Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-09-02 | Page 2 | Utes Lose to Seals 5 to 4

UTCSL05ET0 SEALS 5 TO 4 San Francisco, Sept. 2. Harry Wolverton's men stiffened sufficiently sufficient-ly yesterday to hold themselves in the first division, and It was a tough race at that of beating the Salt Lakers Lak-ers with Acting Commandant Buddy Ryan at the helm, for the Utes were hard to shako off and the champs finally fin-ally came up to the last of the ninth before they put across a 5 to 4 win. With the score tied, it was Ping Bodie who searted the final rally. A two-bagger to left field, on which Bodie and Wolverton claimed the right to go as far as third was the start. Followed Downs out to second that carried Bodie as far as third, and a smash at first by Bobby Jones, with Brief trying in vain for a throw to the plate to head off the end of the session. Opening with a one-run lead, increasing in-creasing that to three a few minutes later, the Seals were unable to hold the vantage straight through to the finish. A grouping of lucky hits in the seventh helped the "Utes tie the suuie uuu uiere was nouung uuc gloom around Recreaton park. Piercey showed from the start that he was gettablc. Fitzgerald bounced the ball In front of the plate for a single, went to second as Schallerwas hit, took third on a double out and was scored when Downs clicked to right That lead lasted until Salt Lake could get action in the second, a fielder's field-er's choice for Orr, who forced Ryan, along with singles fou Hannah and Rath doing the job. Wildness of Piercey Pier-cey in the same inning raised havoc with the Utes. The twirler walked three and hit Brooks, which combination combin-ation along with a two-base swat by Bodie counted for three runs. Salt Lake came back merrily for a score in the third and It was Quin-lan's Quin-lan's punch past short and into left field in the seventh that scored Rath and Gislason Score by innings: Salt Lake: Runs 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 04 Hits 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 2 112 San Francisco: Runs 1 3000000 15 Hits 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 212 on