The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-25
SNOW AND BASEBALL
The Two Were Mingled at the Park
Yesterday.
WAS A CREDITABLE, GAME
In Five Innings the Majors Down
the Minors. to 1-Eastern
3 League Leaders-N otes
of the Diamond.

Yesterday was probably the worst
day on which a baseball game has ever
been played. The dust was so bad that
when player tried to rub it out of
MS eyes, he brought forth about an
ounce of good, sticky mud. The fact
tnat the weather was bad, however. did
not deter the players from proceeding
as had been planned.
The game was not a fair trial NJ the
prowess of either side. The only men
who showed up yesterday were those
VINO, like the mud horse, do best on
bad days. The men who are. on ordi
nary occasions, always reliable, were
badly handicapped by the wind dust
and snow. A high fly ball would devil
ate as much as 20 feet from its line of
descent and, under such circumstances
1t is not to be wondered at that bad
plays were made.
Falk. in left field for the minors,
made a most phenomenal handed
catch of a high fly. He also caught
other flies for which credit is due him
Haldeman. pitcher. and Bean, catcher
Tor the second team, did good work.
Their support was as good as could be
expected
E II The game had been proposed as an
exnipltion or what the regular team
= could do, but the weather made iudg-
ment OF players out of the question.
Whalen was put in the box. His speed
was excellent, but a little coaching
would do him an immense amount of
good, as his pitching is rather wild.
As 1t was he struck out four or five
men ana, considering the fact that he
mas not pitched for two years, IL is
quite creditable showing. In more
favorable weather he may be seen to
better advantage. Griffith, Charlton.
Burton and the balance showed up
well. The score of the game was s to
l in favor of the regular team. The
game was called at the end of the fifth
inning.
The next meeting of the club will be
held Tuesday night at the fire station
at 8 O'Clock. All of the members of the
anaconda Baseball club are requested
10 be present, as the matter of uni
forms and other important business
will come before the meeting.
, ANY league which has a salary limit |
that each club does not live up to Is |
bound to go up. The Southern league |
Is having trouble of this kind. 1t is |
alleged that MONTGOMERY and New |
Orleans have exceeded the limit. This |
action, If true, will surely freeze out the |
smaller towns. 1t is to be hoped that |
the Southern league will live, for each |
OF the teams comprising 1t are playing |
nne ball. 1t would certainly be regret |
table IL the element of hoggishness
entered the league and terminated a
career so auspiciously begun.
The following compilation shows
those OF the clubs which lead, and those
which are in second place, in all of
the leagues worthy of the name. The
club which brings up the tail end in
each league is also given. The stand
ing of the teams is made up to the lat
est date on which 1t Is possible to Sc
cure authentic information:
National League-Cincinnati first,
Cleveland second; Louisville tail-ender.
Western League-Detroit first. st.
Paul second; Grand Rapids. tail-ender.
Western Association-Des Moines
hrst Rockford second; st. Joseph tail
Eastern League-Syracuse first, Prov
idence second; Scranton, tail-ender.
Virginia League-Lynchburg first
Norfolk second; Petersburg, tail-ender
Atlantic League-MetropoIitan first,
Paterson second; New Haven, tall
ender...s
New Pacific League-Portland first.
Tacoma second; Victoria, tail-ender.
Texas League-Fort Worth first,
Houston second; Denison, tail-ender
Southern Observation-Disclosures first.
New Orleans second; Columbus, Ca,
tail-ender
Pennsylvania State League-Lancas-
ter, first. Athletic (Philadelphia), sec
ond; Carbondale, tail-ender.
Interstate League-Fort Wayne
first, Newcastle second; Saginaw. tail
ender.
New England League-Fall River
first, Pawtucket second; Lewiston, tail
ender.
Southern Illinois League-Belleville
first, East st. Louis second; Centralia,