The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-30
CLIMBING The PINNACLE
Butte'S Ball Club Does Up the Denver
Aggregation.
1t Was a Good Game and Now Sew
era People Begin to Think
Butte Has a Ball Club
That Can Play.
Special Correspondence Of the standard.

Special Correspondence Of the standard.
BUTTE. July 29.-The Butte ball club to-
day climbed still higher on the pinnacle
OF glory by defeating the strong Denver
combination. II was n noble game and a
glorious victory. Owing to the fact that
some of the regular members of the home
team were unable to play, two or three Of
the Salt Lakes, who were still In town,
were substituted and managed to mi in
the vacant places in admirable shape.
Everything was good about the match
except the attendance and the wind. The
attendance was too weak and the wind
too strong. II blew down from the city in
terrible gusts, and for a while it seemed
doubtful IL the match could be played, ow-
ing tn the great dust that was stirred M.
But the players and spectators alike stood
il, and the few hundred people at the race
track saw n splendid game Of ball.
The people of Butte will begin to realize
| after n few more victories that there are
some ball players in town.
Young Hoskins, who oiiiciated in Sum
days victory, was again in the box. He
had again filed his pockets with bolts of
electricity and discharged them at the
Denvers with great effect. Everett. the
strong twister n big man of the Dem
vers, wasn't able To hit a balloon, and young
Hoskins had the glory of striking him out
the first three times he went to the bat.
The fourth time Everett managed To bata
foul fly, which was beautifully caught by
Lloyd. After two men were out in the
ninth inning Everett was Allowed to make
a safe hit.
The game redounded in beautiful
plays. In the first inning two of the Dem
vers struck out n the third man was re-
tired on a fine pickup by Mcmahon and n
fine jump and catch by Gleason at first.
n -. A.. sl..n ..- -.
stop and throw at third off Taylor's
9rounder. In the fifth Crone distinguished
himself by taking Taylor's hard drive To
left i'm elegant style, While in the seventh
Lucas distinguished himself i'm center by
one of theb hest running catches ever seen
in Butte. Scott. for Denver, made two
superb running catches and was heartily
a~pplauded. Caplinger made a marvellous
fly catch in left.
Butte made five runs in the first inning
on two bases ON balls, hits by Blanchard,
Mcmahon, Lucas. and n doubl by Crone.
This gave Butte n long lead. In the sec
ond Denver made its first run on a force
by Hegel, a steal and n wild throw by
Blanchard. Another was added in the
third on a tumble by Blanchard, a sacri-
flee by Caplinger, a steal and a sacrifice
by Taylor, and another i'm the fourth on n
wild throw by Hoskins, and hits by Scott
and Preston. In the sixth Denver got on
a terrific batting streak and knocked out
four runs on a single by Brady, home
run hits by Little and Hegel, a null
at first by Gleason. a steal, n sacrifice by
Preston and a passed ball. This gave
Denver the lead.
But in the sixth Butte made "a run on
McMahon's hit, n wild throw by Everett
and sacrifices by Lucas N Crone. In
the seventh Butte made -four runs and
won the game on a double by Gleason.
muif by Caplinger, hit by Platts, two
bases on balls and a hit by Lucas.
Umpire Cusick did his work in his
usual fair and almost faultless manner
a game never being seen in this city be-
fore when there was less kicking. The
score is: