Show LES E S DEI IT L y DECI E TO TO OPEN OE 1 1923 2 COAST O S RACE AC AT T f E NO First Game ame to Be e Played ayed In h Sat Salt Lake laIn on April Apr 1 10 J Port and eavers D Duffy's Crew Suffers Two Crushing Defeats F Fresno esno Wins 4 to 2 and Biola Swamps Vitt's Gang by 9 to 0 Score By Steve Sports Editor of Telegram With the tite Bees Camp Duffy Lewis March 17 FINAL decision was a ma made e to today a over oyer the much mooted I question of bI f Salt Sail Lakes Lake's opening date ate in the Pacific Coast league baseball season when Secret Secretary ry John Cook and Manager Manager Manager Man Man- ager Lewis completed negotiations with the firemen's and policemen's committee for the use of the local baseball park during tho opening week ol of I the season and it was definitely decided to open the season in I Fresno with the Seattle club The Bees will be here for hut but butone one week however and then will wilS proceed to Salt Lake where the they thel will trill m open the season for tor the benefit benefit bene bena fit of ot the Utah natives at Bonneville Bonne- Bonne ville yule park The season at Salt Lake therefore will open April 10 at 01 Bonneville with the Portland Beavers The seventeenth of ot March saw aw a i. i couple coupie of riots down here In Sunny Sunn L California where everything is isGREEN L GREEN GREE GRASS A AND D ORANGES 1 In the first place here at Fresno the Fresno Tigers of ot the San Joaquin Valley alley league gave the regulars of oC th the tho Bees a neat trimming to the tune tun of ot 4 to 2 2 while down at Biola a little littlewind wind swept sand stormed burg burs the tile Dee Bee got trimmed to th the tho tune tuno of ot 9 to 0 O. In the first and most moat Important game here at Fresno a lot of good baseball some mighty powerful pitchIng pitchIng pitching pitch- pitch Ing and some good hitting against DIe Dick McCabe and anti John Singleton was wasI responsible for the disaster The Tile local I club sent into the fray a lad named Shepherd a right right-hander who ga gava the Bees a lot to worry about then when he did his bit they sent in a 1 southpaw named Wright who did even eyen worse speaking from the Bee standpoint and set the prides of ot Duffy Duffy Dut- Dut fy Lewis temporarily under the leadership leadership lead lead- of Oscar itt upon their well known ears The Tigers played some real base base- ball The They w Were ware re classy class fielders fair hitters and had a whole lot of real pitching as a result they took the Site Bees pes who had only three regulars regular Strand Leslie and Peters in the line line- up McCabe l and Singleton however In the box are also regulars FRESNO PRIDES BEAT DUFFY'S CREW The very first Inning the tho load loael prides got to Dick McCabe for two triples and a single singie scoring two runs In the sixth inning Singleton was touched for a a. run run and then for tor another in the ninth Inning The work worle of Singleton I was the most encouraging of the days day's double exhibition John has had a a. lot hot of trouble all year ear He has been bothered by his arm but today he was all loosened up and showed to lo good advantage He lie was effective generally and showed shoed the tile stuff stutt that the Bees want which will make them thema thelna a good pitcher when the seasons gets under waAt wa- wa way At Biola the game was a mess It started out t all right but In the first f fW W 1 Je I half of t the tho s seventh inning after f s some bad umpiring In a game that was played all the way in a terrific sandstorm sandstorm sand sand- storm Duffy Lewis became so eX exasperated exasperated exas exas- I- I that he took his team off the field The score was then 2 to 0 In favor of Biola while the Bees had a a. disputed run across together with two men on bases and but one down MARION THOMAS WHIFFS EIGHT The umpiring was bad bath and titers I was cause for kicking but hut Lewis shouldn't have disappointed the folks I who were there and he should have finished the gamp game even If It thing wa was wrong Marlon Marion Thomas of La Laton Laston Las Las' ton was the tile star of ot the game garlIc fanning eight men in five Innings and allowIng allow allow- ing log only two men to reach first The runs were scored oft off Pudgy Gould The Bees olav the Fresno Japanese Athletic club at Fresno 1 today The Ille score FRES FRESNO O TIGERS All AB R. R H. H PO A A. E E. E LeRoux Ib lb 8 S u 0 8 o 0 u 0 Butler Hullet 6 5 0 1 0 o 4 u Si Gunther If 5 6 2 2 5 0 0 wItt BU-wItt rf rt 4 1 2 Z 2 0 o 0 a Kohl b. b 3 V U 2 4 4 1 as ss 4 0 2 0 4 0 a Corrigan cf cr 4 0 0 2 1 f 1 fAllen Allen Allenc c. c 2 0 0 1 0 4 Jack Jacle c. c 2 1 1 6 5 0 o 1 f Shepherd p p. 2 0 1 0 0 6 Wright p p. p PP 0 0 0 0 g 0 G Totals 36 36 i 4 i 11 27 27 13 f f 1 SALT LAKE LArm AB AU It R. H. H TO PO A A. E. E Armstrong 4 t 0 1 2 3 0 U Leslie lb Ib 4 0 0 10 0 U I Matzen If 4 1 3 2 II 0 0 Strand cf ct 4 U I 1 3 0 00 0 Hedge Hodge rf rt 4 0 0 II 2 0 00 ii ss 55 4 1 1 5 Ii 4 0 II KellI Edits Keins 4 0 a 2 1 3 0 Peters leters c c. c 3 0 0 2 U II 0 McCabe p p. p 1 0 1 0 2 II Singleton p. p 1 0 II 0 0 1 0 Ii Totals 83 33 88 2 9 27 13 0 SCORE BY I INNINGS Fresno Fresno- I Runs nuns 2 4 3 0 0 4 I Hits 2 11 Salt Lake Lake- Runs Huns 2 2 Hits s 2 1 0 I 1 0 2 I 0 0 U 1 I SU SUMMARY I Three base hits hits Blewett Kohl Matzen t Stolen bases basee Hodge leters e Sacrifice e hit Kohl hit w Kohl set fly Stuns Runs n batted bat ted In In Butler Butter Blewett Kohl 2 Strand Struck out out McCabe McCabe 1 SIngleton Singleton Sin SIn- gleton le 1 I. I Shepherd 1 1 Wright rl 5 Eases Bases o 0 n it balls Singleton balls iI Singleton o 2 2 Shepherd hO 1 Wright 1 Two runs run six hits off oft McCabe Mc Mc- Cabe Cabo 19 at bat In 6 5 Innings one OIls run run siX hits off oft Shepherd 19 9 at bat In lit 5 i Innings Winning Y pitcher Shepherd pitcher Sh Shepherd t Losing r pitcher pitcher McCabe Double plays to Kohl to LeRoux LP- LP Roux Butler to Kohl to LeRoux Items lem to Leslie First base on error Fresno Rusts Runs responsible for forIc for for- Ic abe 2 2 Singleton 2 Shepherd 1 Left on bases Fresno bases Fresno 8 8 Salt Lake 6 6 Umpire Time Time |