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Show Sporting Ltfe. I We received a small parcel of bumps, in fact I a walloping in the early games which would have I made a regiment of Cossacks take the count, and B the result is that a large number of people witij I the hammer habit are making the green hills look S purple with much adverse comment anent the I locals, but odious to the knockers. H . In this connection it does not appear out of the B way to call attention to the patriotic fealty of the B fans of Ogden, when the team of that much anath- B ematlzed city swooped down on us like ye ancient B Assyrian and Scattered such Olympian bays as B we were able to gather in the miry loam. But B they were not always victorious, and it will be B remembered that when they were being mal. B treated in a way wholly scandalous, the Junction- fl lies yelled and cheered for their home team like B an army of co-eds until the last athlete took the B count. That is just the spirit that the local fans fl are utterly lacking in, and It seems about time that they were picking up a little more loyalty. fl Salt Lake has a fast team, a much faster one fl than we had last year. The whole trouble was fl that their great showing against Butte roused en- fl thuslasm so high that when a couple of reverses were met, there was a reaction of sentiment In fl Fanville. fl Undoubtedly the team needs improving, partic- fl ularly in the batting argument. It will be Im- fl proved. This early in the season Pop Anson fl couldn't have told what kind of timber he had on fl his hands, unless he had rehearsed them the pre- fl vious season.. Efforts to remedy our deficiencies fl are already being made, and other changes and fl Improvements are in view. fl The batting of the locals was indifferent, there fl can be no question of that. It is a pity that such fl natural ball .swingers as Bruyette and Delmas, fl who are as fast as a pair of catamounts in the fl field, have not yet developed the batting eye. fl Maybe, like late season horses, they develop their fl real powers late, and at all events, there is no room for discouragement or criticism. Hausen has fl not yet unbent to his limit, neither has Gimlin, but everyone knows the mettle is there and will come out soon. Kellackey is a great acquisition I ttnd so is Muller, and Weed shows signs of blooming bloom-ing out before the weather becomes exceedingly hot. There is no black drapery around Esseck, Loftus Wlggs is unhinging satisfactorily, and there should be no lack of confidence in Tozier. Quick has been, rather disappointing, probably on account of Spring fever, but that is not necessarily neces-sarily fatal. to t? Old man McCloskey has surely gathered about him a wonderful -wreath of- infieldersr - This was to bo expected from that wily veteran. Likewise he is possessed of a large number of stick Wield-ers. Wield-ers. It is almost saddening to think what he will jo to Wilmot's weighty Amalgamated, unless they have consulted opticians and done some Important Im-portant road work to improve their speed. 3 Jn 3 No one knows better than Father Gimlin that games are not won without hitters, We are here to prognosticate that he will have a great bunch of stickers before the season is far under way. & v fc5 If McCloskey wishes to trade that man O'Con-nell O'Con-nell of the second sack for most anything we have outside of our- Easter finery the deal is on. His work on the secc-nd sack In the first game of the series was simply dazzling. & 2& 3 Lucre is not spared by the Boise manager in making his team look good to the naked eye, which also makes them, feel good. They loqk like a Fifth Avenue parade in their costly new paraphernalia. para-phernalia. v 0 wV Father Gimlin should hire a small boy to clear away a small portion of the debris from the grand stand seats. Snow had descended during the winter days on the chairs, and the people who occupied oc-cupied them on the day of the initial game and who happened to be arrayed in sable attire arose looking like a certain bestriped quadruped which Elder Barnuw used to exhibit with a great show " of pride. If there is a janitor on the premises, ho ought to be kidnapped. & iv t5 If Battling Nelson is successful in his coming contest with Martin Conole, It is on the bills to match him here with Jimmy-Briggs or some other equally good punch distributor from beyond tho Missouri. |
