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Show PORTING PORTING ECTIOS 1)7 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 191G H Hi nil -- UTES MEET BEAVERS N OPENING ATTLE AT PORTLAND TODAY ! I Big Increase in Gate Former Oak and Ute Aid Lefty to Annex Receipts For All j j Coast Parks First A m erican Win j Fans Eager to See Jace IVarAop ion a Salt Lake Uniform IAN A I Oregon Metropolis Preparing to Handle Crowd of 20,000 at McCredie Stronghold; Big Parade Is "Scheduled t I J 2 V I J ! ! ! - f V -,- -t Y J tic MdZi I WKKIv San Francisco (O camen I.on An el en (7 games) Salt Ijike City (4 cnme Total San Francisco (7 games) 7 sanies) Ih l.aUr City U Banien .Salt Angeles I I i , L'l.O.VI f v-- -- .: ll(l. 47JiQ Jack Ness Also Does Friendly Gets First Chance to Mako .3-4.4- Turn by Singling in Pinch. 20.124 lOlOS Total . ..; per game for first week Average 1015. 4559 JOIO, 50P4. Increase over 101511 per cent. - III ,y,s I,: TO STAY OUT OF llig-ginbotha- m. this year. 4- - 4 CEI.EimATi: VICTORY. Westminster pupils held a mass meeting yesterday to celebrate the basebstl virtory over Ciranite school Speeches Friday. were made by of the studentTiiorjn. body: president Kirkhan. team baiball Ionald Kalnh Kent and Coach ratifHlr: Tt. W. Wright. The nine will play Kavsvlite Friopy. 44-- Dad Gimlin, Wessler, McCon-nc- ll and Old Stars in Line-u- 4r f M-- - Poton-Ph!ladelph- p. WAGNKR has to take second when It comes to long life on the diamond, for Dad Gimlin of Ogden, former major lcaeuer and one of the old timers who struck fear In the hearts of fc'alt Lake fans when this HANS city was e. Flts-pntrl- ek MIKE YOKEL MEETS DAVE JONES TONIGHT AVork on Cinders. . SpxH-Ii- l to The April 17. lirrald-llepubUeaii- .l Mike Yokel, LOGAN, world's middleweight Track work beKaii yesterpion, arrived here this afternoon in recondition for his match with day at Kast High when sixty men perfect Dave Jones of tiie agricultural college Coach Tommy tomorrow ported for practice. night. Yokel has never been Fitzpatrick placet! tle men under the seen in action and for this readirection of Ctpt. Ken Uarnes and Man- son the match ishere, considerable arousing Interest among the wrestling fans. ager Glen Holt. Th match will see Yokel trying to The class track serins will start to- throw Jones twice in ninety minutes. morrow. Kach class will have an indi- Jones has been hurd for the training vidual meet and the winners in these tilt and is expected to battle to end. contests will represent their respective Yokel's match with Pet Drown the In Salt classes in the interclass meet. Coach Lake last Friday night is believed to alms to have 70 per cent of have weakened him by local fans, and Fitzpatrick the boys of each class take part in the the rooters are looking forward for a meets. The schedule is as follows: great match. The preliminaries will he between Wednesday, April 19, freshman meet: of Loan and Packer of PresFriday, April 21, sophomore meet; Mon- Dunford 24, Junior meet; Tuesday, ton In the day. April clas. and Palley meet; Friday, April 2S, of Logan and Larson of Idaho Falls in April 25. senior interclass meet. class. the 125-pou- 145-pou- nd nd - - HF..VDR1CKS GETS STAR. Indianapolis, April 17. Fred (Cy) former big league and Falkenberg, Federal league pitcher, has signed a contract to pitch for the Indianapolis American association team, according to Manager Jack Hendricks. JACK HARBERTS0N IS VICTOR OVER CLAPHAM cham- Ogden. April 17. Jack Harbert-so- n won his match with wrestling an Fnglish light Sain Clapham, end of one hour Heavyweight, at the and nlnetoen minutes at tho theatre when he lion with so much threw the Englishtonight, unable to force that Clapham was Rf.fCinri fall rnrtiA ltnnlr lor th was on top when Harbert-- j Clapham son placed his toe beneath Clap-- f ham's chin, smashing the Fnglish- man backward and following this! with a body scissors. J procedure was unconscious for three! Clapham Will Thronton of Salt Lake!' minutes. Rrnwn