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Show J ' . 1 1 OPENING GAME POSTPONED; , BIG DOINGS ON WEDNESDAY Snowfall Fills Majestic Park Full of Wetness, j All Ceremonies Are Set Forward One Day, M Fair Weather Promised Today No game today, wet f grounds Big opening Wed ( t nesday IT SEEMS that atout all the snow that fell hereabouts Yesterday fore noon collected at Majestic pari Of : course there was a good deal spread about lere and there but m the eyes Jt of the baseball fans it looked as though jt the new ball park was the rallying t ground for all the flakes that fell A meet ng of the board of d rectors !, in as held yesterday afternoon After the 8 nreet ng the directors went to Majest c ! park where they inspected the f eld borne of the d rectors be ng experts , J along that 1 He gave it as their un . equ vocal op n on tha the f eld would a not be in f t condit on for play today Therefore at 7 o clock last ni'ht the word was passed down the 1 ne that the opening game of Pac f c Coast league baseball scheduled for today has been postponed unt 1 ednesday ' Promises Fair Today ;3 The weather man prom ses fair V weather for today The weather man & has been h tt ng it off pretty well late ly and if he keeps his word regarding J today s weather the ground w 11 have an excellent chance of getting into good cond t on for Wednesday It ra ned in San Francisco and Los (, Angeles so the Coast league open ng towns were a pretty wet lot all around I It might have been poss ble to play ball on the new field today but t s apparent that the game would bae been fought out under c rcumstances sat sfactory neither to players nor spec tators The baseball people sav they want to make the open ng game as b g an e ent as it poss bly can be made and they want to have th ngs as nearly r ght as the;y can be Therefore t was deemed ad sable to put off the glor ous occae on for twenty four hours Blankenship Orator All the ball players took a rest yes terdaj Manager Blankenship herded h s flock nto the clubhouse yesterday forenoon and delivered an oral on I told them said Blank that J th s was no ioy affa r and that I ex I jected them to get in there and dr 11 i Halt Lake e a new c ty in th s league i anl we ha e got to put oar best foot f forward. The eyes of every coast town was on Salt Lake I told em, and it was up to them to jut Salt Lake in this race and keep it there Another th ng I certainly d d tell them too That was that I wanted every man to run out h s h t There j have been more ball games lost through j players fa 1 ng to run when they hit the j ball tha.n through any other cauBe j There s always a chance for a muff of the eas est fly or a fumble of the eas est j grounder or a bal throw after t s t handled I i st will not have a ball plajer on the cl ijb who fa Is to run out a h t j Signs and other things were talked f over and altogether the club had a j jolly 1 ttle confab js Tigers Eat Snowballs Happy Ilo,an and h 8 T gers spent the day looking at the nountains The 1 ills d a look bea t f 1 n the coat of wh te and wh le a coat ot wh te sn exa tty I what ball players hanker after nhen trs time to plav ball the invaders e ioyed it ne ertheless For Some of them at least a gool healthy snowstorm was a new exper en e and these enjoyed a i ne meal of snowballs Ilogan s ndo de I abo t h s open j. n game p t her I ast night he sa d the cho pc woul 1 fall n T?ov U tt a k ITenle o H V M e or 8 e logun wa a so h f I lor E ho K b h h h V n h he la h or (, o h a ab h h n n f Sn Hcgan I lites Salt Lake w Hte I g alo pan a o I a In A I n u flno t k day an 1 i a booster for his hall club I told then t B ankenshir had a good ball lb anil oil then the truth More over I t 1 hem that t wasn t unt for the 0 g game that the cl b neede 1 the r s pnort The town that Htii Is Iv t lall luo in times of al rslty h a-el as o of rosnerif v s the own that s go ng to have the pennant niij nine I took another look ab your new park this morning and wh le a new ball f eld in a snowstorm isn t a. sublime s ght to a ball player I am thoroughly eonv need that you are go ng to have one of the prett est 1 ttle parks n the country The view of the mounta ns from the stands .should be grand in summer and I am sure that when th ngs get green around there the surroundings will be very pleasant indeed You can just say for me that 1 Ike Silt Lake and what s more I th nk Salt Lake is going to make good n the Coast league Plenty of Seats The postponement of the opening game until Wednesday w 11 gi e the fans another day n wh ch to heel th m selves w th t ckets The are on sale at var ous places about the t The tan who rjujs uptown avo is me ne es s ty of do ng so at the t ckct off ce on the grounds Wednesday There need be no fear on the fart of t cket holders that they w 11 uot find seat ng accommodat ons unless the go very late indeed. Those who bu cent ticl ets that s opera cha grand stanl t ckets are sure of seats be cause only the number of that las of t ckets w 11 be sold for wh ch there ar cha rs The 50 cent t ckets adm to th ordinary grandstand or bleachers B h of these stn ctures are commod o s and there will be seats for all who con e reasonably early The game w 11 beg n at "! o lock There w 11 be some prel m nan exe c ses such as si nginf, the f st all and 1 ttle stunts 1 ke