Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-13 | Page 14 | Team Takes First Game in Championship Series

TEAM o TAKES FIRST GAME IN CHAM SERIES J S J Stage fright of Richmond Youngsters is r Turned to Victory for Bangs BaNg By STEVE The Salt Lake post No 2 American American Amer Amer- ican Scan Legion team drew first blood Thursday evening in t the te e state championship series being conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by the American legion to find who will vill represent Utah In Inthe Inthe inthe the chase for national Junior hon hon- ors The victory came after atter an exciting exciting exciting ex ex- ex- ex citing game in which Salt Lake finally came to a 13 to 8 victory It looked like a runaway for the Youngs youngsters ers In the very first Inning After an exciting first halfin half in which Richmond filled the bases only to see Bush strike out L. L Feltman Feltman Feltman Felt- Felt man and F. F Nelson to finish the inning Salt Lake came back in its half halt of the Inning to batter D. D Andrus Andrus Andrus An- An drus for a ten ten run run lead It wasn't entirely An Andrus' Andrus rus' rus fault how however ver as asan asan asan an excited infield behind him booted a away way a lot of chances to kill off Salt Lake and end the theta theta- In- In Come Today The Salt Lake Legion team and the Richmond Legion team composed of youngsters being fostered in baseball by the American legion lesion will meet at 3 1 p. p m. m today in hi the second of a three-game three series serle to decide the i j state junior championship Salt Lake won yesterday 13 to S 3 an and andi i i. victory today will give them th lii The game will De oe played at Athletic field No o. o 2 ning The first eight Salt Lake men to face Andrus scored runs Jeffs got on by loy a hit and wild throws s and bobbles com combined tom tom- with a couple of healthy socks which contributed to the heavy scoring I Andrus a southpaw was jerked at the end of the Inning for Fullmer Fullmer Fullmer Full Full- mer a right ht hander handel who kent the the Salt Lakers safe eafe most of the wa way Before the visitors had settled down however Salt Lake made two more runs in the second Inning and another In the third After that the infield settled down and with good pitching by b Fullmer Salt Lake was unable to score Bush started on the mound for Salt Lake and for the first tour lout innings which he pitched Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- L mond was unable to score a run They threatened several times notably notably no notably no- no tably in the first inning when the bases were filled with but butane on one down flown Bush then struck out the the next next two batters In the second inning he was never In danger and in the third Inning struck out two men to end the Inning In the fourth In Inning Inning In- In ning only three men fac faced d him Bush was relieved by Hellstrom in the fifth and in the sixth the the r Richmond club got to him hit him hard and combined with boots b by the Salt Lakers they managed to push across three runs Another was was scored by hard hitting In the seventh se while a flock of errors combined with some heavy hitting i enabled Richmond to score f four ur in th the eighth In the ninth they were ere w mowed mowed down down In handy fashion I The excellent hurling of Fullmer combined with some excellent fieldIng fielding fielding field field- ing by Stoddard shortstop of the the Richmond nine featured featured- the visitors visitors' visitors visitors' vis vis- attack C Excellent and heady playing by c Melly Jeffs at shortstop the good pitching of Bush all around work of ot Eugene Lees and the solid hitting hitting hit hit- ting UnA of Duffin contributed greatly V to Salt Lakes Lake's victory