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Show was on the card at Walker's field 1 Sunday afternoon when' the' Occidentals Occiden-tals and the Salt Iake team played right Bhut-out Innings, finally deciding de-ciding the game In the ninth Inning, by a score of 2 to 1 In favor of Salt Lake. The pitchers were at their best. The Salt Lakers got only five hits cf ilooney. and the colored men were held down to three hits by Moser. Moser and Mooney were both given superb BupporL Although there were four and three errors respectively, on the two hides, the story of the game '.3 told in the heady pitching of the men in the box. As inning after Inning passed without with-out a run for either side the large crowd grew Interested and excited cpace, and everybody In the grand ttand and on the bleachers was on tiptoes when the ninth rounded to. The Occidentals scored a man from second who should never have reached reach-ed the plate, but for a combination of daring on the part of the Occlden-oftal Occlden-oftal manager and the lack of alcrt-r.fsu alcrt-r.fsu ot the Salt Lake shortstop. The runner rounded third from second rnd kept on coming, when every-ltody, every-ltody, including the Salt Lake shortstop, short-stop, thought the safe and sane thing would have been to stop at third. The throw home from first was not quite perfect, to which post the shortstop short-stop had fielded the ball, nor was it In time to nab the runner, and theiefore the Occidental scored. Salt Lake Gets Game. "When Salt I-ake came to bat for Its half, the last and only hope re-nia'nlng, re-nia'nlng, tho first batter up found a f-af spot In deep right field, and mov-d mov-d around to third on the hit. Tho Mi might have been prevented bad not the Occidentals, switched men In the right field and failed to move to positions naturally taken when a left-bunded left-bunded batter Is up. But It wasn't, find the runner came home on the hit of the second batsman following, the batsman between the two Incidentally .1po coming In from second, " which base he had stolen. That gave Salt like two runs and the game. The crowd was entirely satisfied with the exhibition, and the fans were frco in enying that with baseball like that of Sunday the gTeat game will be the commanding sport that It is every where else. The score by Innings: R.H.K. Salt Lake... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 3 Occdntals ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J 1 3 4 Bntterles Moser " and Jackson; Mooney and Langley. i! SALT LAKE WINS j; IN FAST GAME I Utah State League I Won. Iy8t. P.C. ' I Murray ....11 3 .7R6 ; Ogden 7 7 .'.fin ' Occidentals 7 7 .F.0i : Salt Lake 3 11 ,214 Salt Iike, July 18. Fast baseball |