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Show Done up Brb win. The Ephraim Base Ballists " i Xeei a Stinging Defeat at the Hands of the .Mantle' Backed - By Salt Lake and Other Imported Im-ported Stock. Report Iron Yesterday's wame. . Jn anqther column will be found an advertisement of goodfreih lime, we suggesMO our base-ballists that they call onM. Hanson.aiit makes splendid '-'whitewash." Boys, we don't say this to discourage dis-courage you, but merely as a suggestion. sug-gestion. " Well," says one, "'They -had imported stock and we were enly natives. If tliey" will send : over the native jVantites we'll wax it to 'em, 'and don't you forget it ' - In order to parry this assertion, or any of the kind, Mr. Bradfotd tJd a Register man that their team were all registered Manti voters Mt Peas and Beans.- This inay be so, but the Ephraim boys are about light when they claim thai they are 'kpt "native," not indigenous to the soil, in fact the vegetable portion of the yisking lean; (Pease & Bean)re as much bonafide t'itizens as sevetal who are registered v6ters. Be tUit as it may, boys,- we must leafn '.o brar defeat with as much fortitude as victory. Now, we suggest that yot los6 no time but practice up, and we believe theie; is as gif d stock in the native portidn of either Ephriirn or Manti as any.im-ported.and any.im-ported.and all' that islacking'is grit, pf rseverence and practice, and there is plentv ofthatin Epbraim to make a first c.iags club. THF. f.AWE f wasplaye.4,, won and Inst in iyen innings. " The Manti team scored the ftrst innings, 6; second, 15; third,' 1, fourth, s; fifth, 3; sixth, 2; seventh, 5; total, 34. Ephraim: First, .5; second 1; third, Dennis; fourth, ditto; fifth, whitewash; sixth, 1, seventh, 3; total 8. '- ' ' - , tejims, j Manti: -Bradfor.'Cp), MjirdtCK,' (c), Pease(tb) l'attenfj .-),So'rren'sen (sb), Bean(s. s.),G. Crawford(r. f.) D. Crawford(l. f.), Nelsen,(c. f.) Ephraim team:- Tliomander,(p), O. Peterson, -(c), Williams (b), Jos. 1". Dorius(ib). Anderson (3b.), H. Dorjus, (s.s.).L. Feterson(r f;, l.ar-en, l.ar-en, (1. ') Bailey(c.f.) t It must; be said (or Ephraim's credit, that some, of those playing w.th Manti were well practiced and p o'esiional, while Ephraim had none but 'Ephraim bom, and San Pste raised boys, not one of whom has ever crossed bats with a professional profes-sional player, and the most of the players have had very limited, practice. prac-tice. Amcng tlifise wh did the best playing for Manti, and who carried off the laurels of the day.soto speak, ere Bradford. MmoV, Pease and Bean, all of whom are' from ether parts, and although they have, perhaps, per-haps, in some cases come to Manti to live and to follow businesa there, yet it must be said they never learned learn-ed how to play baseball there, that is certain, and the claim that the Ephraim hoys make of foreign blood is about right. . The Ephraim boys say they arc reaoy to cross bats on the diamond wi'h a genuine out and out Manti team, any day, and they speak as though they meant it. Thedanct at night was a crowning success and our young sports went home and to b jd feeling better than if there had lc,i ho iLnce. |