Show L m Sporting BASEBALL iL ly 1 THE TRAP For fo Sportsmen n ing W l BASKET BASKETBALL BALL THE TURF HE H tB G activity started stared I In the tho to local lol baseball world a aI l I 1 week ago during II 1 the pot post p week and Id while there thereta ta were ware not so many may startling developments yot yet each och ot of the tho thohas to ton n has been ben doing doin plenty of oe 0 work w to Insure tho the success suco of his h team to A Ade date de ha haa hai not not as yet ye boon on sot for a meet meeting mOtt meeting ing il for tor o 0 formation tor t n of a a state ste league lese but k it will Wi probably b be held head bd some time tima The tho coming week Tho Th two w local ocal ll teams team t a well en as tho the ono one which win wm represent Park City have town been en busily engaged Nt ged signing players plyer and andin ad adIn in all al probability the e managers mager will beable be beable able able to 10 o announce their ther players player soon The Te greatest interest int ret center centera In the new Salt Jake J ake teem team tem and an a nUI Jr of ot ball bail bl players p now In the tle city are a on the anxious seat Bet and and in Jn dally day communication with wit the tho management trying tring to find out If I they are aro the chosen eh few te who will play un under under Under der this clubs colors elot It I la Ic 1 understood that club will wi not nt In any ay way dis discriminate criminate against n t local 10 1 men me and In at t te least e two cases casee Ce resident ball bl have havo been be approached with a n lew Ie of or securing thorn to play piRy p y for the tO Salt Lake d dOne du One thing is IM I nci that tha is base bue baseball ban ball players are are very ver plentiful the man manager manager ager of this fil team te having stated tae that ha he has haa ha had ba a far larger number of or applications than he b could possibly use uee us during the g 81 sago However p a good ball bal play pla if 4 ft always A in demand and those toso in this Ity tt who WO 0 belong belOI to this class elass will wi not nave have have much trouble In securing n ft J contract to sign Manager Maner of oC the Rail flail Railways 1 Mg ways seems ee to have made that b py thought of hi his hb a a go and instead of rust rustling ling ln around 0 to n rot g t nine railroads Inter f fieri t in the e scheme h IMS be will probably have bl to increase c the t number r of players f to meet Inset th thi demand d of or the railroads that want to get in on or a rood good thIng Without a doubt this thiA of fOo will do more to g an overflow o of baseball enthusiasm t 1 after aCer the tho game One n gets gt started then tn all aU aUte the te brass br band bandi b in the city In conversation with several erl of ot the te rep representatives of the different difert roads rod that tat have hae secured players to represent them themon r tem temon on the th nine a spirit of friendly friedly rivalry rha Q has lias lla already been ben noticed o that will wil in increase Inree In Increase the he and In Inthe Inthe crease ree as a season n progresses the he words of a a well known know local loc fan fan more power to them Its good for tor the thega game ga Manager of a the Parks Parka has haa ha had ha his troubles tuble during the week but at last has hn clear sailing attend ahead of Or him There was some trouble about tion don selected for tor the ball ban grounds gound at Park City as it t was WS necessary to secure the abandonment of one of the principal streets and the te matter was finally brought before the city cf council for ad adjustment adjustment adjustment which very ver wisely decided that the welfare of the mining town required a bell ball team tem and grounds gounds and gave ve the right of oC way wa y to the street in question The action taken by bythe bythe bytho the tho state university in baseball matters as a I published in yesterdays Herald Hold has ha put now life in the amateur players player and proves that at lea one school schol in tho the city will wi take an active interest inter t in bal ball The Tho fact that they have commenced active work on new ground will settle tte one se serious se serious rious difficulty that has ha heretofore troubled trouble the various teams Prom From now on there will wm be a competition in grounds gounds which means that better inducements Inducement will have havo to t bo be b offered to the managers in inore order ore to secure sure their games gm s sCharle Charles Charle B Power president of oC the American association while it lasted late wrote the obituary f r that organization for tor his hi paper the he Leader Leder For Forten Forten Forten ten years Powers was sporting editor of this paper In his statement wired from New Now York last night the te president uses W no gloves glove He handles bandIes the National league lego magnates maate roughly and ad promises promse more more In part p he ht h says s 8 Yes Yen Ye tho the American association has parsed away awa I took tok hold hald had of the asso association ao o elation olaton at the earnest r st solicitation of John JohnT I T Brush chairman of the league lege cir clr circuit cult committee who gave me his hie per personal personal send assurance as u well as that of oC four of or his fellow magnates that the