The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-05
WERE DISGUISED AS
TWO FARMER BOYS

ase4s lndL Lhey could not get or from
their work until a certain time In the
day but they would be on hand in
plenty of time TO begin the game.
About this time farmer appeared
with load Of nay whose top was COW
cred with about twenty farm hands.
who came along to witness the game.
The farmer insisted on driving near
the ropes. but they drove him back
with his team 20 the right side of the
diamond. The travelling man was
there for Cresco plotting the whole
business.
A cry was set up by the whole crowd
FOR the game 10 start. but CrescO said
they could not commence the game un-
on thelr two players arrived Qt was not
intended they should appear, but they
knew they would be there soon, and as
one Of them was their pitcher, they
would rather let the game go by de-
fault then begin without him There
was am immense crowd surrounding
the field. which was composed Of wa
CONS, horses and pedestrians.
Cry after cry was set up from the i'm
patient crowd for the game 20 COM
mence- CrescO claimed they could not
commence the game with seven men,
as they We're waiting for their regular
two smec to come up from the city.
Finally this old farmer who drove in
with a load of hay covered with his
farm hands called out: say boys. I
can loan You two of my men to help
you out until your two men arrive q"
This remark of the old farmer Jen-
kins, was cheered by the crowd. The
travelling man who was directing the
affairs of Cresco said. mo, we viii
wait for our regular two men, or there
HaH. H.
ager told the CrescO manager that he
could put those two men in. and he
could take them out when the two reg
uiar men appeared. He replied that
he would see. The crowd heard this.
and demanded that Farmer Jenkins
two men be put in the game until the
others arrived. There was an immense
amount of money and horses bet on
the game, and the CrescO people said it
was an awful shame that DEBORAH
should have such "a soft thing.
Finally the CrescO manager called out:
send down your two men. Mr.. jenkins.
Ine game anyway" At this call Rad and
Taylor tOppled down from the load OF
nay, ana powerful looking men thew were
az tthat time I'm their lives. All ewes were
now rlveted on them. The number of
Lfesco people THAT were In on the plan"
cheered and cheered Rad and TAYLOR.
Those two men had their 0veralls on. but
before going 10 the field Invested them
selves of their outward heavy shirts The
chicago players commenced % laugh as
they saw them descend from the load of
nay. They may have heard of RadbOurne
and Taylor. but they never saw them.
The Crescos took the field and as Rad
went toward the box that suileu dOgged
and Indifferent appearance. which was
ever characteristic Of him. somewhat i'm
/ pressed the Chicago players. AS big Tay-
/ Tor donned the mask Farmer jenkins
called out: Don't hurt yourselves. boys
/ you know we commence thrashing tomor-
row"
AS Radbourne faced the first Chicago
I hitter he smiled with that defiant air
which always lit mp the cOuntcnances of
/ two men i'm their different professions
one was John J.. Sullivan as he looked
across the ring atahis opponent and one
was Charles RadbOurne when he first
faced batter. You can can It hypnot-
/ Ism. magnetism. or some other "ism DO
was there just the same RadbOurnC
showed 10 ln the many years that he was
in the national league. Sullivan demon
strated 1t in the twelve years he was
champion of the world.
Rad opened mp the game hy calling out
90 Taylor Hold up your hands billy
belt high over the plate. i want 10 shoot
three or four balls over DO on that cigar
cite batter Talk about being on the
double track of the Baltimore Il Ohio be-
/ tween Baltimore and Washington and
your Lraln standing stlll waiting for the
New York lightning express 10 pass
which she does with a zip then you'll
have a faint idea how Rad sent the first
BAN over the plate on this Chicago city
league batter. Rad and Taylor threw
an their ardOr and 1OllitY into this game.
This batter Tanned out, and was glad %
leave the plate, when Taylor calls out;
Come out here You mosquito batteTs
from the prairie grass of Chicago. i want
some on me atmosphere famed away
from here Holy Noses. their hearts
I failed them They knew they were uu
against the real thing; where they came
from. or how they got there they knew
not
/ Radbourne looked at them. he shot
them high and he shot them low. with
I curves and jumps that made them seasick
while they were at the plate. He retired
the side on. strikes.
4 Cheer upon cheer went up from all
I Cresco when they saw the doom Of their
bitter opponents. As DEBORAH went 90
the field Taylor made 10 worse by telling
them 90 so ont now and show the people
/ how 90 pick up a ball with one ringer.
: The Chicago players realized now What
they Were against, and 10 affected tneiI
I entire playing. Taylor. the urst batter
mp for CrescO. drove BAH high and dry
over the wagons In center field into a
small creek The Cresco players now took
heart when they saw they had a sure
/ thing on their tricky opponents, and COM
menCed 10 bat. The DcCOrahs. who were
catching balls on their fingers before The
game. were now catching them on theiI
| shins and bounding them out into this
I field. RadbOurne who was ALWAYS q
good batter drove liners and grouuders
I through their lace curtain infield
+ Everything was going against DEBORAH
+ heller SHELTER.
The first inning melted Cresco seven
runs. An through Rad kept striking
/ the Chicago crowd out and TAYLOR. with
I his kidding kept telling them the kind oi
balls that were coming. The DEBORAH
crowd say they We're outiObbed and out
witted. and commenced 20 leave the field
The game finally ended mp by a score of
o. 20 When the game ended the CrescO
people went stark mad They took Rad
and TAYLOR off the field on their Shout
derS. They pulled Farmer Jenkins off his
hay. they took the hay as "a souvenir. by
the order of jenkins. and lt &C. up as "a
bonfire. by his orders, 20 commemorate
the victory. Rad and Taylor were
brought into the CITY and made heroes
They paid those two men. and very We'll
They kept them mp in that country for
awhile before they let them go, but IL
settled forever any ''rnging-in' of outside
players go that part of the country
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