The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-13
ANACONDA NEWS.
ANACONDA THE VICTOR
Butte's Baseball Team Goes Down
to Defeat.
THE SCORE STOOD is TO 9
Game Wa Full Of Good Points, but mr.
rors Rather Spoiled 1.-THE Wind
and Rain Msde It Disagreeeble.
Absence OF Kicking.

out on top In yesterdays game with
Butte. The score at the end of the ninth
inning was is to 3 in favor Of the home
team Had it not been for the six runs
that Anaconda made in the seventh inn
ing. the score would have beer q close
one. When 1t is known that the six
runs were made almost entirely on err
rors. there being only two hits made.
1t will be seen that the Buttes had a
lighting show at every stage Of the
game.
The game was full Of hard hitting and
errors, some of the latter being costly.
Donahue, at second for the visitors,
made hve costly errors, n Burton n
ktlcoyne for Anaconda made three each.
Neither of the two teams had their reg
ular players, the Buttes coming down
with three of their men left behind,
while Freeman, Long, Sutton, Lynch
and others of h home team did not
show up. The game throughout, with
the exception of one or two innings
wherein all the errors occurred. was a
good one and was highly enjoyed by a
couple OF hundred people. Soon after
the game started a terrific windstorm
sprang up and blew the dust in clouds
over the field. After it got through
blowing. rain began to fall, but the
game progressed through it. A notice.
able feature of the game was the alb
sence OF any rowdyism, kicking or rag
chewing. The Butte players, without
doubt. acted in a more gentlemanly way
yesterday than has any team that ever
came down from the Smoky City. The
home players also surprised themselves
by refraining from 'cussin' the umpire"
The Anacondas started the game by
Lloyd tanning the air. McDunna hit
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mond stole third and came home on
Buttons single. Clemens also got a hit,
and the runners were advanced one
notch by a wild pitch. McDunna let
Kilcoyne walk, and did likewise with
Riley, scoring Burton. Clemens played
of second too far and was nabbed. For
the Buttes Mahoney got a base on balls.
Perham flew out to Clemens: Donahue
hit to Lloyd, who fumbled it, and Ma
honey came home. Howe got three
strikes on Barker, but K~ilcoyne missed
the last one n threw it low to first.
McDunna struck out and Conroy flew
out to Hammond.
In the second Sicily dropped one over
short; Howe hit a warm one to Dona-
hue. who squeezed it and doubled
Skelly at first. Lloyd few out to Dona-
hue. Taylor, for the Buttes. fouled out.
Howard Lloyd hit one to Burton, who
was too far up toward second and Lloyd
beat him in the race. Alternately flew
out to Clemens. Howard Lloyd stole
second and scored on Mahoney's hit to
Burton. who fumbled 1t, and hen threw
it a mile over Kilcoyne's head in an eff
fort to catch Lloyd, and Mahoney also
scored. Perham made a single and
stole second, but Donahue CAV Howe
an easy one and ii was off with the
smoke-eaters
Hammond started off the third by
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In front of the plate and beating it out.
He stole second. McHale's foul was
captured by Barker. Hammond came
home on Burton's homerun. Clemens
made a two-bagger, and Kilcoyne flew
out to Mahoney. Riley hit to Donahue,
who threw him out, retiring the side.
Barker pumped one into the field. Nc
Dunna struck out. Barker stole third
and Kilcoyne threw the ball over
Skelly's head. Conroy struck out and
Taylor fouled out.
In the fourth Taylor muffed Skelly's
pop-up but the latter took too much lib
erty at first and he was nabbed. Howe
was given a base on balls. Lloyd made
a single. but he was cut off at second.
McHale famed. Howard Lloyd hit a
nice one to Hammond and he sat down.
Alternately hit one that was too hot to
handle and he went to third on a passed
ball. Mahoney was hit by the pitcher
and Alternately came in on a wild pitch.
Mahoney going to third. Mahoney scored
on one that fell right at the plate. Howe
stopped a hummer from Perham. Dona-
hue made a single, but Barker famed.
McDunna hit Burton and Clemens
few out to Barker. Kilcoyne took a
walk. Riley hit an easy one to Dona
hue, who muffed it, and Taylor, who
covered second. also missed It. when
Donahue threw 1t in. Burton. Kilcoyne
and Riley came in on one from Skelly's
bat that went through Donahue. Howe
hit to Taylor. but Perham let the throw
go between his hands. Skelly was
forced out at second. Lloyd hit to Nc
Dunna, who threw him out. In the
Butte's half, things were soon over. Nc
Dunna flew out to Hammond, Conroy hit
an EASY one to Hammond and he died.
Taylor flew out to Riley.
1t was just about as short for the
Anacondas in the sixth as 1t had been
in the fifth for Butte. Hammond fouled
to Barker. McHale beat out one to
Taylor and stole second and third. Bur-
ton made a dinky. but 1t was too easy
and Clemens struck put. Howard Lloyd
made a neat two-bagger. but IT availed
the Buttes nothing. as Alternately flew
out to Burton, Mahoney hit to Burton
and Perham struck out.
The seventh ie where the Anacondas
made their big lead. Kilcoyne made a
three dagger. Riley went to first on
balls and stole second. Alternately
muffed a fly from Skelly and kilcoyne,
Riley and skelly came home on Howe's
hit. Lloyd sacrificed. n
Howe came in on Hammond's grounder
to Barker, who fumbled IL. McHale
struck out. McDunna hit Burton again. |
and Burton stole second. Hammond