Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-23
Short Lines Down Them by a Score
of Nine to -Four,
DID 1T BY GOOD PLAYING.
The spell Of Had Luck That Has Been
HANGING over the short Lines
IL Now Broken,

The two hundred baseball enthusiasts
who doggedly wended their way 90
walkers Park Saturday afternoon in
the forlom hope Of witnessing some
kind Of a game that would in some way
resemble baseball, We're greeted with
most pleasant surprise. In fact so
great was the surprise that % amounted
TO almost a shock.
The home team the Short Lines. Jim
Chlpplngers doughty knights Of the ball
and bat gave the naughty GlmlinItes Of
ogden the most unmercIful drubbins
they ever had
There was no Observation-Disclosures
rabbit-foot on the part Of the Short
Lines or bad luck on the part OF the 0s-
den crowd about It either. 1t was "a good,
clean. swift game and both teams did
their best under the circumstances TO
win. and II VIII be a way down In the
subsequently and then some days ere
the recollection Of the contest sinks in
TO oblivion
The game was full Of surprises. Tay-
lors pitching for the home team was
magnificent and his support Was equal
ly az good Only for a few minutes ala
Il look Ike a walk-away for ogden and
that was at the beginning Of the game.
Flake, the first man up struck one
good for three bags and was brought
home by fly from Casey TO kmerer'
Then McGregor performed neat little
trick. He sent the sphere flying over
the left fence and took a walk around.
That's all the visitors got In the trst
Until the fourth they didn't get a hit.
Tavlor wouldn't let EN-. The first thing
lengthy Hansford did In the fourth was
10 pass Margetts 20 first with his com
pliments and then threw one TO the
plate that Cain singled on. Taylor went
down on an error Kimerer and Mem
acke made a one Dagger and the score
stood three 10 two In favor OF the home
lads.
Hansford. who by the way, lost his
first game Of the season, went up IN
the air His support was poor too In
the sixth inning he passed klmerer 10
first and that gentleman scored ON un-
Gle Meineckes handsome three-bagger
Then Hansf0rd made an error which
Miller went down on. Next he sent
Berkeley 20 first on balls Barnes sent
one over 70 third. Clark fred 1t at
Hansford who ran mp TO put Miller out
But the tain man from the junction
didn't get the bah and little Harry
came in as his friends hummed
Home Sweet Home Then
Hansford got no better fast.
After recovering the ball he
threw It with the intention Of letting
the catcher. Bashful Henry get IT, but
the thing few over 90 the Salt Palace
and an the runners scored. while Fa-
| Their Gin shifted his pose and Hansford
was observed to scratch his think tank.
| Four more runs were added TO the home
| team
In the seventh they got another by
TaylOr's triple and Kimercr's double,
/ In the eighth another was made, max
/ ing nine IN all IL was In the seventh
| the Holsters made their other two runs.
/ Henry and Bluth singled. Bluth came
| home and a wild throw from Taylor and
/ Henry came 90 on a fly,
| In the ninth 10 was case Of !, =, 3.
| Taylor took the first. Meinecke the Sec
/ Ond and Harry Miller made a long run
/ and caught the third with one hand, In
/ stating that Dan Taylor pitched q great
/ game no mistake is made. The Lob
/ sters got only six hits from him.
Gimun and Clark both good hitters
were simply laid gently on the bench
/ The situation is summed up By saying
| that the home teams work, In every
/ respect was superb.
/ Following is the detailed scOre