The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-02
TROOP F STILL ON TOP
They Are the Crackerjacks of
Grigsby's Regiment.
GARDEN CITY GLADIATORS
Can't Keep Them Down-The Missoula
Boys Defeated the Butte Riders
at Baseball by a Score
OF IL to 3.

Missoula. June 1.-The boys of Troop
r are still or top. They are the crack
cracks OF the Griggsby regiment, at
work. at play or at a fight. From the
Standards Troop F correspondent, un-
der date of May %. at H%oisington.
Kan. is received the following:
They can't keep Troop r down. our
special train had "A four-hours' lay
over here to feed and water the stock.
There has been no end of rivalry be-
tween the boys of the Missoula troop
and. the Butte riders. and during this
wait the rivalry found some vent i'm a
ball game of six innings between the
Garden city Gladiators and aptain
Stfvers' aggregation of ball tossers.
The entire population of this pretty
Kansas town was out to see us and to
cheer the boys on. The day was one
such as the weather clerk sends only
WREN he " in ,ood humor. and when
the game opened with Missoula at the
bat there were 1900 people on the
grounds to see the Montana boys at
their play.
The game opened with Missoula's
heavy batters lined up for their turns,
with a determination to make the fight
from the beginning and to make IL a
hot one. In the first inning Missoula
managed to send four men across the
rubber. Then the boys cheered. When
Butte went to bat. Storey. who was In
the box for Missoula, famed out the
first two batters that came up against
him and the third man knocked a pop
up fly that landed in Storey's hands
without his leaving his position.
Sergeant Mcdonnell, the Big Mack
nf panNxv an haNI n.,.l, l..n t. -
Florence hotel, opened up the second
inning N made a wonderful exhibit
ton of sprinting, by getting to third
on a long hit that he lined out. Heyfron
followed with a double that scored
Mac and left the bases free for future
operations. Storey hit a safe double,
Heyfron going To third. Then Quarter
master Sergeant Guffv set the crowd
wild by lining out a long boy that
cleared the bases and made the scorer
jump sideways to record all of the runs.
This started the fireworks. All of th2
boys had on their batting clothes and
their yes were on the bah all of the
time. The Smoke Eaters were desper-
ate and waved their arms and made
motions like "A lot of leaf mutes at a
fire. They handled the horsehide as a
small boy would manipulate "A wasp.
The Members of this troop, however.
are the most artistic rooters that we
ever saw and through their efforts the
sid was finally retired after the score
bad been run up to 10. For the next
three innings Storey was still an enig-
ma, and Guffy, Calhoun. Heyfron and
Mcdonnell ate up all of the hot ones
that came their way. making an infield
that would make the Baltimore cracks
ashamed of themselves.
Captain Higgins. L~ieutenants Hall
and Cave N Dewey We're on the
grounds tn end encouragement.
Dewey was the whole thing. Every
time one of the boys went to bat he
would rub his hands ON the peroxide
hair of the yellow dog. That his serv-
ices were of benefit is shown by the
score. which was IL to 3 when the
game was called at the end of the
sixth inning. Then our rooters did
tn amselves prord. n "a we Nr rather
proud of ourselves. Now Butte wants
to play football, and at the first oppor-
tunity we will have IL out with them.
Troop + will put the following team
in the field: Captain Higgins. enter:
Johnson and Goodman, tackles; Guffy
and Mcdonnell, guards: O'Meara and
Crowley. ends. Storey. Heyfron and
Searight will he behind the line and
Cronkrite will play quarter. We think
that this is an aggregation hat is ha .
to beat. At any rate. II we live
tnrousn tue game we neeu no rear any
rough usage at the hands of the
Spaniards. War will be "A tame expert
ence compared with that game.
The boys are confidently expecting
a victory, especially after the baseball
game. One of the chief factors that
contributed to the success of our men
was the superior quality of the grub
that was furnished To US by the aides
OF Missoula-God bless them. 1t Is not
now. 'Blood will tell. but rather Grub
Will tell and we have the baggage car
ahead still half full of good things To
eat. so we are favorites i'm the selling
at big odds. We will let you know all
about the game. which Will come of
IL the weather does not get too hot"