The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-09
Two Leaders WIZ
Struggle for First
Salt Lake and Great Falls Will
Open Series at Cooley Park
Today.
BATTLE BETWEEN PITCHERS
Hummel and Eastman, Stars OF
the League, Will Oppose Each
Other.

The battle for the top of the percentage
column In the Union association standing
will be fought today at Cooley park be
tween Salt Lake and Great rails Gfeat Ia,t
a nose, with Salt Lake bang up seconu
Victory today for Salt Lake means, the
top OF the column. victory for Great
Falls means a tighter grip on first place.
The series to be played here this week
will give a good line on the relative
strength OF the various clubs: Although
Great Falls leads the league its strength
IS still uncertain. IL has Just completed
a double series with Helena. capturing
nine out of twelve sames and ueing an
other. Helena is conceded TO be the
weakest club in the league. so that IL is
possible that Great Falls is not rs strong
as IL appears TO be
Salt Lake LOOKS Best.
Salt Lake fans will not be persuaded
that Salt Lake has not the best club in
the league and they will be disappointed
II the locals do not take at least four or
FIVE OF the seven games scheduled for
the week With Great Falls. Salt Lake
six out OF seven from Butte, They VIII
be home three weeks more. and IL they
keep up this gait the Skyscrapers Will
have nice lead on the other clubs when
they start TO make their trip abroad.
Boise took a slump in the Missou!a
series and Is now mex, 10 the bottom,
They will meet the Helena team this
week, and the scrap will be TO keep from
being at the foot OF the ladder, Helena
has strengthened somewhat since its de-
teats by Great Falls and Helena fans
predict that the tail blenders Will now be-
gin TO climb.
From the showing OF the two teams
against Salt Lake. Butte and Missoula
are evenly matched Missoula probably
has the best pitchers and does the bet
Ter helding. Suite has the heavier HIT
ters. The series at Missoula should
prove especially interesting.
The Great Falls team arrived i'm salt
Lake yesterday afternoon and has been
quartered al the MoEun. George Reed,
the old Southern league masnatc. who
owns and manages the Great rails team.
is elated over his victories over Helena
and the position at The top of the col
9mn that his team has attained, lie
declares that he has the pennant already
cinched and has thought of announcing
pennanl raising day at his Great Falls
park He is gracious enough TO conccde
the fact that Salt Lake is the contender
IN the pennant race and that he Will he
satisfied with a bare majority of the
games OF this weeks series.
Hunlmel Will Pitch.
Two ,nyincihles will oppose each other
in today's game. Hummel, who Will
defeat Blankenshlp wants 10 be sure
OF his FIRST game. so he is putting in his
star pitcher to take today's game or
die trying. Eastman, who will be in
the box for Great Falls, like Hummel,
has known no defeat this year. He has
Doth stuff" and smoke, His curves
&c pbEHuH5 anu MS sISsC IS marvellous.
Everything portends a pitchers battle to-
day.
Little Perkins Salt Lakes game
catcher. will be behind the bat in today's
game despite his injury Sunday. Man
ager Blankenship VIII go back TO first
base. salt Lake will be somewhat hand-
capped by the loss of Van. who dislocated
hls shoulder Sunday. With good luck
the hard hitting outfielder will be back
in the game in two or three days "Bul-
ger" Smith, Blankenshlp's handy utility
man, Will play right field while Van is
Out Of the game.
Jimmy Toman, who has been handling
the indicator in the Union league games
here the last TWO weeks. left for Boise
Yesterday for a three weeks stay Toma
VIII be succeeded here by Ralph Frary
VINO will remain in Salt Lake three weeks
Rasty Wright will go TO Mlssoula for
two or three weeks.
II VIII be seven or eight weeks before
loman viii get back Ia Salt Lake and
his absence will be regretted by both the
salt Lake fans and players. as Toman
has given deep satisfaction. While firm
ne is fair and the absence of wrangiing
between umpire and players is a pleasant
change for the fans