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Show I TWO MORE ELDERS I ' ARE BAPTIZED Phil TiTiller and Andy Donovan Be- m j$ como Saints Elmer Meredith. May VAl Return Baseball Gossip. I jE They're at it agajn. Not content with " m ' sUjnlns tnreo new men during the past V ik.J week, tho management of tho Salt Lako I association yesterday added two more I 'Kt names to tho list of diamond sharks ' H;' vrho are to represent Zion in the cham- JK- plonship raco this summer. 'R' Phil Millar and Andy Donovan are frfF. the new men. Both are sccqnd basc- IjK.' ' men and both hall from Ohio. Miller B' played in the Buckeye State league last j year and made a great record. In flfty- WmW! ' two games at second-ho fielded .932 and in thirty-six games at the Initial sack IH. his average was .976, Miller batted .328. iHyj e Js s'x feJt tall, weighs" ISO. pounds flH ' and Is 26 years of ago. f(B Donovan played last season with the rJiBt Ohio State Hospital Independent team l nK' nnc ma(e eood. He comes out here at J jBs his own expense and will not receive a JK cent if his work Is not satisfactory, jyiwf The Salt Lake club now has .three EilK Ohians on Its roster They are "Mickey" m Plynn, Donovan and Miller. Ohio has tj; Wi quite a record for turning out presidents . l and statesmen so Bhe ought to be able to produce come top notch ball tossers, )K as the qualiilcations in both cases are WM Ujuite similar. iy,l It la rumored that Elmer Meredith, A "ne renoWEed slab artist who played In W Salt Lake two years ago with the cele- . P brated White "Wings, Is to become a fch, Saint. Negotiations aro now orfcwIth i fc; tne clever southpaw and It is possible , fi that his services may be secured for tho ti coming season. W Salt Lako has now thirteen men to & 12 represent her at the coming- festival. W If records count for anything, this city 11 hasn't a dead one in the bunch and ;.i Ul outrht tn fin Konrift hnqtnpR whnn thr !b propor time arrives. I They Bay that "Bridget" Donohuo will Sj come back to Salt Lake providing ho falls to make good In the big league. $ This Is little consolation for the local V; fans for those who saw tho celebrated p Hibernian play here are convinced that fia he can hold down a Job In any old . league. However, If "Bridget" dlsap-l dlsap-l I polntB the Eastern manager who eo f greedily carled him away from Salt W Lako, ho can rest assured that a meal fc! tloket and railroad faro will bo forth-F forth-F coming should he caro to come back to r With due respect for Donahue's wel-1 wel-1 faro tho Salt Lako fans will hope that ho ml8sos everything that comes his way, as ltr seems that' this Is tho only way Salt Lako can recover hor stolen infleldor. "'Bad 'cess to ye, Bridget." The mall carriers and postofllce em-ployces em-ployces have been stricken with the fe-ivftS fe-ivftS a"d are taking steps to organize a I ' bafee&aU team to represent them In the .5 . Slate) Amateur league. vlj i At' a mooting held yesterday Andrew 1 M A. Smith was elected manager, Sam 'f ilH Kandolph, captain and Walter M. ffVtnl Heath, secretary and treasurer. There l tl 'raffl Qre a numDer o old-time ball players In )M 11 tne P3totncc an(i thoso Interested In it Vlfil 106 movement are confident that a crcd-dlN crcd-dlN ; ltable nine can be organized. C. A. lull' lu-ll' 3 H ow' orrnerly of Omaha and an old Na-rp Na-rp u tlonal league player, Is now a Salt Lake ffi ' ' U (carrier and will materially strengthen 'i I the team. kt It Aj, f Spokane fans aro tning to get the r r si (I clty Counc11 to allow them to fit up a Ik (?UI park closer to town, at tho corner jA Vw ' Mission avenue and Atlantic street. ttJftjjO The location seems to please every-C?4I every-C?4I body lntrested in baseball In Spokane, I 1 1 not so much on account of the car fare H Vs U attached (when tho old grounds are In Hf n I' use) as because of tho time consumed H - 's , in making the long trip. H i One of the soundest sleepers among j ' tho ball players was "Piggy" Ward. H r 3 Butte's redoubtable shortstop. Thoy l , tell It on "Piggj'" that one night after Mf.v a. hard fought game In Los Angeles he iijL j was unfortunate enough to draw an W i ( upper terth on the train running from ' ' S. i Los Angeles to San Francisco. Along i 1 Ju Ii about midnight, when tho train wad I ' Lttli i l rushing around the right angle curves 1 of tho Southern Pacific, the players m'1 InL were awakened by a tremendous jolt IL.:3x i to the car and thought the train had L run a car or another train, but KmT they were tired and let It go at that. HHn . )Ono took tho troublo to peek out be-mr be-mr ivl r Jtween the curtains and saw "Piggy" Mi , lying flat on his back In tho mlddlo of i 'tft the aisle snoring like four of a kind. iall nad Deen thrown out of his berth ' ! ! v . by a suddon lunge of the car, but the m v I foil, which would have-Tcllled most men ) J I of hla avoirdupois, didn't even wake j M ! Wm up- . a ' Pitcher Lynch, tho Brown University i i bXsjc, has named his plaj'ing terms to St. Louis. He only asks for 52500 for the season, dating from the end of his M college term. The question la: Does K i a college education pay? -t ' There will be a practice game at Fort f. Douglas this afternoon between the re- tJMIil cently organized Castllla Springs team 1 'fill 1111(1 an as&TGStlon from the post. The I Same will be played on the lower pa- hc3 rlde ffroun and will commence at 2 f tC o'clock. J(fUk Ifc Is not unl,kely that the game' be- jHi tween the members of the Chicago Na- Bb tlonal squad that was to have been played In this city on Saturday next ;9 may be abandoned on account of tbc I "unfit condition of the grounds at Walk- jj' Manager BInford of Ogden, who 13 riMt'ifll representing James A. Hart of the Ghi- ItWt2I i8o Nationals on the occasion of it.s Y(vH trip through Utah, was.ln this city yes- 'iSp-jHI terday for the purpose ' of inspecting jyT ifll the grounds. The diamond at Walker's f ' M'aB found to be In miserable shape. and i 9 unless Old Sol gels busy thin week. 1 fl there will be no baseball In Zlon next 1 iH Saturday. j The grounds at Ogden havo bepn thoroughly drained In anticipation of 1 the cpmlng contest and will probably H be fit for use by March 20th. Hl HR Harry Newmoyer, the pitcher who HZj played hero two years ago with tho I? val IoKoon and Salt Lake teams, 13 look- Vf'i frl '59s or a ob ln e Enst- Ncwmeyor v J 0ak with Denver last season and the W YJ Cubs are anxious to get their hooks on I 4 him again, but the wily Harry says it Sfll t He Is now in communication with m tC-H some Eastern managers, whose names no'- dlclose should he land B fiB a 36b the Denver team will be shy one T-rrm t t t t t f t s t 1 1 t r t t t t t t tt of tholr host twlrlers. Newmeyor's I only reason Is "I need the money." |