Show N N vr Iv EARLY fARl SALT AL T LUKE LAKE BASEBALL fB LL TEAMS The and Red r etl Stockings Ind How hogs They Tile Thc Made Their Famous PLAYED GAMES DAMES THAT THRILLED Mayor Mortis Morris Talks of Then and ami Now Is Better Today Todar lint But Not lot ot So With Tho The pronounced revival of or Interest l lIn In baseball and the appearance n of ot new nest team upon the local has hos caused not n a tow fow ow comparisons with tho the work worl of tho limo Brat old most faunas famous ot of of oC the Iho big tennis tears In Snit Salt Lake the Das Des erets timid and the Hed fled Stockings There Thero Is I probably no nf mon In Salt t who ran talk more Intelligently r A N Mir N IV N f Y upon tho the subject than Mayor P Motels Mori Is who happened 11 to be lie a 1 crack player cr In ht both hoth organizations first with th tb and then thon with the tho Hell Stor which ho Inter in lar Assisted ns its l hi In organizing organising In iii with n a rep of the sews Newn n R tell few days dOR ago ngo Mayor Morris a n highly high I edify lilt InK big talk anti and recalled n number of ot In ht dents that set Bet the fans of those tholo days day to so wild tail that role one of or tin outbursts on of Walkers Hold field these theae afternoons Is III Honein tame Hone In III on lon Square now Hands Claude the tho It and County building hu I 1 WAS the scene of ot content And nd they were contests too There were no lilted hired players among the tho home ante teams I of ot tho Iho e days cave p What h at they tho did lid they tIt ny did lilt fo to bood to lo use uso a homely lon elon They he played ns as It If their very lives depended upon the result Speaking Spanking of ot the this science of the tho same game i 1111 1001 Morns wild mid J is The Tho principal difference between baseball then and now nose In is In it the th of or Itch InK rho Tho catching In Is little or no better hetter and anti certainly there thero Is la not its 1111 much touch tine fine fielding now IIO ns its formerly tort n I hind had hotter hetter b ba 1111 n II little moio explicit anti and say ell that thet there thero are not rut liS many opportunities In lit the modern game as nl there hors were In III the tho pioneer fumes I Ican Ican can In recall BO sortie mo star filar Held plays Pia ye of nr those that thai thrill even now no I re 10 remember member one In particular by h Hess Who played left field that I 1 think bent bOllt anything that I T have ever er seen neen In la the tho way of u II crack Held patch A 1 strong butter huttel was svgs doing the heavy work with hs ilia stick nt a n C critical Juncture ot el atthe the g aroc Ho tin title lifted the bull buH uH liS not mutt many players ever lilt lift It It went sent I nui nOI vr r n r n n f Nr N rN TrW I rr only oily 11 III In tho the alt air lint hut far fill As All It wan It u certain that It t would stolid slight on the outside of nt the tn high nigh hoard anti tint that the but bat ter tel would mako a 1 home run rim ran mil Ilko n streak watching Wilt chillI ig the limo on Oil Its HH downward course Hl II I I practised eye oyo loll lold lent him thai that It a II case liEI of ot seer over the tho fence cud out lint Hint there VMS kits IS Just juPt ono unit chance In n a thousand to prevent It Ollie took the tho chance and ho won the plaudits of lit one of th thu most mORt bno audiences 1111 h eye every 1 every nerve II he run inn nm anti run yap till III hf lm not got to tho fence ronco dice when with one final hint effort he sprang up on Oil like Ilke a n cat standing upright and out alit ns as far no as ha he could hili himself wl i n I mighty struggle for nr tho t hie he bre h gathered ed In tho lie ball hII with w Ith one hand and the tho Tho The Thoman Thenon non man who thinks there was nothing do 10 ing Inv mound there nt lit that lint I time know anything about Deseret and lied HUll 11 n nJ J HAN HAl And of at excitement tho limo mayor continued It wn tierce In those days The linn between the tho two then tenors teams t wore were us its clearly drawn rill 11 was Ibis Mach Kach l aeh loom hind had Its nil mu and cud ouch each win tuna amid HUP an p potted pot lsd to th IIi r limit II It of tit good nature The trim hi Is l good gool nature frequently want scent and bitter I feeling wn wo woI I A III II I Why Way tho the crowd Hot gut so Mo angry they thoy w even oell Hit sit together The most Halts we wa e played worn sloth In lit file tho Ih eighties consisted of ot a II ser ear el ire ies I of ten tell for or the tho championship of ot Utah Whon the tho ended honors honor were nero lon even each nine nio having live lIC games to 10 It its 1111 credit credit A man Imin named was sins mamma mall manager get ger of lit tho time Ues and I Kd d was tho of at o the lieu lied Stockings I I played with both tenths though with the lied Hell