The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-25
SKY ROCKET GAME
OPENS SCHEDULE
LagOOns Defeat Salt Lake by
Score of 9 to 8.
VAS 4 SEE-SAW CONTEST
HEAVY BATTING BY BOTH
TEAMS.
VASA SEE-SAW CONTEST
BY BOTH

one Of the finest exhibitions or grand
and lofty tumbling that has been Of
fered 10 he salt Lake public in many
moons took place at Walkers field
yesterday afternoon, when the galaxy
of stars from this city essayed 20 win
game from the Farmers down Farm
ington way. Tt was game pleasant
90 watch, from spectators stand
point for the result see-sawed back
and forth until it was a puzzle as 10
which club would finish first. Both
teams were out for the game, as II
meant the leadership in the new scneo-
ule of The IntermOuatain league.
The game was an excellent eXhlDltlon
of Gus Hill work with the cluDs ailI
a startling proposition IN the Inc OF
base running and fielding by DOM
troupes. which kept the audience keyeo
no to "a pitch where it thought IL was
getting a run for its money. IN the
end there never was sOrer lot OF
fans left the park since the season
Meredith started the bali rolling for
the home team, and after he seJJied
down to work, pitched winning Dali
But Dr. Webster relegated the south
nav 10 the bench. giving Professor
Ha,vTev q chance to SHOW what ne
could not do. Meredith was Just pc
ginning to get up his speed, ana N the
inning that he tossed them over before
he retired famed three Of the TOUR
mer who faced him When ne ne.
back to the woods Hawley dropped
INTO his place and the first two men
up tore Off Bingles The next man
dumUed one to pink. ana the Dig
pitcher tried 10 take Hickey feet on
with his throw 10 first. the ball COINS
clear 40 the bleGchers and allowing
three bIueIegs to cross ,he rubber.
This practically lost the game Tor
the Farmers worked in three doubles
when things looked dubious, cieanlAS
up every chance that the W mite -HfIA ,
had to score. George Bates did excel
cent work for the winners, as did Bill
Hotter Scare and Weaver. Hickey
showed some ''singery' work for the
Angels and Webster Cope and Taylor
held his pace.
four-Gush act in the sixth inning, and
if the management is at all wise this
chesuutty stunt of the third baseman
viii be put on the shel1 for the winter
well covered with mOth-balls.
salt Lake got its first run in the
opening inning. when Hickey banged
one down the third base line for two
cushions and scored on McCausland' S
hit A base on balls to Hickey, sin
gle and q few errors let in four runs
i'm the third and tV-o more came in the
fifth on hits by Williams. kimmerer
Cone. and Meredith's bUnt.
The last tally of the home team was
chalked up in the sixth, when Kim
rnerer slasEed out tvo-base hit ano
scored on a wild pitch and StOney'
high throw to the plate
The LagOOnS got their runs in the
second. fifth. sixth and eighth innings
With one man out in the second, HoneI
banged one to leit for two sacks. Scare
did the same. Bates got a pass and
Newmeyer and Schuabies cut in witt
hit each In the fifth Schnables
lined out a two-bagger and scored or
McCaUSland's wild throw { OsecOnd tC
catch him mapping. Hits by Hoffer
Scare and St0ney. together with wilC
throw of Newmeyer, let three redlegl
across the pan in the sixth. and TIT
final run was made by Bates on hi
Texas Lacquer over third Newmeyeri
single. McCaUsland's second break anC
a wild pitch by Hawley.
The only thing that came up to ma
The afternoons entertainment was an
other of Professor Williams breaks
when he went after Scare accusing
ne latter of punching him as he wen
around third base. This business ha
about come to an end and from nov
on. according 20 Manager Griffin an.
transgressor of the rules will get al
that is coming to him in the matter o
Amos