Show Salt Lake Loses Its Opening Day Victory Horseshoe to Vernon May Be Some Consolation Though for Lane and Herr in Old Saying That A Bad Beginning Assures a Good Ending BILLY LANE E th the Bee pre y is inclined to be bc bethe bethe the Ilic least bit superstitious he lic should should be bt abl able to gaina gain a lot of satisfaction out of the of the Pacific Coast leagues league's t 1919 C 19 season in spite of the 4 to 3 trimming which the Vernon ernon club handed his hopefuls Tuesday This is the first time in Salt SaH Lakes Lake's Coast league experience experienc that it has dro dropped ped an opening I game In previous years the first contest has always been a victor victory in fact the first three or four weeks have usually been one continual round of but the final results have never brou brought ht us liS uia a pennant Then too if there is anything in the old saying aying that a bad beginning insures a good ending there may be something for Lane and his associates to console over for the rotten opening weather and its resultant effects on the attendance have been nothing to crow over But the Tigers walloped us yester ester da day The They snatched from us a 3 perfectly perfectly per per- good gooI opening da day gamo samo which I. I had already been ben tucked away Walter I Leverenz made the ml mistake mistake- of feeding Borton Just what Babo relishes nn and andI I j the Tiger Tiser busted busied tho gamo Iamo wido open openLy T By Ly y riding the pill pm out of ot tho lot And I to think that Babo Babe Is one of those crooked arm hitters who usually aro are luck lucky to foul ono one off Lefty Tho The game gamo was as just a n little l to JA-to to In getting getting get get- et- et ting started but the shivering taM fans stood for It without complaining as M the tho flag raising end and the tho first ball ceremonies In which Senator ne Reed d Smoot did the tho pitch pitch- ing Judge J 1 I 13 E. tho the catching and Lester Luter Freed the he clouting were really interesting COLD BOTHERS PITCHERS It IL took Lefty Leverenz quite awhile to good left JeU Hipper flipper proper properly adjusted In the cold atmosphere and not until ho he had walked the bases full lull with witt ono one down downIn In tho the first frame framo did ho settle down Ho He did from then on on ho however hoever e for ho whiffed whitted both Eddington and De Dc ormer forth for tor th the two needed outs The Bees Dees laid up an unearned run In Inthe th the first spasm when after Maggert Ia Gert had walked and Johnson doubled Devormer threw tho the ball bail away awny In an nn effort to nip tho the Bee shortstop off th the keystone so 60 o that Maggert raced over with tho the first marker of oC tho season Lefty Letty found himself In tho the hole hoJe numerous nu- nu times after that but until tho the ill fated tell seventh ho usually managed to pUen himself out In Iii tho ho third Salt Lake put on two honest to goodness run runs Maggert Iah ert laid out a pretty single to right center and ariI Johnson after r twice drawing fouls down flown tho the right lIdo sido of or the lot lot Jot crossed tho enemy and dropped ono one over Mitchells Mitchell's domo dome for tor a single Marty Kru Krug tho the now Bee Beo captain then horned hornet his way Into tho the hearts heart of or tho Jans fans b by lacing ono tho ho right center field wall for or a pair of sacks scoring Maggert and Johnt Johnn John John- lion feon But t reader that was Y the tho sum ium n and substance u of Salt l k scoring scoring ing because from J stage on Mr Ir Dell Deli pulled tho the curtain and there thero was absolutely nothing more moro stirring for fog our out side THAT SEVENTH Lohrenz Leerenz waltzed along swimmingly until until until un un- un- un til the seventh when something seemed emed to say Havo have a n care Things went wrong as expected but Lut It wasn't entirely Left Lefty's fault Cault either for tho Bee Beo southpaw might havo gotten by If ono one or Ot two of or his mates had been just n a wee bit more fortunate at the critical stage With Dell down down Leverenz walked d In the seventh Be but InH ho struck out Beck Deck and mado made It two to down Alcock cracked ono one down at Krug's left hoof hoot which although under ordinary conditions condi condl- ions might have o been an cas easy chance took n a tied Imd hop hOJ and gave tavo Scott Scotty a life at ato first and put two o on Then n came Babe Babo lf Borton o with his I four base o knock that ruined V Lefty's parade Babe Hubo leaned Into one and Just did drop rop It II over O tho short right field fence These three runs tle tied up the count but there was even more moro trouble In storo store for Lefty ton rammed d one ono Just over o tho the general lion of or Rumler's dome The Tho former Drown Brown did not look Cr very good on tho ho drive Ho lie misjudged It and started In iii before he discovered that It was headed higher and for Cor tho the fence Bill up ono one hand finally and got Kot his glove hand around tho the pill but ho was out of or position po po- EllIon and Instead of oC n a catch that would have hare been a better belter than ordinary and gono gone for Cor an out the tho clout went for two sacks and anil l lt a moment later proved the winning run run for tor Devormer scored I Eddington with witha a a. single |