The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
FIVE HOMERs IN
CT. FALLS CAME
Orr and Dressan Both Bat Lonp
Flies Good for the Four
Bases.
FIST FIGHT BY REEDS
PLAYERS MARS CONTEST
Griffin Attack Murphy, and Af-
ter Being Arrested Strikes
the Sheriff.
Union Associiatio.
By W. ID. Bratz
Special Correspondent of The Tribune.

oNCAl TAILS, MONT Aug IL
Yes, Salt Lake was walloped again.
Great Falls won today by simply
outhitting Salt Lake in a clouting
bee
George Hummel looked like Christy
Mathewson one inning and then like
the most helpless kind of a husher in
another.
Salt Lake hit Carleton hard enough
to have won, but no sooner would they
climb into the lead before some Great
Falls clouter would lean on the ball for
anything from homer to single. EX
ira base hits were common as starving
dogs on Main street.
The game was an eventful one on ac-
count of the number of freak hits that
rolled for homers and extra bases on
the smooth outfield; and then to cap
the climax, Eddie Griffin and Howard
Murphy, Great Falls right and center
fielders, respectively. engaged in a fist
fight just as they were taking their
places for Salt Lake s half of the sec
ond inning.
The two had had some words on the
bench before taking the field, and
suddenly Griffin was seen in the act of
running to center field and pouncing
upon Murphy The latter fought back
rushed in and separated them.
Griffin Hits Sheriff.
Griffin was placed under arrest, but
before submitting to the OFFICERS he
struck the sheriff, who was attempting
to lead him away II was a disgrace
full occurrence and occurred rlght In
plain view of the stands:
ITmpire Toman fined Griffin So and
he reported the occurrence to President
Iucas. No sooner had play been re-
sumed when voice in the grand
stand rang out with the words, why
didn I YOU take that poke at the UNI
Umpire Toman spotted the rowdy and
ordered him taken from the grounds. lt
took some time before the officers pn-
derstood exactly what Toman was
driving at, but the man was taken OH
the field. amid the applause OF tne oe'-
ter class of fans
The Griffin Murphy rumpus neeesSi.
tated ouite a change in the Great taiis
Imam Vance was sent to right field
md shannon donned the mask and chest
p The absence of Abbott from the Salt
J.,te linenp also compelled Blankenshlp
IN make switch which sent Van to
Grst and Dressan to right:
Tn Great Falls half Of the third
Cordtz permitted high fly from Huels
man g bat to drop right in front OF nm
and Manager Blankenshlp, ordered nm
co. tbe bench and sent Schimpf TO the
center garden.
George Hummel was far off color TO
day and began with his usual bad open
;rg Even after that he insisted on
Getting himself into one bad hole after
ssnotber. The entire club usually went
Papa Murphy hit the second ball
pitched by Hummel on a line to rigne
field and it rolled beyond Dressan as II
il would never stop, ana MURPHY coin
pleted the circuit, Then ext two men
went down easily. but Toner followed
w;tb n single and went TO second on
Hummel walked Foster and then
Toner scored on Griffin IS hit. Vance
was also walked but Pendleton retired
Ciothicr by making n grand stop and
pcgging him out at first
Two Make Homers.
Orr scored one for Salt Lake in the
second by leaning on the ball for a
clean home run between center ana
left II was a terrific drive and almost
eoualed that Of Spencer in yesterday 9
game. It. 5
in the third. After Blankenship had
singled Dressan hit the ball between
center and right for homer.
The ball rolled fully 100 yards before
Murphy could ovcrtake 1T.
Orr rang up another in the fourth
when he took first on a clean single,
was sacrificed TO second by Devereaux
and romped home on Pendleton 8 SIN,
ole. Great Falls forged one to the lead
in the sixth. With one down, Murphy
again raped out long rolling homer
between center and right, Prout FOL
lowed with a single and then Big
Stick Huelsman, rs he is popuiarly
known here, cracked one on the nose
for complete circle OF the bases;
Huelsman 3 drive would have hit the
left field fence at Cooley park ana
Blankenship's kids came out gamely
in the eighth and piled up two when
mt them one to the front. Dressan lea
pff with a single and took second on
Van sacrifice. scoring on single py
Deyereaux. Pendleton later sent IN
Deyereaux with a safe one, to right,
This nil looked mighty lovely for tne
tribe of Cooley, but what Great rams
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