Pitv wan thA ra rfirp as a spectator during the early!! part of the match. W 17. Pinch hitters CHICAGO, April for the White Sox a game their regulars tried to throw away. A single by Ness, batting for Williams in the ninth, drove in the batting for tying run, and Lynn, sent in the run in the eleventh, that gave Chicago the game over St. Louis,, 6 to 5. The visitors took a lead of five runs in the first three innings, in mainly the result of errors. Twice the flrst Schalk threw wild on attempted sacrifice hits and twice when Danforth caught a runner off first. Fournier's errors allowed him to advance a base. Doak waa hit and Chicago won easily from; St. Louis here today,! 5 to 1. With th score tied in the sixth, Saier hit a homa run Into the right field pavilion, scoring Williams ahead of him. A double, a single, sacrifice hit and Snyder's, error produced two more runs in the, seventh and proved the undoing of Doak. Steele and Ames finished the game, the former giving way to a pinch-- 1 hitter. The locals' run in the second resulted from a single, a sacrifice and Vaughn's wild pitch, which rolled to the stands. Score: te AB 5 4 4 3 4 3 2b Pratt Deal 3b I - Austin 3b c Hartley Lavan as Davenport p Weilman p Miller.. 0 5 S ....31 1 Brigham Fans Await Coming of Ball Time Expect to Have Real Team to Go After Utah Semipros. Herald-Republica- April 17. BRIGHAM CITY, are fans Brigham eagerly awaiti- ng: for the announcement of the first game for tho newly organized Brigham club. The team did some skirmishing Saturcay afternoon on the diamond, which has recently undergone overhauling by the city street department. If the managers are successful In holding on to the announced list of players recently selected, and most of whom were on the ground Saturday, Brigham will not need worry about what she g'oes vip against in the state so long as she stays in the amateur class. There is also a possibility that the team will be strengthened soon by e the addition of Andy Jensen, in the state and who amateur favorite with Garfield last season. played Whether or not the management will affiliate the local team with the teams of the proposed league being promoted A in Ogden is yet doubtful, it movement is on foot among local fans to have Bear river valley represented by at least one team, if not two, as Treiitonton and Garland have strong ball teams. As socn as the line-ufor Brigliam Is definitely filled, active practice will be Inaugurated. PISTOL SHOT DIES. 17. Dr. New York. April Hugh Schussler, formerly a member of the Century Opera company and a long time the; champion pistol shot of the United States, died today at his home here at the age of 38 years. one-tim- is-sa- id. p. PO 3.1,110 10 ...... ...... 1 0 1 11 4- 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 4 0 1 A 0 0 0 0 K 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 1 0 6 0 27 15 1 14 0 10 01 10 I " 0 1 0 ST. LOUIS. 38 5 31 9 IB 1 0- ...... cf,...10- 1.0 to The " , If R II PO A E Mann 2 1 0 Schulte If 1 3 0 4 Flack rf 1 0 0 Williams 1" 0 3 cf 2 18 1 4 0 Zimmerman 3b. 4 1 0 3 1 Saier lb 2 0 4 0 0 ss .... 0 0 Mulligan 3 0 0 c Mlscher i 1 0 Yerkes 2b 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 8 1 0 McCarthy 2b. ..14 1 1 1 0 Vaughn p 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 35 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 CHICAGO. day for the White Sox, enabling rescue linrler Claude Williams to win hi firnt came In the big show. Thei errors Chieago American! made eight behind Lefty yesterday, but even these wc,re insufficient to beat him when his former (.'oast league friends rallied to hit support. j' AB R II PO A B 1 0 1 8 0 5 Bescher If , 4 0 00 10 02 00 Beck 3b 0 3 AB R II PO A E Smith cf 0 0 0 0 Grottem 0 0 0 0 1 5 Felsch cf 2 0 2 12 0 4 Weaver 3b, ss ..52 1 2 23 22 20 Miller lb 0 1 0 2 2 4 B. Collins 2b rf Long 1 3 0 2 ... 0 5 0 17 4, 2 Betzel 2tr Fournler lb 2 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 Hornsby ss 1 1 5 2 Jackson If 1 1 0 2 1 ; 1 1 Snyder c 1 0 4 1 2 J. Collins rf 0 0 2 Gonzales c ...... 