The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-23
A Rain Check

Pete Moreno held his until the sixth inning,
head followed with vicions line drive between Mo"
rcno's shoulder and White scored and the Mex
recovered Dutch schmidt & whaled e b the ball over the
lefIfield fenco and three rms the game.
The morning paper proudly called attention to the
fact that Bates struck fourteen mon. gave only
0n Wa Dl m was e % I so o
variety.
Bates and White became popular hYoes receiy, S.
at the billiard paror. Tucson, said the followers of
Let the Grays, the Coyotes and the TerroTs take
tice
Eli Bates-FsGet There, Eli,'' as he was christened-
s n srhasa a Psa 1S 0wn
to and to ! in favor Of the Eagles.
the uHdaT Sben a s w g0fb be on
score, Eagles 2. Terrors 0.
by none became the terrors Of the the Arizona circuit
The betting switched until Tucson mon fought for
Patsy Delaney his es ON and
IT won eight games out Of ten, Eli Bates scoring six
Delaney bought diamond horseshoe as big as
ss SytF n half 1 dollar and formally every team
fortune betting on Bates games and the redhead had
never even been close to defeat.
'oily Tom y Blake gambler reported to be worth
We'll into five figures, received cal! from George
found it, and unfolded plan which caused Oily Tom
TO set out s some ne TsTg aged and open box Of
nodding from time to time.
It's the, the softest f. thing you ever saw" nrged
name, because this pitcher hasn t lost game, and
never even had to pitch his best against these clubs
Moreno S With a. bed s That mighty
good pitcher And if don t get any runs off him,
s to @ easiest l Il the nspa6s w to % bs he
and he gives couple of bases balls and cut in
o Tia a heaHS eh WsS R go
ernment bond. With the amount of money they re
betting now y9u, ought to be able to clean up eight
Eyes" said Blake thoughtfully. "but what seeur.
ity do I get for my moneys How do I know that
sGe se IA ai1 sf9g to mo instead of everybody
White fished ont roll of bills
"Put that in with what you bet,' he said.
..Thats Bates's money and mine-five hundred.
Think p we'd double cross our own betsi,'
Saturday the Bisbee Grizzlies were coming to
P ho last They not
struck out many of the Bsbee players that it
becoming a habit with him.
ap spo yhSat 2 the sass msatS
do for Blake to appear in the transaction but
from Bisbee might do the work Blake wrote letter,
and sat down to wait developments. He knew the
to whom the letter written too well for that
mans peace Of mind and he felt sure that his friend
Mayhem would not fail him.
On Thursday registered at the best hotel in
TUCSON and ss5awsd S BSbeG S after his
some money here that says you We got ball club in
Tucson
tsAl the two to one you wantl" said the clerk.
''There's right over there by the cigar stand
who was just saying he d like to get betS'
driftcd to the desk in time to hear the Bisbee
say that Moreno's arm was better than
na of s
offered to bet that he WASH and the hotel clerk held
That was the opening gun of the campaign, and
Oily Tom was under cover TUCSON received this Bis
roll a ammo ced
his intention of going broke if Pete Moreno not
willing to accommodatc him, and he did iandoffice
business for two days, and bet too large for
one and he got it. and his only stipulation was that
the money should 60 on the game in which Moreno
Kelly managed to beat the Grizzlies by score Of
S ns left sRgd tS ng in the box eE the
and Moreno as every one knew it would be- and there
bee at the usual ef for tWo tMs
''she's working fine said Tom Blake to White
ae gtf Re aant At his in the
against seventy-si1 hundred, and well get another
thousand md on tengt sure Your bet the
These people would Just naturally lynch you if they
Leave ss it fteo to said White easily rhere won
be anything that d9esn = look natural You know
hit it and Bates can hit it, but we re going to miss
it tomorrow. Bates is going to hold 7em down to
shoot couple of runs in without anybody knowing
how it was done, Don't you worry, old horse You
grab all the money you get and we III deliver
You see that we get fifty per cent of the clean
up; that's all.''
cali right said Blake e.If you're satisfied
am. But you remember and don t be too raw with
this thing. We seen men hung in this country FOR
less''
Sunday dawned clear and cool, under a sky dappled
with tiny fleecy clouds The sporting population of
Tucson managed TO exist until noon when il snatched
hasty lunch. and the exodus to the ball park began
The lone ticket seller, working with both hands sur
81 NpH line an6r orlro L.
it was going to be big day. if not the big day, Of
the season. ~ =
dressing room for the players 1t was character
lstic of White s caution that he had seldom if ever
been the COMPANY of tho red- -bcadad ,;+,ho-