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Show Ogden lins Remarkable Ball Game in the Eleventh Inning Home Run Twice Counts Four Tallies; Seven Minutes Min-utes Consumed in Completing Double Flay; Paul Cobb Two-time Hero. At Salt Lake Ogden 9, Salt Lake 5 (11 innings). ' "I 0V eighteen ball players and two umpires can do so many differ-B differ-B ent thinly in eleven innings passeth all understanding. What j didn't happen in yesterday's ball game I at Lucas held could easily bo written on j a postage stamp; all that did happen j couldn't be written on tho side o a ' i burn. ! Ugden finally won the game in the eleventh inning, the score at the close ! being 0 to 3. '! Ttiero were three, distinct heroes in J tho game, besides a lot of little heroes scattered about promiseuouslv. ! Hero No. .1 was Paul Cobb, Ogden ; centerflelder. In the sixth inning he made a seemingly impossible catch of a 11 v ball for tlie third out when the bases were full. But loblj was the ': hero par excellence when, in the eleventh, elev-enth, ho knocked the bull over the leftlield fence, seuding in three runs i ahead of him. Hero No. 2 was Fred Carman, Salt Lake first baseman, who, in the seventh inning, sailed the ball out of the lot when three were on. Hero No. u was Charley Tonnemau, Salt Lake catcher, who, in tho ninth inning, tied the score with a homer. "Kitty" and "Red." ' Kitty ' ' Knight and "Rod'' Toner 1 faced each other in the pitching de-l'ltrtinent. de-l'ltrtinent. When the came wound up tlie count oft' Knight was eleven aud off Toner ten. But Toner was called upon to overcome the most gigantic ; collection of muffs and wild throws I hat has ever been gathered together under one roof. Two of them were Toner's own heaves, not counting a ! wild pit en. ! A tctfil of nine boots and heaves was I chalked up against the Sea Culls, five I uf Ogden "s runs wore duo to wobbles I of one kind or another. There is no j doubt about tho other tour having been made by the hilstnen themselves, if a hit I batsman aud a base on balls be ex- I eluded from the wobble column. ! All of Salt Lake's runs were the re- ! suit of efforts of the tSea Culls' bat- j tors, if a base, on balls bo excluded. A new record in baseball was un- I doubtedly set yesterday in the division j of length of time required to complete I a double pJav. Seven minutes elapsed I between the time the first of tlie victims ; of tho double was called out and the time the other out was decided. The ' things that happened between those j outs were numerous and wonderful and I weird. Sensational Fielding. There was some grand fielding in the j game. Double plays and sensational catches and stops materially aided the pitchers in getting rid of their oppo-1 oppo-1 . uents. I For six innings Toner allowed but two hits and Knight yielded six, well seat- tered. The hitting did not result in a run for either side. In the sixth inning Salt Lake threatened threat-ened largely for the first time, and it was iu that inning when Cobb made his sensational catch, saving the game. A single bv Galena, a double bv Carman Car-man and a base on balls, intentionally. , to lluelsman. filled the bases when two were out. It was up to Davis to deliver. de-liver. Billv hit a fly that looked for all the world as though it would fall safe iu short center. Cobb; however, tore after it, and bv diving he caught the ball an inch from the ground. Cobb skidded about the field on his faco for i several yards, but he had caught, the ! ball and saved the game. Tt was per-j per-j hap- the most difficult catch ever made en Lucas field, all hough it was by no ; means ihe most spectacular. Ogden Scores First. In tlie seventh Ogden put over the first score of the cranio. Kisberg started with a double, lie .vas thrown out at Third "hen .-awver hit to Toner. Sawyer Saw-yer went to second when Toner made a poor peg to first iu an attempt to catch the runner off. Sawver was run down between second and third when Ellis hit to Caveney. Ellis headed for second sec-ond and Tonneman's throw- went to rlie outfield. Kllis aoinu' to think Tie scored when Tuner threw wild to third in another an-other effort to catch his man off. Tn their half of the seventh the Sea Culls scored four times, apparently- putting put-ting the game on ice. Caveney sin-eled sin-eled and then there were two" outs. Potts drew a ha'-e on balls and Galena singled, filling the bases. Each Counts Four. Then Carman slummed llie ball ocr. cleaning the ..1.