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Show SPORTS Ball Games and Horse Races. Matad'a aggregation of jolly ball tossers blew into town bright and early last Saturday morning and spent thu forenoon in getting acquainted and sign reading around town. The' day was a miserable windy one from sunrise to sunset. sun-set. The new grandstand was filled jvlth enthusiastic base ball fans and hundreds of people stood up to sec tho game. Tho buttery for both nines had ;i tough time of It owing to tbo wind. Malad' nine bumped Into a hard fighting fight-ing crew In tbo contest with Garland's gritty team and were outclassed to the tuno of 0 to 1. CutchcrJumcs of Malad received re-ceived a knock-out blow by ono of Andy's curves and Erickson of Collinston took tho bulls from behind thu bat after tho fourth inning. The Malad boys aro a peaceful, good natured set and did tholr part to wlu out, but Garland's 0 was too much for them. Little Hilly Evans did the Big umpiring act and rooters were plentiful and made the game quite Interesting. In-teresting. Line-up and score: MALAD OAKLAND James c Fowler Robltallle p Jensen Kingsbury lb Fcatbcrstono McClurg 2b Qleason Itipley 8b Campbell Thomas ss Turner Richards cf Van Leuvan Jones rf Smith J Jones If Evans Score by innings ..1 23450789 Garland 2 10 110 1 6 Malad 0000001 -l' Following the ball gamo came a 1-mile dash on south Main street between J Y. Itlch's gray and J. F. Owen's black horso for a purse ot $240. The street was jammed with rigs and spectators from all over the country. J. Y. Itlch's gray was an easy winner. Next cumo a matched race between Clayton's gray and Schneider's browu tho gray being the winner. The last race was between Jensen's black and Clayton's gray. Jen-sun's Jen-sun's black won out. a Washakie vs. Garland. Tuesday afternoon an Interesting contest con-test bctweeu Washakie's Indian bass ball nine and Garland's aggregation of ball tossers drew quiet n good-sited crowd to the diamond at tho city park. The Indians did some good playing, but were like Malad "To alow for Garland." The game canw nearly being a"shutout" for Washaklo, Llttlo Billy, -the painter, umpired the game and had bis hands full to please everybody aud win a home with the InJIns, hut his Judgments were quite fslr and reasonable although quite a few are of the opinion that hu "shot It into the Indians." Theludlans were poor at the bat aud missed fly catches by the wholesale to say nothing of the many grouuders that rolled through their mitts. Scott Turner sustained a sprained anckle in a home-plate run aud Charley Welling took his place on thu diamond. Line-up and score: GARLAND WASHAKIE Fowler o Jim Browu wnfiBin P TomPabawena Welling ) y WalHs .lb- ' JWBIance Gleason 2b Willie Ottogary Campbell lib Geo. Washington Tumor ss Sith Pabagce Van Leuvan cf Moroni Tlmblroboo Smith rf Amos Mocmberg II Evans If Lorenzo Hootzchew Score by Innings... 123460780 Garland 0 4 0 0 0 3 3 2 -24 Washaki . 00000001 12 You will miss ono of the best base ball games this season if you fail to take In tho BIG CONTEST between Garland and Collinston at the City Park To-dxtI Horse races after the gamo. Place, Sontb Main street. Collluston's cracker-jock nlno gavu the Washakie Indians n "wholloplug" to thu tuno of 27 to 3 in tho game played at Collinston Wednesday. |