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Show OPENING BMRE iiH OIL? EEW HOUflSOISIlINT Race Will Begin With Impressive Im-pressive Ceremonies; Practice Prac-tice for Players; More I of It Today. Only hours separate us from the opening open-ing of the 1 fn 7 Coast league season tomorrow to-morrow af l ernoon. They will be hours of suspense, but even hours of suspense pass away. Walter McCredie will lead nineteen of his ring-nosed Pea vera into Salt Lake this afternoon. They will arrive over the ; Western Pacific ftt 1:30 o'clock and will breathe some regular air during the evening even-ing and nlsrht. The Beavers are said to ; inhale air in just about the same fashion ; as other hall players. The opening: battle of the season In I Salt La ke ,w 1 1 1 beg i n p ro m p 1 1 y at '2 : o 0 nYlork Tuosdny afternoon. Business Manager .hick Cook says there will be no delay in starting- the gamo and Jack i 'ook Is supposed to know about those , things. At 2:23 o'clock Tuesday afternoon tbe season will be ceremoniously opened with an attractive programme of frightful frol-I frol-I ics with fate. This number will feature the celebrate! pitcher, Simon Bamberger, now governor of the state of Utah; the renowned catcher, W. Mont Ferry, now mayor of t-alt Lake City; the famous ! fence busier, J. Carley White, now chief of police of Salt T.uke City, and the noted umpire, J. K. Kric, now chief justice of the supreme court of Utah. It is announced that these celebrities ! will positively appear. Since there is ! grave danger of their never being able to appear again, it behooves the populace to seize this opportunity to see them in action. Evil Effect of Crackers. It is reported on good authority that Governor Hamberger had fully decided to use the well-known spitball against Chief White, but owing to his fondness for soda crackers, he has doubts as to the capacity of his salivary glands to supply the enor-, enor-, metis flow required for both the lubrica-: lubrica-: tiou of soda crackers and the inundation of a baseball, and for that reason he may decide to eschew the spit ball for the emery ball. Since the emery ball is barred by rules of Inhibition solemnly adopted and proclaimed by the Coast league magnates. mag-nates. Umpire Prick no doubt will accept ac-cept this adva nee notice of Governor Bamberger's design and closely examine the governor's pistol pocket for traces of sandpaper. Owing to the liigh cost of beefsteak, Mayor Fern', it Is said, will not employ the customary padding for his catchers' mitt, but will use several layers of compressed com-pressed pulp, the product of boiling numerous nu-merous letters of advice about how he ought to run the city. It lias hecn rumored that Chief "White would use a policeman's night stick for a ball bat, since It is assumed that his position as bead of the police department has given him a close familiarity with this class of cudgel. Chief White yesterday yes-terday repudiated the rumor, saying that he would use a Buddy Ryan model and would certainly knock that tall over the left field fence if the ball did not disintegrate disin-tegrate under the effect of his blow before be-fore it readied the fence. Reports from ,1 udge Frick's chambers ftre to the effect that he will be well equipped with all the authorities that might have a bearing on any case likely to develop. Racked by the American reports re-ports and the Pacific coast reports. Judge Frick feels himself qualified to hand down an opinion in whatever dispute mav arise. It is said, however, that only those citations cita-tions directly pertinent to t he point will be considered. Judge Frick is going about it in the proper manner. .A supreme court justt-'e cannot be too careful in rendering render-ing judgments, much less a chief justice. jus-tice. Rotarians to Rotate. The Rotary club will rotate about the festal boa ril (borrowed expression) at the !oiei Utah at 1 .a and shortly thereafter there-after will be:: in to rotate about" piles of fond by means of an enveloping- movement. move-ment. The high cost of living "will not b granted admisison to the dining room. After the rotation at the hotel. The Uo-tarians Uo-tarians will rotate into automobiles, which, in turn, will rotate toward the ball park. Pen Redman will be in charge of the rotation and has isued orders that .the nir.st of the rotators must occupy the more heavily constructed cars. It would upvpr do to have a breakdown and spill a lot ot" Rotarians along the road. Grand Marshal Re-fman will also direct the band, giving especial attention to the character of tunes to tie played, their length and bread t h and general fitness for the oc-OTdon. oc-OTdon. All around. Mr. Redman is exported ex-ported lo have both a busy and a perfect day. The gates at the ball park will be open at 1 -::-0 o'clock for t he accommodation of those who like to be early on the snot and theieby seize the opportunity of nipping nip-ping the choice seats. Tickets for the opening game wilt be on sale today at practically all of the uptown or downtown, down-town, depending on your own altitude at the time, eiirar stands. The wise will find the word suf indent tha t they heel themselves with tickets, because there is sure to be a crush at the ticket offices on the grounds. We have never given free advice of a better quality. yesterday Bill BernliarJ had his ball club out for a three -hour practice. He was assisted in directing the maneuvers or" his men by several hundred railbirds. He was grateful for their counsel, and no doubt felt that It aided him materially. I There was an utter disregard of the time limit for the pitchers, and after that branch of the service got through throwing throw-ing baseballs at catchers they were given a bountiful opportunity to throw them for the batters. The regulars took another iMir; whirl at hitting in their Patting order or-der positions, and after that there was ' iniV.d practice. The infieid practice was the first battle with ground balls the Saints have had since their return home. U was a real practice anil all of the boys cut 'en loose with a will. The infield, while still a bit soft, was in fair condition condi-tion for the workout. It lias rough spots bore and there, but these are ex nee ted to disappear under the benign influence of a steam roller, which will be applied this afternoon and tomorrow morning impartially im-partially to all parts of the diamond. There -will be two practices today, one in the forenoon and the other in the aft- . ernoon. 1 |
