Show Thousands Gather For ForI I Opening Clash Bees Plant Rab Rabbits Rabbit's bits bit s Foot Ten thousand Salt Lake fans falls heard Cliff Blankenship declare that Salt Lake would take the Pacific Coast League pennant in 1916 Just before the tile game opened today Blankenship ip turned to the gr grand grandstands grandstands grandstands' nd stands stands' waving a huge pennant Ours in 1916 is what Blankenship shouted over the d din n of the excitement preceding the opening game Just prior to Blanks Blank's announcement Gabby the Bees Bees' Negro mascot buried a r rabbits rabbit's foot behind the tile plate The Oaks failed to score in their half of the first inning t I Oakland Barbeau f Middleton If lf I Lane cf f f Kenworthy f L Gardner rf I. I j m j M j B Barry 1 Ib lb b. b t rry I D Davis ss I 1 Elliott c. c Klawitter p. p Umpires Umpires Guthrie Guthrie and Finney I An Au ideal day clay a perfect playing field and a record breaking crowd estimated at combined to tomake tomake tomake make the opening of the baseball season an event in the history of Salt Lake The initial appearances of Salt Lake and Oakland in the 1916 playing season of of the Pacific Coast league e gave reassurances that Salt Lake as a baseball city is I unsurpassed in all aU the land The weather man helped with with all I his might He provided a day Just warm enough to stir the th thousands of fans fans' fansto to action and action there there was a Some little inconveniences inconveniences inconveniences incon incon- were experienced by the throngs as they surged and pushed and waited and eagerly sought places in the grand stand the bleachers and the open spaces on the field out of the way of the players It Jt was wag a a a- a crowd unlike any ever gathered to together together to- to gether In the city by the Great Salt Lake but despite the jam and push I there was nf nb disorder Every JEvery IanI fan Ian j W tos sc ite the r ef efforts I I. I put forth by the dir directors tors of f the club to to- I have haie things in shape shap and and the little inconveniences were taken in the best lest I of spirit They All Talk Baseball l. l The opening game in in inthe the 1916 pennant pennant pennant pen pen- pen pen- nant chase opened with a bang and a hurrah For the last four weeks baseball and the date of the opening has been the thought foremost in the minds of the city's thousands of loyal fans I but this morning nothing else was wasI talked of or heard in the business district dis I Even people with the grand I opera bug in their bonnets forgot for forI forthe I I the moment the coming of the operatic 1 stars and talked baseball 1 i From the highest to the most lowly it was baseball and every everyone one with a desire to se see sec the initial performance of the combat between the Bees and the Oaks was given that opportunity Many Houses Close I By c common common consent business men of Salt Lake decided not to close their I establishments during tile the afternoon But there were many who did close S Salt Lake Quinlan cf x Orr On- ss Shinn rf Brief Ib lb b. b Eldred If t 1 Murphy Hallinan Mailman Hannah c. c Fittery p. p and permitted their entire staffs statis to toI I attend the opening game In practically practical practical- ly every business house and commercial commercial commer commer- cial institution however the word was quietly passed around that the boss would attend the opening game and would go blind If any of his em em- desired to lay down his pen ortale or take tale off his apron and spend the afternoon aft i the bleachers on yelling atta boy bov Elevator boys messenger boys the butcher the baker and electric light lightman lightman man were all there Doctors were on the job and proceedings in the several courts city state and supreme tribunals tribunals tribu tribu- nals were slack Both judges and jurists jurists jurists jur jur- and counsels at the bar laid aside their documents and pleadings and In with the throng s rubbing shoulders with the office boy and all aH pulling for the home team It was one afternoon when the old time worn grandmothers gi death story did not have I to be put over Fans Wait in Line The ticket sellers were in their r stalls shortly after the noon hour and there the w was s a crowd of eager easer fans tans waiting In Jn I lines which soon extended to the street to put their Wider under the wire and andI I receive the thep pasteboard By Bys 30 o'clock ck k the park outside th e enclosure lo loue ute l Avas- Avas f of i- i ti d t p ople g for for tickets of of- admission The turnstiles were were c clicking clicking- ing and turning fast but the last of the crowd was not through the gates gatE's when the limps called Play ball hall arid the season was on Rotarians on JobIn Job In the forefront of or the days day's festivities festivities festivities ties and ceremonies marking the opening opening opening open open- ing of Salt Lakes Lake's s second cond appearance In the P Pacific Coast league of ot baseball ll teams was the Salt Lake Lale Rotary club The Rotarians by their constitution and bylaws should have held a business meeting today but little things like bylaws and constitutions did not Mother Bother this organization The business was called off oft out of respect i for the event of the year and instead the club members with their wives and sweethearts gathered at the Hotel Utah at noon for luncheon At 1 30 o'clock the repast was finished business business business busi busi- ness cares were cast aside and with the ladles ladies of their heart the Rotarians headed by their president F. F C C. Schramm and B B. 1 F Redman as master Continued on page e 2 1 BASEBALL FANS USHER IN IM 1 1916 91 6 SEASON I I Continued from Crom page pale 1 I. I II I of ot ceremonies climbed aboard their automobiles S and he herded headed ded for the ball ballI I park parI t S SI I Two Fifty Strong I The lh were 50 strong trong and andI I the march to the pla playing field was a a. I little parade all their own with an excellent exI ex- ex j I band in the front hitting bitting up upI I lively tunes and adding to the spirit of or the da day The rhe parade was not riot an I exclusive affair by any means but free for all and ore eio the line of cars reached the entrance to the ball park there were more than a hundred cars carsIn carsin carsin in lIn line including the fifty automobiles carrying the Rotarians Like all aU other loyal fans tans of ot Salt SaIL Lake Lale the Rotarians want the 1916 pennant and believe In In- helping out the battle all an they cam cans For FOI days ays and days day the Rotarians have had a score of mighty ds located at points of or vantage near the graveyard looking for the lucky rabbit It was found and his hide was taken On their arrival at the park the skin was wits given over to the and needful Bill Powell Powen Pow Pow- Il ell elI more commonly known as Rast Rastus s. s and he with a keen blade severed the left lett hind foot of the graveyard bunny This talisman of ot good luck was then and there buried burled at the right of home plate to bring good luck and Joy to the Be Bees s throughout the season j Pennant in 1916 I A gigantic pennant bearing bearin the In Inscription inscription in- in In-I In Ours This ThiEl Year Tear 1916 was th then n planted over the stop to remain a moment L Later t r this was carried from the field by Manager i Cliff Blankenship Blankenship Blanken- Blanken ship escorted by his corps of ot players and nei presented to Frank S. S Murphy president ot of the Salt Lake Baseball club Many out of town fans tans were here for tor forthe forthe the opening It is estimated that the railroads br brought to Salt Lake Lak e more I than a hundred loyal sons from Cache I valley and Ogden while the south trains unloaded an equal number I Preston Idaho also was represented by a good contingent The lines were busy and taxed to care for forthe forthe forthe the anxious ones Many Out of Town Fan Fans I It was Impossible to get ft an accurate lineup of the tho out of ot to town fans tans but there were many Hans Olsen a prominent prominent nent citizen of ot Caliente Nev was found Cound on tile the streets this morning with nothing to do but watt walt until 2 30 Tom rom Painter mayor of Evanston Wyo and atul one of the time best known sportsmen in tile tHe West was on the Job and a party of or five real fans made mad the journey by team and anti rail all the way from St. St George to witness the opening and scores of ot others came from Utah Pocatello Idaho also was well represented in the throng I |