The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-14
FACTS FOR THE FANS.

4 post hasteN wire was sent to Carney
last night to report TO - II Lake at once
as ms services We're oaoiN needtu 10y odit
Lake team The announcement that ne
had been secured was made some time
ago. but last evening Reilly decided 70
hurry him on Carney lead the league in
hitting last season and II IS thought ne
viii be able to get in few of the win
ming hits now for Salt Lake.
The efforts being made to get Gimiin
TO remain in Salt Lake on Monday and
Tuesday and play the two postponed
games of this week have so far not been
effected. Gimlin is anxious TO get home
and prepare for the opening Of the sea-
son there next Wednesday He has lot
Of work TO do and thinks no one can at
tend to il like himself Meanwhile tire
Salt Lake club is anxious to get back at
Cfimlin for the way ne acted IN taking
the two games from Salt Lake this week.
There is a strong possibility that the
Salt Bdke-BOiSe series Of games TO De
played at Boise on July Fourth viii be
transferred to POCatello. There seems to
be some trouble about securing the Boise
ball park on that date from the manage
meut. as they have a number Of other at
fractions booked for this day and are
therefore not anxious to have DSSebali
game. It Is understood the Pocateilo pub-
lie have made a strong bid for the game
on this date and will try and induce the
two teams to change to POcatello-
Not content with winning the two games
ufayed against Salt Lake during the week,
ogden Is now preparing to rub il in BIZ
Ringing down a big part of the town to-
dav 10 crow over it Gimlin received
and an excursion train would arrive IN
Salt Lake this morning ana remain DOWN
this afternoon, taking IN the game IN a
body GirnIin said he would do his best
to win the game and give the Osdeh ROOT
ers a chance to holler-
The Spokane baseball management will
protest the playing Of Billy Dammann
with the Boise team It Is stated that
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mann rightly belongs to the Indians and
that the Boise club has not acted proper
" in trying to secure the southpaw
While the management has not stated
positively. il is understood that the Boise
team viii play Dammann at its peril and
that the games in which Dammann
figures viii be protested. The Boise
management has asked that Dammann be
held between the presidents of the two
clubs.
1T was in 1922. I think" \says Clark
Griffith manager Of the New York Amer
leans. that a series Of games for the
amateur championship of California was
framed uD between two rival cities. One
of these clubs sent a man to me and
said. fGriff. we would like to have YOU
pitch Tor US. and we think We can ring
YOU ia without anybody knowing it
When terms had been agreed upon the
man told me he would like to have me
secure several National League PLAYERS
to he used on the team as ringers. and
also said thdt PIE OF money would ne
bet on US. So I secured Charley Irwin.
Mike Cody and several other weil-known
players. and we went out to the grounds
at one of the towns in a roundabout way
When we had put on some old uniforms
we sneaked out on the field TO timber up.
The other team had not put in an ap-
pearance. but there was a big crowd on
hand for the game had been well doomed.
Suddenly there was a cheer and the other
team showed up. Before betting any
money of my own / thought ! would take
at ur-f,r
was Very Denny Behind him was big
Bill Brown. the New York catcher. and
also Fired Carroll. together with other
professionals. Then 7 concluded not to
bet. We did not recognize one another
however. for we wanted to get our money
All of the amateurs sat on the bench
and We went at it. Tie game was
heartbreaker. but we won il. and also
Won other games. which landed the anna
tour championship on the Coast"