The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-07
BALL CLUBS
REACH ZION
Elders and Injuns TO Play
Today.
COMMENT ON THE TRIP
BOYS HAVE LITTLE TO SAY, BUT
ARE HOPEFUL.
COMMENT ON THE TRIP

THE Russian advance" muTmured
a man in the lobby Of the Kenyon no
tel when thirteen grinly, bewhiskered
men crowded through the doorway and
tottered over to the desk 90 n
Reilly" was the inscription the leader
of the mob placed on the register.
Spokane Baseball Club" he wrote aft
er it. The clerk took "A look at the per
son in front Of him He looked at the
rest of them and rubbed his eyes TO be
sure he was awake. Stories of Captain
Kidd Sir Henry Morgan and other
noted heroes of the Spanish Main came
TO his mind But" he reasoned. this
Is Salt Lake, and its 1904. Pirates
don't get this far from the ocean, and,
anyway, there amt no pirates no
more" Then the clerk looked at the
signature It was a familiar name and
familiar writing. A bundle Of bat bags
and a lot Of suit eases were cOrrob-
orative evidence that the stout man
was in reality the famous Big Chief
of the Spokanes, and that the sorry
looking veterans behind him were re-
ally Willie HOgg- DamInann, Stanley,
Ferris. FraTy. Holland, Drinkwater,
ct al.
why. how do you do. Mr. Reilly
How, Is there any dinner left and
where can we git to some warm water
quick. and is the barber shop Open?'
Everything asked for was needed
plenty. 1 was the first time since the
hot weather got going good that Reilly
and his bunch had TO make the long
jump from Spokane to Salt Lake Two
days and one night without stopping,
without a chance to shave or battle.
and through clouds of desert dust, had
converted the CiTcassian beauties into
a gang that. judging by looks, would
have scuttled a ship for d street car
transfer
1t was a scandaIous trip" ejacu-
lated Reilly.
Very annoying. indeed murmured
Mr. Hogg. smiling pleasantly through
four separate and distinct varieties OF
Idaho soil
The others agreed with what had
been said, and at once sought food,
water and clean Taiment- Two hours
later the boys were all polished up
and looked natural once more. That
grand entree merely served TO empha-
size the natural attractions possessed
in so large measure by the Reilieyites.
The Elders made no such sensational
Homecoming. They stopped of in Og-
den long enough to play with the team
there, and then came on through TO
Salt Lake, wheBe they scattered to
their various homes to prepare for the
strenuous life this afternoon. The. Boys
had not much to say about the aWfuI
experiences u Lll-lI idLE u up W
got il good and plenty. That's about
all there was to it," they said
Nobody was inclined TO call names.
q guess we all helped some" one of
the boys remarked; but Wen all try
TO live il down here this week
Father Gimlin took a philosophical
view of it. That's baseball" he said;
although we did kind o. get a big
chunk of il this trip. didn't we2 All
the bows PLAYED pretty fair bit of
bail, too. reckon we just had It com
ing. Wen try to hang it back on Spo-
kane again this week
What kind of an umpire does Ward
maker" somebody asked Gin.
well, I don't want to criticise any
body, but III tell you this much; IF
he is as good a home umpire here as
he was in Spokane and Butte, none of
these teams can beat US in Salt Lake
Bill Dammann viii probably pitch
against TOzeT today The game begins
at 800, and the spot is Walkers field.