The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-09
STEANROLLERS
DEFEAT THE BIC
ST|CKS,72 TO D.
Result of Meeting of the Re-
publican National Commit,
tee Told in the Sport
ing Vernacular.
COACH DIXON SENDS
WORD TO HIS CHIEF
Owner of Big Sticks Expected
to Do the Pitching for His
Team Early Next Week,
Unless All Signs Fail.
BY WILLIAM n. CULVER.


Roosevelt, o. Innings played-Two.
Batting nverages-Taft Steam
~ rollers. 1000; Roosevelt Big Sticks,
900 Fielding averages-Dittc.
There, IN the imperfect but passable
sporting vernacular that Colonel Roose-
Welt likes, is the not result Of his two
days encounter with the famous steam
roller otherwise known as the Republican
national committed
translated Into language that might
be understood by Senator w. Murray
Crane or Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, it
means that in the two sessions of the
| national committee to hear arguments
over contested seats to the national con-
vendon, 72 delegates who favor Taft for
president have been seated, and that not
a single Roosevelt delegate has won q
contested seat
Today 4s contests from Arkansas,
Florida and Georgia were decided In ia
vor Of the Taft Delegates. Friday the
Taft delegates won 81 disputed seats
Total, "a
Really. though, the score looks moro
like that OF a cricket game than 1t does
the score Of a baseball match Any bush
league pitcher who would permit that
| score in two innings would, as one might
say, II he were Irish, have been sent to
the clubhouse long ago.
Seven More Innings
And II the Steamrollers maintain their
| speed and teamwork for the full nine in
ninss. the Big Sticks will, to mix the
sporting phrase. take the count sure
enough, And nine innings Is Just what
the game Is scheduled to go-six more
next week, with one on Monday Of the
following week, plus the two already
played. makes the exact number.
The Big Sticks are much afraid that
! their present team cannot stand the
weight and skill Of the Steamrollers
That is why the rumors increase that,
from the bench, Manager Dixon has al
ready high-sIgned the teams distress to
Oyster Bay, and that the owner Of the
team. Colonel Roosevelt, Is warming up
He is expected to take long running
jump right into the middle Of the game
early next week to do his own pitch
ing.
1t was an interesting, but not an e1-
citing inning that was played at the
Coliseum Annex today. Most Of the fun
came from tho coaches on the side lines.
The Steamrollers were SO steady and did
their work SO easily that their Skill and
speed could be told only by the big score.
The Big Sticks were wapbling all the
time, and not once did tho whole team
get into play at the Same time. Part OF
the time, in fact, leading Big Sticks
were playing on the Steamrollers side.
Tawney in Lineup.
There was only one new sub In the
lineup OF the Steamrollers-James a.
Tawney Of WLnona fame, who won't In
for Blodgett of Michigan. He Is regarded
as one of the best pinch hitters III the
country, but was not called upon today
to show his strength. Charles Fl Duen
aubbed for Ward Of New York on the
That much for the sporting side of the
contest hearings, Summarized as politi-
cal doings, the results OF another six
hours sitting OF the national committee
Six Taft delegates from Arkansas-tho
Third, Fourth and Seventh districts-l
district delegates the only, real division
OF the day occurred. and then the count
was 10 for Roosevelt to Al for Taft.
The whole list Of Taft delegates from
tho unanimous vote Of the ,committee.
Twenty-eight Taft delegates from
Georgia We're given seats prdCtlcally
without objection from the Roosevelt
members OF the committee Those Roose-
veltians were tired OF roll calls by that
time and the votes were viva voce, and
only now and then was there a half
hearted and murmured mo" when the
question was put
Weak Case at Start.
The hearing was started with the con-
test for the Fourth Arkansas district
The case the Rooseveltians made WAS soi
weak that Frank q, kellogg, the Roose
Welt leader in Senator Borah's absence,