-.. an.! countiniT a ouar-t.'Mo ouar-t.'Mo for his vide. Sr-cl-ii,.rs UiihikIiI the siimr "a- as good as over, aud told one another that Salt Lake had won another. But they were sadly mistaken, as subsequent events proved. In the eighth Ogden nicked the rubber rub-ber four times, which put them one to the good. Those four were also made after two were ont. Jones led off with a single and Cobb walked. A single by Risberg filled the bases. A wild pitch to Sawyer let iu Jones, and presently Sawyer lived when Carman missed Caveney's throw. Cobb and Eisberg scored on the error. A double by Ellis brought Sawyer across. Salt LaJie was blanked in their half of the eighth. In Ogdon 's half of the ninth the things for the book occurred. Remarkable Baseball. Knight beat, out a littlo infield hit and was sacrificed to second by Dow-ling. Dow-ling. Woolums was hit and Jones singled. sin-gled. The bases were therefore filled when Cobb hit lo Potts. Potts touched third, forcing ooluins. and then threw the ball home. Tonnoman, evidently forgetting forget-ting that Woolums had already beou forced, shot the ball back to third. This let Knight in nicely. Woolums IUCrtb lb UH.C1V lUWiUU BeCOUU. There was much talk and much gesticulating, ges-ticulating, and while it was in progress Woolums again headed for third. For the second time Potts touched the sack with the ball. What happened to Jones had two v,er. sions. The Ogden players said that Jones went to second and touched the base when Cobb hit the ball. The Salt Lake players said he didn't. At any rate, when Woolums ran back toward second, Jones beat it back to first, where he occupied the base "jointly with Cobb. Pretty soon somebody said "Throw the ball here," and it developed that Davis was the man. Billy held the ball on second, and' when Jones calmly waiKeo clown toward the bag, he was touched with it. In Grand Mixup. All the while the diamond was filled with ball players, and both Umpire La-Rocque La-Rocque and Umpire Scott were the centers cen-ters of shouting, wind-milling groups. First Scott, called Jones safe. Then there was a consultation under difficulties difficul-ties and Jones was called out, the out reverting back to the time when a fielder first, held the ball on second. Calling Jones ont completed the double play, Woolums being first forced at third and next Jones at second. Jones's out. being the third of the inning. in-ning. Knight's run did not count, and the Ogden contention that Jones had held second in the first place was overruled. over-ruled. From the time the ball was first held on third base until Jones was finally called out at second seven minutes elapsed. This is undoubtedly a record for time consumed in completing a double play. Tonneman Ties Count. Anyway, tho score stood 5 to 4 in Ogden Og-den 's favor when Salt Lake's half of the ninth rolled 'round. Tonneman was first man up and he knocked the ball out of the lot, tying tho score. The tenth brought no bacon to either camp. In the visitors' half of the eleventh Caveney's wild throw to first put. Seabough on second. Knight flied to Potts and Dowling wias hit. Woolums Wool-ums singled to right and Seabough tried for home on it. A remarkably strong and accurate peg bv Galena caught the Ogden catcher at the plate. Cobb Ends Game. Jones was intentionally walked "to get. at Cobb," who. up to that time, had been hitless. The Salt Lake generals gen-erals never made a bigger mistake, for Cobb was the fair-haired boy with, the big stick. His home run drive was the thing Ogden needed, and as he swept the bases the visitors' score showed four in the velvet. Salt Lake was set down in order in their half of the eleventh, and thus ended one of the most revkable games, in many respects, that has ever been played. The two clubs will meet tn Ogden this week, the first trame of the series at Glenwood park will be plnved Tuesday PAUL COBB, Ogden center cen-ter fielder, who saved game with startling catch and won it with homer when ba.ses were full. m flgp ma t , 1 ' ' , it , & 1 ; f- , , I i H i ?. 5 ' 1 a 5 6 -' 3 :' 1 f It v x I I TJNION ASSOCIATION. w . o g 3 ? g g 2 r ... 0Sden I 31 10 2' 5 20 .667 Salt Lake 1 4 4 4 .. .. 5 17 .567 lurtel -. 3 .. 8 3 .. 14 out Boise I 3. . 21 5 out Helena. ..I 2 .. 2 4 .. 8 out Murray 1- . 1 . .1 1 . . . . 2 out Lost .. ..10;1Q161S 711011.. I OGDEN 9, SALT LAKE 5. OGDEN. ,. AE R. H. PO. A. E. Dowlmp, 2b 4 1 0 3 2 0 Woolums. 1st 6 1 1 S 0 0 Jones, :!b 5 2 3 3 3 Cobb, cf 5 2 1 4 0 0 JUsberg-, If Ii 1 3 4 0 0 Sawyer, ss 5 i 0 5 4 Klls. rf 4 11l0o teaboush. c 4 0 0 5 3 0 Knight, p 5 0 1 0 0 0 , Totals 43 9 9 3S 12 1 SALT LAKE. AR K- H- PO. A. B. Potts, 3b 5 1 0 4 ,4 1 Galena, rf 5 1 2 2 1 0 Carman, 1st 4 1 4 12 3 French, 2b 5 0 1 3 2 i Huelsman, If 4 0 1 2 0 0 Davis, of 4 0 0 2 0 0 Caveney, ss 5 12 2 9 1 Tonneman, o. 4 1 1 5 4 1 Toner, p 4 0 0 13 2 Bostlck" 1 0 O 0 0 0 Totals 41 6 11 33 24 9 Ba.tted for Toner in the eleventh, b'core by innings: Ogden Runs , 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 49 Hits 0 001011320 210 Salt Lake-Runs Lake-Runs 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 05 Hits 1 103023011 011 Summary-Two-base hits Risberg, Ellis, El-lis, Carman. Home runs Cobb, Carman Tonneman. Sacrifice hit Dowling. Stolen base Kllis. Runs batted in By Cobb (4) Kllis, Caiman (4), Tonneman. Bases on balls Off Knight, 5; Toner, 4. Struck out By Knight, 5: Toner, 4. T.efi on bases Ogden. 8; Salt Lake, 8. First base on errors Ogden, Ii; Salt Lake. . Double plays Sawyer to Dowling; Caveney to Carman; Potts to Tonneman to Freneli to Davis. Hit by pitcher Woolums, Dowling. Dowl-ing. Time of game Two hours and thirty-six minutes. Umpires La Rocque and Scott. |