The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-15


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The University nine, which started
out conscientiously enough to revolu-
tionize amateur athletics, has now de-
cided that their experiment was all
right in theory but that in a practical
application 1t was not a bowling sue
cess. 1t was their effort to bring about
! purity in school sport that kept them
out Of the school league. They then
thought that they could get games with
other Mines and hold to the scholarship
requirement that they had established,
but after struggling for nearly a
month, they have abandoned the fight
and their team has gone to its rest.
1t may be resuscitated on special oc-
casiOns, but for the present any kind
OF baseball aggregation at the uni
versity is practically nil It is eX-
pected that before the season is over
. it viii be reorganized to play the Brig
ham Young academy on the Joint field
day in June, but no other games have
bean arranged and the prospects are
that none other will be. The varsity
boys have come to the conclusion that
they ought to have entered the school
league in the first place, but it is too
late now, and in preference to playing
ball with themselves all the time with
out any prospects of game, the nine
has been abandoned.
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The Brokers and the CURRIERS' are still
talking about their proposed game be-
tween the intervals that they are deal
ing in stocks, and from the interest
manifested it will be one of the big
games of the season. 1t is proposed that
the bleachers be incorporated and that
stock be sold for seats, so great do
they figure that the crowd will be. The
free key of beer that they propose to
have on tap will be one of the star
features of the game, and will be. next
to Dusty Rhodes, of course, the big
gest drawing card. Dusty is going
to root for the CURRIERS', and incidental
ly. will do a cakewalk to the beer
stand. He will be caricatured in the
papers. and the whole thing will be
most joyous event.
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The exhibition games that the Short
Line and the Rio Grandes were to play
We're called off for various reasons. and
II is not likely that the fans will have
chance to see them on the diamond be-
fore the opening of the Utah-Idaho
league season at the end of the month.
The Ogden people ave arranged. how
ever, for Il game h the Rio Grande
nine to take place he Junction city
this afternoon, if the weather permits
Jack Meinicke and his brave band Of
siuggers will tarry in Zion long enough
to see whether or not it is going to
rain, and if not they will sally forth
on the noon train to the city on the
north. A large number of the fans will
accompany them and the contest will
doubtless be interesting enough for any
of EN-. All the long weeks of tho early
season, the fans have been anxiOusly
looking for an exhibition game between
some of the big league Mines It will
serve TO give them some idea of the
respective strength Of the mines, and
they Will be able TO form some coniec-
ture as to the final result of the league
games. Every fan in town is praying
that the sun viii shine in all it's wonted
glory today.
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The brokers had a good practice in
front Of the exchange yesterday after
noon, nearly breaking several costly
windows in doing 80. Jimmie Fulton
Joe Sheets and others Of the dealers in
stocks labOred for some time on the
sidewalk of Second South with a new
ball, throwing. ii over the heads of ne
deStrians, utterly regardless of any
body's rights. To them the most i'm
portant thing in the world is to be pre-
pared TO meet the CURRIERS' when tho
great game comes off The practice
was kept up until wandering ninion
OF the law put an untimely end To n
SO much good was gotten out of the
practice. however. that the brokers feel