Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-24
S|WASHES LOST
TWO MORE GAMES.
Winning Streak Of the Salt Lake
Team Could Not be
Broken.
jim WICCS GREAT PITCHING.
For twenty-five Innings, Five Hours,
Hard Work, He Held the Enemy
And Won.

The trick performed on saturday py
the local baseball team In taking two
straight games from the Seattle ball
tossers, was duplicated yesterday after
noon at Walkers field, only there was
more Of II with some added and plenty
yet to come" as some Of the boys put
II. II was the greatest baseball--for
our town-seen here this season. and
the man who is being lionized by the
fans at this moment is MI, Jimmy
Wigs. Wigs is tOuted as the greatest
pitcher that ever happened and he GER
talnly deserves great deal Of credit.
Wigs can have about anything he
cares to carry of In the baseball line,
and nary a fan but would say Go 1t
Jimmy. You're all right and welcome"
Saturday the home guards broke
even on the series; now they are two
to the good, which adds consIGera \ to
their standing in the p. G, column,
Wigs started out yesterday in the
double-header to win his games and he
got away with the goods In the most
approved style. He just kept right on
pitching winning ball and the beauty Of
It all was that he did not allow any
thing to worry him in the least In the
two games he pitched % innings, which
means a shift Of FIVE runs In all that
time he allowed the enemy but l6 hits
and they were good for only Ave runs
lie was strong from start to finish. and
had the control to shoot the sphereoid
wherever he wanted ii.
His record would have been even more
remarkable had he been given the sup
port his work merlted and had he been
a good friend fthe umpire jim would
undoubtedly have secured a shut out
The games were fun OF thrills tbt
coursed up and down the spineous pro-
cess Of the fans assembled and sent
them into transports OF delight. One Of
these thrills was a triple play exc
cuted by Messrs. Donahue and Taylor
and It was possible for the former to
have accomplished the feat alone but
apparently he did not realize II. II
happened at most Opportune time. An
error got Iulen to first and he took sec
ond on pass given by McNichos Hur-
ley knocked one just over Wigs head,
and Taylor rushed across the diamond
like a Derby winner, grabbed the
sphere. touched McNichols, and threw
TO Donahue in time 70 head of Hulen.
The side was retired.
In the first game Wigs famed IL
hands and the visitors got only two
runs on scratchy hits. The home crowd
made five tallies. IL looked like a shut
out for the Seattle boys in the second.
as they got absolutely nothing until the
ninth. With one man gone brennan got
hit and Spencer came up, lie struck
but Huston took pity on him and called
II a ball and permitted him to walk,
The next man flew out and then Maui
pin came W with his first hit. 1t was a
good one, worth two bags, and two men
came home. This tied the score and
there was nothing worth relating until
the thirteenth. But then the visitors
got a foolish streak Hurley and Rabbit
made errors on Cooks left fielder and
Andersons grounder. Wigs struck and
Donahue got TO first on a Wild throw by
Hulen. Cook made rush for home and
In the opinion Of everybody except Hus-
ton he was safe but Huston called HIN
but. But II didn't matter much as Flan-
merry came up with a smashing two-bag-
ger that brought in Donahue and An
derson
Next Tuesday Spokane will be here TO
play a series with the home nine and the
local bunch say they VIII allow them
not more than one out OF the six.
The detailed score OF yesterdays
games follow;
First game