The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
ELDERS SUCCESS
AWAY FROM HOME
Win Seven Out of Fourteen
Games Played.
TREATMENT BY UMPlRES
INSTANCES WHERE SALT LAKE
GOT 1T IN NECK.
TREATMENT BY UMPlREs

The Elders have won seven out Of their
fourteen games away from home so TAR,
which is as good as anyone demanded
and far better than several persons here
about hoped for. These several persons
OF course. are the few who believe the
home team is no good under any circum-
stances. no these persons the record of
the boys brought much misery TO the
loyal many 1t brought nothing but salts
faction.
1t IS a pretty fair record. taking into
consideration the difficulties under which
the team has labored on this Trip. North
western dGflces 10 the contrary uuLHlLA-
standing. there IS every reason to believe
The boys have taken much the worst of it
from the umpires on the trip. III has
been evident i'm each game that the UNI
pires were not eEertiug themselves 10
heip SAT- Lake on even 20 give 1aiL LAKE
a fair break. Take the Spokane series
Tor example. In one game, according 10
the reports from there, salt Lake was
robbed of a run because "a runner was
malici0usly held at third base By
Spokane fielder. Nothing done. In an
oJheT game Stanley fell before reaching
the plate and Reilly who was coachinss
dragged his player 10 the plate. i'm de-
nance OF the rules Of the game Nothing
What would have happened to a salt
Lake player had be attempted any sucn
business as this is shown by the Hansen
Carney incident which mas been well
threshed through the week.
These Instances all 20 to show
studied effort ON the part of the umplresr
perhaps under Instructions, 10 give Salt
Lake the worst end of IL.
Despite all this the team has made
have done unexpectedly well. Hanuivan
has proved a valuable acquisition and
Weed. Delmas, Hansen, Muller In Iact
nearly all the boys, have been hitting
Meredith got off badly In his Spokane
game, but his performance In stepping
Il"
the champs 20 three runs ln eight in
uings shows he is rounding TO and when
he does. look out for the actual goods
this season. At Milwaukee ne trained
under the most uufaEOrable meJeOrOlOgi-
cal conditions. Then he jumped 10 salt
Lake. waited "a day moved on 20 spokane
and went 10 TO pitch With the change
of altitude, the long stretch or railroad
ing and the adverse circumstance that
surrounded his earlier work at Mill
Waukee 10 IS small wonder he got his
bumps in bis first game. A week or two
more VIII sutLice 10 put MIN into Jne go
ms.
The postponemeut of yesterdays game
made four games run ND Tor Butte anG
Salt Lake. The bad weather this week at
Butte is particularly depiOrable, because
the Elders are playing IN form that
warrants the BELIEF that they would nave
taken five out OF the six. considering the
shape the champs are i'm SAT- Lake IS
reasonably certain 10 sin one Of the
games today and perhaps both or Jheln,
which viii bring them home comfortably
established in third place with the top
not so awtuly tar away
The series this week al home begins
Wednesday, when the McCIOskey crew
viii be be here,
In regard to the IIauseu-Caruey busi-
ness a Spokane letter received by The
Herald from one of the salt Lake boys
throws some interesting Hight on the
matter. The writer is one Of the leading
players Of the team and careful. con
sCieutious man, so his account Of the
affair is entitled 10 the fullest Conti-
dence. He writes:
Il want 10 give you the facts fro the
Hausen-Caruey affair at Spokane May
81, because I think the folks at home
ought TO get the absolute straight OF DC
and not think Hansen provoked lAe
trouble. Tic was like this. Carney tried
so score on a single from second. Ine
bali was thrown home 10 Hansen, VINO
had the ball at least ten feet ahead or
Carney. There was no chance IN tHe
world for MIN 10 make a play. so seems
he was hOpelessly out he delDelaleiy
jumped high in the air lanu cdGs ~
Hansen on the leg above the knee win
his spikes. 1t was plainly to be seen
that he intended to cut Hausen and lac
did cut him. too though not very pad
80 fault of his, though. Hansen then hlL
him IN the head ana an the play rla
gathered around Carney hit once but
Gid no damage. hitting Hausen.s c1esl
protector. III one OF us salt LaAers mao
have been suspended ror the season 9g
Lucas Even the grauQstdnd ana DleacA-
Ers were with Hansen ana ON the cars Oh
Jhc way down town after the game every
should have given Carney more tnay
Hansen would have been q 1901 20 sl4lu
up there to be made I'll ChOpplng block.
These are the Facts pure ana simple.
Hansen is feeling mighty blue over ~. as
he is getting all the worst on IT. Ine]
certainly rubbed IL into as in Spokane