The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29

SHORTSLOSE ANOTHER
Hickevites Again Victorious by
Good Score.
EIGHT TO TWOTH TALE
rrpsT-CLASS BASEBALL UP TO
THE FATAL EIGHTH.

Won Lost. Cent.
OGDEN ..............'..'..' ~ IA
FFa.o,a GI ................ e j S3s
Tho tyo home teams whOoDed things
.., nicely out at Walkers field yester-
4,r and played a very handy little
a,r,a for seven of the nine innings. AS
ms expected. the Rios won, but the
s.,re was some bigger than was an
.f.fratcd by the most ardent of their
supporters the Ciippenger. lads going
down bv the lawn mower sacrifice of
Sto2
Two different twirlers officiated on
tt. slab for the disciples of Clip. and
each took part in the losing of the
came Dan Hughey, the old war horse
afrbr haIcyuu days of the Short Lines.
was ON the rubber for a very short
time He lasted through two innings
and part of the third, and in that time
f.kated six men to the initial. No hits
we're gotten from MIN, because he
didn't give the opposing willOwists any
chance tO 90 against the hOTSehide
With a perSiStenCy that was anything
Inf commendable he sent the men
down the line gratis until it began to
gat too fierce to stand.
The first three men up in the third
had gone fire. and the bases were full.
There was nothing to indicate that
Hughry would DO any better with those
following and there was a strong sus-
uirion I'm the minds of the fans that
he might walk EN- all in until the
game was called in the third on ac-
count Of darkness. SO Captain Kim,
the old faithful. whose budding NOUS
fache bristleG with determination and
whose brow glistened like a sunset on
the lake. advanced to the box 20 lob
the sphere over the pan.
What Kimerer Did.
As has been intimated, the bases
Uara full and there was none out.
shannon. the young man who STICKS
like q sticker from StickersbuTg, strobe
over % the home sack. Kim gave him
nice one and Shannon leaned against
il. II looked good for a few runs at
least but Mr.. L. Barnes was in the left
garden and interfeTed with the course
of the ball before it hit the world.
There was applause. as there should
have been. for it was d pretty catch
Then HoDDie stole in and there was
more yelling.
Sears was next to face "OId Faith
full His record for smuggling some
what resembles that of ShannOn's. as
be- has been known to line EN- out in
the safe places time and again. But
be- punched large, circumambient slices
in the adjacent ether without effect.
Thrice times was this done, and then
Sears went back to the bench looking
at the uole for Dunctures There was
more applause. as was right and prop
er for Kim was doing it up very
nicely
Up came BOylan, expecting the same
fate as his two previous cOuntrymen.
To his own surprise he swung on it for
safe one and Gamble scored. Later
he went out while enjoying a quiet nap
of second. and the side was retired
But two runs had been scored from
The three that Hughey had sent safely
on The way. and one of them was no
fault of kim'S. So it was universally
conceded that he was doing very nice
" in his effort 10 undo what Hughey
had accomplished.
Went Up in the Air.
But where Kim came in for his share
IN The work of losing the game was in
The eighth inning Up to then the
score was { To in favor of the Rios.
and the Shorts had big chances OF
winning But i'm that inning Kim made
th- fatal ascension and they slugged
MN f1r four runs on four hits a base
on balls and an errOr-the only one he
haa-on Barnes.
The support of the Shorts was gen
pfaI.v good. all of the three errors be-
ing costly With the exception of
those three. their fielding work was
INST class While both Hughey and
hImrrer were largely responsible for
me defeat of their team. they both
pitched pretty good ball, leaving out,
%. course. the exceptions that lost the
game. Hughev got two strikeouts in
MS TWO innings. one Of them being on
shannon. the Sticker. His fatal weak
ness was lack of control and he was
nar.e'v Wild.
ror the yIctOrs Risley did excellent
work. but seven hits were registered
rom hW and he pitched a heady game
..-A' through. The Shorts were unable
d. any time to bunch their hits or to
g. more than singles. bud just
llaH,-f his nose. grinned and played
. van Later he said that he could have
u''h'a f-ire as well as he did. which
'0' have been very good work. in
'H' gam" was almost ruined by the
genera. mvsterlousness of the official
."'- Mister Hickey of Denver was
... than usually rank on balls and
.1'-. and his work on bases was
f' as -0 give people the idea that
wa. unable to comprehend more
'a' '-. thing al a time.
Rios Were Favored.
9. Most .. his bad decisions resulted in
Iia'.. '. 'a. Rios. though it is not 10
w. .-'--a' that this was on account
.."iudioe on his part. 1t was
>a 7 F purely accidental but the
t-.. ..d their friends didn't like it, |
I'll .-. same. and they had a right TO
r.-.. I'D particular was very OIeo-
p..- @..'.-Ike. and the friends of the
s4 "h" had money up on their
E.-. IT'D. same, freely admitted that
r,s5 had Numbered. Meinicke
500 . swift one down 10 Ferrin at
OPP . winch the latter handled rath-
s-.. getting il over to first lust
H.g.... 3D.. .Hrke had uassed the sack.
from jared 1t out, and roar
cr-l grand stand went UP that
tl., been heard 80 miles. From
la... '' Hickey got more and more
ur-r ana the fans bawled him out
pr. Was almost ready to quit.
Rfr "- didn't reform. and the result /
r.... mat he viii not occupy his !
-;-i4 of tpday's contest. Charley
.rar .Ar first and best umpire that I
Did ,r.--e lo the town. will be in his
r8-g,. Three times have the league
md -T.S 'fIed 10 improve on his work, /
h.vI.. times have they failed. Now
insIf,- gone back to him and have
ltsora ,glsuaded him to reappear IN |
back ldhaclty. He viii be welcomed /
Snort every fan who loves clean
same Tine today VIII be between the
and th. .t as mixed it uD yesterday.
h-r+". 0u'rts are determined to make |