The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
BASEBALL GAME TODAY
harooas and HOLSTERS viii Meet
at Walkers FIeid-Diamond
in Good Shape.

noon 10 see the first ball game tor nearly
two weeks when the Salt Lake and Ogden
team lire up at Walkers. The weather
man seems TO have relented at last and
the indications are that there will BE- no
postponement on account of rain. Both
teams VIII have lineup different from
any seen this year and claimed TO be much
stronger The Salt Lake team has added
Mauser at third and Egan a second since
they have played a game and the Holsters
nave new man at third by the name OF
Lane, and Munroe. . new first baseman.
slderably and naturally faster ball is ex-
pected.
Big Al Mauser and Dick Egan have
joined Jimmy ByrneS on Walter Chris
ne 5 salt Lake team. All four were mem
bers of the Reliance and Christie thought
so highly of the ability Of the trio that
he offered them salaries which would
nave staggered 'Frisco's premier pitchers
a couple Of seasons ago.-BuIetin.
Big Jim Nealon has been busy man of
late repairing the holes made in the Re-
Lance lineup by the defectations OF
ser. He has secured Jere Denny and Doc
GOl0SWOrthy. both competent players
said to be remarkably fast infelder and
heavy hitter--Bulletin.
Press dispatches state that loo per-
sons attended the Pacific National game
at Los Angeles yesterday. When the
league season opened there a month ago
the Nationals could not draw a crowd of
200 at anv game b11f thew aonear 10 he
doing better every day. Perhaps the Los
Angeles fans are beginning to find out
that there are other ball leagues beside
the one that Henry Harris owns and that
they can play ball.
ma exchange says: About two weeks
before the Pacific Coast league opened
its playing season Manager Dugdale made
a bet OF $50 suit of clothes with George
b Lamping that he could name three
players who would jump the Pacific
Coast league before April IA. Dugdale
wrote the names of the men on a slip of
paper and placed it in an envelope. 1t
was sealed without anyone but Dugdale
knowing the men he had picked. The en-
Ve4Ope was taken out of the safe in a
presence of the two men making the bet.
on the slip were found the names of Bill
Hurley, Dennis Mccarthy and Jesse
Stovan, so Colonel Lamping told Mr.. Dug
his expense
Amos Rusie has begun. again. active
baseball playing. After living quietly at
his home in Marion. Ind, for three years
the former great pitcher has concluded
that his arm shows signs of recovering,
and with this in view he passed through
Indianapolis last week on his way TO Vim
ceunes. Vincennes ne will manage and
play with the baseball team of that city.
He declares that It VIII be but a COM
parauvely short time before he will re-
gain his former prestige and will again be
king of pitchers
Chicago Tribune: Doc Miller-I be-
lieve he's practicing medicine somewhere
nOw-was a mighty poor batter
"One time in Baltimore the Chicago
nine was three runs behind. 1t was the
ninth inning and there were three men
on bases and two out when Miller came
The crowd. which was in favor Of the
local team and which knew Miller's
weakness with the stick, began to try to
Line her out they shouted. KNOCK
home run, Doc Try to bunt it, ana
half a dozen other bits of advice
'What'u 1 do Cap2 he said.
Use your head, you monkey said the
MILLER took the captains advice liter
ally. When the first ball approached the
plate Miller stuck out his head and let the
ball hit him behind the ear It almost
knocked him out.
.. We'll. sayr gasped Miller, who was
new then to the national league, if that's
the way you fellows play bah I want TO
Miller was the man who once almost
killed old man Arson with a thrown ball
A good many of the Baltimore players
had been stealing second and Arson ar
ranged secret signal that was intended
to stop them
when there was a man on first the
catcher was TO keep his eye on him. When
he saw the base runner some little dis
lance off first he was to raise his mask
anu SPIT WAlHOuI s4dlClAB IN the ulfec-
ton of first On that signal the pitcher
without looking, was to fire the ball to
first
THE first day after the secret signal
had been arranged for. Doc Miller was in
the box. Pap Arson was, Of course. on
first Arson warned Miller that he must
remember the signal and let the ball come
down to first as fast as he could throw it. /
We'll, the boys got up to practice a bit. /
The catcher put on his gloves and his
mask. and sort of Strengthened himself
out. Then. before the game had begun. /
he lifted his mask and spat on the
ground.
Like 4 flash of lightning Doc .DIiUer's |
arm shot out and the bail went down to
first like a thunderbolt- OF course An
son wasn't looking for anything Of the
kind just then and the bail struck him a Z
glancing blow on the Adams apple He
was mad enough 10 kill somebody