9 1 4 2 0 Schalk c . 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 Doak ss p ...11 0 - V Terry 1 0 0 1 1 Steele p 3 .0 McMullln ss 0 0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 Butler 0 0 0 Moriarty 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Ames 0 0 J.. p Danforth p 0 0 0 0 0T 1 0 Corhan .. 2 1 0 3 1 Williams p 0 0 1 1 0 0 Cicotte p 4 8 27 13 1 33 Totals 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lapp 0 0 1 0 0 0 Liebold Steele in seventh; Butler batted forAmes 0 0 0 0 1 1 Ness in ninth. for batted Corhan 0 0 0 1 0 ..1 Lynn .... ' Score by Innings ..10 10 0 0 00 2.0 0is 00 00 51 Totals .... ...40 6 11 33 24 8 Chicago St. Louis.. hits Snyder. Miller batted for Deal In tenth; one Summary: Two-bas- e hit Schulte. Home Fischer. Three-bas- e out when winning run scored. Williams. base run in Stolen Saier. for batted fourth; Terry Lappe McCartny. Flack. Liebold batted for McMullln in ninth; Sacrifice hits Betzel, to Miller. Bases Betzel play Ness batted for Williams in ninth; Lynn Double on balls Off Steele 1. off Vaughn 2.8 batted for Cicotte in eleventh. earned runs Off Vaughn Hits and Score by Innings 1 run in 9 Innings; off Doak 9 hits. 5 0 fit Louis Steele 4 runs in 6.2-- 3 innings; off 1 6 hits, 3 off Ames Chicago .. 0 hits, 0 runs in inning; hits Marsans. 1 hit, 0 run in 2 innings. Struck out---.2 Summarj': Two-bas- e Weaver, Jackson, Williams, Schalk. By Vaughn 8. bv Doak 2, by Amea Double Vlavs Sisler to Austin; McMul-li- n Wild pitch Vaughn. Umpires Qulg-- j to E. Collins to Fourniei. Base on ley and Byron. errors St. Louis 5. Bases on balls Off Davenport 2, off Weilman 1, off GRANDFATHER HANS Danforth 1, off Williams 1. 9Hits and4 Off Davenport earned runs hits, STILL HITS SPHERE runs In 9 innings; none out intenth; 2 1 2 off Weilman, hits, run in Innings; 17. In a off Danforth, 4 hits, no runs In 2 innone out In third; off Williams, CINCINNATI, April won the nings, Pittsburgh 3 hits, no runs in 7 innings; off Cicotte, of the series from 2 hits, no runs in 2 innings. All St. Cincinnati hero today, 10 to 1. The vis-- ( on 3 (Continued Sport Section.) Continued on Page 3 Suort Section.) Page Totals and Jnek !es, (bove BAUD LYNX In the pdnch yesterdelivered : LOUIS, April 17. CHICAGO. AB R H Shotten If Tobin rf Sisler lb Marsans cf V:..Vv:rvv:.v TSpecial ST. Score: -l er -- la for AT re-ent- yn Squad of Sisly Iteport ttt Coach a special meeting held In the Utah yesterday afternoon, principals and coaches of the local high schools decided not to renew relations with the Utah High School Athletic association. This action came after two hours of spirited discussion. Differences are eaid to exist between the West High school and Granite which could not be settled amicably. Those connected with both schools decided that it would be better to remain out of the association rather than while ill feeling still existto ed. The refusal to renew relations means that there will be no baseball league formed In this division this year. Granite refused to play with West High school and will, therefore, not be allowed to contest with Fast High school, according to George A. Faton, superprincipal. Independent games vising between the other schools of the local division will probably be played, as authorities do not like to see the diawill mond game abolished here. There conbe no- league race, however, and between the difthe sequently is not expected to reach ferent schools rivalry a high pitch. Set Date for Meet. An Invitational division track meet will be held May 5 at Cummlngs field. Any schools in the local division may enter this meet which will determine who will enter the state high school meet. to take place the week following. The hammer throw will be abolished irom the meet, as the coaches are of the opinion that this branch of acis too strenuous for high school tivity athletes. President James E. Moss of the Utah