The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-20
BOTH TEAMS co
UP IN THE AIR
Yesterdays Game z Comedy Of
Errors.
EVERYBODY HAS OFF DAY
UMPIREs AND PLAYERS BOTH
GET Ratified.
EVERYBODY HAS OFF DA'
Il woULD be very diaIeuIt -

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IT WOULD be a very difficult task
for even the most expert person IN
the science of baseball to tell
whether the Butte aggregation. the
salt Lake team or the umplres carried
tire greatest number of yards Of fringe
concealed about their persons after the
BAN game yesterday afternoon. The
exhibition was very ragged. indeed, ana
large rips and frazzles appeared at
every inning.
No one particular Individual was to
blame. but at times the various play
ers seemed TO vie with each other IN
seeing which could play the worst
However. ban players as well as any
one else have their on days and can
be forgiven. but il breaks a fans heart
when they all have an OF day at the
same time
Game a Comedy of Errors.
Tho game itself might very arpropm-
stely boz styled as "a comedy Of errors.
with the accent on The errors. salt
Lake captured seven ami Butte six. ana
stir the official scorer was Ienient.
Nearly every hand took stab at the
error column. and as a rule landed
Even our old friend Buck Weaver
mufed "a hy. something he has not done
before since the flood
Taking it all in all however, the
game was interesting. ~ no one could
tell just what would happen next. and
the winner was always i'm doubt A
Dew man by the name of Hogg pitched
Tor the salt Lakes. but was rather Wild.
He was touched up for thirteen hits
and allowed siz men free passes. Hogg
has signed To pitch Cor the Seattle team
IN the Pacific Northwest league this
year and was passing through the city
when he was captured by B0rchers and
asked 10 do the slab work for the Salt
Lake team YESTERDAY
HaVles- was or the rubber for Butte,
and was bumped up eleven times, but
gave no bases on balls,
Start Was AL Right.
The game started y all right. both
teams going down i'm one. TWO. rhfee
order I'm the FIRST inning I'm this inning
the local players gave a. clever an ex-
hibitiOn Of a double play as any one
" Guild want to see. One man was out
and Kelly went to first on safe hit.
treadWay stepped up and sent a liner
down 20 Hulen who tossed il over TO
McNiVhols on second. catching Kelly.
and Mae shot the leather back ia
Borchers. throw ing TrpadwaV ont al
most befcre he han starred from home.
IN the second Zearfoss made long
running catch 81 = foul from ~[imeFer.
tl8t s,1t the crow wild IN the third
mning Ward cams rlTssaf1g IN on a hit
by Treadway- and standing OF the plate
blocked Catcher Clifford from heading
of Kelly as be followed Ward. The
latter was promptly called down for
interference. and Kelly was called out.
Buck Viewers Little Side pIay.
I'm the fourth inning. Buck Weaver.
Pitcher Hawley and First Basenlan
EteSdW2y figured IN q little side play
That was amusiug. Buck led off first
ana HaTisy used to throw him cut
This WAS t-ied eigh- times in success
sion. bul fOXey Buck was always about
NTH of a second TOO fast for the ball.
Lefty Houtz made q long running
@ tch I'm the sixth that robbed Bert
MarSetts of q twO15ass hit. ore of the
most notable failures of the game was
the change of position at t1e bat of the
big chief B0rchers has always had
style of his own when facing tae pitch
er, but Yesterday backed up to the
pitcher jUst like any other player would
DO Tie result was amazing Out Of
1iVc times TO the bat, Borehers got three
hits. two of them being two baggers-
his stick work this year has been
something remarkable. it being told
around that the big chiefs ambitions
lie I'M the direction of the champion
inter of the lntermountaiu league.
In the second inning. Hawley began
laNlng tag with the bali. and knocked
~ foul strikes at one time 20 the
losing all the balls around the
His last effort missed. however.
Wiey had 10 take seat. the
is the summary.