Show LEAGUE SEASON OPEN Rio Grandes Win First Game of UtahIdaho League DEFEAT POCATELLO 3 105 Mayor Thompson of Salt Lake Pitched First Boll Thrown in the Iiengue Largo Attendance Witnessed Wit-nessed the Formal Introduction of Professional League Baseball Into UtahRio Grandes Now Lend in the Race for The Tribune Pennant Outlook for Success of League I STANDING OF THE CLUBS P W L PC I Rio Grando Vcstcrnl 1 0 1001 Pocalcllo 1 0 1 000 Orogon Short Lino 0 0 0 000 Ogden 0 00 000 I The first game of professional league baseball ever played In Utah took place I at the Walker park yesterday afternoon j after-noon between the Rio Grande Western team of this city and the Pocatello team the former dragging off the victory vic-tory by a score of S to 5 and taking the first lead In tho race for The Tribune pennant Judging from the turnout yesterday and the manner In which the game was 1111 11 i J 1 J r iL Cupid Kleiber Ive Got It Ive Got I It con ucled the UtahIdaho league ls < going to be a success Although thol weather had been rather threatening all day with rain during the forenoon five hundred people paid admission to the grounds a most encouraging attendance at-tendance for so early in the season and for a weekday game League rules governed for the first time In this section sec-tion and tho result was refreshing There was an almost entire absence of tho disturbances wnlch havo characterized character-ized many of tho ball games played In Salt Lake and everything was handled Jn a businesslike and orderly manner PROMISING OPENING The rains of the past week had made tho field a trifle heavy and that together to-gether with the fact that it was the first game of the season and the inch not yet In thorough practice had the effect of making the playing a trine = 1 1 < I I jffj fJ ShannonWhats the Use loose at times but the game was al wiya close and in doubt until the last Inning and from present indications Utah and Idaho will see the fastest hall ever served to the Inhabitants the two States during the present season Thu chang In tho location of the grand stand Is h one that was thoroughly appreciated by those who attended yesterday yes-terday and found that for the first time on Walkers Held a grand stand ticket did not entitle the holder to bo grilled to a turn by the everpresent sunlight More bleachers are needed at the grounds Many who felt disinclined to purchase grand stand tickets yesterday were obliged to remain standing during 1 dur-ing the game Both diamond and outfield have been put in jood condition this year and after the ground becomes thoroughly I dry the Held will doubtless be found entirely en-tirely satisfactory PLAYING OF RIO GRA DES I The Salt Lakers were chiefly interested Inter-ested In tho work of the two new players play-ers Rlsley and Donovan Rlsley made I a most favorable impression on the audience au-dience He was touched Up for ten hits two of them good for two bags and one a scratch hit but he managed to keep quite next to himself all the time He IIB some great shoots and I a very deceptive slow bull and lilsi control is excellent He only allowed one pass to first during the game and I accepted all the Melding chances offered I of-fered him with graco and elegance Donovan had only one chance In the Held and accumulated an error on that It occurred In the first Inning find was on a most difficult long fly almost against the left field fence He handles himself well and promises to become one of the strong members of the team No man In the Rio Grande lineup did better or cleaner work all the tlniu thanJparc who If he keeps up the jlTuWho cut out yesterday will be j I Itoithejlton In the Individual recorcl 01 TunmSs he end of the has luirairaaTP I of Blsleys shoots wltli < Ju an error yesterday and on one or two occasions made stops that provoked ap plniiKA from thr I > piitim l audience His throwing was great and his quick handling of the ball on close plays at I the plate cut off two runs In succession In the fourth Inning after two consecutive consecu-tive confusionbreeding errors In the In Held He also carried off the batting honors of his team Bennett was too entirely strong and made some wild throws that were rather disastrous but Judging from Ills work here last year it Is safe to assume that he will overcome this falling with a little more praqtlce The work of the other mem Txr2 I i r I II Scare Trying to Stick His Finger Into It bcrs of the team was generally satisfactory satis-factory and up to their usual standard Hopkins aside from putting up his usual superb fielding game developed quite a hitting 3trcak nnd carried three of the eight runs around the bases WORKOP THE VISITORS The Pocatello team had several strangers In its I personnel Capt Klei ber whose robust build made him thQ subject of much criticising comment was one of the features of tho gamo He played last year with Santa Cruz In the California league and Is an old friend to Bill Haynes a member of tho Lagoon team here last year Klcibor had six chances and fell by the wayside way-side on two of them one of his errors letting in two runs It h promised that whan he J sets down to fighting Jght l1 tUl latfl liVflthftyflgpqop error and f 1 litirtJ iAnoc ionHpeaklng toiWy 1 ivuran the cnliher of the team Is another an-other new ono lucre He moved too I slow to suit most of the fans who candidly can-didly told him of the met Ira evident ly had an off day as he allowed no less I than five passed balls during the game Eubanks did not pitch his usual game He held the hits down to six and never permitted more than one an Inning but he was unusually wild with six bases on balls and one wild pitch to his discredit Seddon the third baseman had his hitting clothes on