The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-25
i'm The WORLD OF SPORT
Baseball.
WITH THE FANS.
Fairly Season Chat on the Prospects
Fer the Summer.

is Interested in the pre3osition II
means the placing Of amateur ball on
the STANDARD that ii occupied two years
ago. and IL means that the patrons of
the school games are to see some very
pretty playing. It viii be a difncult
matter to pick the winner. The High
school boys. who have taken every
thing the past two years, have been
giving it out lately that their nine was
not going TO be as good as it has been
in the past. That is what they have
been saving, but they have been very
n,ytetlv working nevertheless and con-
Template sDringing a surprise on those
who are not looking for the old-tine
red and black baseball. The lineup
has not yet been given out, but it is
understood that quite a FEW of the old
men are out daily TO practice, and tl1
the aggregation will be a star one. Tie
Salt Lake Business college boys, new
name over a lot of old players, expect
to carry away the honors, and they
certainiy have chances. The L. d. S.
| tea1n. the other member of the league,
! is composed of players who have been
! before the salt Lake public a number
/ of years two of them being profess
| SIGNALS. They, too, expect that the
! championship VIII land somewhere
around their institution, and the whole
contest promises to be close and inter-
esting.
The schedule arranged by the Utah
Idaho league meeting last week pro-
vides for fifty-two games, beginning
April p, and ending September 30. 1t
| promises to be a season of fast ball
right from the start. The first game is
| scheduled to take place in this city be-
tween the Rio Grandes and the Poca-
teIIos and the local fans are looking
| forward to It with considerable inter
est. All of the mines have been COM
pleted ana are waiting for the season
| to commence.
Dan Hickey. the erstwhile Short
Line player, and later the organizer
Of the Salt Lakes of meteoric career,
! is to play with the Rio Grandes this
year, and has been out to practice every
4 tine that the nine has been out. He
! is a strong man and would doubtless
| be playing with the Short Lines yet,
were it not for certain difficulties that
he had with different members of the
team The Rio Grandes have been con-
graduating themselves on getting his
services.
Frank Tregea, the old High school
player is to be back with his old
sehoolmates this year, and is TO hold
down first base for the wearers Of the
red and black. His position for the
past two years has been at second
base. but Captain Gardanier wants
him at the initial, and there he is
to be.
Thu withdrawal of the University
from the Interscholastic league ocCa-
stoned cutie q few comments from the
schools. Nearly all Of them regretted
the action that the 'varsityftes took,
but no blame is attached 10 them for
il. The 'varsityites have determined
that they are going to play only with
purely amateur teams in the future,
and they felt that the only way that
they could be assured that the ball was
of that class was to demand a certain
amount Of school work from every play
or in the league This they did at the
messing OF the league, and their propo-
sition did not meet with favor. They
did not feed that they could accept any
compromise and keep the stand that
they had taken for clean ban, and their
withdrawal resulted. 1t will doubtless
have q beneficial effect in that 1t viii
set the other schools TO thinking on the
question Of professionalism and may
result in the entire elimination of that
obnoxious practice from school base
ball. In that way the sport will be ell
evated.
All OF the Salt Lake games of the
Utafr-Idaho schedule are to be played
at Walkers field. An effort was made
by the league managers to arrange for
some other grounds on account of the
rates asked by the Walker manage
nent, but it was of no avail, and
compromise was effected, the ground
owners to take Is per cent Of the gate
receipts.
There is considerable interest in the
game being manifested among the bust
ness houses of the city, and some very
good teams are being organized. The
2. c. III. I. has got nine already IN
the field, and others VIII soon follow.
The bankers have also reorganiZed, and
have even a better team than they ever
had before, and that Is saying a good
DEAL for there are SOME good men
among the cas4a-handlerS- They played
a game with the Salt Lake Business
college team on Thursday, and were
defeated by a score of TO II. AS the
Business college boys have one of the
strongest aggregations among the anna
tours that the score was not larger was
very creditable to the bankers.
o q .
Will Smith, who held down the box
alternately with Howell on the High
school team fer two seasons, is back
into the game again, and is to play
with his old friends. He VIII probably
be placed at third base. The High
school infeld viii then consist of Fred
Smith, Bert RASMUSSEN End VIII
Smith, and there will not be a stronger
4,yo If t1,e 1phnOI taaylac
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The baseball fever which has been
so prevalent during the warm spring
days, has fastened it's grip on the ser
wants Of the city and county who labor
daily for the pu5ifc's welfare in the
Joint building, and team is now ready
to meet all corners. Ray Naylor, gal
liant soldier and clever ball toeser, is
CO ptein, and all Of the talent Of the
BUILDING is to be utilized. While the
officials VIII meet all sggregatiens OF
standing. they are after the scalp Of
the bankers mostly, and are confident
that they will be easy meat. well
eat 'em up" said one of the officials,
and that seems TO be the general senti-
ment. The bankers rely on their great
experience and fine team work to win
out. The game will be looked forward
to with interest.
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Bert Margetts, who lost his arm for
little while, says that he has found it
again, and that he can now make one
Of the prettieet throws that viii be re-
corded by the tally men this season. He
has also got his eye in training, so
that none of the pitchers can pass him.
Bert is 20 hold down the initial for both
the Rio Grande team and the L. d. S.
college team, and his friends are ex-
peeting great things from him.
Interscholastic Schedule.
The executive cornrni+tea of a. r.+.