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Show Eleven Innings Required To End Opening Game Gunnison and Manti Give Major Exhibition Exhibi-tion on Local Diamond - Gunnison Victors With 3 to 2 Score. If the baseball fans from Salt Lake i would happen down into this valley and into the southern section of Utah, they would be amply paid in real sport and incidentally they j would see real baseball. Particularly j would this prove true had they or anybody been in Gunnison last Sun- j ter for the eleven innings for Manti. also showed class, but fell slightly below be-low Fredrickson's record. He retired nine men during the game on strikeouts strike-outs but the Kings pounded hiui for ten safe hits. In the eleventh inning in-ning Krlckson was tired and two men were allowed to walk, and day to witness the first practice game of the season to be played on tin-local tin-local diamond. Notwithstanding the fact that none of the players, either in die Gunnison or Manti teams, the contenders for honors had been in practice at all, and considering the fact that there was a nasty cold northwest wind blowing, an exhibition exhibi-tion never seen before in southern Utah was pulled off. It was real baseball, and when the eleventh inning in-ning had been finished the score stood three to two with the Gunnison Sugar Kings the victors. Not only did it take eleven innings in-nings to settle the fray, but 'I lie game vas filled with thrills. There was a classy demonstration of "staying" qualities in the .pitchers. Fredrick-son, Fredrick-son, In the box for. Gunnison, and whose only spring practice had been mi throwing balls against 'the side ol his dad's barn, was in rare form and showed phenomenal strength in the last inning.. During the game he with two men on bases and two safe hits by Sanders and Sorenson. the two winning r'uiis were placed across the homo plate. It was not until the fifth inning that a score was made, and that by (he visitors. Patten slammed a two-bagger two-bagger and was allowed to come in on an error at first base. The other score "piled up" by the visitors was in tha'eleveuth inning. Patten again nailed a two-base hit and Ifcury, who had been given a free trip to first, afterwards hypothecating nc-ond. nc-ond. landed homo safely. Gunnison waited until (heir half if the eighth inning in a series of punches. Ernest Halverson stabbed Hie sphere for a two-base hit. Lcn I'ace did the same. Hugh llalverson 'sacrificed and Ernest Halverson 'nnded home. In the session of tin' Kings in tho eleventh, with F.rickson '. "aliening, it was easy picking. Both Hugh llalverson and Fredrick -on walked find tho safe hits by Sunders Mim.u uui i-ii men aiui only uuoweu five hits some record for a "spring opening." Erickson. tho mound mas- " , and Sorensou made the victory easy. (Continued on Page S) Eleven Innings Played In Opener (Continued from Page 1) But Manti played ball along with Gunnison, and the fans who had gathered for the opening, Instead of seeing flimsy and awkward ball, saw stuff that would have done credit to many of the major league crowds. Some errors were expected and looked for, but five for the entire game would cover all. Following Is the score: R. H. E. Gunnison '. 3 11 4 Want! 2 5 1 |