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Show I Sporting Life. S We've been swatted by the sluggers from ; That dear old Ogden town; And many teams at our expense , Have captured high renown, ' , But we have the combination now 8 I And all the Angels frown ill When Hanley's out in center field 1 ' I And Hanley pulls 'em down; I 1 In fact a ball hit to the sea ! Would have no chance to drown ' When Hanley's out in center field J Where Hanley pulls 'em down. i j J t z i We wonder what the One-Lungers thought of their initiation into the baseball welkin of Zion. t v Jake Greenewald says that the defeat of the 1 Californians in the first contest was due to a , ! change of climate. But there are those who imag- 1 t ine that Jake was biased by bets, and who con- 1 sequently do not credit the victory of the High Priests to timely acclimatization. ?j , Zion certainly gave the coast wallopers a very heated session and made it quite apparent that the Consumptives would have to become real in- ' dustrious if they wish to compete strenuously with Butte for the league leadership. Hildebrand j suffered in the opening day of hostilities, greatly j i to the surprise of the local fans, who had been m I I I' advised that the aforesaid slab artisan was an in- B i ill vincible mystery-maker in the matter of sphere B f j III twisting. He was pattered around the garden M f i i ,1 something scandalous by the local willow swing- M ers, and the hits were bunched in such a way as to B jt J make the score look higher than the observatory m I j ' i ' j tower. Still there is more to be heard from Hilde- H ( ' brand and his performance was scarcely as ig- H p I nominous as that of Muller, who was retired in H f R n favor of Quick after a lamentable display of weak- H j t ness in the first two innings. And it might be H ! j added that Quick won the hearts of all the fans by H' coming to the rescue with admirable skill and R winning his game by some very meritorious twirl- H i I ing" H I I Many of the Angelic ones looked very well to H , the local fans. Forinstance, there was Brother H j Reilly, who battered down some heated onus at j ' j 1 1 third and fielded them to first like they were pro- II fij jected from a revolving Hotchkiss. Sears was 1 also present in lai'ge quantities at second. A , source of surprise was the ragged junketing in the l outfield, where the visitors were vastly inferior j to the local gardeners. In this connection ref- B fj i erence may be made appropriately to Hanley, who m ml smothered everything that came within a few m , acres of center field and coquetted with numerous B ft' long bumps that ought to have been captured by Hj y J the other fielders. All the infield, Slats Davis and B; I Donahue conspicuously, did some very enviable B I m ball clasping, and nearly every one in the team B lj was very much In evidence with the swatting iron. B V The hitting of the locals surprised every one B If and indicated that they aro likely to make a lively B Wi campaign for a high place in the league percent- B age. And Zion is more than ever proud of its ac- B a quisition from the Northwest, and in due B ''i tlmq, under the skillful management that has been B M secured, the Saints may worry the high climbers H I : m( very considerably. At all events their exhibition B ' I a on the occasion of the first clash with the Call- 1 ! Wi fornians was something that will make the local H m fans overlook a multitude of overt erroneous mis- H j haps that may occur in the future. H ' & & 8 And npw enters Mr. Martin Mulvey again as a i pugilistic promoter, in the face of the fake Downey disgrace which, ought to have retired him forever j from that ne of work. His effrontery is far more ' commendable than his judgment, If there be any- , , ' thing to commend in this connection. And Mr. H. '.' Mulvey has plucked out of obscurity one Oscar Gardner to compete with Herrera in the proposed bout. If Mr. Mulvey wishes to regale the public with a real fight why did he not negotiate with Dr Coursoy or some other live orie, instead of going go-ing into the charnel house of defunct pugs and picking up a dried up Egyptian mummy like Gardner. Gard-ner. The latter began fighting twelve years ago and kept it up until within the past two years, when he had sufficient good sense to retire. He has never defeated a really big fighter and has always occupied a cosy place as a second rater. He always fought during his palmy days, which are very distant, at about 122 pounds, and If brought here to go against the speedy Mexican he would probably last about as long as the former Mulvey protege, Mr. Fakir Downey, whom Mulvey sent away with a cancelled meal ticket and some good wishes. If Mr. Mulvey insists on managing a prize fight, why does he refrain from trotting out a real one like Yanger, Hanlon, or some one in that class. The public is not at all anxious to look at a resurrected resur-rected petard like Oscar Gardner. If the published statement be true, that Biddy Bishop is willing to bet from $5,000 to $10,000 on his Mexican bruiser, bruis-er, almost any of the best punching problems could be brought here to compete for it. It begins to look like Mulvey and Bishop are playing the easy money graft, and are unwilling to take any chances with a real artist. In view of the last feast that Mr. Mulvey provided, pro-vided, there would probably be a very meager crowd at the fight, even if a live pugilist were secured. se-cured. But if the Great Promoter brings out the Gardner has-been it is probable that Mr. Mulvey will look out on a collection of empty benches as big as a desert land entry. s & ve What would a casual pilgrim have thought of Salt Lake as an amusement center if he had spent the past week here and attended all the sports and pleasure resorts? Baseball six afternoons in the week at advanced prices, bicycle races two nights a week at the Salt Palace, and four of the most attractive resorts in the West going at full swing and every one visited by immense crowds. All this goes to show that Zion is one of the best spots in the Rockies for the amusement seeker during the summer months, w . If Mr. Mulvey insists on resurrecting demised prize fighters for local exhibition, he might obtain ob-tain one nearer home. We would suggest that he arrange a match between Patsy Morley, the veteran vet-eran fighter of Farmington, and some up-to-date heavyweight. While Patsy Is over seventy years of age, he had a great record when John L. Sullivan Sul-livan was selling papers, and says that he is in splendid fettle. 5 t 5 The Angels administered some severe retribution retribu-tion to the Saints in Wednesday's game. The locals lo-cals experimented with Jensen in the box and lost the game in the two Innings he pitched. The management are now probably pretty thoroughly convinced that local talent in the new team will hardly do. & O It appears now that Mi. Mulvey is no longer enthusiastic about bringing Oscar Gardner here. Apparently the Promoter is beginning to see some black clouds in the west. If he really brings a fighter out here to meet Herrera, the public will be so astounded that they will probably not recover re-cover in time to see the mill. And it is about a 100 to 1 shot that he will not arrange a match between be-tween English, who arrived here recently, and Herrera. Why? Ask Biddy Bishop or Mr. Mulvey. $ 1r V If a fight between English and Herrera was arranged, it is probable that the Mexican would insist on English dropping his "H's" to get down to weight. |