that These over tures w II be played son e t me after 2 30 Th s afternoon the pitchers and catchers of both clubs will have a workout at the Deseret gymna9 um Jimmy Toman Back The announcement conta ned m a spec al d spatch to The Tr bune from ean Francisco uus mvtu ul, imohi & Toman had been appo nted on the staff of umpires will be good news to Salt Lake fans The d spatch says the ap po ntment is temporary Some time ago Toman announced that he had qu t the ndicator bus ness for keeps and had gone nto business at Los Angeles It s poss ble that J mmy is just f 11 ng Toman will be remembered by Salt Lake baseball fajis as the first umpire Salt Lake Bawn 1911 the opening year of the Un on assoc at on i or the last couple of years Toman has been worl ing n the Northwestern leag e He a a capable umpire an 1 the fans of th s ace w 11 welcome h n when be comes bttherward He has been ass gned to Los Angeles for the opening game 1 e tween the Angels and the Beavers While working a game in Salt Lake Toman was attacked bv B lly i ort er a Salt Lake player The result was that Tort er was f ned $100 an 1 b s pended for the remainder of the season an 1 the clbb was f ned 0 Bankenshlp and flouan met a lot of newspape men at a 1 t e feed at the Newhou8e last evening: Both were cal 84 on for a speoch and hotn maae one b ann said he wasn t mu h of a ta ker and Ho gan said tie wasn t e her and tney sort of et t go a a I ast n g " h managers a d p a e s of o bs w e g es b of onoc of Man age 11 rdy Downing at hi Ma h ub box ng show Ton g t both cl bs have been n ed to a en 1 hp pe formance of p. Banke r Frol and Mus a RevlPW t e 4a Lake theater JIMMY TOMAN ADDED TO LIST OF UMPS pe r c N R Mb T ppo oda p Pa h on n po h H s Ang op ft fc. K LOS ANGELES READY FOR GREAT OPENING Spe at T e Tr bune I OS AN 1 LE8 March 29 W t forty two a hie ps on their toes tho town a buzz wit ex emen and a sea s sold there Is nothing In the road of t open ng of tho u 6 baoeb eeason n so t em Cal forn a except Old Father T ne He w I dip a 30 mo ro v ftf e noon Both t e Ange s and Beavers are n r m A 1 of p men nn ot s uh fort two of hem were o t fo th Una pra t e to ay nn was some p a tlco loo D 1 on sent h a nen f Onntlo td on Following Page 1 jtfUMY TOMAN Salt Lake 43 favonte who was ap pointed coast league umpire yesterday OPENING 8IE SET FORWARD OWE DAY (Continued from Preceding Pago ) alo g at top apeel psv ng pa t cu a at tent o to the pitchers work In xvat I Hilt ba e ad hand g bu ta Mc C'edloa ne aluo workeA ard a 1 t ey are a fa b nch, I t t ioes t seen aa if ey e as rant as laat jear Mc cred e 11 sa t says t ev are ot but 1 e opes t roaae e r speed Neller n anaer k ev tons t nlo wou d p ton ton or ow that is fo a er talntj t o th D on sad t wou d i rob ablv be Ja k R an wl le McOrcdie pi kod either H kk nbotham or Krause Aside fron he p cl o s t e 1 euu w 11 be To tla d n a. Sb De r k lb peas c " s er, c Doane rf St npf b Lole If M rphj ss t.os Vnge es ol er rf Metsger Sb F If bs el lb J aege t f Mc M en 2b Te rj sa Boles c Mayor Ro e l alto pt to throw the first ba across the p ate and 1 then watch the gan e fro Pres dent Powers s box bis street pa ade w 1 precede, the game RAIN MAY PREVENT SEALS OAKS OPENER ec al to The Tribune SWFRYNUSCO Marc 9 Intern it ta t showers on 5 t p o so o erfere 1 the b Kge t aseball evening San F anclco has e e see W th e ery re served seat bo d a 1 ba'seba interest at nig! po at he ind catjo s ae that 12 000 persons -wou d be on hand v far weather The Sea 3 and Oa s are on edge for the contest Managers olverton a d Christian had their squads out for prac tlce todaj at the r respe i e parks and a 1 were reported n t ptop shape. No ele e ho s rpr ses 1 a e been sprung bj ei her s de There wt be the usua ceremo ies that are in e idence e e y ear The boosters 1000 strong wll ha e a luncl eon at a downtown hotel and then wli parade to the park T e mavor and other offlc als w 1 perform the opening stuntB THIS AND THAT IN COAST LEAGUE TALK OVKLAND March 9 Outfie der George Watson pro ured on opt on from the bt Joe Mo club of the W estern leagie was turned back to that o gan za t on toda by Oak and He failed to show expec ed form T er Chr stlan also an nounced oda hat Pitc er Jake Geye who fai ed o report this spring -had beep made a f ee a&ent Johnny Lush s arm is not coming around as rapidly as he had expe tea af er pitch ng for Portland in the Ch nese un est game. He remarked later that he would g ve a JoO note if said wing were n pe fe t trin at gresen President Ed R Maler of the Veni e Tigers, who e spending a few days at h s banta Susana ranch made the fol lowing s atement over the te ephone last n ght I have do idea what p tcher we w get from the "Wh e Sot or n fac whether we get one at ali fron them 1 had a te phone mes age h s af e noon from Manager C arence Rowland but he was unab e to tell me Just w at he would be able to do However we ar aned to meet in Los Ange es Monday mo Ding at 8 o clock at whicl t me I have no doubt the matter will be final y d posed of The Tige s l ke the ngels wou d 1 ke to secure H Jasper Los Angeles Ex am ner J mmy McHale the former Portland outfie der back In 190 , is now located in Stockton trave ing for a b g tobacco company Jimmy lookB as trim as he d d in the olden days but is through with baseball |