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Show WATCHING TIIE SCOREBOARD YESTKRDAY i'rosidfint Murphy of the Halt, Lake, club slippc-d us some figures on the 1010 opi;iiin-day attend-ancn attend-ancn at Majestic park. Now wo are going to slip him some on the attendance on the 1916 opening day of The Tribune's eleetrie scoreboard. Conservative pstiiitnl.es place the number of active participants partici-pants in the festivities in front of The Tribune office yesterday at fiOOO. These, figures do uot include non-combatants and infants in-fants in arms. And it was a typical baseball crowd. Their shouts could be heard almost, as far as Murray, and several calls were received from anxious citizens as to whether the battle of Verdun had been transferred to Main street, Salt Lake. Munny Uriel" may have been a hero last week at. Majestic park, but he was a double-deck hero yesterday. One fan got so j excited that he wanted to pitch a twenty-dollar gold piece af the i red light marking home plate when liunny came in after his second homer. The fan was restrained by hy-standers. The fate of the twenty-dollar piece is a matter of conjecture., j All around, it was a day of gigantic proportions for the i diome-guard yesterday. I Conic again, ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys; you're welcome. ! r- |