The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-04
PLUCkY RALLY
WINS VICTORY
Salt Lake Makes Successful
Squirt in Ninth Inning of
Second Game.
DIVIDE DOUBLE-HEADER
WITH M'CL0SKEY'S TEAM
Skyscrapers Make Six Runs in
Final Inning and Break
Even.

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The thrilling finish of yesterdays sec
ond game between Salt Lake and Butte
ts an indication of the intense rivalry
existing between the two teams ana
the game at Cooley park this after
noon should be Just as hard fought
McCloskey has saved Remneas for JUS
this contest which will be single game
double-headers following Saturday ano
Sunday.
CAPTAIN Blankenship used almost his
entire twirling staff in yesterday
double-header, but was careful TO save
Dressan for today's encounter. The
clever southpaw subbed in right felc
in both games but took care OF MI
pitching wing and should be IN great
fettle today.
A duel between Alexander Remneas
backed by the Butte marvels, and Lee
Dressan, the star southpaw OF the
league, Is worth going far to see, ana
the fans should crowd Cooley's PARK
for this contest.
Never again shall the most caustlc OF
critics OF our own team in the Cnion
of Salt Lakes ball club. When any club
can come from far behind in the ninth
Inning Of a ball game, score half ooIen
stall off the opposition. retiring the other
side with the bases full and none OUT.
and winning to Its hats OFF TO the
And that is exactly what Dick Cooley s
fighting team of ball-tossers did In yes
terday's second game The first con
gone to the visitors by the close score OF
to 3 ard McCloskey's men were lead
ing In the ome-stretch by three lengtns
and it was dollars to losing race tickets
that Butte had scored double victory
Skyscrapers Rally,
There goes your ball game" the fans
had said when the first game went into
Buttes winning column and there goes
looked as Il all hope was gone for an
even break on the day. Had Butte
grabbed both games It would have been
aspirations,
Sir Richard Cooley's men seemed to
suddenly awaken to realization OF TINS
OF great ambition to bring the Union
league pennant to Salt Lake, the team
fell on the offerings OF Eddie Quick and
McCloskey brought out the mighty Rem
meas the twIrler reported sold to De-
troit and the iron man who has pitched
in thirty-six games In sixty days time.
But the reputation and prowess OF this
really good slab artist had no effect on
the onward rush of the home guard He
and then made the mistake OF walking
two men to get whack at Bill Orr who
has always been helpless before the wiles
O' But ,eGHsN the Clever Orr SO lame that he
could hardly walk and playing when most
others would ask for relief; smote the
bal! for mighty double against 1nt.G the ef'
Orr lmped home a moment later on
"Brick" Devereaux's wallop with the rur
that hat eventually won .,, the ,.,9ian game, .o,,
muated In this round, ard 1t was none
too many. Butte came back with two
runs In the. last half OF the ninth. bu!
them from tieing UP the count. although
they filed the bases with none out. The
garneness Of the Cooleyites was again
demonstrated when they refused to weak.
en- under the strain and Hummel famed
two Of their hard hitters; Pendleton pull
in of his second sparkling catch OF the
game for an out that kept the visitors
from counting territory
Made Hits Count.
AS IN other games played in this city
Butte succeeded In making It's hits count
for runs. while Salt Lake was weak ir
this respect , The visitors won the frs s
inning. the only one In which theS
counted: On the. other, hand, the mer
under Blankenship outhit the visitors
runs.
In the sixth inning OF the first game
the locals secured double. a single and
two sacrifices and had but one run L
show for their efforts. Again in tht
opening round OF the second game. 9
double, single and base on balls. will
two on bases before an out was made
resulted In single count. And finally
In the third inning OF the finale, three
successive hits failed to produce score
Dressan making wild try for seconc
when he had absolutely no chance to bea
the throw TO that sack,
Cooley Overlooks a Bet.
When Cooley gave Keith Jensen try
out in 4 game last week the tall young
others In the Jensen family understood
the game OF baseball. He gave that in
foEmation TO McCIoskey, however. ant
Honest John took quiet trip to Brig
ham and signed Andrew Jensen. cousil
OF the former state Lacquer and gave hin
tryout In the first game yesterday,
leass1 bas new IL anpeaTs that the the Butt
pitched a great game and hit like {
veteran and is sure Of retention on thu
Butte team Cooley Is wondering At th'
most into the suburbs Of Salt Lake anr
signing a pitcher who would ft in 81
nicely on the local staff.
McCloskey Stalls
Umpire Toman let McCloskey get ava,
With some shrewd work In the Anal in
ming. The astutc Mac stalled" the um
pire and played for darkness 10 end tn.
contest meanwhile giving his chang,
pitcher time 10 warm up. He was get
ting away with the trick when Coole,
rushed onto the diamond and Insisted
on play being at once resumed.
Schimpff for Salt Lake pitched grea
ball for nve innings and then blew up'
with loud report The clever Germa,
ir "sprinter only and cannot 20 tn
full route. HummeI did the relief ac
In both games and performed in mic
style. Had his teammates given him bet
ter support with the bat in the first con
test the tall lad would now be recely
ing congratulations foi pulling ivy
games from the fire. Dressan playe
we'll In the right garden. but Spencer
absence leaves gap In the outfleld
Pendleton, ,played stellar ball. catch i