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Show MISSOULA CLUB Off FOR MLT LAKE After a ten days' stay In this city-the city-the Missoula club of the Union association asso-ciation broke training camp yesterday yester-day and departed last evening for Salt Lake, where. tlUs a(ternoon, "S,crappy Bill's" men will oppose Manager Cool-ey's Cool-ey's Union squad in the opening ganio. of the league season. The league opening in Salt I akc, as in the other two cities where the first games will 'be played tomorrow, will be marked by auspicious ceremonies, which will include an automobile parade pa-rade through the business district and the pitching of the first ball by Governor Gov-ernor Spry, of Utah The weather man has promised a favorable brand lor the league opening The Ogdon i raining period of the M,iBSOiUgns ws brought to a close icsterdaj with light workouts. The athletes were out In the morning apd afternoon, but Manager Joyce was careful not to work his men too hard on the eve of the first real game. In the morning they were given batting and floldlng practice and this was followed fol-lowed in the afternoon b two hours of slgual work. At 0 o'clock the plavers were back at the hotel and they doparted, for Salt Lake over the O S. L nt 6 o'clock. There will be no workout In Salt Lake this morning, Joyce offering offer-ing to give his athletes a complete rest In anticipation of the strenuous activities this afternoon. Team (n Good Condition. In view of the fact that the trnltlne period was comparatively short the Missoula manager feel's that he has. his men in very good condition, but, of course, it will require real baseball to get thq machine to worliWur amooth-lv. amooth-lv. All points considered, "Scrappy Bill" has assembled a very promising bunch of ball tossers to represent Missoula Mis-soula In the Union association While the club may not srab the bunting this season, it should finlBh well up toward to-ward the top of the list Charles McCaffern. the former Ogden Og-den state leaguer, will he sent in against the Cooleltes in the opener this nfternoon. The vetoran George Hanson will be nt the receiving end. The lemalnder of the lineup Is Elsoy, lb.: Dashbock. 2b; NoyeM, "Jb, Murphy, Mur-phy, s: Beckett. If.; Dooley. cf.; Laird, rf I Ono of those strange bnsoball hap-penlncs hap-penlncs occurred In connection with tho visit of tho MbsouHans when the only sorions accident of the trainlnr period resulted durjnir the last day's workout. Pitcher McConnell, recently released to Joyce by Manager Me-Closkoy Me-Closkoy of Butte, was the victim While taking fielding practice yesterday yester-day morning fast grounder struck him on the end of the right thumb, fracturing fractur-ing th bone and drlvlnr the broken end of tho bone throueh the flesh Ho H will he out of the game for flvo or six H weeks nt least M A number of Ogden fans who have H become interested in tho Missoula H tenm during Its stay iu this city will H .go to Salt Lake this afternoon to see H theiri porform in the opening game. H |
