Show HALL AND THOMPSON ARE fREE Former Utah Pitchers Jump Their Contracts With Seattle Team A bit hit of baseball which ha has reached this city via the grapevine I route is that Big Gus Gus' Thompson former Ogden pitcher and Clyde Slim Hall one of the best pitchers ever developed in tho the state te of Utah have jumped their contracts with the Seattle club clab of the Northwestern league for which club the tho two won the tho pennant pennant pen pen- nant of that organization last year Hall deserted Dugdale's dales pit pitching staff stat last Wednesday and is now pitchIng pitch pitch- Ing in Idaho and Thompson followed suit a a. few days later Neither of ot the two men mon assigned any particular reason for tor their quitting quitting- Dug and the fans of Seattle are beginning to wonder why Both oth boys assisted materially in winning winning win win- in inn n ning n last Jast years year's pennant in it is is safe to say that but for the tho phenomenal nal pitching of oi these two Scattie Seattle Seattle Seat Scat tle tie would not have ha reached within 11 hail hail- l J. J in jug ing distance of th the rag Thompson Thomison pit pitched hetI thirty games for or Dugdale le and won twentysix twenty cf them while Hall I joined ined Seattle after the tho close of The Ther Fourth r of July L League hero here and anti won I thirteen out of seventeen games ames for forthE forthe forthe the Turks Both opened tho the season with witha a whirl and Hall hail was as hitting tho the sphere re reI I at such a merry clip th that t ho he was used on the initial s sick ck when hen it lid did not happen happen hap p. pen to bo ho his div Ihy on the tho slab Hall js is is a n Bi bo boy and his hii w work rk in Ut Utah h durin during the past tw two years ars is well t known kno to ID local funs fans Ho He pitched great reat ball for Salt Lake durin during several years and later went to Omaha whore also with with th the assistance of Thompson I he aided Omaha in in winning the tho West West- err era la league o pennant Through h R a rathor unique coincidence ho ana aco Thompson were also two of th the leading pitchers on ou the Seattle champions last year pitched for Bobe Dohe in 1904 1004 and 1905 and was one ono of s mainstays when he won tho the Pacific National National Na Na- leau league pennant for the Idaho city cit He pained Gimlin's Gimlin s 's O Ogden te team of t the tho 10 Pacific National league lIo in in 1005 whore his bis work was of a high order It is stated that tho Murray furray club of the tho Utah Stilt league is aJr already ah with Hall antI and Jt t be beat bet at t tal alt al li t to see see Thompson on Dad Gimlin's at aggregation tiou The Tho two would be valuable additions t to any of f the tho Utah teams and would provo prove good drawing cards in view of their pr previous previous pre pre- popularity in the state |