preHigh School Athletic association sided at the meeting. Those present were Supervising Principal George A. Faton of the Fast and West .High Fast schools; Principal Ira D.I Travis, M. Oillilan, school; Principal High West High school: Principal Guy M. Wilson. L. D. S. U.; Principal A. 13. Dennion, Granite; Principal Henry Peterson, Jordan, and the following coaches: Tommy Fitzpatrick, Fast Richardson, West High school; Henry Granite, High school; Willard Ashton, and Norman Hamilton, Jordan. Coach S. L. D. U. was the only Miller of the person absent. Slabster. CI-cot- !, SHOW HITTING GAH Ease and Win Ball Game, 5 to 1. ' r-v- . Gets Two Doubles and Single Hammer Cardinal Pitchers With Off Former Portland ? - JACK AVAHHOP. ARRANGE FOR TRACK MEET tt present plans. Jack ACCORDING Join the I'te regular thin fek at Portland, lie In n former link, lie un let no this Hammer Throw to Be Abolished 7'eur l Donovan because of the (treat number of IU nnil )onni; n frultm In by Local High School hla pitclilna cohort,, which look like the mound clans of the younger clrcirlt. Coaches. in the enthusiastic state league days and later in the Union association, has decided to btagre a comeback. With him in this comeback are some veteran ball players of a few years ago who should round out a classy aggregation for the father of baseball In Ogden. Starting at first base and going around the lot the present line-u- p of the proposed Ogden team, which is alfollows: ready in training, reads asMcConnell. Dad Clarke, first: Ralph second; George Wessler. short; Adolph Duncan of Arizona, catcher; the Green-wal- d brothers in the box, and Dad tJImlln himself as the center of the outfield defense. The other positions are being tried for by a number of recruits, mere r.. Chicasro 6. At Chioair Pt. In with the older rubs At Pittsburgh Cincinati 1, Pitts-burc- h heads, andcomparison are said to possess consid10. erable ability in the diamond game. New A league is proposed by Ogden peogame postponed: rain. In baseball to embrace ple Interested of Logan. Park City. Wells-vlllcities game the postponed: rain. Devllsllde and Brigham City. Some of the ball players who would be into play through such a brought would TMla)M Gnmri. be Cy Morgan of Cbh-agleague at St. Ixuis. City. Andy Jensen and Al Prlgham Hoston at Phiiadelnhia. Ounn In addition to others from whom at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh the promoters expect to hear soon. New York at Urooklyn. The team to represent Ogden will lie equipped by the Utah Power & Light company and has every indicaEAST TRAEXHIEN OUT tion of being a hummer. York-Drookl- i '.. -- Salt Lake is conceded by its most harsh critics to have more men on its team than two. for lunny Brief, Shinn, Ryan, Quinlan and Rath, in themselves, are above par. The pitching staff is weak, though, with only Hughes and Paul Fittery showing class. However, Bert Hall is said to be roundine to form, and then will come Mr. Warhop. which will help a lot. The other pitchers are all right if the team makes ten runs to Ibe game and should win. The trip from home will put the i tearn in fine shape for its summer work at Salt Lake, and coast fan- -, although still predicting a second division berth for the Utes, are not so ready to predict a sixth place for it as they wpw awhile ao. ' . Appearance With Bat in National. HEILMANN WIELDS WILLOW CUBS Granite and West Higlv Still at Loggerheads; Eaton Boycotts Granite. , ia :. , ; x STATE LEAGUES Ogden Plans Comeback in Basehalldom CARDS' ATTACK ''i ir..r,Ji2 LOCAL DIVISION V- ROY CORHAN IN 77, 1 iS - ---- , t. . AIDED BY LYNN inir.. 4llrS4 - J-.