The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-06
BUTTE: 90 0 0.
Finest Game OF the Season Played
on the Helena Grounds
Yesterday,
The Score Was Two to Nothing
in Favor of the Home
Team.
A Pitchers Battle In Which Honors Wore
About Even Last Game Of the
Year To-day.

IIrbt bHub oub OF tn6 SEASON on INC Ilel-
ena grounds. And IL was the game of the
league. Two to nothing, In favor Of Hell
ena. Those two precious runs we're made
in the first. and they were a source Of great
Joy and tender care through the rest of the
game. And how the boys from Butte did
wish they were theirs! But it was not to
DO. and they went home brooding over as
fine q row Of big goose eggs as ever they
were compelled to look at. Ii the homeTs
can duplicate the performance at to-day's
game, the last of the season in Helena,
they will be presented with the city, in
Guiding outlying wards. and the whole of
Prickly Pear valley.
There was q good deal of luck In the
game yesterday. Helena made more errors
and fewer hits than Butte, and yet won the
game. The v~isitors pounded out seven
good clean hits, two of them doubles, but
Munday kept his head like n veteran, and
was a giant when the emergencies came, as
they did several times during the play. lie
gave them only one hit an inning, except in
the fourth, when Powell and Munyan both
got singles. though the latter did no
get his until the former had been
thrown out in an attempt to
steal second. In every inning but
the eighth they had men on bases, but they
staid there. Twice they had runners on
third, but the willowy Mr.. Munday in
volved himself another kink or two and
shot the ball over the plate in a mystifyine
manner, and the opposition batters were
helpless.
Twice did MI. Mari open an inning and
meet disappointment. Twice did Mr..
Brennan, who succeeded him on the bat
ting list, smash out long doubles into the
preserves Of T. Herman. Esq, and rum for
Butte seemed to be forming in the clouds.
But the Undertaking. tallies were dissi-
pated in thin air.
The runs for the home team were
mada in this wise, to-wit: Hernia awaited
the second ball sent out by Count Antonio
Mullane down to Wertick, who failed to
handle it in time to retire the batter. A
passed ball landed him on second. Huston
and Hatfield were given bases on balls, and
the three bases were occupied. George
battei q ball down TO Werrick. forcing
HATFIELD out at second and being thrown
out at first, the only double play of
the game. Herman scored and Hus-
tor took third. Then Hassamaer found
a good clean single, letting Huston in.
Crotty flew out and the last run of the
game was recorded. Only one more hit
was made by the homers from Mullane's oil
feotive delivery. but he gave eight men basee
on balls. With one man out in the sixth,
strathers made q fine triple, but neither
Lohbeck nor Mundav could bring him in.
The seventh opened by Mullans giving
Herman and Huston bases on balls, but Hat
field and George fouled out and Dunnins
was called out on strikes, the third one
being some inches above the level of hif
head.
Hassamaer was put out of the game in the
second inning by the umpire for talking
from the bench. after he had been warned
twice to desist. The crowd found no fault
with this, but they did think that March
might ave given Capt. strathess a civil
answer whom the latter asked why he in
sisted on Munday using a particular ball.
when the Helena pitcher thought another
sphere was in play.
The one particular star play of the game
was a left-handed catch by Gilliland of a
long fly that looked safe for three bases. It
was in the last inning and the ball was
batted out by Herman.
Helena and Butte will meet to-day in the
last gam to be played here this year. 1t
will be the second of the five games to de-
termine the state championship and will be
q struggle worth seeing. The Helena
champion team has furnished the lovers of
the national game some fine exhibitions
this year. and the gentlemen of the man
agement have had to go down into their
pockets for several hundred dollars to
make up the difference between the receipts
and EXPENSES. Besides the opportunity to
witness a great game of ball those who want
to encourage the maintenance of a league
here next season should turn out this after
noon.