Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
THEY PLAYED a L
The Dry Goods Clerks Show that They
Know Something Besides Calico.

The Dry Goods Clerks Show that They
Know Something Besides Calico.
1t was no common, every-day-stripped
Observation-Disclosures game OF base ball
that was played at the race track yester.
day afternoon. Neither were the players
men with broken fingers and split thumbs.
They were far more familiar with the brass
tacks which measure off the yards and
fractions OF yards on the inner edge OF a
dry goods counter, and knew more about
the technical phrazes pertaining to the
drapery trade than those OF the grassy
diamond. Still, they knew how to
play ball, at least some OF them did, and
what's more they played ball, too, and
that without any mental reservation what
soeyer, even IL it did make their Joints ache
and caused some OF them to employ express
sionshardly tolerated in polite society. The
clerks Of the Bonner Mercantile Co., and
those employed by j. r. Boyce, Jr. & Co.,
were the contestants and what they lacked
in knowledge of the game they more than
made up in vim and enthusiasm, and IL
anybody was present who found fault with
their playing it IL safe to say that he was
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know q game OF base ball from q purring
match.
The B. M. Co.'s won the toss and went to
bat first, with Henry McMurphy and
Mons. Grevell at the score sheets, both
intent on doing all they possibly could
toward making perpendicular marks and
alleged goose eggs where they would do the
most good. No home runs were made, but
when time for the half inning was called
the B. M. Co.'s retired with six runs to
their credit,
The Boyces now took q hack at the ball,
and after q hard struggle they yielded with
but three perpendicular marks scored in
their favor.
The game now began to seesaw with an
occasional whitewash thrown in by way OF
variety and to break the m%onotony, while
the hospital list crowded up with fearful
rapidity. Like everything else the game
had an end also, and when the last run
was announced the score stood as follows:
Bonner M. Co.-6 2104344 4-2S
Boyce, Jr.- 3010263O 10 !
In the words OF the Frenchman the
Boyce players had ''deir satisfy" and the
two clubs came back to town tired and |
Ball clothes were relegated to the dark |
recesses Of closets, sidney tiles, starched
shirts, polished shoes and other essentials |
to well dressed gentlemen were donned and
the two clubs met again, not in deadly
strife, but to march to the McDermott, /
where the victors aud vanquished sat
down to q most tempting banquet, pro-
vided by the losers, and discussed the
good things set before them in a manner
that must have caused every nerve OF the
chef to vibrate with pleasurable emotion.
Right here it is but just to all parties to
remark that though the Boyce players
may not rave distinguished themselves to
. marked degree on the ball field. they GER.
tainly proved themselves the equals of their
at the table, and IL any particu-
arly bright gastronomic feats were per.
ormed they should be placed to their
;redit. /,
During the feast speeches were made by
McMurpby, Pennington, Loring, |
Johcn and others. The last mentioned gem
ileman opened q box OF cigars, the compli.
nents Of Poznauski OF the "Bijou." ID
After the coffee and cigars had been 4
Mr.. McMurphy moved to adjourn I
o the "Elite" to partake OF the hospitality {
that famous resort, the proprietor of Q
Thich, the speaker said, had kindly invited 8
eth clubs to join him in a basket Of I
IS
The motion prevailed with a rush that I
iscounted any "home UNI made during
afternoon, and soon thereafter amid
opping corks and brimming glasses the
anne was played yer again, and confusion
D all enemies OF base ball was drunk in q U
ay that betokened the utmost sincerity. 9