The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31
OX|ES DEFEAT
WYOMING TEAM
Diamondyille Players Go Down
Before Indian Pitcher and
Negro FieIders.
SENSATIONAL 0NE-HAND
CAPTURE BY ROBINSON
Almost Impossible Drive Nailed
by Remarkable Effort of
Second Baseman.

| In An inter-racial baseball gamo Tues
day afternoon at Walkers field COM
bination OF red and black was victorious
over the white race. The Occidental
team of negro ball players, with Luther
Smith, II ll-blooded Indian, in the box,
won from the Diamondvillc team O,
white players by n score OF TO 81
The game was not good as the score
would indicate the fielding errors OF each
team counterbaancinS.
BY all odds the great feature OF the
game was a brilliant one-handed eaten
by Robinson, the negro second baseman-
There were two men on bases when Il
low line drive was smashed toward Kob,
inson The negro ran lorWaro ain9
scoopod uD the ball Just as II was about
to touch the ground. The dive for the
ball threw Robinson forward on his race
and he fell prone on the diamond nu1
hand with which he caught 1t. when
he regaIned his feet he ran To second
and completed double unassisted. This
freak play undoubtedly saved the negroes
from defeat, As it retired the side Just
when the DiamondvIllc boys were threat
oninG TO rake in a tally or two.
Pitchers Perform Well.
Indian" Smith pitched a good game game
for the negroes. allowing six hits. win
which Diamondvlllc pounded out its only
three runs, he held the visitors TO three
scattered hits. Morgan pitched strong
game, but his support was poor.
The Occidcntas started their run get
ting in the first inning. Robinson got 70
first on Smiths error. Lane flew out 10
Smith and Robinson was doubled out at
second. Dangtord walked. reached sec
ond on a passed ball and came out on
Lanes three Dagger to center field. Nc
Adoo went out pitcher TO first. The
was hit by a pitched ball and reached
second when Hawkins beat out bunt.
Smith grounded one 10 Chambers and
Hawkins was caught at second. Smith
muffed a throw 70 third and Black scored
The negroes didn't get another chance
till the sixth Burns singled and Nc
Adoo pounded out a two-bagger. Black
grounded out 10 pitcher and Burns was
caught at third on Hawkins's grounder.
Langley rolled out to first In the sew
enth with TWO men out. singles In sue
cession by Lane, Langford and Burns
uetted two runs,
Diamondville Runs
After walking one man. Smith struck
out the next three Diamondville men up
fIe followed this performance by tanning
two more in the second. In the third
missed a throw to first on Dorsch's $
Srounder and Morgan scored and Dorsch
reached third. Smith doubled. scoring
Dorsch. Brose got TO first on Hawkins'S $
error Converse doubled. scoring Smith
The next two up flew out to Hawkins.
The next opportunity for Diamondville
came IN the SlNID moore started tnlnSs
with a single. Chambers reached frs;
on Hawlsins's error. Fisher sacrificed.
With only one out and man on second
and third. Ward smashed n hard one be-
tween first and second. Robinson raced
toward the ball. fell forward and scooped
up the ball making the most spectacular
one handed catch OF the year. He re-
covered in time TO double Chambers out
on second. retiring the side without a
run.
The same two teams will meet again
this "wednesday afternoon at Walkers
field at $3.50 o'clock Either Hummel or
Ward will pitch for Diamondville and
either Mooney or Rogers for the Occi.
dentals. Both teams are strong and the
| indications are that an excellent game
will be the result.