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Show TAILORS ill HARDEST GAME OF THE SEASON Record-Breaking Crowd Watch Pitchers Battle for One Run. The fans who failed to 50 down to the Walker field Sunday afternoon to seo the baecbnll same between the Salt Lakes nnd Frcstons will be a sore lot today when they hoar that the game was one of the best ever played on tho local diamond. dia-mond. The local boys won by a score of 5 to 1 nnd had to light every Inch of the way to keep the lead. It was a pitcher pitch-er s battle between one-armed Stevens and Murphy, and both men had excellent support In the field. No hits woro made on balls batted In tho air, ns the fielders wore right yesterday and caught everything every-thing that came in sight. Several errors were made on both sides, but thow wore desperate chances and were unavoidable, Tho visiting team wns .nhut out the first four Innings and only got one hit from Stevens, while the locals scored ono run In each of the first and second on fourt hits and wore shut out the next two Innings. In the fifth, three straight hits by iatevens. Cleveland and JIargetts, assisted as-sisted by errors on first nnd third bags brought In thrco runs, which wcro ull that the locals got from then on. Take a Sprint. The visitors scored their first run In the fifth Inning and threw one run away. Balr went to sloop on second base and Slovens threw him out, Xorthropo catching catch-ing tho ball. In the sixth Inning two singles and a two-baeo hit unsettled the locals, and between wild pitching, a man going, to llrst on balls and a wild throw by Northrope, gave the Ptestons three runs, but they were unable to do anv-thlng anv-thlng after that and wore retired In the ninth Inning with a man on third and second bases. Mortenson hit tho ball to center and Castro made a pretty catch. Foaturcs of Gamo. The feature of the. game was RucPb running catch towards the cast fence. Northrope put one In tho air which looked as if it were going over the fonco, but Rucf drew it down Inside the fence, being just abolo to reach It. King was put out In a pretty play from centorflold to catch to second base In trying to mako p. steal. Murphy tried to make the home plate on a two-base hit by Barrett. Castro recovered tho ball In left Held, threw It to Gun on third base, who sent the ball homo to Doane, catching Murphy ten feet from the plate. This was tho second time during tho game that the visitors threw away thoir chance to tic tho score. The .Pros ton team was not satlsiled with the result of the gamo and want a return game for a side bet to bo played either hero or at Prcnton next Sunday. SALT LAKE. AB. K. B1I. TO. A. E. Cleveland, rf. i 1 1 0 0 0 Margetts, lb 1 0 1 4 1 1 Northrope, ss i 0 1 4 . 1 Doane. c I 0 1 10 3 0 James, .If 4 0 0 1 0 0 Gunn. Hb 1 1 2. 1 1 0 Castro, cf 4 0 1 1' 2 0 Rldd, 2b 4 0 0 1 S 1 Stevens, p i 1 2 0 2 J Totals 06 5 10 27 12 4 FRESTON. AB. R. BH. PO. A. E. Barrett, ss 4 0 13 3 0 King, lb 1 1 0 10 1 2 Mortensen, 3b 5 0 1 3 2.1 Ruef. If 1 1 1 I 0 0 Fuller, c 4 1110 0 Balr. rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 Campbell, cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 Nelson 2b ;....4 0 0 2 4 0 Murphy, p 3 0 2 0 2 0 Total 36 4 S 24 12 3 Score by Innings R. H. E. Salt Lako ...1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 10 4 Preston 0 0001300 04 8 3 Eearned runs Salt Lake 2. Sacrifice hits Northrope, 2; Castro, Ruef, Murphy. Stolen bases James, Campbell. Loft on bases Salt Lake. S; Preston, 7. Bases on balls off Stevens, 1. Two-base hits Margetts, Northrope. Castro, Barrett, Campbell. lilt by pitched ball Murphy and Barrett. Struck out by Stevens, 8; bv Murphy, 2. Passed balls Doane, i. Wild pitches Stevens, 2. Umpire Mc-ClaEkcy. Mc-ClaEkcy. Attendance InOO. |