The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12

VASA RANK SPECTACLE
Rio Grandes Given Game in
First Innings.
GTWLIN HAD KICKED
LoBsTER-LIKE TACTICS DIS
GUSTED THE CROWD.
Standing of the Clubs.
New SEASON.

Another spectacle like that at Walk
sr's field yesterday and baseball in
Salt Lake is dead forever. AS it is, if
the Utah-Idaho league can draw an
other crowd it is because the fans here
are a patient lot, and not because they
expect to see a good game. Yesterdays
event started off well enough, but at
the beginning of the last half of the
first innings, Umpire Griffin made a
decision that didn't suit Manager Gin
lin. The latter kicked and the crowd
booted him, but he wouldn't play and
Griffin rightfully gave the game to the
Rio Grandes by the score of 9 to 0.
Then. TO avoid having to give the dis
gusted crowd back its money the two
teams dallieG along for nine innings
neither trying to play anything but
horse When they got through the
score was II to in Ogden's favor.
The cOrtege moved in this order: The
;5bslers were at bat. and Risley sent
four balls uD that Goliath. armed with
a poplar tree. could not have touched.
Under the rules, as several people are
aware, a man is entitled to take first
base on four balls, but bud" tried TO
catch Casey at first. and while the ball
WAS BOUNCING lON dl Us AliG west lEnAG
the runner went around 10 third. He
came in when Clark sent a pretty fly
right into DonOvan's hands in left field
only to have il muffed. Clark was
caught coming in home. Dad Gimlin
famed. and Bluth got out at first.
Score, 10.
Gimiin's Big Kick.
Then the Holsters tried it. Hopkins
went in for a two-b Dagger, and Gamble
got a hit, placing Hoppe securely on
third. Then BOylan sent the ball out
into left field and hopkins started
home. Right here came the fireworks.
McGregOr threw the ball in and the
catcher, Henry, slapped it on Hoppe,
but too late. 1t was very close, and a
difficult matter TO see from where the
umpire stood. But the grand stand
cheered when Hopkins was called safe,
as he undoubtedly was. Score, IL.
moment later the ApOliO-like form
Of Father Gimlin hove in view on the
center field horizon. The crowd started
right in to baWl him out as never be-
fore was man bawled out, but Father
came right in and protested. For ten
minutes the umpire let the wrangle
proceed. Risley. of course. refusing to
give ogden the out. Then Griffin held
the watch on them. and at the end o.
five minutes, the limit, they had re-
fused to go back on the diamond. He
came forward and announced that he
had given the game 10 the Rio GrandeS
by the score Of 9 to 0.
Then the crowd of 500 started out
and made d demand for their money.
The managers were equal to the Occa-
sion and in silkened tones promised to
play a new" game. The crowd went
back and w Ramey went in as UNI
pire although the grand stand cheered
for Griffin.
It Was Horse Play.
It was mere horse play all through,
beginning where they left off, Risley
snd everybody else connected with the
Rio Grande team throwing off and all
bur q few of the Holsters doing the
same They had nothing to gain af-
Ter The receipts had been divided. and
didn't care. HansfOrd gave seven
bases on balls, one of them when the
bases were full, and Risley gave four.
The only good feature of the game,
Il il can be called game, was the team
work Of Casey. Flake and Bluth OF
Ogden. These three made five double
plays all alike, from SECOND to short,
and short "a first