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Show SALT LAKE UTES DEFEAT OAKLAND Opening Game at Salt Lake Won by Score 7 to 4 Estimated Esti-mated Attendance Nearly 10,000. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Won. Lost. Pet. Salt Lake 1 0 1.000- Los Aiigeles 1 0 1.000 Portland 1 0 1.000 Oakland 0 1 .000 Vernon 0 1 .000 San Francisco 0 l .000 Yesterday's Games. Salt Lake 7. Oakland 4. San Francisco 4, Portland G. Los Angeles 5, Vernon 2. Today's Gamca. Oakland at Salt Lako. Portland at San Francisco. Vernon at Los Angeles. Salt Lake, April 5. Salt Lake defeated de-feated Oakland yesterday. 7 to 4, in Ihe opening game of the Pacific Coast leaguo Beason, thereby taking its first step for the honor and glory ot city anu state in the race to determine deter-mine the championship of the western west-ern country on the diamond. All Salt Lake turned out to witness wit-ness the struggle between the home town club and the rivals from Oakland, Oak-land, Tho estimated attendance was 10,000. And It was a holiday crowd. Offices of state, city and county, and of business firms were closed for the occasion and the electric spirit of enthusiasm en-thusiasm permeated tho air. In the characteristic words of Manager Man-ager Rowdy Elliott of Oakland: "We can beat a ball club, but we can't beat a whole city." The contest was one of the sort that keeps tho fans on edge. And the big crowd had the warmth of human sympathy in It. Everybody snuggled up close and rooted for the idea, and the idea was UTAH. There Is a break in every game In life and a buster has to make that break. Salt Lake happens to have an habitual smasher. In New York they talk about Benny Ben-ny Kauff and around the American league circuit they press agent Ty Cobb, with all due respect to both gents. In the Pacific Coast league it might be well to start a mutual admiration party with Bunny Brief holding the office of fence and base clearer. Score by innings: Oakland Runs 002 000 1014 Hits 203 102 20313 Salt Lake Runs Ill 031 OOx 7 Hits 022 032 Olx 10 Summary: Base on balls Off Kla-witter, Kla-witter, 2; off Fitter'. 3. Struck out By Klawitter. 1; by Manser, 1; by Fittery, 3. Hit by pitcher Shlnn by Klawitter; Barbeau by Fittery. Runs responsible for Klawitter, 5; Manser, Man-ser, 1; Fittery, 4. Left on bases Oakland, 13; Salt Lake, G. First base on errors Oakland, 1; Salt Lake, 1. Six runs, 7 hits and 18 at bat off Klawitter in four plus innings; taken out in fifth, none on, none out; 1 run, 3 hits and 15 at bat off Manser in 4 innings. Charge defeat to Klawitter. Time of game One hour and fifty-three fifty-three minutes. Umpires Finney and Guthrie |