National league would O stand by y me and d Help me make mako the Che association o a success s e ye went over tho the t situation carefully and Mr 11 Brush Brash Bru h out that tt we w might have some trouble getting capital buck back buk of the Baltimore club clo If I you do sold said sad he h we will wil see seo you through In Baltimore we struck a snag simp just justas justan as an Brush said wd we would We were un unable Unable able to interest sufficient capital Tn Then m mit it was that we w came caine to t the National Nation II league with the request that it make leage good its promises promise Brush Br Soden and ana an goo others placed ice on Oil our QUI necks Totally disregarding all aU promises and agreements of support these thee men coolly cUy informed us that tbt they hey could do nothing for us All Al pledges of ot assistance were repudiated repudiate repudiated and d we wo were wre thrown down so hard that tha the Hie carpet cart on the floor foor bears bers the the Im lea Imprint Imprint print of our forms fors When Ven it found foun that we had been harpooned that tho league lege had used use ua us ms as s a tool gaining our assistance through gross misrepresentation the capitalists goss back of the Boston Baston club withdrew We asked ake the tho league to give us territorial rights in Providence and Worcester to which cities t r we egg could have transferred the Boston and Baltimore clubs cubs but they would not grant the request and ad here w ware wt Wb are ar right up against it I with wih nothing but a lot of ot broken brokon pledges as our stocK stock in trade We have been victimized by bythe byr byg b the biggest g t th and boldest o bunco bunc game gme over ever overworked worked r on honest h e eo men Baseball as played under the new new rules passed by the too National league laue atthe at atthe atthe the New York meeting will il be a pretty lively game hereafter If U those rules rles are arc enforced gme and there seems to t be no nb possible reason why they t should not be bethere bethere there here will win be continuous fast fat action n and ad the crowds win will no longer have to sit and ana ad swear through dreary drea afternoons of oC list listless listless less snail work Briefly Breny condensed the new rules rul run as follows Catcher to stand not over ou ten ton feet feat back First Firt two balls baUs fouled to count as strikes if I not caught one ban ball ball bal hitting hiting batsman batman to t count as Pitcher Piche prevented from front delaying del te tege the he game over twenty menty seconds ge Th The hc j first frt rule was wa sans adopted last lat year ea by bythe bythe bythe the American league without the formal formality formality ity of putting it I In the playing instructions tione All An of tho the American league leage catch catchers catcher ers era er played playe close up and the games game wore were materially speeded coso thereby So So far as u the batting Is concerned the new ne rule will wm be berther rather a detriment A catcher right un under J der ler tho stick can can guide gide and govern the pitcher so well wel that that his Is chance of oC tooling fooling the he batsman la Is i materially improved Improve Even Eye under last la t years rules rule many of the wise old catchers catcher wore were woo on deck dek This year they will wil all al be b up close and not a few batsmen batmen will wil be worried by the nearness of tho the receiver As a partial parta offset there will wil be a chance for or the catcher to to nip the sailing sing fouls that used to rise from use the stand staudt the bat and settle sette down beside beide He Ho will il have to run rn like a whitehead h ad d to catch any foul faul flies fe at all al The second d rule will prove p v annoying 1 to hta Jo m 50 the b batters and a will be a tremendous boost boa t to the pitcher pitch Weak batsmen batsin batmen n fol foi follows felI I lows Iowa who hit say last year yen will be lucky if they lit lt 1 0 this summer r A Astrike strike is a heavy burden on a man who ha is isa ISa IsIt a It poor b bater utter atter anyway and ad when such a aman a aman man mn comes comas up with two foul strikes called cled his chance of cutting out the third one for tor a single le will be poor indeed Of course the rule will wil do away with wih the ex e I fouling done br by bY many my men intentionally but it will wU jar the honest player who ho slams at the the ball bal with wit all al lus Ius might only to see me It i dig up up the thE tun tur a afew afew few inches In to the wrong side of first frt or third The pitcher picher got gat another fat boost when the rule le concerning c nc balls bals was adopted adopted Jim Hart Ha wanted that rule to go through and It It went It I is ht impossible impossible sible ble to t convince Jim that batters can be I hit unless intentionally Outside of the pitchers pitcher there are not three three players in inthe Inthe inthe ae the game who will wil not squirm quin I centy at the very memory of the fearful I wallops they have received Of Or courses course curse Amos Busie Rute is now out Of f it I and that les las lessens I sens seas the danger some When Then KusSe Rusle hit a aman aman aman man man Mr Man went wont to the tho hospital I The prohibition placed upon ul n slow pitch pitchers