Show ON THE DIAMOND Lee Hopkins and Arthur Bennett of the Rio Grande team were handed their releases by Manager lick yesterday k There is SIC friction between the management man-agement and the players and a change I I is expected to occur within a few days I Tho team will undoubtedly continue as an organization and It Is enthely safe I to presume that both Bennett and Hopkins Hop-kins will appear In the lineup of the next game I Manager Tebeau of the Denver team I I has offered Brig Smith n position on his team but Smith says that he will refuse to go as he does not believe that I he cau make as much out of baseball a from his present position driving 0 delivery wagon Smith pitched several games here last summer without any 1 1 practice and his work was considered phenomenal Capt GImlln of the Ogden Og-den team has tried several times to I secure Smith and was surprised that none of the local teams had signed him Gimllu says that Smith was one of tho I hardest men to hit last summer I j d t U I Capt Melnecke of the Rio Grandes has arranged a game with the Bankers t for one week from Thursday I will be no practice game and will be played for the gate receipts I I 09 I The Simmer Giants defeated the Grant Kids by a score of 1 to 10 yesterday yes-terday afternoon on the Seventh South and State grounds The Sumner lads were twice the size of their opponents a t 0 The strain upon 1 B Jones while thinking of the trouble ahead for him a umpire of tho Brokers and Curbers game had so unbalanced the big man that he with difficulty performed his duties yesterday a caller on the exchange change and so friends have Interceded for him and secured his release from the game C II Grlfiln has been substituted sub-stituted and yesterday laid In n supply of weapons to aid him in the performance perform-ance of his duties The Brokers secured se-cured their new suits yesterday and a sight they were The team went out for practice but left the suits at home I o 0 I The Grinders have arranged a game with tho Fort team to be played at 1 n m on tho Walker field next Saturday 000 George Maycock has been selected as umpire for the Salt Lake Business Col legeLogan game May 30th a I a Capt Brooks has received n letter I stating that the B Y C team of Provo has disbanded l and consequently the scheduled game with the L D S college col-lege for next Saturday will not be played i |