The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-20
Star Soldier Team Takes Hard
Fought Game Away From
the 0ccidentalS.
BRILLIANT CATCHES ARE
MADE BY 0UTFIELDERS
Hard Hitting and Superb Field.
ing Wins Battle for the
Army.

Fort Douglas sprang a surprise on the
baseball fans Friday afternoon by WIN
ming handlly from the Occidental base
ball team The Fort -,, Douglas lsidiers sehih hin
well and their fielding was a revelation;
The outfielders for the fort team showed
themselves to be easily the fastest and
most accurate gardeners In the state
The negroes were somewhat weakened
by the loss of two men and by shitt
in the positions. Rogers, a new twlrler
from Buffalo, was tried out by the Occi-
dentals He was hit freely by the soldiers
and showed that he was scarcely fast
enough for the negro team. Mooney re-
lieved Rogers in the eighth and did not
allow hit
For the soldiers, Moser pitched good
ball and was given superb suppore support ne ne
was hit freely. He shut out the negroes
up to the eighth inning. and up to that
time allowed only two bits, The negroes
got five hits In the last two innings
Remarkable Catches.
| The remarkable fielding of the men in
scarcity of hits. Several that looked Ike
safeties were corralled by the sprinting
gardeners in a brilliant manner. Each OF
the three outfielders has sensational
play to his credit. In the first inning
Langford drove long one TO right field
that looked good for three sacks, Kirk,
the sphere with his left hand enough 10
spoil 1t as hit then picked up the ball
and, in a pretty throw from the right
Held fence, nipped Lansford at third
Mooney was the victim OF the other two
brilliant plays by the outfelders: He
dropped nice one over short that looked
Gillespie came down from left field and
caught the ball while going at full speed
In the last inning Mooney made beau
,iful drive TO deep center that threatened
TO break up the game. Ceregbino tore
after it. but did not appear to have a
chance to nail it. The little center field
er, however, in running jump. pulled
down the liner.
The outfelders shone at the bat we'll
as in the field. Cereghino got two sim
sss ead sos n 9sr mes
only department. OF the game in which
the soldiers showed a weakness was in
base running On two occasions poor
The soldiers got n big lead in the sec
ond inning when they pounded out four
runs. Kirkpatrick went out on pop-up
TO Rogers. Tolles walked and got TO sec
ond on Miller's grounder to Lane, beat
ing out the throw TO second, Miller gel
ting TO first on fielder's choice: Tolles
and Miller were advanced a base by
Cereghinos single, and Tolles scored
when Lane fumbled Moser's grounder.
Miller scored when Boylan was thrown
by Gillespie's three-bagger little later
Gillespie was caught mapping of third.
Poor Base Running.
In the third inning Costello opened up
with a two-bagger and was sacrificed 10
third by Bankston. The next two men
went out. however. and he got no farther.
Poor baserunning prevented a score in
the fourth Cereghino opened up with a
lwo-bagger and reached third when Nc
Eachren fumblcd Moser's grounder. Moser
attempted TO steal second, but was
thrown out by Mooney. Cereghino had
oceans of time 10 get home from third
bad base-running in the sixth kept the
soldiers from scoring. After Kirkpatrick
had flown out TO l.ansford, Tollcs and
Miller singled. Then Cereghino singled
but Tolles and Miller, thinking the fly
would be caught, held their bases. When
they finally did start to second, Miller
WAS caught at second and Tollcs doubled
out at third.
Moser beat out grounder to first in
the 81. seventh ss session and and went TO second
on the play. Gillespie flew out to Lang
ford. Costello filled the bases with a sin
SIIen Bankston singled and Moser and
st third and kirkpatrick went out, Nc
Eachren TO McAdoo.
Negroes Rally.
Mooney was switched from catcher TO
pitcher In the eighth for the Occidentals
Rogers was put out in right field and
Langley went behind the bat Then the
run getting of the soldiers ceased.
After being shut out with two hits for
seven Innings. the. negroes had batting
Black walked and stole second Langley
hit and Black scored. I>angford hit and
Langley went to. second. Then Lane
drove out a three Dagger and the two
2neD came home. Robinson ended things
by flying out to Boylan. The negroes
were still determined in the ninth. Nc
Adoo opened with single. Then Mooney
drove terrific one to deep center which
looked like the hit that would break up
the game. After run and jump. Cere-
Of the year, pulling down the ball from
the thin air, McEachren singled and
McAdoo went TO third. McAdoo scored
when Boylan funlbled Blacks grounder
and McEachren got 10 third on the pIay
Black stole second. but the game ended
when Langley went out Moser TO Banle-
Ston.
The score;
FORT DOUGLAS