usually has In factand carried oft the batting honors of the day The Pocatello Poca-tello team generally seems to be n I strong one especially as a hitting aggregation I ag-gregation and it IR wholly within the i range of probability that the result of todays game between the two teams I Will different from yesterdays I OPENED BY THE MAYOR To Mayor Thompson of Salt Lake fell the honor of pitching the first ball In the new league Mr Thompson appeared ap-peared on the field about half an hour before the game was called and securing secur-ing a ball and a glove began warming up In the approved orthodox fashion A few minutes before the game wan called Umpire Grlllln seizing Mayor Thompson by the coal dragged him before the grand stand Mr Griffin then removed his hat and blushed Everybody knew then that Charley wag going to make a surething speech and the applause was tumultuous Mr Griffin in a few choice phrases announced an-nounced that the audience was about to wltnoss the opening of the league season and would see ball played under un-der the national 1 rules He stated that there would be as little disturbance on tho Held during the game as possible And the way he ran things afterward proved that he meant what he said He then announced that Mayor Thompson Thomp-son would shoot the first shoot over the plate Mr Thompson bowed and walked out Into the pitchers box He was given a nice new bull and examined exam-ined It like a proCessional Rand of Pocatello was at the bat Mayor Thompson glared at first base Just like all good pitchers do and sent the horsehide i horse-hide whizzing toward the grand stand Rand will testify that he didnt see anything go by him Umpire Griffin called It one ball but opinion In the grand stand differed ns to what It was Some of the audience claimed that It was a left hook others said It was an Australian pursuit and still others Insisted I In-sisted It was an Inandout drop snake I shoot Mayor Thompson retired amid I groat applause and the league season I was on FEATURES OF THE INNINGS Rand hit to Martin who committed his J qnly error Rand took the usual looWoft i firstand In abput one flccon1L StSOtt Risley sendipg Pi btW the IhLlllalsnok like a itr4ttk Plubrl < cated electricity Gamble lifted one out to Donovan It went almost to the fence und did not look good to Donovan who secured his only error on tho play Seddon singled and scored Gamble Dalesmans sacrifice and a hit by Kleiber scored Seddon before Dwynr fanned singled on the first ball pitched Martin Mar-tin fouled nut and two consecutive bases on balls with a wild pitch scored Hopkins before the aide was retired Pocatello got a water haul in the I second Burns opened up for the Rio Grandes and got a l life on an error be ing thrown out by l Kuril on ui attempted at-tempted steal Scare struck out Rls Icy walked n bad error to third 1 and sent Hopkins to second and both scored on Martins single Two hits and an error scored Seddon in the third while the locals got noth I I t IIi I-Ii 1 I s q I fsL9 = fJ t JIA j I I J I I 117 t 7 Mayor Thcmpson Delivering the Bnll lug I A base on balls and u double by becldon wore tho chief factors In net LIng the other two runs the visitors tot which were acquired In tho soy onth Scare got home cheap In the fourth Hc singled and perhaps just io to keep him from Kilting lonesome l on I bases Jvurnn obligingly allowed three balls to get by hIm in succession I which had tnc err eel of Permitting Scare to reach honm I DONATED TWO RUNS It wus In the sIxth that KeHw made hiM had nlhitac < Scare started the thing IRLru F wlll valklncr to first nis Ioy1etiLice moyetl Scar up pjio pug aDd iiopcJusa hI 11 ffdipp 1 SAart I along QUO mrMzfrjlft bcm one out to Kid rtWho threw It toward home but not very clone to any ono he knew und Scare und Kojklns tripped airily In The last runs the locals got were in fhe seventh Burns got hit by Eu banks and made second on a passed ball Searc hit and advanced Burns to 1 third I 1 Rlsley sacrificed and brought Burns In and Scare scored on another passed ball Neither side scored after the seventh and the home team quit < < with nn Inning to spare The same teams will play again today to-day at the Walker park Tho game will bo called at 3 oclock and with favorable weather will probably be t I better contest than the one seen yesterday yes-terday is the field will not bo so heavy Pen enrJst who made such a good showing when the Rio Grandes went to Ogden will officiate on the slab for the local team Tomorrow the local team will play at Ogden and will then return home The ummary of yesterdays game Is as follows RIO GRANDE WESTERN I Ai H IB SB SIT ID A E Hopl1I1S ct 4 2 0 0 2 II 0 lnrLlh f8 O 1 2 0 4 1 jIclncckO lb 4 4 0 0 0 I 1 1 0 UOncll 3b 4 0 0 1 U 1 1 1 J DonO1n Ir 0 1 0 1 1 CI U 1 Shannon lb 4 O 0 0 0 7 1 0 nUrns rf a I 0 f 0 0 1 0 1 teal t-eal > c a i a 2 U 0 S 1 0 Hlslo p 3 1 0 0 2 j 0 Totals 35 G t S 1 7 i3 6 POCATELLO AU nIB SB SH PO A 1 Rand 21 > i I 0 0 I 0 1 1 0 Gamhlf cf4 2 J u 0 3 0 I 0 Scrldon 3b 5 j 1 L 0 0 ii 2 1 DatcmllJ1 Ib i1 I 0 0 II 1 1 5 0 1 ICiciber s i 0 2 I 0 3 1 j DWyer 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 HIf8Qn rt 4 O 1 1 I O 1 0 Kuran c 4 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 ElbnpJ I i 0 2 0 I 1 0 0 Totals 3S 5 10 0 1 21 I S 7 TInes on balls iSubanks 0 Klaley 1 Twobase hits Gamble Seddon Doubl plav Dwycr to Datesman Hit by pitcher Burns Struck out Eubanka t RlsKA rt I Passed balls Knrnn 5 Wild pitch Eubonks First base on errors Rio IiI Grande Western 5 Pocatello 3 Time 200 Umpire Charles GrIffin Attendance 1 Attend-ance SCO Score by Innings 1 123I567S9 Rio Grande westeriuI 20102JO S 1 IIltM 1 1 0 I 1 1 1 0 G i Pocutello 201000 2 0 6 Hits 222100201 10 j |