The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-01
START SEASON
WITH THRILLER
Zion State Leaguers Take Ten
Inning Struggle From
0XieS 6 to ).
SUPERB FIELDING AND
TIMELY HITTING WINS
Murray-0gden Game Is Post
pOned Because of Wet
Grounds.
Utah State League

w on. Lost, ~
Salt Lake ............ ] 200
CSueh .,',.'...--... sVVI
| Murray ss.......,..- eVvo
Occldentals ,.,......O Il .Ooo
The State league season opened yes
| tcrday afternoon with a thrilling ten
| Inning game at Walkers field that was
won by Salt Lake from the Occldcntals
| by "A score OF to ..
| Murray was TO have opened the sea ason
at Ogden, but this game was postponed
on account OF wet grounds. The local
game was played on miserable grounds.
| interesting.
The game was in doubt all the way.
Each team fought hard and timely hit
salt Lake in the tenth. Each pitcher
was hit hard. but the hits were kept
well scattered and the total n-getting
kept down.
but Salt Lake soon tied them. Then
| the negroes got in the lead, but again
Salt Lake tied and passed them The
! Then, with two men down and one
on base. Salt Lake pounded in n run that
tied the scores. BunChed hits In the
tenth won the struggle for Salt Lake.
Brilliant Work in Ninth.
The play in the ninth and tenth in
nines was particularly brilliant on both
sides. An error by Forbes In the ninth
let in what appeared like the winning
run for the OXies. After two men put
In as pinch hitters went out in the ninth.
score was tied by Salt Lake. The last
single looked easily good for two runs.
but Langford. by a magnificent throw
from deep left, shut off a count at the
plate.
with one out for the Occidcntals In
the tenth Claude Burns drove liner
10 deep center that looked good for at
least three sacks. Forbes. the Salt Lake
center fielder ran back with the liner as
far as he could toward deep center Then
he turned and. with flying one handed
jabs spcared the liner and held II. II
was one OF the most remarkable catches
ever made in Salt Lake and one that
VIII long be remembered by those who
saw II. Without that catch IL is almost
certain that Burns would have reached
the plate. either that hit or on the
long fly that followed. A double and a
pair OF singles brought in the winning
run for Salt Lake in the tenth, with
one man out.
Umpire Was Off.
Umpire Smith was considerably off all
through the game Neither side secured
much advantage by his poor decisions,
the same had a better umpire oniclated.
In the tenth he gave the negroes very
much the worst OF il when he called Lehr |
safe on an attempted steal OF second. |
romped from first to second. apparently |
without fear. Langley made no appar- |
ent attempt to catch him at second, toss
to Robinson. Robinson had Lehr out by |
several feet. but Smith called him safe |
This decision. however made no diff
made but two out. and the next man up
hit safe, scoring the winning run.
Robinson and the rest Of the -Occi
of ber 6oDT bS snd
to precipitate a riot. They swarmed
a bout the umpire, threatening to mob
him for making the, poor decision. The
the attempted intimidation OF umpires by
the Occidental players and before they
get started in the same path this year
aerson TO. instruct his umpires to fine
Or suspend every player who disputes, a
decision. II this Is not done it seems
certain that all the ball games will bo
narred by rowdyism that would not be
olerated In any other league.
The Game in Detail.
An error by Lawrence gave The Occi-
lentals their first score. The Salt Lake
hlrd baseman In the second inning jug
lied grounder by Mooney too long and
ook second and scored on Langley's
Iouble, Salt Lake got this score back !
n its half of the, second. With two
lown Lehr was hit by a pitched ball and
cored on Forbes's triple.
The Occidentals got another run in the
ourth. when Robinson walked, reached
nd scored on Laneley's. hit. Salt Lake
orged ahead In it's half OF the fourth
citing two scores on Clark's triple,
he OccidenlaIs tied the score in the /
fth on singles by Bosts Langford and !
turns. \
Salt Lake again got in the lead in the
ighth, when Marshall was hit by "A
itched ball. reached second on a passed
all and scored on Hicks's single. The
,ccidentas got this run back and went 5
head In the ninth. scoring two runs on
angley's double. Kyle's single and S
orbeS's error
One run behind. Salt Lake went To bat G
, the ninth with the odds against il,
Iargetts went in to hit for Lawrence and
ew out TO LanSford. Annis was sent II
to bat for Chevalcr and struck out | h
Iith the two pinch hitters down and no
srtan that II was all over. Harris how A
YER, saved the day with a single. He h
ole second and went TO third on SIN F.
e by Marshall Things began to look /
arshall stole, second. PcndIeton Mar y,
stts's new shortstop. proved equal to -
le responsibility he faced. He drove y,
~ ia iong single sM to deep left. Langford N
ROW on a limo he nipped Marshall at
e plate. Harris however. had crossed
front of Marshall with the run that
ed the score.
The Winning Run
In the Occidcntals' half of the tenth
aude Burns, with one out drove a long 81
her to deep center. Forbes started in
'parent futile pursuit OF the ball Then ii,
made a great running jump and cleo bs
ihed the crowd by pulling down the re
Ter with ono hand The next man was st
se on errors-Great Falls l. Helena Q III
!crlflce hit-Huelsman Two-hase hits eli