Stockings whose whom other players were woo U D UC DC C Alex 11 Watson fives llosa Hober Heber J Orant who ho hind had second InHa nil of lit whom It gene ald sell a u ahall hall ball never wont went over oel his hll bend hend Parry Pur Will George Allu Alibi Darker IJa a n lIlt clOr who Used to wt set the film fats wild 1111 V lid with delight mid it nit Joe me liar I hit low a 1 catcher who will mU tabs many balls lis The 1111 Utah Ulah bays hoys ho with m veral Y Il g teams among H to an g them b e Ing San l co Denver and Cheyenne Wo 11 bent the Ihl and beHlen by hy byboth byboth both of tin the former It tens Willi at this Ihl time that wo tee sass In our first cures curved halls Prior Prim to there was seeM aK no ne h thing thine ns fIR the tho th curved ball known mown or allowed It 11 was Willi n a en case HP of ot under tide hand hall pitching real reul rIll I pitching To Id thrust throw ties to foul fOil Tho The pitcher IM named 11 II rind ond his the curves mystified the thu until they were v re Anti And yet r t mn to tu r when this the th ser MIr Heres es was over P lIlt lt Lake bake Will stag The Tho ho wa line 11 n mighty row ro among the tho who Iho and tutu ie is tutu In ted nine man and what tUe they said would r not mint took look see well wellIn wellIn II I In so MO 1 J dolt dont think I wilt will tell toll you OU about theta them Yes YIM WP we If several years earll for tor We had bud no nn 0 and wo hOIl ht our oil own uniforms lot Hut It was wan na worth It Il morn more too ton for tor It waH r nl II i port Joe loe harlots Will George e aul my m lf with and lit the Ht Rt the Ih l the cans l m saw tend were conquered the Tha next ri r acini 11 we 10 three or organized the thu th hail kings and pit ked up Darker er win WIIO doing some excellent work I nit IH nitI M Mv v I In it sonic of ot the 1111 amateur toast team r rf f that thit period and he b became n 11 terror torrell to la the th lh other othe side hIe and nn rat Idol with tenth this of the Hod The alit oll louse Hoise was wan the thu h lers era of ot tho the two big teRm teem and mul the lime of ot tautly many nUll animated 1 Ul HOW SAVi D A o m Mayor Morris modestly tells of nn 1111 It ex x citing eiting Incident flint lint he r refused fu d to r relate In the Brat person perMon on nn of ot boing tho the central of ot the It was wan lit at the a time the tho t Da retH anti and limo IMo wore were pitted d against sachi aoh oth other other othel er cr It rits s the first el game ean the thA t h s two nines nine The game was wan wn very Irr close The lh visitors J ItIlIA exhausts exhausted their thell tumult ninth Innings and Ind had until they w stare Ver ro two ahead nhea Morris Morrill went to lo the bat hat for tor forthe the homo home ream t was wan also In III Its ItH ninth Innings with on OUt one m run u to 10 its erect orel It two men out ott and ana two to men on nn baser base one of ot th these thle s being on and one on un second The Tha wag waa R terrific and the tho Salt hUt Laker ww cot ool unit lowered d Hut fate fata tat wm was with them themas as SA the Ike s ii l The rho future mayor found tho the maglo rs ball perhaps by chance hut hilt h he ha found It Ju just t the same and trunk shrunk It far fardown down lown the field letting In th the two IO mn ram ramon on bases and ot at K alt far ns as n third him himself himself self when with senor n R ml mighty hurrah the lie Halt Hail Lake nun surged serge urge on m to the dims dia diamond nand mood and carried the hero rn of at the hour up lip town n almost almo t tearing t his hll clothes clothel Off Oft Often offen en an route roue Not Nol one step would they thy al sl allow low Dick Die to walk wal during the Journey I vV R IW Put nut hrit by In l n R hand u he ho v ss its 14 borne I e all KII a II time the way stay wR to tn the lIw Walker I wh th tho plumy plu was 1 I tf II with tn That genie VUN wae no r finished d but hut the vet emus ein in sill still remember It with joy TIM 1111 OLD or h 11 I I to tn the tl of It th lie Red lied He Stockings Ma W S unit u a member of nf the aid uld hl this thi first uniformed 1 nine after the Uin Ies shows show the Ihl of lit the ew hose hoso drew largely front from I s I r membershIp t im a It aisle of ot the following folio II In Al Alex AlfI and Jed JIll catcher Ieter Ieler Il r Oray OrllY pitcher J Irani lint first bees bue Young r record ecu ml base harr third ba e Dune Dave abort stop Marker lurker lh Lull lul and situ Will the tho th event Maj Young Youn my M he lit distinctly time the rent of nf tho the In at lit the he hI went to Wi Bt So Ito wits WitH he Iw concerning bass b i e hell that It wart with od oil regret that Im hI got rol ready read to go away n 1111 to collon and thus thim be compelled to drop drol so as 0 Important a tt 1 sport port a as baseball base bale baseball ball |