| Show Gunners Owen Open New rew Campaign With 6 to 3 Triumph Home Horne Run Clouts In Early Innings Decide First Game Fame Hack Wilson Paved Way for Ogden Victory With Cir Cir- Circuit Circuit Blow in First With Two Men on Cox Drives Homer in Second With Dean on Paths Toomey and Lott Lou Work in Fine Form Contest Pleases Large Crowd By AL WARDEN F first impressions ions really arc are lasting its it's going to take a n long longtime longtime longtime IF time to convince approximately 2000 WOO sun baked Ogden base base- baseball baseball ball fans that the Gunners of 1927 wont won't be serious pennant contenders But Dut then perhaps it wont won't be necessary s' s Arthur Murphy's Murphys athletes looked almost A unbeatable when they thc triumphed over ocr the Idaho Falls athletes 1926 19 G league champions in iu the curtain raiser raiser Tuesday 6 to 3 but the J wise vise owls of baseball know enough not to tomake tomake make predictions of supremacy after just one peck Still there were Mere two irrefutable facts that came out of this first competitive ef ef- fort One is that Ogden isn't the Ogden of last season The other is that Lloyd Llod Toomey 7 7 is going to win plenty of ball games for the Gunners Gunnels in the Utah Idaho Utah Idaho circuit The rhe season opened auspiciously with Gov GOY Governor t I as the pitcher George II H. Dent of Utah performing Mayor or George E. E Browning in the role lole of batsman with Fred M. M Nye Nc league president attired in the regulation re ul lion equipment featured by high class catchers Thomas Leslie president resident of the Gunners was the dictator I I BRO SINGLES Governor Bern Dern tossed the first two two efforts past Mayor Browning Drowning without much difficulty The third i i pitched ball was wide With the thc count three and two the city league head clouted clouted clout d a neat single to left Tho Ogden high school band banel local recruiting officers officials of ot the American legion and mem memo members members bers o of the tho two teams participated in the flag raising ceremonies In center and then the game was on Stark was nun the tune pitching selection for Idaho Falls and Toomey Toome for tor- former former mer University of ace was wa the Ogden O den choice The 1916 1926 league champions bob- bob bobbed bobbed bed led up with nith a run In the tho first In In- In InI ning Hutton drew free tree trans trans- transportation transportation and ad advanced to second I when Collins grounded out He Ile trotted to third when Burke Durke was waa retired Dean to Murphy and scored when Dean kicked Callag- Callag Callaghan's Calla hans han's easy roller Ogden annoyed Stark with enough long distance hits In the first two Innings to win any ordinary ordinary ordinary I nary opening day contest The elongated Spud twirler was soundly spanked before ho retired in favor tavor of ot Jay Lott Iott POUR FOUR iv IN Ogden's fireworks came canio after aCter two men had been retired In the first frame Castelle off lead man grounded out to Callaghan Dean popped lopped ti high hl h fly Cli back of third base base which Collins bagged after a sensational run Cox home run king in 1925 teased leased Stark Slark for a abase abase i base on balls bails With the lilt hit and run Tun play on Murphy crashed er shed a single into right Cox taking third on the play pIa Hack brought the tho crowd to Its Us feet teet with a thun thun- thunderous thunderous derous he poled out the first homer of ot the year ear ear in the local park scoring Cox and Murphy ahead Lampe Lampo followed folio cd with a base on balls stole tole second and scored on Grants Grant's single The Gunners came back bac strong iii Jn Sn the second frame framo to conclude their scoring Dean walked and scored when Cox drove one of the precious baseballs l ba 5 no less s than thaD three miles over over the fie right field fence lence Deans Dean's misplay In the first framo frame and a similar boot in the ninth by b Toomey Coomey robbed the new Gunner twirler of a shutout With Ith Ithone one ono away in the tho ninth and a Spud on first drove dro a slow roller at Toomey The Tho mound art art- artist artist 1st fielded the tho ball perfectly and had bad a to made double play pIa in the tho making Hrs throw to the keystone cestone bag was wild 11 1 with all allhands hands safe lafe The Tho Spuds counted two runs after acter this misplay Suffice to say MY tho the game Insofar as ns Ogden was concerned d wa waon was wa won on In the tine first two tuo 0 Innings