Show 1 t t tt T CRtKr r I E r 1 t rA ta4 vff = I d flk 1 BOXING a L iTtri15 t Grip y ftc tiun Great preparations arc bing made by the managers of the baseball teams in the UtahIdaho State league to open the baseball season in the right way Owing to the bad weather the schcd iulccl game between the Short Lines and Rio Grandcs of yesterday and today had to be postponed The opening of the league season by Pocatello and the llio Grande on next Saturday has also been postponed one week and the game will be played Saturday April 2Sth The City and County and the Bankers Bank-ers will line up against each other for the first time this season In a game which promises to be of general Interest Inter-est tomorrow at 330 oclock on the University campus grounds The game had been scheduled for Walker park but owing to the swampy condition of I the field the game could not be played i there These two teams were the first I I In the field this year and have had more practice than any teams or j ganizcd Each team has selected an outside pitcher The Bankers have chosen Holt and the City and County has secured Ray Romn > y the two pitchers being rivals In the school teams A report is current that the City and County boys will make a raid on the city treasury in order that they I may cover all the money flashed by the Bankers who It Is claimed will carry sacks of gold down to the grounds to wager on the result The entire gale receipts will be donated to the volunteer volun-teer monument fund The winning team will donate the more of course and the struggle to gain the victory and thus have thC honor of giving the more toward the fund will be a hard I one The teams will line up as follows City and County Bankers Bert Margctts c > Ncls Marpotts Grltfillis p J Holt Kaylor h 1 Groesbeck Iverson 21Jo Boebe Wcggeland 3b Eadpcr Swonson ss YOUMIT Marx 1 f Wells Jay Koniney > c t f W McEwan I Oofls r f Spencer Thatcher sub Coffin fchol on sub II McEwan I A 0 s 4 Manager Rand of the Pocatello loam vtis in the city the hitter part of the week and said he was very anxious for the baseball season to open He has a team which he considers the best In the entire West and Is confident that Pocatello will win The Tribune pennant pen-nant Tho weather late has not been i favorable to their practice but he says j that Eubanks is throwing well and will v be able to hold his own against any pitcher In the league The Salt t Lake Business College and L D S College will play next Saturday Satur-day The teams have played one game which was won by the Salt Lake Business Busi-ness College The High School has one more game with the L D S and one with the Salt Lake Business College r r A great change has taken place at the Walker ball park within the last few days A new diamond has been staked out and tho grand stand has been moved to the northwest corner of the field Bleachers will be built on both sides of the grand stand and general improvements will be made all round A deep ditch has been dug to be I center cen-ter of the ball ground and is draining off the water very rapidly If little more rain comes I the field will probably be in fit condition for games in about two weeks r t Earl Gardanlcr and Paul Tarpe of the High School gave evidence of good twirling powers last week Both boys are speedy and can throw a good curve o o D C Rlsley formerly of the Cleveland Cleve-land team arrived yesterday morning over the Rio Grande at 155 He was out for practice yesterday afternoon with the Rio Grande team and although al-though he has not had a ball in his hands since last year surprised all with his speed curves and control He is considered the best man west of St Louis and was on the reserve list for Cleveland Manager Hickey of the Rio Grandes has arranged a shortnotice game with Ogden for today Hickey will take up the following men Scare catcher Pcn dergast pitcher Rankin first base Meinecke second base Hughey third base Rlsley shortstop Donovan right field Bennett center field Burns leftfield left-field The came will be called at C oclock at the new Glenwood park grounds The Dickinson Cyclones will play the Henderson Whirlwinds at Calders park today at 3 p m for a purse of SIO The stakes arc held by A P Senior |