The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-03
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EOISE July o-Boisc and Salt Lake
exchanged compliments today in the
double header. closing tho series by play
ing ragged ball In both games. permitting
Salt Lake TO take the first. score to ..
and Boise the second, score 10 to ?. re-
cordipc in the latter one OF The worsi
sIaughters of the season, The Saints
leave for home tonight. having lost the
series to the Irrigators, . TO > To-Day
matinecs closed the first half OF the sea
son.
The heady pitching OF Morgan. who
'asted the entire nine innings. ana inc
weak support given Taliaferro by the
Jrrigators made it possible for the SKY
scrapers TO win the frs. game. Phe
second and the loose playing Of the
Saints. coupled with the base-stealing
and terrific hitting of the lrrisators cost
salt Lake the second. Joss,s record Is
failed To strike ont man during The
game. hat was miserly with his hits
shutting out sGlt Lake Unit! The ninth; NTH
oves thei two lonesome credits.
No Support for HuInmel,
Hummel pitched a fast game, but was
almost unsupported his teammates
backing him with town ball instead of
professional. His, sirikeout record was
sever lin spite OF this fact, Devereaux
relieved him in the eighth. Claflm opened.
hut was hooked by Blankenship in the
Initial inning after the lrrigators had
picked over his offerings for six runs
PenGlcion started the scoring machine of
the SEyscrapers in The first inning of
the first game by hammering q home run
aver the garden fence making the cir
cliit himself and driving runner be-
fore him The Irrieators went to pieces
IN the third inning and lost the game.
before the agony was over. The entire
club batted around from Spencer 10 Nor
gan and all but three Of them trailed
safely over the circuit. Their clipping
drives into the Boise garden disconcerted
the lrrigators. who booted at will aud
then indulsed In Wild pegs while the
Saints scampered over the alkali. rails
Ing the dust and almost forcing writer's
cramp on ihe scorers. Several hits wcl
rlaced helped the circus performance
along and Taiaferro was given the worst
support of any pitcher on the lIrigator
staff since the season opened.
Boise up I'VE counts in the first
three innings, taking one In the first.
three In the second and one In the third.
After that both clubs put on the screws
and played close. fast game The IT.
rigators were shut out for six sue
INTO the whitewash for five. scoring the
last run In The ninth through bunt
by Fortier and a Int by Cordtz register
ing the former, During the third In
ming whirlwind play of the Saints Blan-
kcnship attempted his old trick Of pick
ing up the trail and stealing home. but
was tagged by TaIaferro when lie slid
10 the rubber
Saints Go to Pieces
The second game was featured by the
surprising manner In which the sky
scrapers went To pieces and the great
one-hand catch Of Cordtz. Clafin opened
the first inning with hit to Bauer: then
he pcsgcd Stevcns's easy srounder wild
To BlanEcnship. Case was an easy out,
but Bauer beat BlnlSenship.s SLOW. peg
of Flanagans eroundcr. Flick hit In
stevens
walked Kcllackcy and Waters laid down
hunt on which Flanagan and Flick
home on Kings inhold bugie. and
Waters came home on Fortiers wild peg
to catch King. Joss doubled to deep
center. scoring King. Blanlscnship tired
OF cailin's performance and hooked him
for iiumme!. who finished The jnning,
holding the Irrlgators 20 easy outs. SIX
runs The Saints could do nothing In
The scoring line for eight innings. al
though they hlt Joss freely. The Irri-
gators support oould not have been inn
proved upon. salt Lake allowed two
drove out a two-bageer aud liummel as
cendcd walking three. The game de-
velopec into II slaGgnler in the sixth, when
keliackey's prls ma:athoned over the
course for six more credits II was a
relay race 10 register. Three hits, two
walks and batter hit by ball. aided
by the sack pilferine Of the. Irrigators
and the throwing away Of the ball by
the Saints netted six more Not satisfied
with fourteen runs piled up against
them. the Skyscrapcrs opened the eighth
with Dcrereaux pitching, Waters took
kindly 10 his offerings and doubled Joss
singled. scoring Waters, and Boise had
its last run. The two orphan runs OF
the Saints went over in the ninth when
Van singled. Devereaux singled and
Waters erred
After the games both clubs and the
newspaper men were the guests of H.
" Shubcrt al a dinner. given in Tho
Jungle room at the Owyhee hotel.
First Game.