The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-11
ug wonderful Improvement

showing wonderful Improvement
and fighting hard, Harris's boys gave
dad" Gimliu s men from Ogden a
desperate run on Walkers field before
900 peoPts Saturday afternoon, but
finally lost the game, . TO 5.
The Salt Lake boys were slow OH
the paths and this. with incautious
base running and a couple of hobbies,
gave the game to the Junction City
players. Metcalf on the slab for Salt
Lake, pitched gocG Ball keeping the
twelve hits gsrnere6 off his s!ants toll
erably well scattered, but made an in
excusable wild slam over first base in
the fourth inning that let in a score
instead of retiring the side. A passed
ball helped the Ogden boys to count
once IN the third and muiis of thrown
for them III the fifth.
Ogden scored first in the third in
ming. Frene singled. went 10 second
on passed ball. 10 third on Wessler's
out from McGeehan to Sweeney and
scored on Kutina s double. Davis went
ont from Scanan to Sweeney.
With two gone Gimlin s men count
ed twice more in the fourth. Scott
went from McGeehan to Sweeney and
Harris and Sweeney took care of Clark
with ease. but Rawlins dropped Texas
Lacquer over second for single and
counted when ''Dad' tripled to deep
left. Freine hit an easy one 70 Met
calf. who overthrow first and the big
hurler went on TO third, but Plake re,
tired the side, going out from Scanlan
TO Sweeney.
Scores Two More
In the fifth Ogden counted its last
runs. Wessler singled. went to see
ond on kutina s out from Mctcalf to
Sweeney, and on TO third on Davis 5
single. Then he and Davis started a
double steal and Wessler counted ana
Davis got to second safely when
Sweeney dropped Metcalf's throw and
Harris missed Swecney's throw. Davis
went TO third on passed ball and
counted on Scott's single, but Scott
was caught trying 10 make his hit
rood for an extra base. Clark skied TO
Seaman
Slow work on the paths and reck
less base running lost Salt Lake an
excellent chance to score twice IN the
third period. Harris singled, but was
too slow in getting down and was
thrown out at second trying to stretch
las Hit iNlt n uouDlt, Il U. DtS Ultt luG
same fate on his single and McGeehan,
after polling out a clean single, was
nIpped trying to steal second. Mar
getts IS decisions in all three cases were
close and it looked to the fans as If
the runners did not get the benefit or
the doubt.
Salt Lake got its first run in the
sixth when McGeehan doubled and
came home on Scanlan's single. Short
sacrificed Seanlan to second but Little
and Wicker struck out.
Salt Lakes second and final count
came in the eighth. Forbes was
walked McGeehan struck ont and
Scanlan flew to Kutina Forbes should
have gone to third on Shorts single
but was too slow, He scored, however,
when Rawllns messed Little IS groundev
and Scott dropped Rawlins' S peg With
Short on third. Wicker was an easy
out from Freinc to Clark.
In the double -header against Murray on
Walkers field this afternoon Black will
pitch Kyle. Mooney and possibly White.
Fortler VIII work Price and Harrison and
new man II he arrives in time.
The Harris minstrels. now al Farming
ton, Will come 10 Salt Lake today To- root
for the Oxies and incidentally they will
give selections between innings. Mead
will umpire the games