Show NEW SEA ON OFF WITH UNG ff ELSINORE gunnison takes the first league game by a 4 to 3 score the baseball season in sevier county opened with a bang sunday afternoon in elsinore and saline the game at elsinore was between elsinore anti and gunnison and was the opening game scheduled in the league composed of elsinore salina gunnison ephraim anti and nephi teams A good crowd was present but was plenty of room for more and from the splendid brand of baseball that was played sunday the boys are entitled to still more support the score stood 4 to 3 in favor of gunnison the old war horse hermansen pitching for elsinore was in fine form while it lasted his twirling in the first half of the game was brilliant not a gunnison man reached first base until the fourth inning and then it happened on an error erro r back of hermansen to an innocent bystander it looked as if he struck out 11 out of the first 12 men up in the sixth inning lie he got mixed up with the airplane exhibition and four runs were counted for gunnison this was the only inning they schied he was then relieved by another hermansen as pitcher who held the beet diggers in their proper places from then on elsinore lost a couple of chances to score in the early part of the game through weak base running they had three men on oil bases in one inning with nobody out and then failed to register venial erickson pitched for gunnison and turned in a nice smooth game garth gray for elsinore got an elegant two base hit and oral nielson got a home xun run which was knocked nearly to brooklyn bringing all home ahead of him which consisted of a total of one other man oral had to knock it that far to make a home run he began playing in the free silver league in 1896 but at that he is the neatest second baseman in any league in this part of the state and I 1 dont ba bar antimony players either grandpa ellis eilis umpired and gave general satisfaction to everyone concerned d as s far as s I 1 can tell himself included here is the box score you can see it for yourself elsinore AB R H baierline 4 0 1 R nielson 4 0 0 hill 4 1 1 johnson 4 0 0 0 nilso nielson 4 2 2 frandsen 4 0 1 N hermansen 4 0 0 H hermansen 4 0 1 ne newell well 4 0 0 36 3 6 gunnison AB R H stubbs 5 1 1 childs 5 1 1 modeen 4 0 2 halverson 4 1 2 erickson ickson 4 1 2 bauer 4 0 0 sanders 4 1 0 0 fredrickson 4 1 0 1 marley 4 0 0 38 4 9 mrs airs G T olsen and children are here from ogden for a two weeks visit with mrs alsens parents mr air and mrs S G dark clark and other relatives |