLY BASEBALL
ocdeps Win From Rio Grandes
in Pretty Game.
SCORE IS SEVEN TO TWO
FIRST LINEUP OF TWO OF THE
BIG LEAGUE MINES.
SCORE Is SEVEN TO TWO
v,,I,v 300 of ogden's Population,
Gailv Bedecked in Easter Attire,
Flocked 10 the Game-No I'm
pleasant Features, Except Some
Raw Decisions by Umpire.

The Rio Grandes made a journey to
ogden Yesterday to cross bats with the
1rrctionites, and returned to Zion de-
soated nv a score of seven to two. II
--oe the first game that any Of the
7-tst-Idaho teams have played this
,oar and taken all around, It was
mighty fine baseball. Such good ball
was played yesterday that those who
saw the game are saying all kinds Of
nice things about the prospects for the
coming season.
While the result of the game was
rsrar for a moment in doubt, the Og-
6ens did not nave it all their own way.
Tbev had 70 play ball all the time, or
tbe. score might have read differently.
AZ If was. the Ogdens were up on their
toes at every minute Of the game, and
tbov nl9ved right through a fast, clean
game.
have seemed like an Ogden team, occu-
MED the box. and pitched well for the
first game Of the season, only six hits
bsinp garnered from his sheaf of myS-
ferries,
Another Of the old ogden players
also made a record for himself. 1t was
Perrin and from the start he played
the best ball that he has ever played
since he has been with the Junction
ties. Out of seven chances, he escaped
without an error. and at the stick he
was almost as good as any of them.
While every man on the Ogden aggre-
CATION played a good game. the honors
must 90 10 Clark, the new man from
Santa Cruz, and to Greenwich, who held
down the initial. Clark was stationed
a. shOrtstOp and the way he handled
those sizzling grounders was beauti-
full 10 behold. Several times he made
pretty plays that brought forth hearty
handclapping from the crowd, but he
also betrayed a weakness for grand
stand plays that cost him two errors.
The poor showing Of the Rio Grandes
may be attributed 10 the fact that they
have never been together before this
season in a game, and the men are
new TO each other, although every one
Of them is a swift player. Their work
Of yesterday showed that they have
the making Of one of the best teams in
the league, and their friends are al
ready picking them as winners. All
they need is unity in team work and
that will all come with practice.
Risely, the new man at shOrtstop.
was surprise even 10 those who had
been expecting great things from him.
His work was clean and sure, the only
error in his score being almost ex-
cusable. He was ably seconded by an
other Of the new men, Pendergast, who
pitched a good game in the face of a
stH wind, and whose 9rm was Just as
good when he got through as when he
started. Scare made his friends proud
Of him by playing one OF the best
games he ever put up. Hughey also
distinguished himself by making al
most an impossible stop on an ugly
gounder and getting it over to first
50 quick that it was all over before
The crowd realized it.
Kicked at Umpire.
The game was played without any
unpleasantnesS on either side. but there
were some very vigorous objections to
certain raw decisions of the umpire.
several times did the players invite
trouble and chew the atmosphere. and
W.! uIle me crowd agreed that they
we're right. Some Of the decisions GER
.e.hly did border on the fierce variety.
Ll5 SGe that was being benefited open
acknowledging it. Mr.. Hestmark.
lDr II was he who took the chances.
was talked Of ar one time as the official
umpire Of the league. but yesterday his
s1yA Went down. down. and now he
u,sSh stand any kind of a show.
j.. was a big crowd for so early a
game iully 500 people being in attend
asls. There was a goOdly sprinkling
y women in the crowd. and their
User User .oonnets made the grand stand
l n, .-i IKE a flower garden in paradise.
-olISe the Ogdenites were jubilant
o . lheir victory. and they are of the
opinion that they have aIreadv GOT
shin 'Hdillp IuH-
The summary.