The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-01
ANACONDA news.
BEST EVER SEEN HERE
The Anaconda Butte Baseball
Game q Beautiful Exhibition.
WAS FULL OF FEATURES
Every Inch OF the Ground Holly Contest
ed-Both Teams Put Up a Splendid
Article of Baseball-Anaconde's
Hard Hitting Won Out.

Yesterdays baSeDdu game pet"eeh
Anaconda and Butte vas by long odds
the best game that has ever been seen
in Anaconda. 1t was a fine game to
watch, and there was not a dull m
in II. Anaconda won the game by hard
hitting, excellent fielding and by the
good work of Long in the box. The
home team had a shade the better of
the Butte BOYS in fielding. but it was
only a shade, for the visitors put up a
strong game In the field. The Anacon-
da players, however. were great at the
bat. and hits came thick and fast,
whereas, on the other hand, the Butte
men did not seem to be able to find
Long worth a cent. The visitors hit the
ball often enough and hard enough. but
every time they poked 1t out, it was
sure to fall into someone's glove.
The error column shows that both
teams were right in 1t in the field, Ana
conda having but two errors, while the
visitors escaped with three. Abernathy,
who did the pitching for Butte, seemed
to have both speed and curves, but he
was not effective against the heavy
stick work of the home team. Aberna-
thy did not waste many, as he sent
only four men to first on bases on balls.
He was given excellent support behind
the bat by McDonough, whose quick
throwing again proved disastrous for
Anaconda. Bob Perham at first for the
visitors greatly strengthened the team,
and Donahoe at second put up a fine
game. Taylor at short made a wild
throw to first In the third inning of
Sheppards easy grounder, which let in
a run. McDonough's passed ball also
let in a run. In the fourth inning Jone
went to short, replacing Taylor, who
o Hatton's place at right field. Ar
h u Perham, in left field, ~misjudged a
high fly, which would undoubtedly have
resulted in a putout had 1T been prop
erly handled.
For Anaconda George Long again
pitched a great game. He struck out
eight of the Butte batsmen, and al
though the heavier hitters of the visit
ors met the ball many times, they were
unable to put 1t beyond the reach of
the men behind Long. Freeman, behind
the bat, played an excellent game. and
his base-throwing was much superior
to hat of last Sunday. Burton was
once more in the game, and his first
base work showed that he has not for
gotten how to handle the glove. His
presence added material strength to the
lGdII- LyhIIs ohtpPai ohe 0oNAOAAf ~
second, short third, formed a stone
wall, i'm which the Butte batsmen could
discover no breaches. Lynch made a
bad throw in trying to cut off a Butte
runner at the plate, and this is the only
error which is charged against the in
field. The outfielders also had a lot of
work to do, and hey did 1t well. Half
a dozen high flies fell INTO n outfield,
which were taken in like so many lem
onades, and the only error that is
chargeable to the outfielders is given TO
Clemens. who missed a high fly by mis-
judging il, although he made an effort
TO gobble it in.
Two exceedingly pretty double plays
were features of the game, both being
literally applauded. The first was made
by Anaconda, in which Lynch. Shep-
pard and Burton took part. The play
was an extremely fast one, and the
p1ettiest thing seen in a game on the
local grounds for a long time. The
other double was made by Abernathy,
Donahoe and Perham, n was also a
neat piece of work.
Lyons, who played third for Butte,
while coaching a runner at third. ran in
with him. blocking the line so that Free
man was unable to get the ball from
Sutton's throw. The umpire sent the
runner Jack to third. There was a lit
tie kicking on the part of the Butte
men at this decision, Dut THIS was the
only instance in which anything APP
preaching a wrangle occurred, and the
game throughout was a very clean one.
Two-baggers and t~hree-baggers were
not ~infrequent. In the fourth a two
Dagger by Lloyd brought in two runs.
A three-base hit by Lynch in the fifth
also sent in a run, while Lynch's three
Dagger in the seventh sent in two more.
Freeman and Long also scored two
baggers. Bob Perham, il the fifth,
cracked out one for three bases which
sent in two men ahead of him, and he
himself came in on Lynch's wild throw,
scoring three-fourths of Butte's runs.
The other run of the visitors was also
scored on a three-base hit, by Donahoe,
who sent in Arthur Perham ahead of
him..
Every inch of the ground was a strug-
gle in yesterdays game, and both sides
were quick to take advantage of the
slightest opening for advancing a run
ner. Throughout, the contest was an
exceedingly fine exhibition of clean
baseball playing. and was in every re-
spect superior to any game that has yet
been pulled off in Anaconda. Taken as
a whole, the Anaconda team was un-
doubtedly the strongest aggregation
that this city has ever had, both in
fielding and batting. Nor was the Butte
team a weak one. On the contrary. il
was the strongest club that the Smoky
City has ever sent here. and had it not