The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-20

Billy Fortier's All Stars played horse
with the Park City baseball team yester-
day afternoon at Walkers field and took
the game easily by score OF Il TO 3.
The All Stars were selected from the Salt
Lake, Ogden and Murray teams OF the
state league. They played somewhat out
OF their positions, but played a good gams
nevertheless,
The Park City team was outclassed all
OF the way and although they played a
fairly good game In the field they We're
weak at the bat and the smuggling ability
of the All Stars was too much for the
small town team. Singleton pitched tor
He was finally replaced by Barry, who did
we'll, but his success was probably rather
due to the fact that Fortier's men were
tired OF running bases.
luck, too. Two fluke home runs were Sc
cured by Salt Lake In one inning, In
each case the drive should have been
only a single. but the ball each time was
lost In the long grass and before it was
found the batter had clrcled the bases.
One OF these huke home runs came when
runs.
After getting the game safely tucked
away the stars played horse. Fortier
pitched the last couple of innings. and In
the ninth the outfieders refused to go
out into the outfeld. They came to the
inneld and sat down. which was just as
positions. for the only three Park men
feders.
All OF the stars hit the ball hard. but
five trips TO the plate he got three
bagger. three two-ba ggers and a single.
Forbes and Harris each got fluke home
run. Harrison pitched for the locals un-
I'll the game was safe Then he was re
placed by Fortier. Biesner OF Park City
hit the first ball Fortier pitched for a
t..r-, hot hat hn
secured off the Murray catcher's fancy
pitching delivery.
Versatile Players
The assignments OF the positions on the
| All-Star team was peculiar. Good, the
MurraS outfielder. caught: Harrison. the
| the Murray catcher, was at first. Harris.
Salt Lakes second baseman. was at sec
cnd: Forbes, a Salt Lake outfelder. was
at third, Scott the Ogden catcher, was
at short, Book and Farley, Murray out
| helders, and Jensen, the Salt Lake pitch
cr. were in the outfield.
| This appeared too good arrangement.
however, and il was shifted a bit after
the game had progressed several innings
| Book and Scott changed places. Metcalf.
a Salt Lake pitcher. replaced Farley In
the outlield. Forter went in to pitch and
Harrison covered first. In the ninth In
| ming Wicker. a Salt Lake outhelder in
street clothes. went in to take Jensen's
place in the outield, but ii was too far
a sort OF assistant shortstop AS sutH he
| made a fancy catch of Singleton's pop
UP. the last out OF the game
Park City led off like winners. After
| Dale had struck out Biesner singled Err
| rors by Forbes and Scott let Biesncr
score and allowed Barry and Dooly get
on The two latter worked a fancy dou-
| BILE steal. scoring Barry. Dale got on
| in the third on Harris's error. went TO
| third on Biesner's sacrifice and scored on
| Elliott's singles. But that was AS far
as Park City boys got. These three runs
| were their total.
The Ail-stars began to cinch things
rom the start Forbes got TO Iirst on
| ing Forbes, Scott doubled. scoring For
| tier. Scott went to third when Good was
thrown out at first and scored on a passed
ball, In the third. with two down. For,
tier beat out bunt. Scott was hit, Good
| doubled and Harrison and Book singled.
| netting the stars three runs,
The Slaughter.
Another run WAS added in the fourth
| by the locals. With two down Forbes.
who had reached FIRST on a feders choice.
stole second and scored on Forlier's dou-
BILE. The Greek fire was lighted in the
fifth. Good led off with a single and
Harrison sent him 10 third with another
when Book reached first. Metcalf sin
| gled. fllinE the bases Jensen hit to
Sineet ton and forced Harrison at home.
Then Harrison drove what should have
| been single over third 10 the tall grass
Of the outheld. 1t was lost in the grass
and everybody romped home while the
| whole Park City team looked for the
| ball. Forbes. next upo hit liner TO al
| most the same point in the haY which
Harrisons liner located and the perform
ance was duplicated except that Forbes
was the only one To count on his huke
| home run. Fortier doubled and Scott sin
gled, but Good mercifsilv struck out, re-
| tiring the Side. The inning had netted
| the locals five runs.
| That ended the run getting. Barry re-
| placed Singleton for Park City and in
| three innings held the stars To two hits
and no runs Fortier went IL for Salt