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Show "VINEGAR DICK" BREAKSH00D00 Helena s Elongated South paw PitchesSplen-did PitchesSplen-did Game, Baffling Cooley Sox With Eccentric Shoots and Curves Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday-Big Sunday-Big double-header at Cooley Park today. Game will be called at 2:30 sharp. toothaker and Jensen will probably pitch for Salt Lake and Bryan for Helena. Score: Helena, 10; Salt Lake, 8. SnOWIXC a splendid courage in the face of what appeared to be certain defeat, Dick Cooley 'a Salt Lake team of ball toasera r-ame from behind in the final moments of yesterday's contest with Helena and narrowly missed snatching victory from the hustling hus-tling Montana team at the very moment when Manager Trby was composing a telegram to his club owners congratulating the Helena fans that their Union league representatives ' had broken into the won" oolt&u.. But the spectacular rally just failed to reach, and the game ended with the Skyscrapers on the short ennd of a 10 to 8 Cannon r.und. the L. D. S university .tr, omiplcd the pitcher's mound for seven innings The opposition could collect col-lect but rive sufe hits from the offerings of the COIfogtan: but the tall local athlete ath-lete was entirely unable to locate the home plate when he uncorked his collection col-lection of curves and slants. He soaked two of Irhy's uew In the ribs and pave six others the right to walk to the initial ini-tial station Practice is all that Lund needs to guarantee control and Manager Weaver will He that he gets sufficient work before he again faces opposing aluggerlft. Tne wildnes6 of Lund and the gen-orl gen-orl effectiveness of Mears. the Helena t wirier, gave the visitors a long lead in the early stages. Salt Lake players showed performances below their true form ami several "hone head" plays g (i'-d Irhy's men In opening up a wide, gap. But In the final Innings Weaver or- j ireJ action, and the heavy artillerv was unlltnbcreri. When the final out of 1 1 1 - came was registered runners were resting on second and third bases, awaiting await-ing the base hit which would have sent thein home With the tying runs, but thie hit was not forthcoming. The frame in detail follows: Game in Detail. Helena took tlie lead In the first ln-ntng ln-ntng and never relinquished it Thompson Thomp-son was hit bjr the first hall pitched and walked to second when Menges drew a bsFe on balls. LtttSfs sacrifice advanced , hoth runners. Klllllay struck out. but i Lund got In the hole on Irbv, serving up three balls without a strike lie' "groved" the next one and the Helena ; manager drove it along the right field foil lino for a two-bagger, scoring both runners. Haverstick was disposed of by I Devereaux and Van. The Skyscrapers got one of these runs hack in their half of the first. With .Spencer down. Blllv Fortler drove hard to center for two bases. Bauer fanned, (tat D-vereatix lifted one high In the air and when Haverstick lost It in the sun. Fortler raced across the pan. Lund got into trouble at the start of the second Inning when he walked Wood. Baker sacrificed him along, but Mears fanned arid Pendleton made a good play on Thompson's slzzler. Poor coaching at third base coot the Skyscrapers a chance in their half of the second. Willi one out. Van drew a base nn balls and Pendleton doubled to center. Van had no chance to score, but was sent home by the coac.her and proved an asy victim. Weaver went out from short to first, ending the inning. Third inning "Brick" speared a hot liner from Mcnges's bat and the two stands gave Hie veteran a hand. Lussl walked but was ehot down at second by Captain Weaver when he attempted to steel. Klllllay skied to Bauer The locals lo-cals again threatened In their half After Lund had lined to Lussl, Spencer worked Mears for free transportation Fortler was given a life on Wood's error and both advanced on Bauer's out at first. With runners on second and third and two out. Devereaux's best was a screamer scream-er whi-h Mears knocked down and got the pepper third basemen at first. Fourth inning .Take Bauer took care of the first two batsmen to face Lund-but Lund-but the L. D. S. star hit Wood with a pitched hill after having two strikes on the Helena shortstop. "Brick" tossed out Baker and averted damage. A base on halls to Van. with one down, proved unavailing, un-availing, as Pendleton forced him at second sec-ond ami Weaver was an easv third out Fifth inning Mears mi again set down on strikes and Thompson was thrown out bv leereaux. hut the juve nile Meng'-s walked and stole second Helnie Spencer backed up against the left field fence and made a brilliant catch of Lussl 's bold bid for a homer. The Skyscrapers were helpless before Mears's portslde curves. Haverstick tossing out Lund and Spencer, while Irby took care of Fortler's fly Sixth Inning The visitors lengthened their lead In this round, aided by some weird work on the part of Cooley' young men Lund could not locate the plate for Klllllay. Van held on to Irby", pop foul, although Captain Weaver ran Into him hard enough to throw the first sacker on his back Haverstick also walked, and on Wood's out at first the rnnners advanced. Baker beat our a lap down the third-base third-base line which Lund should have handled. han-dled. Devereaux fielded the ball to first, too late to catch Baker, and while Van held the hall Haverstick followed Klllllay o'-er the pan Baker was cut down trving for second base. Captain Weaver's speedbovs lost a splendid chancy t,o score in their half of the sixth. Batter opened with a stroll on four wide ones. ''Brick" uncorked another an-other safe drive but when Orr