The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-13
Standing of the Clubs.

Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost. P. c.
Rio Grande Western. 500
Ogden ............. 500
d dPeson Short Line. 900
Dudley Risley, the meteoric pitcher
and third baseman of the Rio Grande
Westerns, who has all this season kept
the fans guessing as to what new and
pretty little trick he would spring next,
yesterday batted out a victory for Dan
Hickey's blue stockings when defeat
seemed inevitable. The prettiest kind
OF a gilt-edged triple away out in the
deep garden by the fence did the trick
and the Rio Grandes won from the
Short Lines the closest game of the
early season by a score of 10 to 9.
1t all happened in the last of the
tenth innings There were two out and
two on bases, and the score was 8 to S
against the Westerns. The friends of
the Short Liners were preparing to
leave under the impression that the
next man would go the way of the
other two, and the way that many of
the preceding batters had gone in the
previous innings. Risley came up to the
stick spat on his hands and looked
real earnest Twice he made circles in
the atmosphere in an Intellectual at
tempt to find the sphere, and the fans,
sure enough, thought 1t was over.
But they fingered just a little TO see
the finish. 1t had been great game all
through game Astounding in sur
prises and pretty plays-and the grand
ISLANDERS and the hieacherites hardly
knew whether or net to believe that it
was over. 1t certainly looked like the
Short Lines game but the fans lin
gered TO see the finish.
The Critical Moment.
Risley had struck twice. "This de-
cides the game, muttered a man with
a white felt hat and money on the
result, as Kimmerer sent one of those
twists OF his sailing over the plate.
That is, IL started to sail over the plate,
bur Risley caught it square on the
trademark. It scared afterwards until
II became almost engulfed in the dark
clouds that lowered around the noun
tains on the south. 1t went and went
and went, and finally landed out dan
gerCusly near the fenCe, a little east of
center field.
In the meantime Martin and Mem
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bases, hoping almost against hope that
they would not be left there to die,
had become alive to the great possibili-
ties that were before them, and they
were doing the express act toward
home. They arrived IN safety, were
greeted with effusion by the folks and
were waiting for their benefactor. Ris-
ley TO make his appearance at the old
homestead. But the latter named indi-
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third base in safety, inasmuch as he
had saved the day, and there he
rested
To say that he was the hero of the
hour is a hacBmeyed way of stating a
great truth. But he was, and even the
Short Liners, who had had all tire
right in the world to feel that the game
was theirs up to the fatal tenth, con-
graduated him with the rest and said
That was a great hit used at the
right time, Risley, old boy" which
helped out the good feeling immensely
II was the fastest. closest game of
the early season. The game OF a week
ago in this city with the Ogden nine
was about as pretty a contest as could
be wished for but it did not have the
spectacular features that made yester-
days game a skyrOcket affair, and in
point OF excitement and interest il
must give way TO the more recent con-
test There were plenty of double plays
to keep things going; there was plenty
of smuggling at the right time ana the
game was clean all through.
How They Played
The playing of the Rios was up to
the standard that they have set this
season, and that has placed them at
the head Of the percentage column,
with the exception of some ragged
work by the infield in one or two in
nings. Dan Hughey returned to his
old place at third base for three in
nillgs after his illness, but he plainly
showed that he was not in baseball
condition, although he handled himself
quite well, everything considered. If
he increases in playing strength as he
regains his health he VIII doubtless
prove to be one Of the best Of 'em.
The Short Lines surprised their best
friends by their clean, pretty work
They got only three errors against
them in the ten innings and well prac-
ticed team work was evident in every
movement Kimmerer, the new pitch
er, demonstrated that ne has speed and
mean but rather long drop that was
deceptive until the Rios got next. They
were disappointed about having the
game taken from them when they
thought ii was their heritage. but they
were not discouraged. Nor were their
friends, and expressions were numer-
Gus to the effect that if a team can
play the kind of bah they did yester-
day, there need be no fear of their
staying at the bottom OF the column
very long.
The game commenced at $40 with
Miller of the Short Lines at the stick.
He placed q sizzler out to Hughey. and
that shadow Of his former self hastily
gathered it unto his manly bosom and
placed it over to Shannon before Miller
lad made the leap down the line to
the initial. Waller came UP and was
presented with transportation gratis.
as the respects of Pitcher Pendergraft.
While they We're thinking about il he
stole second. Taylor went down on
ShannOn's error, and Waller took ad-
vantage of the opportunity while Shan
non was hunting the ball he missed.
TO come in home. Kimmerer went out
. 20 Shannon on an easy grOunder, and
Margetts handed out a single. bringing
in Taylor. Barnes got to first on
Hughey's error, and Bowman went out
through Hughey's vigilance
Rios First Runs.
The first three innings were blanks
for the Rios, but they got two runs in
after two were out. in the fourth. Mar
tin had struck out and Meinicke had
walked and had been caught between /
third and home by Miller and Bowman.
Shannon lined out q single, RisIey fol- |
lowed with another. Donovan went /