ers is all al right but it i drives Nig Cuppy from Crom the game Cuppy used to hold Cold tite Ue use ban ball thirty gme seconds at a stretch while the crowd yelled murder Others were exasperatingly slow slaw and the rule will wil II stop a lot lat of foolishness Pitchers are also atso barred bared from front shying the ball bal to the tha first baseman for practice practice tice while the batter bater waits wait That was wa the most sensible rule of af the whole boll boil bollIng boilIng Ing IngAs IngA Aa As A the rules rule now stand the pitcher picher has away the best of it I and batting av ay averages averages will sink about abut eight points this summer What the magnates ought to have havo done was wa to pass pas a reduction of oC called bails b ls to three and to remedy the I cled clauso clause about three thre strikes out when a I runner is on first frt and ad not not more than one I II out I Will Vm the American league adopt the Na National National league rules U If it do dos it there thereby thereby thereby by lege that the big league is still the guiding star str the dictionary to which all others turn tum If it I It does doe not It i al has which ha a l fine chance to do a little experimenting m tm and evolve a better beter set of ot laws A clause firing fring anybody an bod who swears was wa put In and this is right but how it 1 will wi rasp s some ome of the fiery flery ry lellow laws There Is a young American over oer In London Landon whose feats teats witha bicycle on oz the Music Hall Hail Hal stage sta e make makei the hoi gasp asp In amazement e He is away a ahead i or o anything gy il in his line that l the Londoners have seen been and he hc is doing one ohe stunt that is cleverer than thau anything he be ever eer did on this side of oC the tho water that is 15 to turn a somersault with wih his wheel in motion matoh carrying the machine with wih him hire and landing landing cring without losing a stroke with wih the pedals Bud Snyder is the cyclists c name name and he lie is now performing at the London Pa Pavilion Pavilion vion His tricks have haO caught the town Snyder Is not only anly the originator of the somersault trick but he Is likewise the only enly performer who whO can cn clear de a distance of tW feet reet through the air with his wheel His control ot the bicycle is remarkable tor in the most mast complicated maneuvers he never loses lo his seat grip or looting He Is a fair lair thickset ath young youn man pian of 2 5 The above clipping irom an eastern pa paper p paper per is interesting to Salt Lakers not because be because 0 cause tuse it i states state state that u n man turns a com corn complete complete pleto somersault bicycle and all aU but buttrom front from the fact that lud ud Snyder is well wel known to tf a number ot at local wheelmen Snyder will wil be remembered as the ex expert expert pert trick cyclist U who gave O such C clover clever I exhibitions s cr in this city li at Ott the tt time I of the te jubilee in 97 He at Cal Calders Calder Calders ders der park pak and on the streets during the daily daly parades This young lung man manIs mn Is i one oni or of the nest Dost trick cyclists in tile tiie tie business and has many dim dUI cult teats feats teat but nut when it comes come to t turning tur g ga a somersault in the air bicycle and ah all many o of the wheelmen wh hereabouts herbut are like the man from Snyder will have to show shw them bel are any hot air ar yarns like tho the above will wi matte make a a very strong ars Impression in their think tanks tank Tho The difficulty that Joe has fallen into In rens Fexa Is a continuation of ofa ofa ofa a falen a long line lne at ot hard luck that seems to follow fol follow folI low Joe whenever he engages in a fight ff He is I probably the unluckiest 1 1 fellow that ever over did try to make a dollar dolar The Te Tex Texans Te Texans ans of oC Galveston had a colored man named Johnson whom they thought could rid the he earth arth of every other pugilist on onit onit it f They rhey thought hought hou ht Frank Frnk Childs the Chi Chicago cago colored cOlOd heavyweight would make a a good opening target but Childs hung out Ut god for tar a price Then Chen the th promoters promoter begged to take taliE a southern trip and find out what a wonder had been discovered dIn in Johnson The tight fight came off oti ot There was no interference and several thousand people saw aw hoynski end John Johnsons feon sons s budding career in three rounds This was nice for Cor Joe The Tho purse was large and s seemed emed like a pickup In these days when heavy weights are mostly most idle Then the sheriff stepped in inThe inThe The he situation at nt present finds imprisoned and charged with a penitentiary tary with wih the governor of the te state backing the prosecution with wih ape special special cial dat counsel It Is a serious matter mater for tor I counsel and if IC he gets out of it i he ho and every other pugilist will wil probably give Texas eer a wide berth for tor a long lang time timeto to come Governor Sayers appears to be bethe bethe bethe the same sort of a man as Governor Cul Culberson Culberson berson beron when It I cornea comes comes to stopping g boxing culberson once called caned a special 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