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Show I SALT LAKE TEAM IS IMPROVING Elders Are Playing Big League tall. Pitching Staff Looks Bettor and Fans Now Have Hopes. alnto'May Yet Land the Pennant Other Baseball News and Gossip. sflNHE pcr?rrm.ince of the Salt Lake U basebnft team has been the causo 1 of a Joyous surprise nmonf? the Bfans of this city. To ece the team representing this city get out and play ringB around their opponents on different differ-ent occasions has caused a new hope to spring up within the breasts of many a hope that we may yet land the coveted Pacific National league pennant. If the Elders keep up the merry lick they have started during ( the past, few weeks, the old rag may yet float from a flagpole In Zlon. But can they do It? , There Is no disputing the fact that I the Saints have been playing winning ball upon various occasions of late. Its infield has conducted itself in true blg- league fashion, and the team as a , I whole has been .nltting the ball at the proper moment. If the pitching staff can only keep in shape and prevent the opposing batters from knocking the cover off the ball, "Honest John" Mc-Closkcy," Mc-Closkcy," "Big Chief" Rellly and 1 "Wily Walter" Wilmot will have to go some to head the Saints off. Tho fans nro getting enthusiastic, and If tho team keeps up Its gait, during the- next two weeks thero will be a noticeable swelling In tho gate receipts. ' The record made by Tozor in Friday's Fri-day's game against Boise is one of which "Cy" Young himself need not be nshamed. Four scattered hits In nine Innings and a shut-out game Is a. most unviable performance and one of which the Salt Lake slab artist has good reason rea-son to be proud. - Hannlvan, the new outfielder, who made such a brilliant record with the willow last season, has not been hitting in his usual form during the past week. Hannlvan walloped tho ball pretty hard while away, but since his visit to thlB city his batting eye has become dulled. However, It Is no doubt only temporary, nnd "Hann" will bo hitting with the best of them ere long. ' Elmer Meredith Is slated to perform for the Saints this afternoon and a large attendance Is assured. Meredith Is very popular here, and his presence In the box means several ciphers In the attendance figures. 1 "Bobby" Blewett, the popular slab artist of thev Infant aggregation, has not been In town during the : week. Blewett became i-a benedict some days ago at Seattle and ls'now enjoying his honeymoon. Salt Lake has had better luck with Its players than any other team in the league. Rellly has Frary and Stanley on the injured list, Joe Marshall Is suffering suf-fering from an attack of typhoid malaria, ma-laria, "Rnsty" Wright has a bad hand, Swindells of Butte Is out of the game, and most of Wllmot's pitchers are suffering suf-fering from lame arms. The Elders are still In fighting shape. a Manager McCloskey this week presented pre-sented to All Hallows college three historic his-toric balls that have figured In league games this year. One of them is the spheroid with which Joe Marshall won an organ at Boise by hitting an advertisement, ad-vertisement, one is the ball used In the twelve-Inning game at Spokane two weeks ago, and the other was one knocked over the fence by O'Conncll at Spokane, scoring the winning run. "Slats" Davis, ex-Elder and now umpire, um-pire, had a stormy time of It at Butte last week when he made his debut with the Indicator. The players did not take kindly to some" of "Slats's" decisions, and for a time riot was threatened. Davis has umpired before, thoujjh, and he ought to give "satisfaction once he gets settled down. T The umpire proposition in this city has become what might be called "fierce." Most of tho games during the past week have been marred by the unpopularity of the umpire's decisions, de-cisions, which has caused endless wrangling between the players of the different teams,' besides one very unpleasant un-pleasant scene participated In by several sev-eral of the spectators. The weather is still very cold up In Butte and the ballplayers are having a hard time to play fast enough to keep warm. Between snowstorms and sandstorms, sand-storms, the attendance figures at the Smoky City are kept down very low. The Boise team Is scheduled to remain re-main over in this city and play on Monday Mon-day (Miners' Union day). Wednesday Wllmot's pets will arrive and for the remainder of the week will do battle with GImlln's Elders. |