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Show SES GULLS TO TIE FUST FLIGHT TODAY Salt Lake Fans Will Have Opportunity of Seeing Team in Action. Tlie Salt Lake Sea Gulls will make their first flight before a home crowd today. to-day. They will moot the MIdvalc team at Lucus field th!6 afternoon at 3 o'clock. Manager Hester and hl3 men have completed a training season of approximately approxi-mately one month. Thrco weeks of that time lias seen fhe Sea Gulls together. The club started its training al Grand Junction, Colo., .where It hnd a successful period. Following that. Hester took his men lo Denver and other Colorado towns, whero they had. a victorious series of games. During tho last week tho toam has been In Carbon county, where four or five games have been played. Thai the practice which tho Sea Gulls havo had has proved Invaluable Is Indicated Indi-cated by the grand showing the team has been making. Hester reports his boys In good condition condi-tion with few exceptions. The most notablo of Iho cxieptlons Is Carl Brad-shaw, Brad-shaw, who is on crutches as the result of Injury to his right foot, received In the game at Florence, Colo. Get Acquainted Today. Today will be tho first opportunity of Salt Lake fans to seo their 1914 team In action. There are many new faces on the club, although a considerable sprinkling of the old favorites remains. The veterans are 3-tank Huchmian. Art Mc.Gla.ln. Willis Morgan: and Billy- Davs.-Johnny Davs.-Johnny Galena. Clatide Potts "and Herb Hester wero members of last year's Great Falls club, and wero seen In action here Jn 1013. Tho new men are Walter Knapp. Jim Allen, Johnny SclniUz, pitchers; Herbert. Brady, Carl Bradshaw. Art Caldwell, Cald-well, Inficlders; Ralph Craig, outfielder. Bert Spencer, the swiftest outfielder and base runner . In last year's campaign, Is still a. member of the Salt Lake club. It is believed that Spencer, who was seriously seri-ously Injured in a railroad accident last fall, will be in shape to play ball again by the lime tho second period of the schedule begins. Tt is likely that Hester will nse Knapp, Allen and SchulU In today's game, giving each a thrcc-innlng workout. Hester himself will probably play first, with Brady at second. Huolsman, Davis and Craig are thc choices for outfielders in today's game. Potts will be at short, and McClnin behind the bat. Big Crowd Expected. Today's game will give tho Salt Lake folks a chance to become acquainted with the now faces. If the weather is fair, a large crowd no doubt will bo on hand to get their first gllmpso of the club which they will back in the l'JH pennant race. I31acl:mcr will pitch for Midvalc today, lie Is a heaver of much ability and should keep the Sea Gulls up to" their best. A lolegram from Boise yesterday carried car-ried the Intelligence that 'Toots" Gard. Jensen's second catcher, and a backstop of more than local fame, suffered a broken leg while sliding to second in a practice game in TVolser Friday. Card is likely to be out. of thc game for two months. Tho misfortune will put the bunion of catching upon "Buck" Weaver. Weav-er. In case of pinch Artie Schlmpff can make himself useful behind the bat. The new park at Murray will be dedicated dedi-cated today when the Murray team and "Brick" Dovercaux's Calgary club of the Western Canada league meet on the new grounds for an exhibition gamo. It will be the first opportunity Murray fans will havo of seeing . their pennant chascrs perform on the homo lot. t |