The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-15
SPLIT EXCITING
DOUBLE: HEADER
Salt Lakers Take First Game.
3, to 2, and 0ccidentais
Second. s to Z.
TEAM BEHIND NOSES OUT
VICTORY IN LAST PERIOD
First Contest Is Pitchers Bat
tie, Second Is Swatfest;
Murray Beats Ogden.
Utah State League

The Occidentals and the Salt Lake
team OF the State league divided an ex-
citing double header at Walkers field
Sunday afternoon. Salt Lake took the
first to 2 and the Occidentals the sec
ond s TO Z. Each game was In doubt
until the finish and in each case IL vas
won by the team that was behind which
nosed out victory In a brilliant ninth
inning batting rally,
The iirst game was a pitchers battle
and the second game a sluggers' con-
test. Salt Lake took the first game with
home run by Clark in the ninth, which
was good for two runs. The Occidentals
took the second in the ninth by bunch
ing a two-bagger and two singles.
LsnEford pitched the first game for the
Occidentals and Chevalier was In the box
for Salt Lake Both pitched G,Hse bSts
CheValier was particularly strong with
men on bases. He struck ont ten Oxies
and had the others practically at his
had only one bad inning. the ninth, when
McCroskey's single was followed by
Clark homer.
Second Is Swatfest.
Two runs, five three -baggers and five
two baggers were the long hits OF the
slugglng match that the second contest
developed into. Byrd. acquired by Salt
Lake from Ogden, and Mooney were the
opposing pitchers. Each had pitched
game the day before, which probably ac-
counts for both being hit freely. The
Occidentals started in the lead. but Salt
Lake overcame this and was one ahead
and Mooney punched hits. bringing in
two runs, which put the oxies in the
lead.
The batting honors of the, day went
to McAdoo. the star first sacker for the
Oxies. He got three triples and don-
Bile in the two games. Kyle got home
run in the second game with two men
on. Hicks. for Salt Lake, also got
homo run, but the bases were empty
when he did IT, Hicks hit was one OF
the longest ever made on Walkers field
1t went clear TO the fence in deep center
Hawkins for the Oxes pulled off
brilliant bit of base running by scoring
from second on a sacrifice bunt. He
started to steal third when Langley
scoring while Langley was being thrown
out at first.
Get Into Argument
Umpire Spencer and Dad Clark. field
captain of Salt Lake. got into argu-
ment, Clark protested vigorously and the
umpire ordered him from the field The
umpire went 30 far as to call police
man to take Clark from the field. How
ever, he relented and the game went on
without further official interference.
The crowd was not as large as is usual
for Sunday games at Walkers field. but
it was decidedly enthusiastic and rooted
vigorously all tnc tlHc.
shut-out ball ZIP 10 the fifth In that
inning the Oxies got in their only two
runs. Langley singled and was sacrificed
Black, who was running for Langley.
scored Kyle went to second on the
throw to the plate and TO third on Clark
error. He scored on Langfords grounder
Salt Lake got one in the sixth. Chew
alier was hit by pitched ball and was
sacrificed to second by Forbes FOR Chey-
grounder to Langford. Forbes reaching
first on fielders choice. Mooney. who
was playing center dropped McCroskey>s
The other two runs for Salt Lake came
In the ninth, McCroskey led off with a
single. Then Clark drove a long one. TO
the right field fence. just inside the foul
line. and before McAdoo could rescue the
ball from behind automobiles both Nc
Croskey and Clark had scored with the
winning runs,
Salt Lake Leads OFF.
In the second game Salt Lake started
the scoring in the second when Clark
scoring Clark. The Oxies came back in
the third and got three runs. Langley
lowed with a single, Then Kyle drove
out a beautiful home run to the deep
center field fence. counting three men.
Salt Lake tied the score in It's half o.
Croskey tripled, scoring Forbes and came
homo himself when Bost fumbled Ciark's
groundcr. Singles by Hawkins, Bost and
Langford and triple by McAdoo gave
the Oxies three more runs in the fourth.
In this inning Hawkins beat a bunt to
first. went to second on a wild throw by
Byrd and scored from second on Lang
ley's sacrifice bupt.
Hicks opened Salt Lakes half OF The
fourth with home run drive to the CEN
ter field fence, This was the only run.
however, that Salt Lake was able to get
that inning. Another run was added to
Salt Lakes total in the sixth, when Clark
singled, went to second on Hicks sac
rifice and scored on Scott's double, The
score was tied by Salt Lake in the sew
enth when Scanlon singled and reached
third on Robinson's error. McCroskey
drove a long fly out to Kyle and Scanlon
scored on the throw-in. Salt Lake went
ahead in the eighth when Hicks singled
and scored on Lehr's double
The ONles were BANKED from the
fourth to the ninth, when. one run TO
the bad. they started batting rally that
NOV, fhe game McAdoo doubled and