The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-20
DUE TO HIS IGNORANCE,
Hamilton's IneiiclsncY and Lack
Of Information Gives 4 Game
TO Butte.
Tho Score Stood Nine TO hight at
tho End Of tho Eleventh
Inning.


The score: nine TO eight. eleven innings.
In favor Of Bate. AZ IL should have been:
eight 10 seven, nine innings, in favor OF
Helena. The spectators are indebted fol
tho two extra ianings Of sport. and Butte
for the game, 70 the incompetent young
man Who 10 badly oficiatsd % umpire. His
putes through the entire game and went far
toward nsrring the enjoyment Of . nns *
hibition. Decisions for the most part we're
equally unfair and both sides were equally
dissatisfied. His bad work was due 10 utter
inoompstsnoy, and II - TO be hoped he will
not be allowed 10 spoil any more games.
His judgment On balls and strikes was the
worst ever sesn In this CITY. and hs stupidly
stood near the pitcher and declared 1 ball
fair that was several feet outside Of the foul
lines This was In the third inning, and the
hit let In q man for Butte. which made the
game . tie at the md OF the ninth. The
same performance was repeated In the
eleventh and gave Butte She game. With
the exception Of the sxsorabls umpiring tho
contest Was Z ane ono. The visitors had
tho best Of the batting, but made ons error
moro than the homo team. Nunday wal in
the box again for Helena and played 1 re-
markably fine game, considering ths fact
that he pitched the day before. Tally, q
new man, caught for Helene, and his work
vas Of star order al the way through. He
took sight chanses without an error and
caught three men IN second in great style.
Things came TO Crotty all through the
game. Heput out thirteen men, made one
assist. got two good hits and made two
double plays without assistance. All this
without An error. II
Helena got . run in the first on q base on
balls. . wild pitch and Crotty's long fly to
center. Tally scored Il. Two singles, .
passed ball and N error by Flsnnery gave
got two more on two singles, q wild pitch
and another error BY Fannsry, who took
tho field next inning. The fourth was a
procession Of outs. One mora was secured
In the fifth on . couple Of hits and an er-
tied the SCORE. one q them being brought
in BY Strathers' thrss-base hit The sx-
citement was getting intense. The next
four innings brought the hom0Ts 10 many
GOOSE eggs md LEFT their total at eight.
Butte took three uns In the nrst ON two
Strathers. In the second, though Brennan
made a rafting double Dagger. they failed
to complete the circuit. In the third shsy
made three runs and the umpire gave them
a fourth, which won the game for them, a
man on third scoring on q hit to right that
was fou BY. several feet Their next run
was scored in the sixth, due to an error BY
Britain at short. They made no more until
the dire eleventh. Smith few out 10 Crotty.
OaplinRsr made q hit and Burns followed
with a foul. which the umpire called fair,
although Wallace stood in his tracks whore
he picked IL up and the umpire refused TO
60 down to the line between home and first
and verify the fact that II was foul. He
was evidently cowed BY tho bury catcher
of the Buttes, who had once before taken
up a bat to break his head, and also an
deavored to strike him with his list while
kicking over a decision at another stage of
the game. The next man at bat hit a
grounder to Blansford, who made q rank
error and let in the winning run.
Barring the kicking the game was a
beauty. The Helena team now have q first
class catcher. and from time TO time such
additional players as will strengthen the
team will be secured. The pennant does
mot belong to Butte or Bozeman vet. There
10 plenty Of Rreat sport in prospect for the
cranks this summer, The Philipsburg
team will play schedule games here Satur-
day and Sunday. The score: