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Show One of the peaches on McCloskey s mountmen la Dockstader. the former Butte city leaguer, who la holding down left field. Pockstader "robbed" many a Kelt , Laker of a clean drive during the week. The Utah Stale league opena Its season sea-son full blast today with every one of the four' teems In action. McCloskev was "mad as a wet hen" vesterdav and he fell Into considerable dlsolessure with the fans when he refused re-fused to permit a man to run for Orr In the seventh Inning. Orr had been sllght-Iv sllght-Iv Injured lurtna Butte's half and had lust landed on aeconrt as a reault of a clean two-sacker. It was McCloskeys privilege to refuse Salt Lake a runner and it Is baseball at that. Pick Coolev Is busily engnged In rala-Ing rala-Ing his right center and left field fencea so that those who have been watching the games from sdjacent housetops will have to come through the turnstile Just aa do the real fans. If Coolev will put a few losds of real Infield dirt on to his lot now he will have about as nest a little park aa any club in this aectlon of the country. -Meegaa will ba. on .the, slab for Salt Ike today and Quick will likely he Mc-Closkey's Mc-Closkey's choice. Hummel and Heuaser will likely be used Sunday. I - . Pendletoq. the coast youngster, who has signed with Salt I.ske. looked mighty good at second vesterdsy and cracked the ball with considerable regularity. 1 Fred Cordts leada the Pa It Lake play- " era In the "rune hatted In column so r far In the eerlee with seven to Ms rreolt. I The others have the following eredlti: , Orr. 4: Hpeneer. : Van. 1; Blankenahlp. 2; Walsh. ; Perhlna. 2; Heuaser. 1; Jarha. 2. and Devereaua. 1. Blankenehlp and Hannab were each flnn ! yeeterdiiv bv I'mplre Toman. . Roch hadjust a bit too much to aay to , suit Mr. Toman'e fanr'. Toolev announced veterdav that he would extend the first hase Weathers to the fenre In rlaht field. If Sunday's . erowd win warrant he will aleo extend . the a rand atand around behind the , catcher s box. ! The Cuhan 8tarm of Havana, whli-h team won nine out of twelve aatrtea from the world a champion athletics last fall, are now playlna around flt. Loula. ; Mendes. who held the Cincinnati rvia run I ens for twenty-seven Innlnsa tbnt , veara aao. la atlll pitching for the Cubans. Cu-bans. Honus Wanner of the pirates pojnta oit a popular arror when he savs that most fana seem to believe that th third baseman hna the longest throw to make of anv (nflelder. The ahortstop'a throw In tha lonseat. and there la some basia for the opinion that he la the player who wears out the qu.rt.est. |