The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-25
HELENA DEFEATS DENVER.
The Montana Champions Treat the
Queen City Ball Tossers to
Drubbing.
The Homo Team Dan Play BAH
With the Best Of
Them.
Che visiters Msde Six Goose Egg and
-Four Runs While the Athletics
Knocked Out Mine Runs

The Helena Athletics added another to
their seasons victories yesterday by win
ming from the Denvers BY score Of to 1.
SEASON, and their victory yesterday was an
easy one. II was the first Of series Of i've
games to be played with the Queen City az
gregation. The visitors were not entirely
fitted for playing base ball yesterday on ac-
count of the long railroad ride, but they
gave evidence that to win the series the
homo team will have to play harder than
ever before. The weather was oppressively
warm yesterday but the $50 spectators who
sat in the grand stand were not affected by
the heat. Yesterdays game, though some
what tame, was interesting and every
body played ball from the turn
loose. The visitors started in az though
they would wipe up the earth with the home
team and pounded out two runs in the frs
inning. Keas, who was little wild in the
beginning. recovered himself for the second
inning and pitched q great game. Young
CoplinRer twirled the sphere for the visit
tors during seven innings, when he was re-
lieved by Whitney, who proved himself
''crack" pitcher. striking out four men i'll
two innings. The home team outplayed
the visitors at batting and base running
Taylor, the colored boy with the Denvers,
made some good stops, but was away off on
throwing.
The game in detail: Helena was first to
bat. Hubbard took his base on balls and
was moved to second on Dryers short hit
there. Stewart followed suit and Crotty
lifted the leather for two bags, bringing
Hubbard home. Keas then met death at
first. For the visitors Everett made
single, but was too slow for Crotty. who
sent the ball down to second where Everett
He hit safe for single and
the second R1 bas where des t the
ball was waiting for hun. Brady found the
leather for single when Little raised it
out to right center for home run which
Conley took his base on balls in the
second and Mcdonald sent three Dagger
out of reach on which Conley scored and
Mcdonald walked home on a wild pitch.
Gondolfo flew out to left field; Tut sent a
hot one to the darkey, who sent it away
reached third . Hubbard sent a fly into the the
left fielder's hands and thinking that put
the side out, Tut left his base when he
could have scored, but the left fielder sent
the ball to Taylor, who put Lee out, max
ing double play. The Denver's were put
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second; Preston famed out and Kavanaugh
died at first.
For the third inning Dryer opened the
play with a three Dagger. For . second
time Stewart famed out, Crotty few out to
center and Dryer sneaked across the plate
the poorest runner in the team, was caught
at first. In this inning the visitors received
another goose egg. Coplinger went out at
first and Everett hit for single. After hard
struggle he managed to steal second but he
not help him along. they both tanned out.
Mcdonald again played in luck for the
homo team, in the fourth. Taking first on
balls he stole second and reached third on
. passed ball, while Gondolfo few out. An
other passed ball brcught Mcdonald home.
Tut struck out and Hubbard hit q grounder
to first. The visitors succeeded in making
one run this inning. Little made two bases
on passed ball. Hegle few and Scott
famed out and Little scored on Preston's
single but Preston was caught ON his own
hit and scored by tripe assist from Con-
ley to Keas and Hubbard.
Neither side scored in the fifth. Dryer
and Stewart few out and Crotty famed the
air three times. For the visitors Kava-
naugh and Everett struck out and Taylor
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Keas sent the leather whizzing through the
atmosphere for three bags and then
scored on Conley's sacrifice, the
only sacrifice hit made through
out the game. Lucky Mcdonald by a very
close shave made first on q wild throw by
Everett; he stole second and third and got
to the plate on Gondolfo's single. Con
dolfo made q pretty steal Of second
which ratified the visitors, who began to
throw the ball around recklessly and Con
dolfo reached home amidst loud applause.
Tut then found the sphere for single and
reached the plate on steal and passed
ball. Hubbard and Stewart then went out
The visitors were again retired in one, two,
three order by good infield work.
When the Athletics stepped up for the
seventh inning they had to face Whitney,
g change pitcher for the visitors and
dandy. He sent two men to base on balls.
Crotty was the only one who hit the sphere.
During this inning neither side tailed, and
when the Athletics came up for the eighth
they were again retired, while the visitors
made one run on Taylor's two base hit, but
the latter was nailed at third by an assist
from Tut to Mcdonald. Goose eggs were
added to the score for both sides in the
ninth inning, when the score stood 8 to in
favor of Helena. The summary:
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