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Show 4 BALL TOSSERS COMING TO TOWN IF Some of the Players f Who Have Spent the 5 Winter in the Local Stalls Begin to Lim-b.er Lim-b.er Up. Grounds at Walkers Field H, Aro Being Put In Fine Hj Shape and All Indications H' Point to Good Baseball. H 1' "Walker's Held has taken on a busl- H bess-llke aspect during tbc past week. B You can go down to the Main street H ball park any afternoon now and And H a good collection of ball tossers hard Hl at work Umbering up their stiffened H (Joints and hardening: their hands in mm anticipation of some hot ones to comb Bl when the Reason opens on April 26th. H During the past few days boll players H have been dropping Into Salt Lake from different quarters, and more aro ex- H' pectcd this week, W. 13. Esslck, the Bt (Ciders' "kid" pitcher, blew into town IHi last week and has ,been down at the E) ball park almost every day trying out his wing. Esslck is a promising looker tHI and, if appearances count for any- kjHf; thing, he will no doubt mako good. BH The Iowan is well built and looks like HH X. an at-n'ete- He 18 intelligent and pleas- " ' '"speedy ' ItlllllHIIlll H-HHHH-H--HH-H M H M M M M M M M ant to converse with and has many of the earmarks of a collegian. "Slats" Davis and "Father Glm" have been out all week and are working work-ing hard to get Into shape. "Slats" never looked better in his life and Salt Lake fans will probably be surprised when they see their pet first baseman get Into the game. Davis Is faster on his feet right now than he was any time last year, and if hard work and good hours will do the trick "Slats" will be in the pink of condition when the season opens. "Slats" desires to announce that he has been digesting "Fables In Slang." "Out for the Coin" and a number of I other literary efforts during the wln-I wln-I ter, and is prepared to keep up his "rep" as a "kidder" this summer. "Jlmmlfc" Wiggs has been testing his salary arm during the week and trying a number of new twlsta for the bewilderment bewil-derment of the batters who may chanco to face him this year. Wlggs says his wing has lost none of Its old-time speod and accuracy, and promises that he will make tho best of them go some when the season opens. Tho grounds at Walker's are not yet in very good shape, but the flno weather wea-ther has worked wonders, and If it continues the diamond will soon be as good as ever. |