The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-26
Salt Lake Has Easy Victory
Over Missoulans in Open
ing Game at Cooley
Park.
HUMMEL EFFECTIVE
AGAINST VISITORS
Boise Trounces Butte and
Great Falls Wins From
Helena; Large Attend
ance Everywhere.
UNION LEAGUE RESULTS.
Salt Lake, Is; Missoula, 4.
Great Falls, 8: Helena, 5.
Boise, 6; Butte. l.
TODAY'S BATTERIES HERE.
Salt Lake-Morgan and Perkins.
Missoula-McCaferty and Han
son,

Salt Lake crushed Missoula at Cooley
park Tuesday afternoon In The opening
game here OF the Union Baseball asso-
ciation, The score was 10 to 4. Three
thousand people witnessed the slaughter.
While Blankenship's skyscrapers were
overwhelming the scrappcrs here base
ball extravaganzas were opened In two
other towns Of the Union circuit AT
Boise the Irrlgators defeated the Smoke
caters from Butte. to l, and at Great
Falls lrby's Senators from Helena lost
a close game to George Reeds Warriors.
. TO g. Enormous crowds saw these games.
too.
Besides being generous the crowd was
cosmopolitan. The fans were there. in
cluding the old guard and there was a
city officialdom also was represented. 1t
was a good multitude OF diamond euthu
sasts for a week day in Utahs capital
, me game was W s preceded ,11,5y BY an aut9mo, mo
teams and club owners and league Off
ciais participated. The route for the
parade was from the Albert hotel on
South West Temple street 10 State street
on Second South. up State to First South
and across TO West Temple; up that
thoroughfare TO South Temple and then
10 Main street and the park
The crowd began 10 gather immedi-
ately at the end Of the parade and con-
tlnued to come unlll after the game was
begun. Both teams were given a hand
by the fans when they went onto the
rield for the preliminary practices. Gov
ernor Spry. who was to toss the first ball:
was unaVoidably detained at the last
minute and sent word that he could not
come. so Charles Griffin. one OF the old
est baseball men in Utah, was designated
TO act in the chief executives stead.
Griffin split the oyster, but this ball was
not counted. After lie had posed for a
photograph, his jumps, Jimmy Toman ut
tered-rather howled-the magic words.
'fPlay ball." and the curtain raiser was
on.
Hummel in Superb Form,
Hummel on the slab for Salt Lake.
was decidedly unceremontous TO the yist
tors. He was IN Superb form and hurled
mel had speed to burn and his curves were
breaking right. Displaying mid-season
form he pitched an tight game and
should have had 2 shutout TO his credit.
But for misplays behind him no would
have this distinction.
liummcl allowed only five hits and two
of these were decidedly scratchy. He
made ten MIssouans bite The dust Only
one visitor was walked but two of Hum
mcrs slants pinkcd ~ many of Joyce's
warriors. The Salt Lake boy began at
terrific pace but finished stronger than hc
started Only three men faced him in
the ninth period and these three bit the
dust
McCarferty started out well for Mis-
Soula but mlsplays behind him soon got
him into trouble and he was not able to
stem the tide. After SIX hits which. with
errors, were good for nine runs. had been
made of him joyce, who had been grimly
but silently watching the balloon asccn-
sion from the right field sldcllpes. applied
a derrick to his big hurlcr and hoisted
him out Of the game 10 make room for
Shambcau, The wisdom Of this move was
not demonstrated in the progress Sham
beau made. for the Saints garnerad twelve
hits of the substitute IN the remainder
/ Of the game and scored four more times.
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