- Six former coast stars had ample opportunity to show their base-.hastuff in yesterday's games. All acquitted themselves creditably, particularly the Salt Lake representatives. Claude (Lefty) Williams won his game for Chicago. Byrd Lynn aided Lefty by a timely bingle in the ninth. Jack Ness, Oak, went to bat in the pinch and also delivered. work in the field. TeiTy and Mullins, former Angels, did good twelve-innin- g a wonderful Coveleskie game for pitched Stanley 3 1. to Cleveland against Detroit, losing Harry Heilmann, former Seal, awas largely responsible for Cove's defeat by hitting two doubles and single. Roy Corhan hit for St. Louis in a pinch, but failed to deliver. Neither Johnston nor Gedeon had a chance to get in play yesterV day, their games being postponed. FORMER UTE IS 1 n.) Salt f"pHE - lf i -- Arrr-VDAXC- 1 (Special to The Ore., April 17. Members of the Portland Baseball Boosters' "pOliTLAND. club are hoping and praying for a good day, despite the report sent out by the weather man that tomorrow would be featured with "showers and southwesterly winds." The opening of the 1016 Pacific (Toast league baseball season between the Portlanders and Salt Lake here tomorrow has occasioned the local fans to predict a "20.000 for an opener" crowd. Grand Marshal Bay Barkhurst, who is in charge of the parades, said late tonight that everything has been done to have a parade of more than a mile and a half long of automobiles to precede the first contest in Portland this year. The Salt Iake representatives will be met at the Union depot by dele- catcs of the Portland Boosters' club and will be taken for a short ride around the city. The parade will start promptly at 1 o'clock and Gover--i nor Withycombe is slated to fire the first ball'to Mayor II. K. Albee at 3 o'clock. . A' $ 1 Flit ST m York-Philadelph- r v?-.f::.- ;' t S er 4- iir. t chib is considerably stronger for the opening game K STANDING OF CLUBS against I'ortianu man it. was lor us owning- game against Oakland. The rounding- - of the pitchers to shape with the improvement in the batting PACiriC COAST LKAGIE. eyes of the fielders is causing ManWon. Lost. ret. 8 ager Blankenhip some cheer, and I 4 .667 Angelen r 8 .615 the addition of Morris Bath with the Oakland 7 Vernon . .500 to hift of Murphy third has injected San Francisco 6 8 .429 6 8 Portland .423 lots of pepper into the infield. When Salt 4 7 Lake .364 Jack Warhop joins the club, which No games scheduled. will probably le the latter part of this week, the Utes will be in splenToday's Gamrx. did shape. Better still, though, is the LRke at Portland. fait word from the front that another Vernon at Oakland. fan Francisco at right-handbeAngeles. will be with the team fore it completes its journey. Till IF COLtMX. 1 F. Wins. Long Road Trip. Loses .tlfZ ..Los .615 Portlandscries with After its Angeles... the 43 . . . .Oakland X .571 ers. the Salt Iake aggregation will ..133 . ... .Vernon ....... .500 Kan Francisco.., .400 play San Francisco, Vernon and .467 .467 . Portland .400 Oakland in the order named. That it .417 .333 ...Salt Lake will stand a fair chance to break AMEIUCAA LKAGl'R. even with San Francisco is assured, Won. Lost. Tct. but there is some doubt about the F.ofton .... 4 1.000 ... 4 Oak and Tiger series, as tlwse clubs Chicago .667 3 Louis . .600 are stronger by far than they were M. 1 New York 1 .500 . 2 3 Cleveland . 100 Ict year, and the Oaks are going like Detroit ... 4 .333 wildfire tinder the tutelage of Rowdy Washington .333 Klliott. who is havincr a chance this Jtehiil year to show his managerial ability. At Cleveland Detroit 3, Cleveland 1 Salt T.ahi will return fiom its road (twelve inninirst. Hoston Washington i. Eo?ton 3. trip on May 16. when it will open its At At St. Louis Chicago 5. Ht. Louis 1. second series with Portland. New i;auie postponed; rain. frtatti-- ; of the Bonvcr cluU h TIJK of n inytory owing Today' (inntn. St. Louis at Chicago. to the great improvements" in the Detroit at Cleveland. southern team with which the M:iek-mc- n Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston. have been playing. and also to the shift' in the Portland line-u- p it- NATIONAL LKAGtK. self. A dispatch from the coast says! I Pet. 0 1000 club. J!,01.0" that Portland has a two-ma- n 4 2 .667 one-haof whicli is fluisto, the St. New York . . 