Show ON THE DIAMOND The intltial game of the UtahIdaho State league Is scheduled to begin today to-day at 1 oclock on the Walker park diamond The contesting teams will be the Rio Grandcs of this city and the Pocatello team Both teams have been practicing diligently for about a month and a clean fast game Is looked for Several new players will make their bow to Utah audiences I < this game i and that In addition to the fact that 1C is tho opening of the schedule of the llrat professional baseball league tIm State ever saw has aroused great Interest In-terest in the game Arrangements have been made to start the season under un-der the most favorable auspices Mayor Thompson has been Invited to ihrou the first ball over time plate or around the plate and return if his arm has not gone back on him and will bo present If ho can find time The teams In full uniform will form a parade uptown up-town andheaded by a band will march about the principal streets The rain has not affected the grounds lo an appreciable ap-preciable extent The Infield thanks to the sand which has been mixed In with the soil there Is not damaged at all and the Injury lo the outfield Is so slight that a few bourn of sunshine this forenoon will restore It to its normal condition The Pocatelio team will arrive ar-rive from the north this mornlroj at y3i and after the few hours rest Avhich will be possible will be ill good Hhapj for the game As yet none of the followers fol-lowers of the game have been able to get a definite line on the winner and tho odds oji the game arc even Pocatello Poca-tello lias bepii throwing out some strong hints to the effect that Thp Tribune Trib-une pennant will winter in Idaho while the Rio Grande team In addition to containing some of the best of the local talent has been greatly strengthened by I the importation of outside men Charley Char-ley Griffin of Salt Lake has been appointed ap-pointed official umpire for all local games and has appointed Sam BrownIng Brown-Ing to assist him Mr Grlllln will umpire um-pire the game today The brokers will be reuulred to terminate their game early enough to enable the league teams to Indulge In fifteen minutes practice each The teams will line up as follows Pocatello Rio Grande Bond a s s s Bennett Kurnn 3rd b Srd b Martin Lubanks 2nd b Molnccko L Klclbcr 2nd b 1st b Shannon i Dalesman 1st b c t Hopkins Spddon 1 f I f Donovan Turmoil o r f Burns JIlsis c f e Scare Slater r f p Rlsley Substitute lot Rio Gnuid > Pendcreast a Prior to the league game the brokers will cavort merrily over the field beginning be-ginning at 130 and ending about an r hour and a half later unless all the players die of exhaustion sooner They will however begin at 130 sharp Any member of either team who Is late will be fined 525 and the amount deducted from his salry the player lo remain suspended until the line Is paid The game will be the warmest article in all respects over served up In all probability The uniforms t lll be a dream The brokers will wear while overalls and tim curbcra brown ones The trousers muJt all bo cut off at the knee Failure to comply with this reg ulatlun will cost the delinquent six beers and uiy one Avho has a pair of overalls which fits him about the waist will be called out whether he is putout put-out according to the rules or not Caps sweaters and stockIngs of both teams will be of the hues of the rainbow No padding will be allowed and one of the ground rules to be strictly enforced by the umpire Is that this regulation must be complied with lo the letter It has been decided to pluy only seven innings at most and a limit of sixty runs has been put on the game J C Lynch will have a wagonload of Ice on he grounds for those players who get too hot Tho Ice will also be utilized for storage purposes and will furnish Mr Lynch with the opportunity of his life lo shilek How would you like lo be the iceman lie will yell this out every time he thinks of 11 I 13 Jones caller of the exchange has been selected lo fill the rflellcate post of umpire He was very nervous last night and will try to be sick enough lo have a doctor make him stay in bed this morning If he Is well and refuses lo act he will be tarred and feathered this evening and if he acts and makes what Is an unfair decision in the opinion opin-ion of the majority of the feathers a football game will ensue and Mr Jones will be cast for the part of the ball Doc King will be permitted to enter the grounds and will act as official water carrier He will not have anything to do unless some one Is hurt and rendered ren-dered unconscious J Bransford will be olllclal scorer and will be guided entirely entire-ly I by what the grand stand says Jim Pollock will root uproariously for the brokers pausing at Intervals to refresh re-fresh himself by silting on the ice wagon and Dusty Rhodes will shout for the curbcrs and pick up a little money while he works West has bet that he will put out every man who attempts to steal second base This is a cinch No broker would steal nny thing Bill Griffiths who has played what he thought was ball for about thirty years has bet that he will play an errorless game and will lose Jimmy Fulton will pitch for the eurbera and bets that he will strike out more men than Jim Jennings who Is the brokers twlrlor Ralph GuthrIe will play on the bench as he couldnt make the weight He will put up the game of his life Over 2000 In cash and considerably more than that amount In stock has been wagered gn the game which will be a pageant such as Caesar might have loved to have in one of his triumphs tri-umphs It would have varied the monotony mo-notony The teams will try lo stagger through ito game with the following sure things on the diamond CurberM Broken Jim Fulton p c 13111 Farnaworlh Jack Grlflllhs Ib p Jim JonnlngH Bill Griffiths 2l > 1b Hurry Joseph R Guoiithcr Jr c 2b Doc West Curnnbcll c f 3b Alex Campbell b Hlgplnhotham 3ba s Chas Hudson IT M Hlllcr 1 c f Green Toil Goodwin r C 1 t Goo Badger Jay Morris s n r f JOBS Badger SubatHutos Curbcrrf G Child Dunning Dun-ning Brokers Ralph GuthrJo and Dick Colburn t S a W B McCausland the former well known catcher of the Lagoon team has been released by Omaha and will probably be signed by the Short Line team His release front the Omaha club was not wholly unexpected by those conversant with the situation there ns there are several oldtimers In Omaha who have tp be taken care of and as a consequence the younger men have to make room Dan Taylor and Dike WaIler of the Short Line team will publish the official offi-cial score cards of the local teams this season The cards arc In the form used at all the Eastern league games and today will be the first time such cards have been used in Ulnh The Lowells dcfealod the Websters in a close game on the Eighteenth ward I square yesterday afternoon by a score of 19 to IS The Lowells want a game with any public school team in the I city Their lineup is as follows Land r catcher Cobb pitcher Phelpe first i base Hyde second base Simmons third hose Schettler shortstop Black right field Murdock Capt centerfield center-field Alford left field Manager White of the Fort Douglas team bus challenged any school team In ttip city for a practice pr match game a The High School nud lhe SaiL rake BuslneBfi Collage will play the last of th ffani beven hom for the scholastic schol-astic t hamrl n hip tolny on the Uni versity campus at 3 30 The High School has been doing some hard practicing prac-ticing and will endeavor to make a good showing today Paul Tarpey has been put in charge of the High School i team succeeding Manager Leonard and although not elected manager will act in that capacity until the learn disbands dis-bands for the season o Dan Hughey Is suffering from an abscess ab-scess In his left ear and will not bo able to play for some time |