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Show Base BallisLa. The Iiao Il;tl I p!a;, ( rs of Ma u Fete & taSuab Vo. Sleet allut.ilesis:it. A Contest Con-test for ChaiMiionshIi Politic Exeitisiff in XorthenU of the County. Manti's Laursls of short duration five games of ball for the Championship. Champion-ship. On the 17th. inst. Mt. Pleasant Pleas-ant Resolutes met the Manti nine with a determination to down them but were heroically def;ated in their purpose, the results of the ,amc iliowtil iS to 5 in favor of Manti. At o o'clock on the iSth. hundredth hundred-th e cf pcopl had flocked to the bat tie ground Manti audNephi were the contestants. The Nepht 9 having shown tliem selves a little better tluoi any ottw club of San Pete,- our boys cor.rpire to (Iowa them. A picked 'doe 3 ot the Manti club 3 of Fairvicw and 3 of the resolutesof Mt. Pleasant locked horns with the Nephi nine and leach them thai San Pete Athletes are in j vulnerable when they pu. their heads together. Another game this afternoon (the 19th) will conclude th sports, mak ing in all 6 games of ball and two dances, the best of feelincr, prevail, butdispite Manti's imUmited hope and indomitable will this- time she had to give up the laurels. Ncphi was too plucky, a game of 7 innings showed 8 to 5 in favor of Nephi. , The next game Fairvicw was' matched acainst Mt . Pleasant the game was one of the most interest ;ng played but Falrview was defeated again, the result showed 5 to 12 in favor of ut. Pleasant and one in nitig due the latter. The Union club of ut. Pleasant was then match edwith Fairvicw, but a st:'rm came up and prevented the playing. |
