The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-30
OGDEN DEFEATED IN
SEASONS OPENER
Butte Team Wins From the
Junction City Club by
Score Of 7 to 5.
Special to The Tribune.

! Special TO The Tribune.
| OGDEN, April 2e.-More than 1900
''hrst-day' fans, largo crowd consid-
cring that the weather was threatening
saw Ogden's baseball club, the team they
expect TO win the Union association
bunting, outhit and defeated by the
Butte Miners in the first game OF the
league season at Glenwood park this af-
ternoon The score was to ..
The conflict was featured by the usual
opening day ceremonies, with parade
in the downtown district and prominent
officials figuring in the tossing of the
first ball. In the latter affair, Mayor
a. G. Fell acted as pitcher while Presi-
dent II. NJ. Rowe OF the Weber club,
very properly equipped with catchers
hide at the plate. De Maggie, Man
ager Merkles top man on the batting
orders, swung madly without connecting.
In the parade were high school cadets,
the cadet drum corps and a squad OF
pohce. followed by many automobiles, in
which city officials. officers OF the Weber
club and members OF the two ball clubs
rode.
Manager Merlile doped it rightly in re-
ierring TO his crowd as having plenty Of
pepper. The aggregation. is one which,
give an exceedingly good account OF Itself
in the Union league this season. AS
promised during the preseason days,
Manager Kitty, Knight had his men
be placed on the doorstep of Pitcher
keIlogg who will make himself known
around the circuit this season, Perhaps
it was just timdiry which landed Og
den at the short end of today's count
During the earlier stages there was a
valid excuse for looking TO the preser
walton OF lie and limb. for the March
logg during the first three or four In
nings.
But the impression on the part OF the
Ogden batsmen was lasting and conf
dence was not restored until the ninth
inning. when a trio of safe ones, after
two were down, gave knights men two
runs and threw scare into the visitors.
Laird started it with a triple, which
might have been extended into q home
run had a bad ankle not forced him TO
call halt at third, With Foster on af-
ter two had scored, Knight sent Reming--
ton In to hit for Jones, but he. failed
to produce. A start like this in the
previous inning, with Speedburner kel,
logg on the slide, would have ended
Manager Merkles men got away to
good start by sending "Rube Levy
across with the honor run in the open
Ogden in the first round, but was caught
off the bag. only three men facing kel- |
logg. The speedboys went into the lead
In their half Of the second when. Wes-
sler connected for the first safe drive
a two -bagger-and scored the first Og-
den run on Murray's double Hayes,
who had been beaned, also came over
After holding the visitors scoreless In |
the third, knights men increased their
lead when Foster scored after polling one
lost in the fourth when. Hayes ,muffed
Fosters throw on Duddy's grounder and
Laird failed to connect with Fowler's
toss on Marshall,s saeriice oriet' the
G,-,si IN Ia yT1 n
gIed 10 left and buddy scored on kel- |
loggs single to center, the big hurdier
adding materially TO his own honors by
for three. singles during the
festivities De Maggio's sacrifice fly put
Marshall across before Turgeon retired
the side.
fans a taste OF midseason form during
the next three rounds, Butte being the
first 10 break the spell with a lone run
in the eighth and added two more to
Levy again doing the real damage with
another double. which he unsuccessfuly
tried 10 stretch into a triple
There was a dismal outlook for Og- |
den In the last half OF the ninth, when
Jack Murray swung fercey three times
with nothing but dents In the atmosphere
the man released a few days ago by
Manager MerlSle, flied out to Marshall IN
center. It was then that Laird started
the rally by ,cloutIng TO the far south;
with "Hinkey" Van after he had nego
tiated third and the latter mad no trou-
bile scoring on Moorehead's single 10
right Moorehead himself came in when
Foster doubled to center. Although |
Jones has been regarded throughout the |
training season as one Of the best hit |
fers he was Kellogg's strlkeout victim
twice i'm four times up today, and Knight |
sent Remington in TO hit for the third
sacker The tail pitcher could not solve |
his opponents delivery on such short
notice and retired the side with three
swiDes The score:
BUTTE OGDEN,