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Show INTRODUCING "THE- PITFALLS OF THIN AIR" BY "LULU HUCK" BETTS COYOTES DEFEAT BEES SECOND STRAIGHT . Entrance of Gould Onto the s Mound Is Signal for Fusillade Fusil-lade of Hits by Visitors By Harvey Hancock Ther la a new atory on I'tah Wi-ath- r ready for Introduction. It haa nothing noth-ing to do with ruin, anow or wind. Hat bar It haa recognised an element in the curriculum of tha weather man that la seldom alluded to by ha ne ball fana. It Is entitle. I the "I'ltfalla of thin air,' and the climax waa laid In the seveni h Inning of the Hacramento-alt Hacramento-alt Lnke game yesterday afternoon out at windy Hornevtlle pnrk Its author au-thor bears a peculiar Hawaiian accent lo the Introductory sect Inn of hta John Hi nrv. He arrived In X-tlt Lake nit Tut aday an-t the hotel ri-gielrr t.rsrs the sera w I l,ulu Hvt ts. To counter- 1 I- lane the rft-t of the hula -hula p.irt nf his name, however, he has added tiie nl knuine "Muck." whli-h glvea hlin a pecullur buschalllan aspect. whether h is the author of many h"kn or not he got t h impelling mot ive yeHt-rdy. When ha dropped Into town rather lightly light-ly Tuesday and joined the Heea ha waa unaware of the delusions of the beautiful mountain air. Now h has heen taught tha lesaon and by hit next turn on the mound should be better acclimated for s the occasion. It wasn't all the m-w heavers fault Ih.tt thf lte lost the gum. 1'J to H to Sacramento. It was rather one of the incongruities of beeIiiiH that ofton 1 tirlne even In the hest of leugin s. Hetla ln'KRn puffing like a at earn engine bout the fifth and someone suggested '.hat a rain pipe lie added to his uniform uni-form to curry off tlw peraplration. Ha pitched steadily, however, but ituffy. Mho waa in it latf d Into Heevlhe lust eur, recognised the Inconvenience of j the new htirler and w hen he showed j the first slgits t falterh k. ne waa sent i to the shower-H to rfi-uperntc Then I rutlwy liuld. the vllllan of the day,! entered and pres uted the (.'ovotes wfth ik runs before the inning wui called.! I Ail ii Betta made a good 'mpresslon on hia debut yesterday. Hla splendid pitching In the pin hen and t he hard fight he put up against odds, combined com-bined with a couplu of good wallops and some dodging acta on the baaea , brought plaudits from everyone at th nark and he waa gieoted voluminously voluminous-ly on every trip to thn plute. While Helta wag encnnelnff hlm-ae!f hlm-ae!f In the henrta of the fans. On- ar Vitt wna running Into all kinds of "tuff luck." He played grrat game and ullpped a couple of hita t the outfl.ld. despite the fact that his old roommate, oscar 8tan-nge, 8tan-nge, caught behind tho plute. Hut "trt" wasn't a victim of his playing, play-ing, but a victim of a host of rabid funs that blamed the loen to the Hce CHptain. In New York tha kind of rftnarka I hat echoed from the grandstand would probably have resulted In a ituthlan escapade, esca-pade, hut oi-ar took U with hla customary good nature and took the blame for pulling He Us. There were two home mate, yesterday, one a great wallop with the bancs full and the other one of the most freakish ever seen at Honnrvlllc pary. I'liul Strand did the real stunt with tho bases full in the fourth and Muddy Ityan Hhtiwetl ' knew the idloay mrasics of the park by hopping one Into the right Held clubhoutte. There wan plenty of crli-p fielding i sterday. Slglln. Sand and Htrami evet'uted three double killings and M.dlwlta and Piarce entered tho eliie column with one. Sacramento Jumped Into the lend In 1 he aecond with three runs on t hree bits bv It van, Shi ehan and Molt wits and nn error on the I Miff nr. Ityan trouaht In two more in the third with a freak home run that atrurk a pebble and bounced Into the right field clubhouse. club-house. Then, until iha fatal seventh i here was a string of Keroa. Salt Iake helped themselvea In two In the third on hits by Vitt, Lwla and Wtlhott's double. Caul Strand's mighty wallop with tha basea loaded brought in the four more In the Tourth and then the Heea ended the scoring party with two In the fifth on doublea by Schick and Siglin. |