The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
REPUBLICAN BALL
TEAM IN MOURNING
Tribune Champions Win Uphill
Game in Great Pitchers
Battle.
JUDL0W'S TWISTERS ARE
SIGNAL FOR DISTRESS
Captain Mann's Three-Sack Hit
Stops Issue of
Extra.

The Intermountain Republican baseball
team got Its bumps sunday afternoon
amateur champion team Of the state.
nosed out victory in the last inning
by score of 6. TO . 1t was one OF
Manns swats for three sacks that
inning when two men were out The
binglc placed the Republican team In
mourning and also 10 n great deal OF eN-
pense. as Manager Merickle had arranged
TO get out an extra on the game. and the
first seven innings of the contest had
already been set up in type. In fact
the gate receipts had been taken 10 the
city To pay incidental expenses, so sure
were tho Republicans of victory; and up
TO the eighth inning 1t looked like a shut
out Tor The Tribune team, as up to that
time no man had crossed the home plate.
II was pitchers battle. backed up
by good support on both sides but T.,
Larsen, who was considered the cham
pon intercollegiate pitcher in the state
the past spring, and failed TO make good
against the swat Mulligans' OF The
Trihunes.
The Republicans scored one run In the
third inning and three runs in the sixth
Two of the four runs were scored on
errors made by The Tribunes The Re-
publicans scored another run in the sev-
enth inning. which made the score 3 TO
o for the first seven innings. At this
time Manager MericlSlc ordered the gate
receipts divided, taking so per cent, and
phoned to the uptown office TO rush the
extra with big headlincS-"Republlcan
SHUT Out Tribuncs
Home Stretch Counts.
The head Of the home stretch was
reached in the eighth Inning Larsen
weakened and several safe hits brought
in three runs for The Tribunes before
the team could bc benched. The score
then stood 10 >, in favor OF the Repuh-
lcans. and Manager Merickle got busy
changing his men al ahou! with an, an enSTt Tm6
ninth inning came and the Republicans
were shut out. The Trbuncs came to
bat and tied the score. to ., Two men
then went out. Ludlow came UP and
got 10 first on 2 hit and took second
on an error. Mann came mp with blood
IN his eye. Larsen looked confident bTt
sleeve and the second ball Larsen pitched
looked too good to let go by, and Mann
laid it against the cast fence and Lud-
low scored the winning run. The fans
that were present let out a yell that could
be heard for blocks. and everybody went
home feeling that they had witnessed
ono Of the best games played on the
Walker field this season
The best part OF the programme Was
that Manager Merickle had to stop his
extra and also dig up the GO per cent
Of the gate receipts which he had stored
The lineup was as follows;
Republicans. Trihunes.
Sweeney 90. ..c....... .Knckc rbocllcr
HUM .,,..... .-'. lib, ..~--.,.-.,...S Sears
May ..... ......,..2b, .-.......:, Mann
Gleason -.,..--- SIS ..-o"--.. gioomPu'St
H. Hansen ....,o.. 3b. ..-...s. Fltzpa trick
Peacock ...,.. ...lf ..-..,,,.-.Ft Fitzgerald
Mericklc ,.., .-..'ci ...'..''>'. lreSeoGr ,et,I
Scott s.,..,. ,.r...rl. Book
Score by innings , 567s
Tribunes 49,. ........o o o % 0 IS
Republicans . ....Oo O3 0 %
Struck out.sy Ludlow I. by Larsen ,2,,., ..
Three base hits-Scott, Mann. 1its-OC
Ludlow 6. off Larsen .. Bases on balls