The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-18
CAS- TLETON MAKING HIT
IN OHIO BALL LEAGUE
Lovely Bunch of Verbal BOu-
quets Handed Former Salt
Lake Twirler.

Roy Csstleton. the clever young eouthpaw
pitcher OF Salt Lake, who worked with Dad
GimlIn's bunch last year and aleo In tho Snake
Valley league, Is making eomowhat OF sen-
satlon with the Youngstown, o.. club. for
whom he is twirling this senson, according TO
the reports which have reached hero.
The team hoe stan OF six pitchers and
"Csss" bss pitched four OF the twelve games
played, winning three. Tho score OF the gamo
he lost was ~ and II was simply case OF
perfume tlmes TWO game won in two success
siye days is going some
age OF 800. ana has clean telding record 80
fair. Also hns had bis picture In the pa-a-
The following excerpts from the Youngstown
Sunday Indicator show something OF the man
ker hs IN is sns the seS%ad q Sy es tho
Roy Castleton's tIst appeaIancs heTo , ere
years, and man who con cling them from the
OF side viii break up many battling rally.
lie hard To catch and harder to pitch. Besides
that he has all kinds OF speed and good enrre
and fast runner lie appears TO be just tho
man Hogan has boon looking for.
Great things come out OF tho West" G. 8.
Roy Casteton. tho smooth-faeod youth from
the Mormon city, who has never yet had his
heart tampercd with has been the wont OF
his curves, trotted out from the parior
where he had been playing Another Victory
his fingers moving all tho time he wes in the
box, tho result being that Zancsfine was
whitnwnshod In tho sixth.
Roy CaStleton, Salt Lake CltS, no relation
TO Brigham Young, had lovely way OF wind
Ing himself up Hike an oight-day clock and un-
winding. the ball going forth In mort pc,
cullor manner. In fact, tho popularity OF
Roys curVes was SO marked that Leon Fohi
quoted out OF the prayer book on thrco oc-
casions and requested Roy to throw the way no
looking After Roy warmed up TO MIS-
work Loon busy man. Ho had Pc
described q
that OF the honorable implement used to un-
loosen the stoppers OF bottles. sometimes tne
bail curved that way and sometimes IL dldn l.
Nobody know whom IL would and when TX WOULD
not and that fact contributed greatly 10 tho sue
or his pitching About the only mon IN
ton himself. and he seemed TO know tho To-
cation OF tho place to nlcety. !,
After the game Fohl said CnstIcton WAS tno
hardest man TO catch he ever worked WIN,
and GAINESVILLE thought he was about tho
hardest mnn TO hit; ~ =,
the towns or tho o. * =. baseball circuit UP
10 the present time. sincc tho opening OF the
season, has shown that this league IL one oL
the fastest In tho country. In one sense al
the word tho league is one OF the feedcrs OF
the big leagues Players who work In this
league aro continually watched by the pls
league magnatcs. and as soon as any partlcn-
lar one shows exceptionally good form nc Is
hooked I'D to big league contract Tor
tryout II Ia thought thot at the close OF thls
year many more OF the players VIII DO drafted
than wore taken last year Thoic are players
fnst enough for big league service. The men
In this circuit drawing much better sal-
aries this year than they dld last, ana lno
league In continually becoming stronger