for any anytime anytime any anytime time the Gunners make mako six runs with Stark In the box ox It U doesn't take lake a crystal gazer to foretell the outcome Toomey held b ld the Spuds pu hitless o during the first four foul Innings of or orthe the tho battle drove out the first blow for Idaho Falls a a l siu- siu glo sic In the firth fifth The new ne Gunner twirled about as 8 nice an article of or ball as the thc most critical fan would care care to witness I Ho lie worked with the ea ea- and grace of a veteran had an assortment that would make Heinz and hi- hi 57 take the air and demonstrated ed his worth to tho the locals Ono One of ot the Spud hits was an Infield tap and the entire collection re resulted re- re resulted suited in singles Ies only LOTT Lorr IX IS FORM rOn Jay Lott unloaded a twirling feat teat for Idaho Maho Falls that is worthy of plenty of praise lIe He stepped into the box in the Iho third and al allowed al- al allowed allowed lowed the Gunners only four scat scat- scattered scattered hits tilts in six cantos Of the four hits collected off Lott Tott one was a a. scratch Infield The Ibe former Copper league mound star whiffed whitted eight Gunners during Ills his sojourn on the tho hill and allowed only one to reach third Lott gave ga way to a a. pinch hitter in the ninth but before ho he left lert he had convinced more than 2000 fans that they would woul l hear more mort about him The trouble was that he Ie came late ate and didn't stay sUlY lon lon enough Billy Dilly Burke In left lert for Cor tho the Spuds Is Ls performing In season mid-season style The fly Cl chaser covers a a. world of or ground 1 and Is a mighty mighty- sweet performer per per- performer former at the bat also Collins Rollins at short Hutton at sec second ond and Callaghan at first all nil performed for or the Idaho d o Falls s nine In l ot f last Uit r o season n Allen at third t Is u a newcomer and ane In cen een center center ter and Erich I In right arc are also new faces Big DIg Pete Thompson catcher served with Twin Falls last year car The rhe Spuds of or 1927 look Just as sweet to the writer as tho the Idaho Falls alls aggregation of last season season- but Ogden Is a a. much Improved ma inn- chine INFIELD SPARKLES Ogden's Ogdena Infield worked like a charm Tuesday Murphy at first handled han led 15 hard chances without a boot The skipper used his ex ex- extreme extreme height to advantage and he was forced to stretch out for tor all 1 he was worth orth three tines times Tuesday Ono One of the pleasing items Tues Tues- Tuesday Tuesday day was the classy performance of Ralph Lampe second sacker lie He was all over o the tho infield and amid dem demo demonstrated demonstrated his Ills worth with Ith a 11 nifty fielding record His two hits came camo at opportune times All that I Lampe needs now is confidence If Ie he Is able ablo to master that phase of baseball watch baseball watch out Monroe Dean sensational new new- shortstop had em cm all nil talking be before be- be before before fore the close of the matinee True Dean kicked ono one in the first frame but no ball player is immune from misplays He Ire looks like the time goods and should deliver with plenty of sparkling and sensational plays plas be be- before b before fore rore the season Beason closes Grant subbing at third for Ver Yer Verges Vargas gas Ies covered himself with glory glor This chap former around all-around star at St. St Marys Mary's college is sure suro to step elep into faster taster company compan next season CaMelle Castelle Wilson and Cox look like fixtures s in the gardens Wilson and Cox should be listed with tho the best stickers of the loop when It comes time id to t park the unies for another season S Ernest Lombardt LombardI is six feet fact three Inches of ot catching machin machin- machinery ery er and certainly is a 11 valuable ad addition to the new Ogden machine He lie is a 0 constant chatterbox and capable In Jn every ever phase of back- back stopping It the time brand of ball dished out by b Ogden and Idaho Falls Tuesday is to be taken ken as an nn Indication of tho the class promised for 1927 the league will be much faster taster than In 1926 are well ell pleased with the new outfit They Join hands with President Thomas Leslie In pronouncing tho the new machine one of merit The Spuds and Ogden tangle tans again today toda at Lorin Farr park Week day dl games this week will Ill commence at o'clock with the time Sunday battle scheduled for tor 30 sharp |
