The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-09

what did ii amount 70! No hing Baseball Bah
checks before they received them but for man WITH
money in FIVE banks and acres OF real estate. II was
Your mmsdq!e attention on Is 6, nese,.ary
the ninth topped a drop ball and hit high b0Uuder
down the inReid When tho -horistop his hands
IT, he lagh as Tel nave put ne oai n & MS PorEe' a.
first base line Pete Carr handled il perfectly bu, Mes
mer covering first the run dropped the toss, and
.'Dal' safe
The stands began 70 yen at the AGsches Ee'eees
agitated. md Carr was barking MesHc who suared
5 back s him; the onaeld was but ore man
flaw IN his title to tcn-aere tract
Fuzzy Carey was the next man .up; lie dropped
.'Thcy re going yelled Jordan in c't field
''of course they re going. " thought Gus Why
short hy The inheid between LETT and center;
leave The bat. 1, woudn I be n cinch. ne that
that deed investigated time to sell the land 70 the
new manufacturing company,
Bergstrom's big body was playing baseball bis
mind was selling Ohio zeal estate That was the reason
Gibraltar heard IT, and knew that had been ordered
to make the catch Bergstrom would back him up the
Two runners paused midway between the bases ready
10 dart in either direction
o,.h. Troublg on that one howIed the Renegade
Bergstrom recalled from Ohio by stunning
impact which seemed to knock tho bottom out of the
hand and wondering what had happened to Jordan,
to and W fro os G "osed 0 G% 5o hand
'sYOu big mutt, gr9;aned Gibraltar That was
now you We trod the whole ankle oil me besides bust
ing my skull wide OPEN! -
Bergstrom, g head cleared; he looked around for
the ball 1t was safe third base. and so was Fuzzy
Ay ball had gone for triple
The fans were shouting and 'boohing." Pete
tossing his oTe no @ a s ea:G
around Jordan and helped him OF the field; substi
to his poson FGwnp oae his oer ike
ANNOYED BY terriers If Myers had let him go home
Gus Bergstrom was the last man TO reach the
Ssed at him S Called $'i BIN 's S2 me
other pncomplimentary names Not that Gus cared
dfty-ssnt customers said about him a: lie knew thai
the idol Of Monday is the dog on Tuesday.
There are no hired men in the world who throw into
their daily work half the enthusiasm and nervous
teur sporsmen fight harder against defeat or cry loud
eE when it comes The Apaches had fought uphill al
They had the game only to it thrown away BY
an inexcusable blunder
Hrecrackers Bergstrom came within hearing die
tance Sarcasm, inyeetivc. and downright abuse flick
ed along the bencn IKE heat lightning playing along
''You blind stif.'' snarled wslrus Potter ''Petc
FRht along in with that thick hend of yours and bus,
up the game! Fine lot of you We made of US
Pete Carr forgot the kid-glove policy.
'tYou big eather-neek, YOU ought to be catching
barrels & off fl beer wagon What 5 kind Of baseball DO
TO fine YOU for that play!''
Gs aps% hi him .t hell s1SSpGed th 1 En'1d
bet you could run an auger clear through that swede
rbe9 s R Sas
by dots and dashes and exclamation points with
b % sam tn had .sd anvb ns
lie remembered in dull, heavy fashion, that ne
10 He picked
out his favorte stick and suddenly all the anger thai
into white flame Bergstrom hurled the bat from him
wth savage curse. and started to walk off the field
'iGus, you re next upl' he cried.
''You and your team to the DEVIL" safd Berg
thickly.
the grand stand and hurried through the runway
which led to the clubhouse
A substitute batted for Berestrom, and the aeouv
prolonged for FIVE minutes, but the Renegade'
by score of FIVE to three
Pete Carr was the first to reach the club
house Jake Myers met him at the door. perspiriug
freely and sucking exctedly at an qnllg5tea clgaT
ager f'You've spilled the beans for fair, You gave
Bergstrom the excuse lie looking for all season
and he's qutl''
creant one he sueny kicked his way into his
street clothes He was deaf to entTeaty and dume
to cigar store Indian.
Berrstrom snapped on his madc.gp bow tie parted
and swept the with his light blue Walking
across TO his locker he kicked his soiled uniform
Of sight and slammed the door At the threshold he
the locker key. which he dropped the floor, and
then squaring his shoulders with grunt. ho strode
out of the clubhouse. Jake Myers trotted at bis
heels arguing eutreating. threatening.
"A-hh.h!' said Potter 'flet him go! he II Sit
over ~ That old ten thousand year looks good to
him
''What did want 10 go and jump him forf
snapped Jordan from the corner where ne sitting
with his feet in a bucket OF hot water ''You know
how Gus is; YOU can 7 drive him inch. You ought
TO have had better sense.
Bad news travels fast pnrticularly when
paper men cross the trail The evening sporting
ners carried great red headlines. \ reporter who FOL
lowed Bergstrom from the park 20 his hotel quoted