The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28

INDIAN" LUTHER SMITH
PITCHES GOOD BALL
Rain Stops Contest After Six
Innings of Listless Baseball
Have Been Played.

Costly errors allowed Ogden TO get men
on bases In Saturdays game with salt
Lake at Walkers field. and timely hit
ting by the Gimlinites brought them
home, shutting Salt Lake out. to 0.
Salt Lake had a new battery that more
than made good, but most OF the other
players were In their usual poor form.
The way Salt Lakes new battery worked
was a surprise TO every one- Salt Lake
now only needs seven other new players
TO havo good team.
Luther Smith, a full blooded Indian
from Diamondville. Wyo,, Is the latest
acquisition TO Donovan's pitching stan,
Although he was touched UP rather ire,
quently. his pitching was consistent and
ne worked well throughout the SIX IN In
hind the bat. proved himself catcher OF
tempts to steal second by the Ogden
ties. and each pilferer was nipped at the
second sack by a beautiful peg" OF the
MN aMagrie" mpies MSrphy hst twirled for Ogden
and pitched an exceptionally good game,
allowing but two hits In the six in
nings. The Salt Lake players couldn't
find the Ogden pitcher and there was lit
lie danger at any time Of their crossing
the home plate.
Rain in the last half Of the seventh
tions are that with a continuance Of the
game would have added TO the Ogden
total, while Salt Lake probably would
not have scored. The only two hits cred
tied TO Salt Lake were made by Settle
the new catcher, In the seventh Tennant
got hit, but Immediately afterward the
game was called and the hit doesn't
count. as the seventh inning was not
played out.
How the Scores Game.
In the first inning the first two Ogden
ties went out quickly, Then Donovan
dropped a throw to first and Good. who
caught for Ogden. reached the initial
station station When he tried to steal .s second o,s.
retired With two men out in the Sec
ond Hcmle slammed out three-bagger
The next man up. however, popped OUT
nth innings were the disastrous ones. In
the third the Indian walked Murphy.
Nevlns fumbed Lawrence's grounder and
and Lawrence second. Stewart fumhled
grounder and Murphy scored. Good
singled and Lawrence scored, Nevins
ended the run, getting for Ogden by pull
rence's erounder, touched Good as he
went by and nipped Gimlin at first
In the fourth inning Plake got a pass
Hemla pounded out his second three
bagger and Plake scored. Hemlc tried to
stead home and Bluth who was batting
showed his. bat In front OF the catcher
10 block tho catch. Bluth was put out
for interference and Hemle returned to
third. The next two men went out and
Her1le was unable to score Book led
OF In the hfth with single. reached Sec
ond on Nevins's error and third on a
passed ball He beat out the throw TO
the plate on Goods grounder tn Nevins
Good went to second on Gimlin's single
Smith filled the bases by hitting Hemle
with pitched ball. Bluth singled. scor-
ing two. Two popped out to the pitcher
and the third went out on a grounder
pitcher tn first
After the fifth the Indian held down the
Oedenifea. In the sixth they went out
one. two three. and In Ogden's half OF
the seventh. which was PLAYED before
tho rain. only one man got to first
Settle got a hit in the first inning and
reached third on Eluth's error after two
men were out Donovan sent out one
that looked like a nice single. Hemle was
playing in close, however. and threw him
out at first. In the fourth Settle again
got hit and stole second. He got no
farther. however In the sixth Smith
reached first Plakc's Wild throw and
got to second on a passed ball The next
three men. however went out quickly
Ifter two men were out for Salt Lake In
the unfinished seventh Tennant got hit
Immediately the rain began to pour down
and the game waa called