tapped lo the pl. -her. Bauer was forced at third. Van flew to left and Devereaux was doubled dou-bled off second, nipping a verv promising promis-ing rally In the bv.. Seventh Inning The "luckv" seventh" .8t eventful for hoth sides, the visitors s.or-ing four runs and the home guard uiree ranie., Mears. who hao fanned on both his previous occa- 1 slons at the bat. surprised the fans his I tenmmates and himself bv slngMng to center. Thompson lined to Lund too hard to be hendled and fhe clever Menges hit safety to left, scorlnr his --. A v 114 pitch by Lund had previously pre-viously advanced both runners Lussl h" sharply to Orr, who nipped Thompson Thomp-son r.r. the plate on a fast play. But 01H a cnesj of bis next chance when ItNlUay slopped on- down his way and '" : 1 ,;"" over the plate, and when Van rnde a wide throw home In a belated be-lated attempt to head off n run. Klllllay chased around to third, scoring a moment mo-ment later on Irby's out at first. It was bad baseball on the part of Mr. Coolers pennant chasers. Cooleysox Try Hard. Pendletcn opened Salt Lake's half with a base on balls. Weaver singled and then ordered Kelly In to bat for Lund. Hie out advanced both runners. Spencer beat out an tnfle'd hit. filling the base, as Pen coild net attempt to score on the rlay. Fortler rapped hard to Lussl, wrjn handled the shot and retired Fortler without assistance Pendleton scoring. : . - . 11 and; as usual, made good with a timely rap to right, scoring two runs. The fast little utility man was out trying to take an extra base on his hit. Eighth inning Jensen succeeded Lund on the slab at the beginning of the round, but the weather Is still too cold for this star southpaw to show Ills real form. He. walked Baker and let the weak-hitting Meara connect for a two-bagger. two-bagger. Donovan, the Cooley castoff, who succeeded Thompson In left field, was retired, Van to Pendleton. Menges hit to Deveraux and Baker was caught between third and home. After an exciting ex-citing chaae. Orr made the mistake of trying to run down the man name1 for the Philadelphia hero, and Baker scored. Lussl again Jarred a board loose in the left field fence and Mears scored. Lund tightened up and fanned Klllllay and made Irby pop to Van. Devereaux continued his good work In Salt Lake's half, making his third clean hit of the day, taking second on a passed ball, third on Qrr's out and scoring on Van's out at first, on which Wood made a neat play Ninth Inning Bert Toothaker went In for the last round and set Irby's men down in order and then the fireworks were touched off. Haverstick threw out both of Salt Lake s battery men and the crowd was beginning to leave the park when Spencer hit In front of the plate and was safe when the elongated Mears fell in trying to field the ball. Fortler singled cleanly to left and Davis walked, filling the bases. Devereaux, who Is the hnt man In the league in a pinch, drove hard to center and two rune counted. Bill Orr, realizing that he was long overdue, over-due, hit. safely over second and another run counted. , Bight here a pretty exhibition of head work was given by the rival managers. Weaver sent in Morgan, a right-hander, to bat for Van, who was at a disadvantage disadvan-tage in facing a southpaw. The first ball served to Morgan got away from Baker and hoth runners advanced. Irby then waved Mears from the mound and sent in Pitcher Bryan, a right-hander Weaver retaliated bv withdrawing Morgan Mor-gan and sending in Leo Dressan. a left-hand left-hand hitter. The score was 10 to 8 and a single would have tied the score, but the leading batter of the Union league could not deliver, his best effort being a high, twisting fly, which BUI Lussl caught in clever fashion, ondlng the contest. con-test. The courageous effort of the home team in coming from behind and almost tying up the contest atoned for the looseness of play which marked the contest and sent the fans home In a good frame of mind, despite the fact that the home team had lost The score: HELENA. AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Thompson, If 3 1 1 1 i o Donovan, If 1 0 0 0 n o Menges. 3b 2 1 1 0 Lussl 1b 8 1 i 16 o 0 Klllllay. cf 4 2 0 0 0 0 Irby, rf F. o 1 3 o 0 Haverstick, 2b 3 I 0 2 fi n Wood, es 3 0 0 2 4 1 Baker, c 4 112 2 0 Mears. p 4 2 2 0 3 1 Bryan, p.. 0 0 0 0 0 n Totals 83 10 7 27 19 2 SALT "LAKE AB R. H PO. A. E Spencer. If 4 2 1 1 0 0 Fortler. cf 5 3 2 1 0 0 Bauer, rf 2 0 0 3 n 0 Davis, rf 1 1 1 e n a Devereaux, 8b 5 1 4 1 g 0 Orr, ss ,5 0 1 1 1 1 Van, 3 b. 2 0 n 11 1 Pendleton. 2b 3 1 1 4 4 0 Weaver, c 4 1 l f 3 0 J-nd, p 8 0 0 0 0 0 Jensen, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toothaker. p l 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly 1 0 ft 0 0 0 Dressan l 0 0 0 n 0 Totals 36 I 11 27 16 1 Batted for Lund In the seventh. Batted for Van In the ninth Score by innings Helena 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 lo Salt Lake 100000313 8 Summary: Two-base hits Lussl, Irby, Mears. Fortler. Pendleton. Sacrifice hits Lussl. Baker. Stolen hose Menges. Rur.s hatted In Menges 2, Lussl 1. Irby ? Baker 2, Davis 2, Devrfreaux 3. "rr Bases on balls Off Mears 6, oft Lund 7. off Jensen 1- Struck out By Mears 1. hy Lund 3. by Jensen 1 Hlto-i-Off Mears, 11 in I 2-3 Innings off Bryan, 0 In 1-3 Inning; In-ning; off Lund, 5 In 7 Innings; off Jensen. Jen-sen. 2 In I Inning, off Toothaker, 0 In 1 inning. Left on bases Helena 7. Salt Lake 7. Double play--Thompson to Wood. Wild pitches Lund 1. Mears L Passed 1 halls Baker 3 First base on errors-Helena errors-Helena I, Salt Lake 1 Hit by pitcher-Thompson. pitcher-Thompson. Wood. Time of game 2 17 Umpire Wright. Attendance 1000. |