Salt Lake Herald | 1899-05-19 | Page 3 | Bulls and Bears Excited over Baseball Matters

BULLS NDI BEARS EXCITED OVER BASEBALL MATTERS Great Wads of the Long Green Are Wagered On the V Result of the Game V V J A A = Y b t J p w Y Y J < t I 1 v r I SOME SCHEDULEDFEATURES OF TOMORROWS GAME The rialto is in a fever of excitement over the Exchange ball game tomorrow afternoon Stock sales either of the wash or genuine variety are relegated gated to back seats while the contest on the diamond takes the center of the stage Big wads of currency are being lashed and bets are taken as freely as they are offered I was announced on the Salt Lake exchange yesterday morning that one broker alone had SSOO which he wished to wager in part or a a whole on the representatives of that body Before night takers were found Ben Luce and George W Jones made a bet of 50 Luce taking the Salt Lake end Another wager was gotten up between be-tween A M Petersen a baker and W A Chapman Petersen puts up thirty loaves of bread on the Salt Lakers against 1 of Chapmans money Other bets were too numerous to mention and it is certain that a large sum of mone will change hands on the re sultA A novel and unusual feature of the gamewill be the placing of a big I < eg of beer the donation of a well known brewer on third base No player is to have a glass of it until he reaches that bag and i will be against the rules to run down there from home The scene around third after the game becomes be-comes warm will probably resemble amass a-mass play in a college football contest con-test testEoth Both nines practiced yesterday yes-terday afternoon in the vacant lot at the corner of Fourth South and State streets The battle uill be lively from start to finish as all hands declare they are going out for blood and will win or die a trying A small admission fee will be charged to all who seek to pnter the Fort Douglas grounds tomorrov afternoon and the proceeds will be donated to the Salt Palace association I