The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-24
NO BASEBALL
AND MORE RAIN
Elements Take a Stand Against
the National Game.
WILL TRY 1T AGAIN TODAY
OGDEN HAS STRENGTHENED AS
WELL as THE MARooNs.
Will TRY 1T AGAIN TODAY

Baseball fans are composed Of persons
from every walk Of life and many of
Them are bright men, who have been
known to tackle difficult problems and
solve them satisfactorily to every one
concerned. Considering this to be true
Is II not possible for some fan to come
Forward at the present time and solve
this weather question and let the rest OF
humanity know whether this neck of the
woods IS going TO have any baseball
paying weather this year, or find out If
inc rates are against us2 The local
bdsepall team IS headed by men who gen
orally get what they go after, and II is
known positively that they brought all
Ihelr influence TO bear on the weather
man yesterday in order to give the small
army Of baseball fans in this city just
one baseball game.
The day started out all right. and the
directors thought they had matters fixed.
however, a slip IN their calculations
must have occurred somewhere, for one
or the wettest transforms came up yes
Lerday that ever caused the pOstDOnement
- ban game in any mans country.
gust at a time when everything looked
bright and the street cars going to the
ball grounds began to fill with fans,
happy over the thought that they were
going TO see a game. after so many dis
appointments, the storm broke loose, and
IN five minutes one could nave pulled off
something does not break in this weather
proposition pretty soon, there Is liable to
asylum, TO say nothing of the suicides
seen on the streets Of Zion
Another attempt viii be made to play
a game of baseball at Walkers field this
afternoon 1t all depends on the weather
Manager Christie had force Of men busy
last evening draining the water off the
diamond, and it viii be in good shape
providing 1t does not rain again today.
The diamond is so located that a couple
of hours of sunshine viii put it in play
fng. condition, and if this happens today
there will be a game this afternoon.
Manager Binford Of the Ogden team
which Remained over IN salt Lake last
think the claim that Salt lake has a
stronger team than Ogden is a huge
joke. Last night he said:
What do you people think we have
been doing up in Ogden all the time you
have been strengthening the MaroOns2
We have not been asleep, by long shot
and there IS a couple Of changes in the
Ogden lineup that viii surprise the salt
Lake fans when they see us play. How
about this man MunrOe at first and Lane
at third2 Talk about your ball PLAYERS,
Just watch these two boys get into the
game and then you fellows down here
will think there is another club IN this
league besides Salt Lake This town Of
yours is long on baseball talk, but no
tiCe Ogden always walks away with the
peunant, and the same thing IS very
liable to happen again this year"
Both the Salt Lake and Ogden teams
were on the grounds limbering up for the
game yesterday when the rain struck
them. There was q hurried sCamper for
the grand stand and the players were
compelled to remain there the greater
part Of the afternoon.
s.
Manager 7. Gum Of the Calders team
announced that the game scheduled to
be played at the fort this afternoon with
a picked team from this city had been
called off on account of the rain. How
ever. he says his team viii do a little
practice work on the grounds at that
time if the latter are in playing cOndi-
ton
The Keith-O'Brien baseball team. com
posed Of boys ranging from y to Is years
Of age, Is now organized and ready to
meet any team in the city in its class.
The members have just been fitted out
with maroon uniforms similar TO those
used by the Salt Lake team. They line
up as follows; Wesley Mathews, c.; Pete
Smith, p: Francis 1Iiers, 1 b.; Eugene
FOrsath- 2 b.. Sid BerO. 3 b.: T. SeabOlt.
IS; Walt Hull, ]. T.; Claud Edwards, C.
f.; Willie Larson, r f; Stacy Dorm. sub
stitute.