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Show )NE UP AND FIVE TO PLAY, SAYS GOLFING GUSTAVUS SALT LAKE WINS BATTLE IN NINTH; 1 THRILLS A-PLENTY laude Williams Excels Strikeout Record for Season, Sea-son, Held by Himself, Making Thirteen Tigers Claw Air; Salt Lake Scores Two Runs Unaided by Hit or Error; Freak Plays Numerous. ft PIECES FOR "THE BOOK." Claude Williams broke season's strikeout record with 11!. Williams struck out two men in each of the first four in-ings in-ings and struck out three in the fifth. Williams did not grant a base on balls. Every one of Vernon's six hits in the first five innings was ir extra bases. The six hits had a value of seventeen bases, he remaining six bits had a value of only seven has. Salt Lake had only three assists. f l? Salt Lake's Bret baseman had only one pnt-kut. that a caught y ball. -v- , , Salt Lake scored two runs in the fifth inning unaided by ther a hit or an error. This is one of the most remarkable ,;appenings in baseball. itlj Two of Vernon's three runs were homers. The only walks issued were three by Piercy. filling the bases. Two of Salt Lake's runs were scored on sacrifice flies. A balk was called on a pitch that was batted to center field, here it' was caught. CAt Salt Lake Vernon 3. Salt Lake 4. At San Francisco Portland 4. Oakland 1. At Los Angeles San Francisco 4. Los Angeles 1. I ALT LAKE stepped into third place in the Coast league race yesterday when they defeated Vernon, 4 to 3. " 1 '"he frame was the most remarkable ""eball contest ever played in Sal ;e. There have been frames with a d many curious happenings, but Y'er has there been one so chock full them as was the one played at Ma ji'ie park yesterday. .-a spite or the fact that Lefty WI1-as WI1-as struck out thirteen Tiger bats- -i, he was hit safely twelve times, - seven 01 those twelve hits were for a bases. The first six counted sev-een sev-een bases and were made in the first innings: the other six had a value - only seven bases, only one of the :- being a double. vt one stage of the game Vernon , : a lead of three runs, two of them 'is due to balls knocked out of the by Johnny Kane and Joe Berger. markable Baseball. " n the fifth inning Salt Lake scored " runs unaided by either an error or "t. This finds few parallels in league ':eball. The two were counted on " e bases on balls, a balk and a sac-'gpe sac-'gpe fly. A peculiar phase of the balk 1 the fact that the illegally deliv-:1 deliv-:1 ball was hit to center field, where "was caught. Tt would have been .. third out. had the balk not been .' ed. he only baseston balls in the ame ; ' e the three mentioned, and were " ated by Piercy. Xeither Williame Fromme walked a batsman, "Jter Vernon had suffered the kill-of kill-of a run at the plate in the ninth ng the game was won by the locals s their half of that inning. Conse- ntly there was a thrilling finish to rarn'e already filled to overflowing 1 thrills. "mon in Lead. o a the first inning Vernon scored a 'Q . Bader struck out snd then Bis-iz Bis-iz knocked a double. Kane fanned Wilhoit slashed it to center for a !, scoring Eisberg. Purtell flied Bran.. 'Then two were out Brief and Ryan ''led in Salt Lake's half of the first. Gedeon skied to Kane. Tith two out in the second Mitze bled, but died at second when Piercy aed- aliinan singled in the second, but a ble plav wiped the side out. 1 the third Kane doubled and Haiti Hai-ti booted Wilhoit s grounder, put-; put-; Kane on second. There were two and Purtell flied to Shinn for the d. hinn got a hit in Salt Lake's half he third, but again there were two and Brief skied to Risberg. 0 Home Runs. he visitors counted in the fourth, chmann fanned and Berger knocked ball over the left field fence. Mitze ped out and Piercy anned. alt Lake went out in order in their he Tigers bit into it again in the; h. Rader and Risberg fanned and 1 it was Kane who knocked the ont of the yard. Wilhoit fanned the third out, Williams having three ke-outs in that inning. at Curious Fifth. i Salt Lake's half of the fifth a le bookful of peculiar things hap-ed. hap-ed. Hallinan and Hannah walked. Hams, after ineffectually attempting iunt, struck out. Qulnlan walked the bases were filled. Shinn hit y to Wilhoit, Hallinan scoring after catch. rief was the next man up, with Han-on Han-on third. Piercey hesitated in de-ring de-ring the ball, and it is questionable ther he had his foot on the rubber. ;f knocked it to center field, where vas caught by Kane. The umpires ed the balk and permitted Hannah core, Quinlan going to second and t stealing third. Brief finally ck out. His fly to Kane would have Q the third out but for the balk, erger and Mitze got singles in the b after two were out, but Piercy ed it with a fly ball to Shinn. d in Sixth. be sixth gave Salt. Lake another v and a tied score. Ryan was thrown and then Gedeon. Orr and Hallinan lied in succession, filling the bases, inah hit a hopper to Radr, who (Continued on Following Page.) SALT LAKE TAKES FIBS! FROM TIGERS (Continued Tram PrC4MUig- pagB,)" fooini it, snrl liedoorj scored. A ilouM pUy wijm. TUnnah sn.) Wj' lianis out sn.l retire.! tho aidf. With two out in the seventh, rnon Kot s tun n tn Ihin, on Ksn'g douhle snrl Wilhott hunt, hut Wilhott wan forr e. I on tho not plav. Snlt l.nkr ditl nut hnvn a look in in tlinit- half and the snmo w a tfUS of Uie Tigwl in their bslf .f the eiirhih Salt l.nke got a man to second in the eighth on RtVb it n frit an.i Qedejon'i sRcrift.p. hut that wa nil. From mi re placed Pion'v nfter Rvn ' single. Won in Ninth. The Tigers threatened in the ninth Krouimo tlie.l to (,ninlnn and Kader nu civen a hit on a pop up which HftJ hnnn and Orr got crossed. Rishorc furred RnHer nt ItHODd and went to lc Olid himself when Hnnnnh threw wild In n effort tn OAtcb him off first. Ran, sent n hot sine I to right. Mhinn slUBg the ha. 1 1 home, where Risborfl and llnnnnh tnnuled lienisel itsji up m :i double knol, hu Rinherff wa out Salt 1,nUe won it in their half ot the ninth. H&nnfth t art e.l wi th n llaafthtng 'liuthle In center. WillisniN aJd flOVVfi n perfect bunt mii. HhihihIi went to third. Quinlfcn filed to Kane n. llnnnnh M'ore.l on the catrh with the winning run. The clubs will plftt MiTRtti this H.flfr noon at 8lJ n 'OlOOVK. |