The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
VARSITY BOYS READY |
FOR BASEBALL worn
Coach Porter Expects to De
velop Youngsters Into
Champion Team.

With the state basketball team aImos,
sewed UP by the University OF Utah pIav,
ers. tho Interest on the east bench II
turning TO track and baseball The end
OF this week will see the varsity piav ifs
last state game. when the crimson wars
TORS close the season in Provo wifi
Coach Roberts,s b. Y. Y. team. II Ben-
mons team wins the championship thsrs
VIII be a weeks trip 10 Colorado for 4
series of games with the Colorado
champs.
r, b. Porter and Tommy Fitzpatrick
Will handle the varsity baseball team Mi,
year and Just as soon AS basketball h
over Will begin the early training Of M.
prospective team members.
Since baseball was added To the nro.
gra mme OF intercollegiate competition ID
Utah the east benchers have won m,
championship every year. Last wear Nh,
strong team which had been playing 10,
Utah for the last four years was nearJ,
all graduated and II will be necesser.
FOR the coaches To whip a bunch 81
youngsters into shape. l.
OF the. old men there arc but thre,
regulars left. Captain Muir has been ths
mainstay In the box for the past ibre,
years and will IN all probability be q,
the mound for the crimson men again Ard
year. Tho oldest man on the team Il
FRANK liurlbut, who Win be PLAYING hil
fourth year In the outfield. The thr.
man on the trio OF veterans is Wal
Stack, who played a great game In m,
outtleld last year.
This means that with the exception a
the pitcher IL viii be necessary 10 devc,o,
a complete new inneld Rex Sutherla nd
the veteran backstop, was elected aptai,
OF this years team. but after the foo{,
ball season he discontinued his cours
at the university. \ new catcher. thero
fore, must be developed. The unfort,
nate thing about this is that Rex Iia|
been so dependa BILE for the past thre
years that there has never been n sifh
sttute developed There are, howevef
n Nlg H,lI LnI,, A.
oat while they were In high school Th
more promising OF these two is Jesse Mil
Ter, Junior at the university. who usc,
10 catch for the Granite school lie ha
been out Of training for some time h,l
Is husky fellow and could uuickly e.
into shape soon. The other man Is len
Mageinette. who caught two wears az
'or the salt Lake hlsh school
First base was left vacant by he grad
uation of OF Romney Porter win Lad
a good. speedy substitute IN EUI Maushu
MauGhn formerly held the initial sack %
tue 3. Y. c. when that team WAS playIn
IN the interscholastic division. lie
speedy and \ fair hitter.
Jack Travers is the only local hoy wh
has shown promise Of speed for the SEQ
ond sack. but Jim Howe and Bert Fes
gans are both speedy innelders and on
OF them may land ON second. Both o
these fellows played on the UniveTsity Q
Indiana team last spring and come ler
with lirst-class regulations.
AT shortstop, kinkaId showed up we
last spring as a sub for Lon Romne,
KIN" is rangy and fast but as yet I'D
shown Door hitting ability. He Is youn
and Porter expects to be able To use hif
10 advantage with little more tralnin,
Third base will doubtless fall TO Vad1
Peterson Pete played third base ID
the Ageies two years ago and was on
OF the best third sackerS in the state. II
has a strong arm aud is a wicked slugge1
In the outlield Hurlbut and Walt Stac
will hold their old places. For the olhe
garden job there win be score of can
didates and doubtless something good wi
develop.
Vadal Peterson is also reported rs hav
ing more Smoke" than any man \
school. He pitched few games "a
Wellsvlle last summer and was hishI
successful. If lie can be spared >fror
third base he VIII doubtless be used som
in the box.