The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-04
NEHHEYER'S HOMER
WINS FOR LAGO9NS
Hawley HypnOtized by Buck
Viewers WOSsers.
KOSTAL PITCHES WE'LL
FARMERS NOW CLOSE TO SECOND
POSITION.
Z Standing Of the Clubs.

Played. Won Lost Cent.
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That sassy" young wretch from
down on the farm, Ezekiel Newmeyer,
was the proposition tina, ron out yes
te.days game between tie Lagoons
and salt Lakes at Walkers field before
e critical mob of 500 wild-eyed enthu-
siasts, who were divided evenly be
tween the two teams. with the score
a tie az the beginning of the eighth
inning Zeke met Up with one of Pink"
Hawley's fast ones and drove it clear
by the woods in center held for home
run; the only thing stopping the on
ward rush of the hOrse-hide being a
large board fence swung in there just
10 make up an enclosure for the
grounds. The fence hasn't recovered
from the surprise of having a bail
bumped against it up to the present
writing.
Mr.. HawIey's choice assortment of
shoots and curves seemed to fit in
very smoothly with the feeling OF the
LagoOnites and they Jared him fifteen
times without a bit of comDunction-
Even Big Bill HOffer lost respect
FOR the salt Lake Uwirler ard dug I'D
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forgot himself so far as to slam the
big twirler for three swats, including
one for two sacks. These all fitted in
with a few other jolts and made the
White Wings l0ke ike a clean bird in
q dirty nest
Captain Joey KostaI, the Lagoon
wonder, kept the eight hits CLEANED
drom his delivery well scattered, four
OF them Coming in the second and sixth
innings. Hickey and Taylor were the
only ones on the White Wings roster
to rough house JOey's tWisters and
scored three of the four runs between
them, also tabbins up six of the eight
hits.
While nothing sensational was forth
coming in the fielding line both teams
had comparatively clean record, but
one Of The errors counting in the
score. One Of the remarkable points
i'm the game was that neither pitcher
gave a base on balls.
The chief features of the game were
the work Of HOlliugsWOrth at short.
Stouey at second, Bradley's catches in
center field and Wee Willie" HOner's
excellent performance in the left gar
den.
What Happened to Jones" was a
pretty little faTce-COmedy that ran
through the afternoons entertainment
with several curtain calls for the star
actor from the grand stands
A4N AfAA--Afll Us SLetA Lt0 aLtt-L T1dNleI
in the first inning as if they would
drive him to the woods the first four
men up SWatting him for singles. re
sulting In three runs. Then Newmeyer
flied OUT 90 Webster, McNichOls famed
and Scare rolled an easy one To Pink
and died AT first
1t looked ike romp TO the wire for
Lagoon. especially as the Lakers went
out IN one, two. three order in their
half of the inning, but in the second.
after Lagoon was blenked Mr.. Hickey
adjusted his bum lamp and slapped one
of Joe kGstals pet shoots in the face
for two sacks. Dan Taylor butted into
fast one and shipped The ball 20
right for three-bagger, coming home
himself on McCausland'S slow bounder
10 NcNichOls. Two runs. No more
scoring was done uTtl the fifth when
Lagoon added another run to its string.
With Two men gone and two strikes on
him. Bradley stung one To right for
threes bases, coming home on young
Buck WeaVer's single to left.
The White Wings. however, gingeSed
up little in the sixth and broke even
with the Birds. After Holly had dis
posed Of Kimmerer Hickey banged one
to eft for another tWO-baser, but was
caught at third on TsylOr's grOunder
TO Holly. Captain Webster Clipped in
his little bin with "a three-base slash to
right, scoring Taylor, coming in a mo-
meuL later on the only battery u1lSpldy
OF the game, wild pitch by KostaI
Everybody on the salt Lake bench
looked as if they had dreamed they
found money until the eighth when
you couldn't have told them from
mOurners at a funeral.
That careless yOungSter. Zekey New
meyer. sJrOlled up to the plate and
bumped Hawley speed pill clear to
the fence for q home run AIcNichOls
did a Gus Hill act. Scare was an easy
out at first on a bounder to Cope, but
the ball was knocked out of Hickey's
hands and the runner was safe. IOf-
fer singled to left sending Scare to
third Kostal hit 10 Cope forcing Big
BilI at second. Joey purloined the
sCeohi cushion and both he and Scare
scored on St0ney's double bright field.
The three White Wings were easy
meat in this inning.
In the NINTH with two men down.
the Lagoonites went after more runs
NcWmeyer and AIcNichols tearing of
singles, but their hopes We're nipped
by Professor Williams. who nailed
-Seare's grounder and touched New
meyer going to third
salt Lake came in for their last in
1ing with four runs to make and Tay-
Tor started up the excitement By push
ing out a single to right but first was
as far as he got, Webster striking out
and McCausland and Williams jOunc-
ing up flies to Hoffer and Bradley
Then the crowd picked uD its belong
ings and went home to tea.
Summary.