Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-17
Otto Sieloff and Trainer Due
Here From Chicago
Today.
TRACK MEET IS ARRANGED.
Colorado College Boys Will be Here
To Contest With Local Team
Ga the 2Sth.

The salt Lake baseball team begins to-
nav a weeks engagement at Boise In
yiew OF the great improvement Of the
team during the last few days here, there
Ga reason to believe that II Will make
better showing while on the road than 1t
ala al home. A. little more intelligent team
,,,ork and the boys should be able to hold
chair own with the best OF them. We
have pitchers who are capable and they
ylll win games II the men behind them
give the proper support
II can not be denied that they are bat
,inp better than they did week ago.
hut they need to ginger up more on the
bases. Weed and BruYette have been
little below the standard desired at short
ana third, but IL takes practise TO make
perfection, and they are both working
hard. Clark is the right man at first.
There ia no better first baseman In the
league. He Is quick and snappy and
above all, he Is safe, and Is good man
With the bat. Muller. Ward and Gimlln
are fully capable OF taking care OF Inc
outneld, Let the men work together with
a determination to win games, and when
The team returns II will occupy position
in the percentage column other than the
bottom.
otto sleloff, "rhe Fighting Dutchman,"
who pleased the fight fans here some
months ago, is due to arrive here from
Chicago today. He viii be accompanied
nv Tommy Burns, a mddlewelght boxer,
who is said to be conner. sielon VIII
az once 80 into training for the match
at the Salt Palace theater on the gath.
Manager Kelley OF the Shamrock club,
WAS in Ogden yesterday, and MADE maj
arrangements for an excursion 10 TINS city
ana return. The Junction City was billed
for the bout, and tickets were placed on
Mccarthy, and his trainer Frank 8.
Lewis, are keeping up the fast pace they
set IN training, and that Jerry WIZ De
in as good condition as hard training can
make hi mthere can be no doubt. The
boxers have 10 make l4i pounds at
O'clock on the afternoon of the 2ith. ~
will be remembered that In their last
contest, Mccarthy was over weight. he
was unable 10 reduce his ayolrdupols on
account OF an attack OF rheumatism. He
has now fully recovered from the trouble
and Is now within less than three pounds
Of the required weight Jerry declares
this time, and show the fight fans OF Salt
Lake that he Is neither fahr or
dead one"
II has been definitely decided 70 bring
the Colorado college track team here for
the 18th OF this month The Colorado
boys offered to come here the local
team would guarantee them szoo tor eN-
penses The athletic council Of the To-
cal Varsity meet and after discussing
the offer, decided to accept II. The Preps,
and the branch normal school at Cedar
City, had arranged for a meet on that
date, but II was decided TO pull the events
athletes will enter. the Interstate meet as
members OF the y. Of II. team, as their
school is a branch OF the Institution
Cy Young's great feat OF shutting out
the Athletics without hit or a man get
ting 10 first base, is still being talked Of
among local ball fans. II was truly 2
wonderful exhibition OF control, ana IL
will probably not be duplicated for years
10 come Here Ia what Or, Newton or
San Francisco says about IL; 1T Is impos-
sible TO beat that record. No pitcher can
beat that Just think. not a hit, base on
balls, wild pitch or error, You remem,
Der pitched q no-hit game at Oakland
hind me, which let two men on bases,
but these were the only ones to get on
the bases. Did ] ever work against w
YoungY Several times. Cy Is what we can
a fast ball pitcher He couldn't get g
slow ball over the plate II he tried. and
seldom uses a curve. He steams them
over the plate and he keeps them right
up around the batter's neck But his
balls have big Jump on them. When
you hit one II pops up in the air-where
It is easily caught. Cy is not the strike
out man Waddell Is, but he wins Just
as many games. Cy Is q man oyer SIX
feet tail, and when in condition will weigh
90 poupds. He is better now than he
ever was, for he has more experience. Cy
looks something like overall, only he Is
not az well built, | think this fellow
overall has one of the greatest physiques
/ ever saw. lie Is a perfect specimen, Of
an athlete. Kid Nicholas Is another pitcher
who has nothing but fast high ball, but
think II is coming straight over the plate
and II will take a jump up and you VIII
find yourself swinging your bat over your
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