The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-03
MEET
MINERS FIRST
Salt Lake Gets Exhibition Game
Before Season Opens.
PLAYERS REPORT NEXT WEEK
SPRING PRACTICE BEGINS AT
WALKERS TOMORROW.

Three weeks from today the fans who
have waited all winter for chance 10
see ball game viii be rewarded by
having sn opportunity Of witnessing a
game between the champion Butte team
and the 1904 lineup Of the Elders. This
game viii take place two days before
the league season opens and was ar
ranged at the league meeting last week
to placate Manager wilmot OF the Butte
team for not giving him the opening
date OF the season with Salt Lake.
The Butte team at that time win pass
through this city on its way from the
east where It plays a number OF eN-
hibition games, TO Spokane. Tor the open
ing Of the season two days later Inc
champions will have their full lineup IN
this game. who. after a three weeks
training period. ought TO be just as last
as they viii be at any time.
As Salt Lake viii have all of It's play
ars and the team Will have had a three
weeks training. the game will be as fast
and hard fought as a league game, the
only difference being that the result viii
viii give the Salt Lake fans the. first
opportunity TO see the champions OF last
year, and two days later the rams VIII
have a chance to see McCloskey's new
aggregation officially open the league
season.
With the opening OF the season three
weeks off. Salt Lake has lot of work
ahead OF il. but il must be said that
never before in the history of baseball
in this state has this town been lined
up so well for a successful season IN
baseball. Heretofore It has always been
a case Of gathering UP players at the
last minute and starting on a champion
ship series before the players on The
team were hardly acquainted with each
other. In getting q team OF twelve 10
fourteen players together there are al
ways some Of the men. who have good
records according 20 the official dope
book, who fall down, and new players
have to be secured in their places. This
year, however. Manager Gimlin will have
at least two weeks to finG out what the
men given him for team can do, ana
IL there are any dead ones in the line
up. as II is almost certain there will be.
Gimlin will have a chance TO get players
for their nlaces before beginning playing
baseball for the pennant.
The members of the salt Lake team
have all got their orders TO report mere
on April 5. or as near that date as pos
sible. For this reason players ought to
begin dropping into Salt Lake the COM
ing week at the rate of two or three
every day. and by the time next Sun
day rolls around nearly all the men
signed should be here. The members of
the team now IN the city commence tram
players arrive Manager Gimlin will be
on hand 10 put them to work. and ex-
team together by the end of the coming
week With this idea in view a practice
game has been arranged for next SUM-
day between the Salt Lake team and the
Soldiers. and will be played at either
the Fort or Walkers. according to which,
ever place has the best playing grounds
at that time.
a letter was received from Eddie Quick
yesterday. in which he stated that ne
would leave Baltimore tomorrow morning
lot SAT- LAKE rms ought TO bring him
here by Thursday. Eddie has been
training the pitchers of the naval acad-
envy for the past month and should have
MS salary wing in pretty good shape
when he arrives.
A bali player named Taylor arrived in
the city yesterday from Wisconsin and
may be given try-Out by Salt Lake.
He wrote 70 Manager Gimlin some time
ago. saying he was coming west and
would like a trial with Salt Lake Gin
chance in the world. and If he could
make good he would be given a contract
90 sign. He plays at shOrtstop and viii
work out with the team the coming
week.
If confidence can win a place on a
team, Mickey Flynn, the second base
man from Cleveland, o.. has that pO-
sition already landed for the coming sea-
son. When sent his money for ticket
to come west he was told TO buy a re-
Turn LIlp tltktl- BODu TOT twenty -DIle
days. with an idea Of having the return
portion if he failed to make good. Flynn
replied:
Il don't see why you want me 10 buy
a round trip ticket good for twenty
days. I have no idea. of coming back to
Cleveland until after the season closes.
As I intend TO play bah in Salt Lake all
summer. OF course, II you have someone
out there You wish TO ship east, why. I
VIII get a return ticket, but you can bet
won't need Il for myself
lfrsT~ "a.
any ball player to make good on.
Irwin Jensen, the Salt Lake south paw.
expects to leave tonight or tomorrow for
Boise City. where he plays the coming
season. McCloslzey viii have his team
pretty well together by the end of the
week and will play exhibition games un-
til the season opens.