The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-03

BlankensEips Saints romped away with
the opener OF the series with Honest
John" McCloskey's Mountmen al Cooley
park Tuesday afternoon The score was
II 10 4.
In the north. Missouia surprised every
body by taking the curtain raiser with
the Irrlgators at Boise s To .. while the
Great Falls Electrics. at Helena. trimmed
lrby's Sens tors for the sixth time.
Yesterdays results gave the percentage
table n severe shakeup. Salt Lake now
holds second place undiSputed while Butte
drops from second To third position and
Missoula comes from fifth 10 fourth Boise
drops TO fifth.
BY fast. aggressive work. Blankenship's
men sewed the initial contest with the
Mountmen MP In the first two innings
counting twice In the initial period and
five times In the second. The Saints were
not content with this, however, and kept
circling the bases until they had rolled
the grand total up TO twelve runs
In he meantme n me nSi ,9ey banked hne the
Jachs. on the slab for Salt Lake, VINO
again had trouble in locating the plate.
got generous and inte-spersed hits with
walks until the Mountmcn had counted
three times. In the ninth Orr and Blank
enship helped Jachs TO give the Mount
men run the first by throwing little
wide 10 first on Marshall's hot grounder
and the second by allowing the throw
TO escape,
Jachs Again Generous.
BY his generosity in giving the Mount
men free transportation TO first, Jachs
continually got himself into deep holes.
but with the aid of sharp fielding the
big hurler always came out of trouble
without allowing the visitors 10 count
until the ninth period. Besides walking
five. Jachs hit one. He struck out nine
men.
Besides fielding in brilliant form and
running bases like 4 flash. with both
cunning and daring. Bankenship's men
had pesky way of coming back with
the first. fourth and sixth innings the
Saints showed their lighting spirit by
hammerins IN total of six runs after
two men had gone out This aggressive
ness took the breath out OF the Mount
men and left them helpless. besides
speechiess.
NcCloskey used three pitchers in the
effort 10 stop the Saints from romping
around the bases, Blankenship's men,
however, treated all of Honest Johns"
hurlers alike. Kane. McCloskey's star
lasted about one and one third innings
After the Saints had counted four times
McCloskey shunted Kane for Krsthaler.
a splitter. upon whom Blankenship's men
When 'Bulger' Walsh. the first man up
in the seventh period. whaled the bail
over owe The @ right field fence for home
and sent a hurryup call for Brown to
come in from left ne6. with the Saints
exhausted from circlng the bags Brown
held them runlcss for the last two bat
ting periods Brown allowed two hits
and struck out two men.
hirsthalcr walked nobody but he hit
Two batters, He struck out two and
Kane one
Jachs was particularly effective against
"Homerun' Joe Marshall touted AS p
wonderful pinch hitter. In five times at
bat Marshall got one lone single. once.
the first time up, he ngloriously struck
out.
Blankenship starred at bat for the
saints. III three times up he cracked
out two bngles. The other time he was
MT. giving him batting percentage of
LOCO. One OF Blanks binGles was good
Tor an extra base. BlankenshiD scored
four Of the Saints dozen tallies
Jachs was in trouble owing TO in
ability 10 keep the. ball in the alley from
the ring OF the gong but effectiveness,
coupled with sharp fielding. saved him
for time, Fries heading the batting
list. was walked in the initial session.
and vas sacrificed to second by Mathes
Jachs settled down. however, and forced
Brown TO foul out to Blank and struck
out Marshall.
With two down Blank Was walked
and went TO third when Foley mussed
scoring Blank and Cordtz. but went out
trying to stretch his double into n trinIa,
Aftcr striking out Dudv and Foley In
the second Jachs allowed Rockey. who
stole second, to single but Hannah went