The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-27
UNION LEAGUERS
DEFEAT MURRAY
Blankenship's Colts TrOunce
Smelter Lads in Initial
Game, II to 2.
BOYS ENJOY THE CONTEST
DESPITE COOL WEATHER
Cooley and Manager Express
Qualification at Showing Of
Their Players.

Cliff Blankenship's colts went to Muir
ray Sunday afternoon and in an exhibi-
ton game of baseball defeated the smell
ter nine by Il score Of II to ..
Blankenship had with him fifteen play
ers recently signed, and each man was
given tryout in the afternoon. Dick
Cooley. owner OF the Salt Lake fran
chse, also was present. and following
tho game Cooley and Blankenship wore
broad smiles
The day was beastly. An eight mile
Recreation park but the 400 fans did
not care If the thermometer went to
zero.
There was a contrast in uniforms But
three OF these were alike. In the work
out the new players assembled by Cooley
and Blankenship showed up well;
ray while B!ankenship put four men in
the box in the progress OF the game.
Salt Lake was the first TO bat and Um-
plre Frank Lumley announced the bat
icries for Murray as Heusser and Scott
and for Salt Lake as Driscoll and Blank :,
enship. All in ali. the game was enjoyed
and none of the players was favor
ite."
Murray Scores Early.
IN the first inning Salt Lake did not
get man past first base, but Mann, the
first player UP for Murray, slammed out
y SAFETY. Walsh. 1OllOWlnR, SUCCfcu'h III
getting Mann to third base. and when
Keefer came along ard smashed out
smart two-bagger both Walsh and Mann
saopns bone Tne5s S1 iTo tive Nuns
ray boys during the game.
Heusser. the Murray pitcher. was. In
vincible during the first three innings.
brought In the first run for the visitors,
In this inning Perkins was. placed be-
hind the plate by Blankcnship.
In, tl,, Drir WAC nj -
ray box in place OF Heusser. two runs
being scored of him by the colts. Spencer
and Laird bringing the total up to three
three runs being made off Chivalier. who
was substituted for Price. Chivalier was
not up TO his usual form and In the
Schimness hammered him hard. each
runner scoring in turn. In the seventh
there was nothing stirring IN the camp
of Blanlkenship. but, try as hard as MUIR,
ray could. not q man was advanced past
second base. A number OF the, MURRAY
lads swung hard with the willow, bu'
their efforts were for naught. II was
Little Schimness. in the box for salt
| Lake. who brought failure TO the MURRAY
players. They could not md nm. ano M
during the three innings he was on the
ray player cantered back 10 the Dench
Take Air Route.
II was in the eighth that the aviation
craze struck the Murray men. Chiv,
| alier went 10 pieces. lHe lSIuclS aiie
| bascmcn got ratified, and when the enc
| OF the inning came five OF the Unior
| leaguers had crossed the plate, bringing
| the score mp to II TO .. No score was
| made on either side in the ninth.
! There WAS considerable good work or
| both teams. Swanson at first base fo'
| Salt Lake demonstrated that he can play
| the national game after the fashion o.
some OF the big leaguers, Spencer II
right field. Cordtz In center and Como
way in left garden created good I'm
pressions Hummcl, the Salt Lake
| pitcher was tried out Sunday Afternoon
and may be signed for tho Salt Lake ag'
| greeation.
| pleased with the manner in which the
| boys showed up the first day. and tha
| after they have had weeks practice
| he expects 10 see some high class base
| ball in Salt Lake. Mr.. Cooley said tha
| the Boston Red Sox will be played a
| the University OF Utah grounds Tuesday
and that another game is also scheduled
| for Wednesday.
Dad" Gimiin OF Ogden Is dckerins
| with Blankeuship for a practice game.
| This week Blankcnship and his play
! ers Will practice each morning at For
| Douglas. where the grounds are In excel
lent shape. 1t is said
| The score by innings.
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