The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-16
HAVEN'T LOST A GAME
The Never SweatS' Percentage Runs
Up Into the Thousands.
BASEBALL THE TRUE STUFF
Ernest Lange Is Going to Call His
Giants Together and Prepare
for the Season-Meeting
of the CraokaJacks.
BASEBALL THE TRUE STUFF


| days resulted in thawing out Butte's
baseball cranks who began Ito discuss
the prospects for the coming ball sea-
son in Butte. While a great furore is
made about football and horse racing,
1t remains fact that none of them are
in 1t with baseball which is the ma
tional game of America-the only game
which is native-born and didn't have
to be naturalized. Football may have
a run of a season or two. and horse
racing may be a change for a few
weeks in the middle of summer, but
the all-round, ever popular, true Amer
lean sport is baseball.
The prospects for a good baseball
season in Butte were never brighter.
1t will be remembered that the famous
Never Sweats of Butte have passed
through two splendid seasons without
losing a single game, and their per-
centage Is now 1000, of which 1000 per
cent. was made in 1894 and 1000 per
cent. in 1895. This percentage is much
higher than that made by the Balti-
mores, Clevelands, or any of the Ma
tonal league clubs, while the Missoulas
and Ldvingstons are not in it for a
minute with the Never Sweats.
A Standard reporter had a CONVEX
sation with Ernest LANCE, manager of
the Never Sweats, yesterday, as to
what the prospects for the coming base
ball season might be, and as to what
noted players he expects to sign for
the coming season. Mr.. Lange was full
of enthusiasm and vowed that If the
Never Sweats lose game this season
he will straightway go and hang him
self. He had already signed Judge
Turner for umpire, which was more
than half the game. Judge Turner
had never yet rendered a decision ad-
verse to the Never Sweats and accord
ingly had we'll earned another engage
ment. Judge Turner is gifted with rare
judgment on balls and strikes and
never yet called a Never Sweat out en-
strikes. His capacity for beer is larger
than ever and he is already shifting the
ball from afar and anxious to get into
game.
Johnny Curran, who has been with
the team since its first organization
and who is one Of the most expert base
ball takers in Butte, has been resigned
for second base and il is needless TO
say that base will be we'll taken care
OF. Mr.. Curran hung out for an in
crease or salary for some time, but
finally compromised on its being agreed
that the beer key should be removed
from third base to second base the
coming season.
Clyde Coulter, a young blood, has
been signed for third base Coulter had
a splendid record with the HAS Beens,"
which while not a rival with the Never
Sweats, had some good material last
season and Coulter was drafted to the
bigger club. Jim McNichols, who COW
cred third base last season, refused to
sign when he learned that the beer kee
had been removed to second base but
Coulter said that beer cut no ice with
him and he signed readily Great
things are exepcted of Coulter this
season.
The Never Sweats lose another yalu-
able member In ST Marks, the old short
stop, who has now gone on the road.
Manager LANCE has not yet decided
who he will put in his place. but IL will
be either Pete Hale or Chief of Police
Tebo. Both are candidates for the po-
sition and the player who shows up
best in the preliminary practice games
will have the place permanently
Harry earns has been resigned for
first base. and f. II. Cooney. Tom
Waters and AL Marshman will hold
down the outfield. Frank Walker.
Judge Muldoon and Tom McMilkin will
be pitchers, and Bushnell. Kantner
and Charley Schmidt, catchers. ]. ].
Anderson has been signed for assistant
umpire and official scorer. This is a
most responsible position. as IL takes
scores 10 win games.
Mr.. LANCE will begin draining his
team at once and expects to have them
all in fine shape by the middle of April.
Challenges should be sent in carly to
MT Lange, as IL promises to be a busy
season. BY the time the Never Sweats
get fairly started on their career OF
glory, football and horse racing will
be too dead to bury.