The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-10
The Diamond Field.

Now reader we are not going to spin any
tough yarn about the jewel bespangled fields
of the saltsd desert of Arizona, or of the
treasured aden sands of far away Kaffre land.
Not BIT Of it. Our intention is to speak of
. much more valuable field, the diamond
shaped field uporr whichathe Buttesnine are
70 contend for victory. In pursuance Of the
call published in last weeks MINER the MEM
bers of the Silver City Base Ball Club met in
al. Orton's club rooms last Wednesday eve
ming and organized for the season of 1870 by
the adoption Of the old bylaws and constitu-
ton. revised and improved, and by the cleo
tion of the following officers: Pres, W. F..
Bell ; Vice Pres, A.. Tarbet ; Sec, G.. W..
Pope ; Treas, al. Orion ; Business manager,
Nell Lowery ; Honorary President, Julius
Levy /; Captain Of the First Nine, Charles
McAulife. The organization being effected
the challenge of the Missoula club wa con
sidered. After due debate it was decided
that this challenge should not be accepted for a
time yet owing to a desire on the part of ali
the. club members to assist in making our
Fourth of July celebration a success, but in
stead, that the Virginia City club be challeng-
ed for a match on the Sd and 4th prox, to take
place on the Butte ground. 1t is to be hoped
that the challenge will be accepted by the
Virginia boys, whose club is said to be one
of the best in the Territory, and that a match
can be arranged for the afternoon of the Sd.
Such q contest for the championship would
add not a little to our holiday attractions. IfiG
takes place the subsequent coulse ofthe Silver
Cities will depend altogether upon its result
Should our boys be defeated, then, upon the
Virginians, as champions, will rest the duty
of accepting the challenge from Fort Missou-
Ia, the Silver Cities retiring modestly into the
back ground of defeated competitors. But il
the tide of battle again sets in favor of the
Butte boys, the victors will Immediately make
arrangements for a trip to Missoula to pick
up the gauntlet thrown down by the soldier
boys. After winning the Missoula bat, they
will make a tour to Ellis, Bozeman and Hell
ena, gathering in whatever base ball honors
they meet with in their path, and then re-
turn victorious to Butte to clean ont the MI
NER for the rather unfiattering notices pub
lished of late. This is the programme. tt
make 1t successful a little money is needed
since the expens e of the Virginia guests mus
be borne by the Butte club, and to provid'
the necessary funds the boys propose to Civ,
a ball on the 10th inst. las may be seen by tn
card published elsewhere. 1t is to be hope,
for various reasons that the attendanc
at the ball will be good. In the first plac
the club is anxious to contribute their bes
endeavors towards making the celebration
good m For this they deserve assistance
Then a good match would be no ~insignican
f~eatnure Of the celebration itself,aud lastly i
may be the means Of starting the Silver Cite
out IN a gran nd educational tour, to teac
Ellis, Helena, Missoula, and other ~out-lyin
hamlets nov serious a thing it is to challene
aacity Of Butte's proportions.