The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-25

1T don't need no. encouragement, If
what I've seen here today goes for
much
Not bettin' that way" says the
judge. But at ball games. The sports
! found very slow action gOin' out an
bettin' on runs with two good mines
playin', so they kicked for change
Now, the side that gets twenty-seven
putOuts first wins There's no such
thing as three out all out in an inning.
No Stree The hull nine players so
to bat in each inning, and the side in
the field tries to get as many out as
they can. If they get nine out, they
put nine on their score If they only
get one man of the nine out. they
stands to lose, unless they get busy
IF runs don't count. why do they
run bases and take first on four balls,
and things2" says Josh
Why, to give their opponents a
chance to ketch 'em on the bags an to
get exercise, and 50 on, says the
judge. Besides, they'd he no triple
an quadruple plays if they was no
baserunnin'.
"Quadru-pIe pIaysl" Josh fairly
shouted. But the other feIlers seemed
10 think there was nothin' unusual
about 'em.
Yes says the judge. But you
might as well come up to the hotel and
-
you the rules this afternoon better
than ! can I may have missed some.
We fed. Eight hundred dollars was
bet at the next table to US as to which
of four men had the most o the gizzard
I'm the chicken fricaSsee. an II was
only settled by weighin the four por-
tons. The judge won again, an
seemed to think he was doin' mid
dim days work, though I think he
rung in a chunk o heart along with
his gizzard an the weigherS didn' [
kctCh it. He got stunE for a hundred
a minute later, though. bettiu' Hardy
the milk was sOUT Hardy took the
sweet end and won.
We went out to the ball ground after
dinner. and found mig crowd there.
for our AcOming had been spread
through all Chanceville, and the crowds
had left the poker tables and pCoi-
rooms and roulette wheels looking for
some easy money out in the air and
sunshine.
The Chanceville crowd looked like, q
fast outfit We shaped up pretty well.
too, and there We're plenty TO take the
short end of the betting when the books
opened up.
They won the toss and took the field
intending TO get about nine putOuts in
the first inning. and have a lead on US
Reggie Van Rensselaer, had been
rubbering around among the book
makers. When Pinch Hobbs went TO
bat i'm the first he came over TO the
| bench and says;
Let 'em put you out this inning and
give me all the money you get. There il
be as much as 10 TO 1 against US If
they get big lead
I So We all went out easy. on little in
| field taps Sure enough the odds on
US went up to 10 to 1 and Reg got a
] r7red =. Of F,,4 ~
/ walks out into the box and struck out
| the Chancevilles as fast as they came
l up / never saw him have more speed
/ or better benders
| We got eight putouts that innin'. One
man got hit by a pitched ball
Two lucky double plays in the next
/ iBnin' kept them in the Tunnin'. They
/ got FIVE putouts. We got six in the
next. maxim it an even game at IA
| apiece. The books were hedging. and
| there was terrible excitement in the
/ stand. I heard a feller say that if a
/ fire broke out the money at that game
would have created a bigger blaze
| than the grandstand. ] guess he was
| right.
| Their outfield made a lot o good
| ketches in the next innin'. an got us
| for eight putOuts. maxim them p We
/ only got = putting US p. Every body
at the game had money down some way
or other. and every body was yellin'. 1t
| was pandemonium, Reggie said Jhdt
| means a heiuva noise
The fourth innin' they got three OF
Us quick. maxim them -. and only
| ueedin' two more putOuts to win Then
| Reggie, Pinch and Brownie raped out
clean singles, and I hit a two-bagger-
| Putting 'em all in safe. Then Hen
messy got to first safe on a error by the
| third baseman. and Merritt got up. He
| was the last man to bat
"Bin," he hit foot above the first
ball.
SWISH" his bat went a yard below
the next
a look OF alarm came over Josh s
| face, an Reggie's was book Could
! our center fielder have sold US out?'