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Show MURRAY MS FIRST FROM ill HAT Blankenship Rolls Up Big Total in Third; Visitors . Make Spectacular Finisih. Today's game at Lucas field, 3 o'clock. Tho spectacular feature of yesterday's ball gnmn between the Murray team of tho Union association and the Medicine Hat team of the Western Canada league was tlio sensational cloutlnt,' of tho visitors vis-itors In the ninth lnnlnp. Two singles, a double and two homo runa netted tho Mcdlcluo Hat men five runs, which, uddod to tho straggling throe they already lmd. ave thorn a total of- eight, as compared with thlrtoen for the Murrayltca. The 1 homera wore smaflbed out by Barth and Healey. , . The giuno wa3 played on Cummlngs field at tho University of Utah, which same field waa oliclter'n glass and afforded the neldora no footing whatever. Somo of i tho tumbloB tho hoys took In floldlni; easy croundors were ludicrous, but In nplto of tho Juclc of foothold, the fielding on both Hides wan remarkably good. Tho visitors mado a brave start when, In tho very Unit inning, thoy made a counter sotely on wild bcavos, the cause 'for which was tho fact that tho Murray mon could not sot themselves for throws. After that, however, tho players adapted themuolvos to conditions and played Blankcnshlp'a team did Its ' J'ly'' in who also wot up twice, and an error by Healoy. Throo runs had been made in the first Inning by Murray on singles by Changnon, Carman and Ruogg and a two-bagger by Gay. After the third liming Kersteu allowed only four scattered hits, and the team behind him steadied down. Tho Medicine Hut club Ib a pretty fust ogirroffation and. m today's gamo no doubt wlfi clvo a good account of itself. An old TJtuh boy. Johnny HayeH, is with the team. So Is Bob Whaling, hist year second sec-ond baseman for Butte. Whaling Is suf-ferlng suf-ferlng from a felon on otuj of his fingers und will bo out of tho game for somo Dawson, Brown. Mnnouk and Finch are available for Blunkenshlp today, .and nrobably he will use three of them. Todav's game will be ployed at Iucas flold&nd will begin at 3 o'clock. |