1 2 .667 H . s .r,oo Pittsburgh Mary. college recruit who is playing St. . .3 LnuiH ... 3 .600 at first and knocking home runs, and Philadelphia 2 .333 ..1 4 .333 Chicago .... th? other half of which is Trve is in who pitcher, shape ItemiHn. C0VELESKIE STAR STAN ll of the Salt l.nke ball elul yesterday. On the openlotc Jay nn return Inereane of per cent n enjoyed. The iinlm for having the Inrgent attendance t ontI.om the opening An scion, with 1 tea me kotm :i:t. lit lealnxt ll'.OS't for San Krn u- clneo on the k;i ni day. Salt lakf nail paid adniinnioiiM. In nveraae daily attendance for the first Mrrk Sn Frauclneo taken of I7."1 the lead, with an average I.om A iik elm had'-nrami Salt Lake for It" average only kIx tcnmrN be-- J lose played had 3:rl. fi li. InprraM In atteudanee for the week oer Inst year wu 11 first,, cent i 1()lrs;s attended the games, per nn compared to 77,-- IM of last year. 'Ibe official flgrnrent CIPKMXti DAY A'lTKX D.WCi:. iiid. .ss 12.0M:t San Francinen V2.7MI I.om Aneelen 7.: 7,fJ3 S.7C2 Salt Lake MJT.TX yS.O-tTotal Increase over 101.1 oij per cent. fr WINS -- -- I V, rent In nver-- I It per nttendauee In dtUly " WITHYCOMBE TO HURL BALL Herald-Republica- DKf .".- -1 - '.'- -: i. ; I Salt Lake will arrive in Portland this morning for the first series of its four road trip before returning home. Portland is enthusiastic over the return of "baseball, and Beaver fans are predicting an attendance of 20.0C0 at opening game. Weather prophecy for the opening game rea&3: " Showers and southwesterly winds." An automobile parade is planned prior to opening of the season. Governor Withycomte of Oregon will pitch the first ball against Utes. the Probable batteries for today's game are: For Portland, Higgin-bothaand Pisher; for Salt Lake, Hall and Hannah. Increase of nhotvn by fount leaKiie biiHebull tflKiirrn an announced ly I'renltlent j yC GOVERNOR LEAGUE 'LEF T' WILLIAMS r IN J - 3.0 10.12 0- - ...... 0-- 3110000000 0 1-- West Siders Prepare to Stage Rare Class Track Tourney RICHARDSON of West High announced yesterday that COACH HENRY track meet would be held on the school campus Friday, This will give all track stars time to get into condition. The Panther mentor is backing on his team to cop the division meet hands down, and tho boys are training with this in mind and also with the idea that they are going to put up a fight for the state title. April 28. The class series will be hard The seniors and juniors bothfought. have former Johnson, strong' teams. Stanley is the pride of the eseniors and captain, is good for about twenty-fivpoints In the meet. Percy Hansen Is booked to cop 'the century and the dashes. Hansen is showing all kinds and of speed in his training to win "Heine" expects theearly fleet footer the state championships in these twor is a fast quarter-mileevents. Jordan and will probablv put up a stiff battle for a first. The seniors have several Stiefel, Caffey,- Jarvis and ones other stars, together with the mentioned. The juniors with Captain Warden at the helm are expected to make things hot. Warden, who won the mile event in the state meet last year, will run the 440, SS0 ana mile and Is expected 220-ya- rd - al-rea- dv to cop three firsts. He Is running better than ever this year and rethe school crosscently won a field of seventy-fiv- e run from high country runners. Besides Warden the juniors have Anderson, a coming star in distance events. Spencer will take care of the high Jump, Andrews will be seen in action in the and Coath will trot the 440. weights The underclassmen are unknown, but The they year men surprise. a star have may runner in first Funk. Vernal Funk won sixth place in the crosscountry and is showing considerable improvement with each day's practice. Coach Richardson will his men to the "U" Frldav for atake on workout the cinder path. He expects the greatest track season the Panthers have had in years and backs his hope on Johnson, Warden and Hansen, together with green material. |