The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-23
OF A SPORTIVE NATURE
Boys Who Are Inclined TO PrOliS and
Be Gay.
THE TWO BASEBALL TEAMS
Crack shots Among Gun Club
Members-Bfcyoie Fever at =
Blood Heat-MIssouIa Isl
rfeadQuarters for Fun.

MIssoULA, April 22.-Tho Missoula
baseball team is showing up in splendid
form this spring. The game yesterday
showed that the team is a strong one an
as moro practice adds to the team work +,
the boys should put up an excellent game.
The work of the battery was .exceiient
and Campbell pitched an unusually strong
game. He was a little weak in the second
inning. but he pulled himself together in
good shape aud the Fort Missoula team
failed to make run in the next tbree in
nings. Ike Harpster was surprisingly
good behind tho bat and sheld
Campbell in excellent shape. Ham
mond, who will be the regular. pitcher
this season, has not played with the boys
yet this spring, but he will probably be in
the box next Sunday. The in-feld is
stronger than it has been for two years
and. when Paul O'Brien takes his place
at short, it will be invincibie. Grlfln is
as good first baseman as has ever
played in this city and strengthens the
nine materially. The work of Stephens,
Jack Mccormick and Heyfron was also
good, Mccormick making some splendid
stops at short. The out-fielders did not
have much to do, but when they were
needed they were usually there. ~
On the whole, the team is the best that
has represented the city since the days of
the state league. II O'Brien reaches here
this week, as is expected, the team will
be a corker. O'Br.en's playing is good
and much improvement is expected from
his captaincy, as he is an .ladmirable
coach, and that il what the team most
needs. The individual work of the play
ers is good, but there are many chances
for combination plays that are entirely
overlooked.
freeman was behind the bat for the
soldiers yesterday and played with his
usual quickness and accuracy. He is
probably the best player Iu;the city and
will probably be put into the local team to
catch Hammond, when there are outside
games to be played. He is quick to see
| opportunities for clever field work and
usually improves them. Behind the bat,
he is as reliable as back stop fence and
very few balls pass him. McDermott
who played at third on the fort team. is a
sure fielder and covered the base in good
style. He is weak at the bat, however
but that might be improved.
| The chief difficulty with the work of the
| fort team is that it cannot play. nm uphill
game. AS soon as they get behind, they
go to pieces and lack snap and narve II
is an old saying here that the Missoula
team cannot play we'll until the score
shows against them. That is the sort OF
work that counts. 1t looks now as il Mis-
soula fans would see some good baseball
playing this season.
The members of the gun club are doing
some good work this spring. The hes
shooting has not been done in the media
contests, but that has been good. IN thu
team matches that have been held eacl
week, the shooting has been excellent anC
some good scores have been made. Bot
Rodgers has done some remarkable work
one of his scores yesterday In tte lnotelt,
shoot being 38 out of possible 10. Char
lie Searles and Joe Menard, too have
made some good scores and Judge Evans
10 doing better than he was last year
Mace trots with the fastest of them thi
year and has made the best average rec
ord of them all. He is more even in hi
work than any of them. fll
In the B class, there has been more inn
provement than in the other, and some o
the men who were weak last yearhav,
forged ahead this spring in good shape
The men will be reclassified next montl
and If next Sundays shooting average
we'll with the previous matches, there vii
/
Woody, Sterling and Kern, and possibl,
some others will probably be advanced.
The boys are preparing for the STATE
tournament and expect to make algoos
showing. Last year they got ratified Of
the strange grounds and didn't shoe
more than half as well as they had bee
doing on their own range. But the OK
perience taught them something ami
they expect to make a more credftabl
showing this year than they did at He
ena. r'
The bicycle epidemic shows no signs O
abatement and there is an effort bein
made to form q branch OF the L. A. w
here. There are some good riders in tn
city and there will be more before the SEQ
son closes, If assiduous practice wi
make them. There are scores of goo
riders here and club runs would becom
popular under the favorable condition
that exist here. Many young wome
, have taken to the wheel this spring an
are becoming very graceful riders. ).
. The horse-bicycle race at the track o
May 1, is stirring up considerable racin
talk and there may be bicycle meet hel
before the season closes. Such an ever
, would excite much interest and woul
settle numerous local disputes as to reli
tive speed. Nothing definite has yet bee
done, however. .af.gef d