Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-01
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1t was %sluggers' day at the Lagoon
Yesterday afternoon, says the Salt Lake
Tribune. Also it was the third thine the
victorious eagles Of the Short Line pre-
vailed over the visitors from Butte. The
score yesterday afternoon was 81 to 6.
Out of the nineteen men who at various
times grasped the shillelah, only three
failed to make a hit. They were allsButte
men. Not a member of the Short Lines
rallied to get a. swat, and five Of them
Ismote the sphere safely no less than four
times each. This is explainable, The
EButte team is wretchedly weak in pitch.
irg talent. The Butte men admit this free
Fly, and the tale of their woe on this little
pilgrimage substantiates the admission.
Ihe game at Lagoon yesterday was the
last one with a Salt Lake team. Tho
BHtte team has displayed the ability I'd
90 faster and cleaner fielding thar any
tenn that has entered the arena here this
season. and with a couple of good Twill
Iers there seems little reason to doubt that
the jolly boys from Smoketown would be
three-time winners. On one point all are
|agseed. That is that there never wers
better losers anywhere than the Butte
players. They play ball for the sport
th9re is in it. and have taken the several
thlow-downs that hav been handed to
them here with a pleasant look inc a
oNnSA0AAy NLCGiLul dSp0Ct, ana ndTOOr no
Il-feefngs. They may not take home
any scalps on this trip, but they take with
them the. good will Of all lovers of tho
game in this vicinity.
But to return to the tragedy of yester-
day. IT is pretty we'll told when it is said
that the box for Butte was virtually
empty. About all the balls that went
across the plate, and some that did not.
We're soaked. The Short Lin team made
i1Sf n hits nEF tIo r-~ -,
went IN for the visitors. Kidder held the
Duttes down in fair shape, but his game
was not a reccrd-breaker. There were
mary good plays, however. Knicker-
booker made two good running catcher
in right. Flannery did some fine work of
a like. nature in left. Perham made two
splendid stops Of high throws, and, being
too strong for light work, broke, a bat
like ntatchwood. The backstops all nun
up a good game. Mickey Ryan made a
very good catch of a foul by Knicker-
booker. That was about all the chance
Mickey got to distinguish himself as a
catcher. for nearly all the rest of the
balls sent toward him were safely plant
ca In the outfield. However, Ryan got a
chance to immortalize himself in the
eighth, when he went in to pitch. Six men
faced him and five Of them hit safely. He
forgot, and struck the sixth out. Mickey
furnished no end Of amusement during
the game.
It's a sad story. AS the score shows,
the strangers We're not in it from the
start, and nobody was more thoroughly
cognizent of it than the Butte players.
They lost SO much interest in the progress
OF the game that when idder made what
should have been a single in the ninth the
fielder whose function it was to gather it
IN reflected on the matter so long that the
kidder aforesaid had helped himself to
four sacks before the fielder became con-
scious. The Short Lines only had two
errors during the game.
The mud in the outfield was simply aw-
full Many hits might have been outs If
the felders had been supplied with mud
scows. 1t was suggested that the outfield
pc furnished search warrants to locate
the ball after " struck. 1t is said that
the management will correct this fault of
the ground at once. The ground has lust
been graded and is yet soft, SO that the
recent rain had converted it into a verit-
able bog. When the outield is put in
shape~the Lagoon diamond will be first
class In every respect. Aside from this
one drawback, it is already a very SUPER
Tor field. The grand stand is commodious
ana well fitted up, and the general ar
rangements are excellent.
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