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Show ! LARAMIE LARRUPED. j The Bo:s Boya Badly Beaten. A Record of 2 to 16 witn Wnicb to Retarn Home. Tbe base ball grounds were crowded yesterday Quite a while before the hour of commencement in anticipation anticipa-tion of the finest bise bait game ever witnessed here. It was nearly 4 o'clock before the game was called and the Deeereta flrat went to the bat. Marked interest was manifested in the gime and every move was closely watched. The DeseretB, aa might have been expected, were tbe favorites, favor-ites, though the Reds were not without with-out ardent backers, and the reports of tatir p! lyiog that had preceded them Luuitu uui a icw ui iuo must mrveni admirers of tbe borne club to fee timid lest tbe strapping Red-should Red-should . carry away our laurels. Tbe Deeeretd made two runs in the first innings, which score was attributed attri-buted by many to the (act that tbe Reds hai not yet warmed up to work. Being the first innings for the Reds, they of course bad no score, and tbey came out as they went in, beiog whitewashed. It here became evident that the Dwerets were too Btroug for them, but it was still expected ex-pected that tbe Reds would not be far behind at the close of the game. However, the longer the Red played the more evident became their inability ina-bility to t-ope with the DeseretB and the iutercst in the game began to decrease. Tne "Laramie boya are strappers, but they are awkwari, and comparatively unaccquainted with the finer points m the game. After tbey bit a ball it takes them aa long to get a start to run as it does a Deseret boy to cover half the distance between home and the first base; and though it is not intended in-tended to be unwarrantably severe, it is eafe to sav the team now known as the Laramie Reds will never develop into base ball players equal to the DSPrp(ii Tf waq (hfl AT-nrPnainn nn the street last evening, after tbe game had ended, that half a dozen clubs could be raised in this city to beat them, and it is an assertion based upon reason and judgment. They certainly play the poorest game played by any. visiting club that has ever come to Salt Lake. It would ooi be a bad thing for a club to come here that could tike some of the conceit out cf the Deserets, but it will require a great deal better material than that of wbioh the Laramie club is composed to accomplish accom-plish this end, The boys all appear very gentlemanly and did not display any ill-nature over their defeat, aod fought hard throughout the entire game, but ths odds were too great for ! them. From tbe start tbe Dessrets played with a vim that has not been displayed by them this season, and to say that they played well is but il'ght praise. The niue have but threguerrors accredited ac-credited to them one each by Duke, Wheeler and McBride and they succeeded in keeping their opponents down to two runs, one badly earned, and one unquestionably given them by the umpire who, through a wrong understating of the ground rules, allowed Bryan to go from first to ' home on a ball that entitled bim to but one base ! The Liramies fielded fairly but at the bat they have tbe heavy, slogging ijlyle of hitting, which should have piowd to them its utter inefficiency, nn.l Wa hla in hit. Hid hill nnlv about every third time. Tbey faced belter pitching yesterday than they are used lo, and the result was nineteen nine-teen men perished on strikes and fouls. In fact, they could not touch Wheeler, who was backed better than ever before here. McKelvey showed bis fitness for his position, and is a very great help lo the home nine. Saturday the second game will be played, and with easier, surer bitting tbe visitors may fill up a peg, but they cannot put down Jhe Deseret base running proclivit.es, unless their pitcher quickens his delivery. One thing favorable lo tho Laramie boys is the fact tbat tbey are gritty. The Bcore of runs is as followi: 123456789 Deserets J 2 4 0 1 0 2 4 3 016 Laramies 0 000100102 |