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Show Base Ball. The ''baseball favor" now seems contagious, and that a great many persona take an iuterest in the national na-tional game is shown by the crowds that assemble wheuever a gamo of any importance u to be played. This is due undoubtedly to the tuperior play'ug this season, and the better accommodation for spectators. The number of clubs in Salt Lake this year far txcetd those of any previous season, and there are many good players in thediflerent nines. The Deseret have held the championship for some time, and are now the beat ' nine of Utah; but ere lone they will have to look to their laurels or else ' lo-B them. The Metropolitan club, but recently organized, bids lair to bo ' a healthy rival for them; and the Rough and Ready gave the D's some pretty close games last year, and will perhaps he a jtrouger rival this year than last. The most interesting game of the season will be played on Washington equare to-day at 3.30 o'clock. The contest con-test is between the Metropolitans and Deserets, and as the former club has |