The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-14
SALT LAKES AND MINERS
WON YESTERDAYS GAMES.
How the Teams Lined Up in First Battle For the
Pennant.
Railways Went to Pieces After Five nnngs-Attendance
Broke All Records.

Held and raced around 10 third There
ne expired, however, for Asbury sawed
and Beville persisted at first.
The other MargettS NeIs. gave a.
hlSn-grade exhibition of how TO play
the initial He accepted twelve chances
some of them difficult, and had no err
rorS on omissions or commission. NeIs
couldn't solve BevilIe'S puzzles. though
Tor he famed three times
New Rules Satisfactory.
The operation of the revised rules
was watched with considera HE inter2
est and the general Verdict was tbat
me ChangeS are all right UmDire
smith didn't seem to be a hit veil
poaIeu on them. He attempted to call
q man out when he fouled after two
showed him the law 1t saws that f01,II
are 10 be called strikes uD to two b,,3
atter that the player is entitled to MIS-
oIe4 IN or have the third strike called
Another time Beville tried IN
Stralghten out a curve against N-,Ie
va gets ribs. rs promptly started
~ HISl' nut was called back for under
She new rules, hit by a pitched Ran
uoes not entitle the batter to a base
1eSlerdayS game holds out bie~b
ipToiIllse or hrst-ciass baseball to come
me score does not indicate a very e,rcIt-
ing contest but the Railways made ALI Of
Ihelr runs in two innings, and the SaI+
Lakes all OF theirs in three The tallies
were mainly the result Of .sb,,+ta,.
myers al critical periods b11t sor1a
hard hitting was a prominent factor
me strlke-Out records of the pitchers
u Will be seem are large. This is ac-
counted Tor by the fact that the 1901
uitS are all in favor of the twirIfnp-
Slats- It is easily within the bounds
OF truth to say that forty strikes yes
terday We're called on fouls. The work
OF the opening day was hardly scat
tered enough to furnish u line on what
the men can do.
SeVtlle has an astonishing assortment
OF curves. but he was as wild as a.
ROCKY Mountain goat. He seemed to
get a shade the worst of the unpirinr
TOO balls being called in several in
stances that almost split the plate
Even with his wildness and the lInfa-
Forable umpiring, however. BevilIe
support
Shepherd is out of his element at
snort. He is a heady little pitcher and
a good outfielder. but ne is weak on
ground balls. and showed it. Barnes
needs braCing at second He went into
Asbury's territory and missed AIorrou's
hy in the sixth and started a balloon
ascension Tor the Railways from which
Lhey didn't descend Still it is hardly
falr to blame Barnes, for there was no
DOoy 10 tell lin that Asbury was COM
ing Up behind after that same fly. Can
tain ktmmeTeF was way out in center
and even if he had tried to coach his
voice couldn't have been heard. The net
result of the error was five runs and a
case of rattleS from which the CIippen
derites didn't recover.
McCausland's wind pad play for the
s2alt Lakes was phenomenal. He saved
Webster the modification of a wild
pitch in several instances and nailed
Face, the only man. who tried to steal
second, with ridiculous ease. The other
Salt Lakers, with one or two sxceD-
ions, played ball fast enough for Au-
gust. instead Of April.
The Game in Detail.
The two first innings were devoid of
except for Risley's circi1s catch
ana Tor PAGES single, the first of the
season In the C1inninger half of the
third Wlecl1e led off with a single Re
vie duplicated the hit although ba
evidently tried to sacrifice Sbenberd
! AIMED, but Barnes pushed a slow one
doWn TO Hanley which was badly
49, ls's'e -. ana Wlecke scored. Kimmerer
was next He gave the redOubta HE
IHsley an opportunity to touch off a
double play, but bud wasn't eouaI fo
the occasion. He let the ball get clear
away from him while BevilIe skipDed
across the plate. Shanahan aied 70
Itetz, and Pace ended the agony nv
leLung the ball beat him to first.
Inc railways got into and ont of a
tight place in the third. VebstG( drew
4 pass. Seville failed to handle Zietz's
FOUNDER. and with nobody out thinps
looked sGually. But McQuade flied 10
Shanahau, Gamble bounced one down
to first that Bert Mafrgetts took care
Of and Hanley~ persisted by the third
first route.
1t was One-two- three for both sides
m the fourth. but in the fifth run-gettfne
was imminent. The Railways had tbe
iirst chance. After BeviiIe and Shen-
nerd mad been put away. Barnes laced
out q corking single. Kimmerer fol-
lowed with double, but all Shanahan
could do was to lift fly to Zietz. The
salt Lakes had an even better chance
NarSetts, Nelson, failed to connect. but
Webster hit safely. Zietz got free
to the first corner. Nc
Quade couldn't do business with Be
Vile Then Gamble was ticketed. and
he sacks were all occupied. Hanlev
-ried hard TO lift the bali over the cen /
.erfield fence, but the best he could |
10 was a grounder to Wlecke, who was |
Inkind enough to throw him out at
irst.
There was nothing doing for the Rail- |
ways in the sixth. but the Griffin aggre- |
cation collected quite asclUster of tall |
les. Four safe drives. including a \
iouble by Risley. coupled with a brace I
If errors and notable absence of head /
work did the trick.
The Seventh was unproductive for |