The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-29
. FLIES AND GRoUNDERs.
Rio Grandes and Pocatellos PLAY
Again Today.

Rio Grandes and Pocatellos PLAY
Again Today.
Before they journey homeward. the
PocatelIos will play one more game
with the Rio Grandes- 1t Will take place
at Walkers field at $3.50 O'clock this
afternoon, and it will be bitterly fought
from beginning to end. The Idahoans
do not want to go back to their native
state without one game out of the two.
and they are determined to win this
possible The line up viii be the same
as in yesterdays contest, with the ex
ception of the Rio Grande pitcher. Pen
dergast will alternate today with Ris-
ley, in order to save the latter's arm.
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The Utah Idaho league season will
be formally opened in Ogden today
with a game between the Ogdens and
the Short Lines The local bows leave
on the 11:45 train fer the Junction
City and they are of the unanimous
opinion that the most graceful thing
for them to do is TO return with the
scalps of the Ogdenites. They will be
escorted to the northern city by a num-
Der of fans who are followers of the
Short Liners and who want to see how
they are going to play ball this year.
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Encouraged by the success of their
former game, the athletes from the CITY
and county building and the doughty
ball tossers from the banks of the city.
are arranging for another contest to
take place some time wtthin the next
two weeks. Captain Naylor of the Off
Gals is morally certain that his men
can make the score bigger than it was
before and Captain Margetts of the
bankers is just as sure that his PLAYERS
can win this time. He even has hopes
of shutting the officials out altogether,
such is his faith in the ball tossers who
follow his leadership. Both Of the mines
have been getting in all the practice
they possibly could for the contest.
and when they meet the game promises
to be even more interesting than ever
before.
Only one more game remains to be
played in to the inter-scholaStic Ieag
series and then The Herald medal will
be awarded to the Business college. and
the boys from that institution will be
declared the champions of the state. OF
course the games that have been
played have only been from the schools
IN this city, but outside schools could
have entered their mines had they SO
desired, and those who are posted on
the situation concede that the Business
college boys have won the school cham
pionship of the state fairly. But in or
der to give The outside mines an oppor-
tunity to show what they can do, with
out affecting the ownership of the
medal, the Business college has ar
ranged for several games with the
mines from the Logan academies. the
Provo academy and the two schools of
Ogden, the Weber stake academy and
the High school These games will be
played after the close of the series
next Saturday.
When the Utah Idaho league sehed-
ule was originally prepared, the sea
son was dated to start on the 21st of !
the month instead of the 2Sth AT a |
meeting Of the directors, this was
to the later date, and as a re- |
SUIT some interesting complications |
have arisen. As the games are only !
played on Saturdays, Sunday and holi- |
days the placing of the whole sched-
ule a week later has somewhat mixed |
UP the games that will be played on the |
holidays, and the difficulty has not vet |
been cleared up. Secretary Clippenger |
labored for some time in an atternct |
TO revise the schedule, but finally gave |
It up in despair. 1t is likely that a |
meeting Of the directors will be held at |
an early date and the whole thing ar |
ranged.
Many people who have followed the
league games for the |
past two or three years have wondered I
Why the High school has this year
nade such a poor showing. Last year
md the year before they carried off
list hOnOrs, and their friends expected /
hat the performance would be re-
0eated when the school league got into
order this season. But they
we're sadly disappointed, and they have
1een looking for reason. It surely
snt that the lads from Pierpont alley
haven't the material, for never before
laYe they had a better line I'D. But
heir ailment lies in the fact that they
laVe had practically little OF. no prac-
nee and 1T is well known fact that
/ team cannot play good baseball. no
natter how good the individual play
srs may be, unless they practice as
This the Wearers of the red
IND black have not done, and as a re-
suit, they have seen the glory and the
honor OF the championship so to an
'ther aggregation that has taken ad-
,aMtage OF every opportunity and has
Utilized every moment for practice.
There will doubtless be an interest
ng discussion in Ogden today as TO
Who will umpire the game at the .Junc-
ion City. Manager Clippenger of the
short Lines has given it out as his
lltimatum that Hestmark. Ogdenites,
hoice, will not umpire the contest
he Ogdenites have spoken also that
hey will have none other, and before
he game starts today, the matter will
ave to be decided.
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One Of the enthusiastic fans who was
resent at yesterdays contest at
walkers Park remarked that if the
eaSue managers would place q, score
oard out in front Of the grand STAND
would be vast Improvement There
we're several of the same opinion. and
is likely that before the next confess
he Improvement Will be made
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There were some mighty disappointed
rokers along the Rialto Yesterday
Fhen the threatening weather came
nd their big game was. postponed
hey were little afraid of the rein
or rain'S water, you know. The rarnS !
ill be played Wednesday afternoon
I $3.50 o'clock at the old stand. J