The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-26
SALT LAKE HITS
WINNING STREAK
HOodoo Disappears During d
Hard Fought Game Which
Helena Lost.
DRESSAN AND MORGAN DO
GOOD WORK IN THE Bon
Blankenship Is Catching and
Team Has Recovered Con-
iidence i'm Itself.
Bv w. D. BrQtz

Especial Correspondent Of The Tribunc)
HELENA, Mont, Aug. 25.-The Salt
Lake Skyscrapcrs Won a hard-fouSht
game this afternoon because they played
superior baseball. With Manager Blank :
cnship back at the receiving end Of the
battery, the boys played ball In some
thing like their usual home form, Leo
Dressan worked nicely until the ninth
inning, but when he found himself ~
4 bad dilemma with the bases full. Bill
Morgan stepped in With everything at
his command and saved the day.
While the hit column should show that
tho teams had about an equal number
of hits, Salt Lakes hits came at op,
perfume moments. Brick Devereaux and
ictne Spencer were the boys who mt
in the runs at a timely double each;
DrcssJn found himself in a number of
bad holes, but with the assistance OF
several sensational plays by Orr and gen
orally good team work behind him. he
was always able 10 cxtrlcate himself up
III the ninth when Morgan came 10 the
rescue
Four times Helena opened An Inning
with one Of its men getting a clean hit
but pressan always tightcned up and
came out with colors flying.
Cordtz First One In,
salt Lakes first run came in the sec
ond and partially q gift. Cordtz hit
10 killilay. who furnbled long enough for
safety. Van sacrificed Cordtz TO second.
tordtz kept or going rs he rounded see
ond. and Connelly's throw 10 third was
so bad that he had ample time to
score
With two down. Abbott Was given
M at frs, OH 4 nit hy pitched ball,
sankenship advanced him 20 third with
4 clean single, and then Brick DcvcreauX
hit for two sacks TO the right center
fell fence. scoring both men ahead Of
him. Brick wns caught trying 10 stretch
IL into triple.
Drcssar led off with a double in the
ninth. IIeine Spencer With three and
two oil him hit ono on a line over
Stsvenss head for another two-sacl5er
and scored Dressan The next three men
went out
Helena scored the first run in the
fourth. Stevens hit that loft Tor "a single,
and Thompson and Murray followed With
saf, one for ono base each. scoring
Stevens. The next two men flied out 10.
Van.
III" Skyscrapors in the ninth and 1t
looked very much AS it tho three run
lrad would amount 10 naught. kllltlay,
ss Rso iTs st., man hip np singled 9ysr seSonS SonS
which the latter dropped while in the
act OF running back on II. Dressau then
added insult TO injury by hitting Jrby
who WAS batting for Bryan, filling the
baseS
Blankeuship Immediately sent In Nor
gan who had been warming up all aft
crnooH-
Morgan Saves Game
and players did not try I'm their efforts
to rattle Morgan, IL would be too insig
niilcant to mention. They tried every
Thing. even TO climbing over the fence
on TO the playing field. so that Umpire
Lswlcr had to call time and send them
back. Morgan held Is ground. though,
Fills fast splitter has been working but
about half the time on the trip. but IL
was working today. so that Banlen-
ship was compelled TO duck after them
in sl directions.
kibble, the first man To fnce Morgan.
popped up an easy one To Blankenship.
Connolly lined one down toward third
that came near taking Bricks leg with
il. but Orr started the fans on their
homeward journey when he sDeared the
ball e-handed and threw Irby out at
second. ktllilay had crossed the plato.
but Irby was the second out and men
were now occupying first and third only.
Rlankenship.. yelled to the boys 10
play IL safe"
Wood who has Won two games from
tic SkyscraDers this week with timely
hits. was the next man. Morgan forced
him 20 miss two curves and 10 pop the
third one up into an easy chance for
Orr. retiring the side.