The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-29
BILLINGS is TOO MUCH
For the State Capital Ball
Tossers in a Series Of
Three Games.
WINS TWO GOOD GAMES
BY Superior Playing-T The Second
Game Was u SIugging Match.
The Clubs Jolr4ey.

T/Ihe predictions Of The Gazette that
| the Billings baseball club would take
two games out Of the three games with
Helena has come to pass. The local
team accompanied by about score Of
rooters and hackers departed on the
early Saturday morning train for the
state capital, where they proceeded to
teach the boys Of that place how to play
the national game as we'll as to bet
The Helenaites were not Of that peace.
able mind which usually occupied a
place in their craniums and OH Satur-
day they held to their wads with a
death grip and IL any bets were made it
was at great odds in favor Of Billings.
Our boys played the game of their lives
and bested their opponents.
The Helena Independent Of Sunday
morning says Of Saturdays game
Nine nimble and capable cowboys
whose present post Office address is Bill
ings came to town Saturday morning
and roped the home players in good
style in ball game. Briefly stated,
they outplayed the homers at every
point, though not 10 the extent indioat-
ed by the score. which was IA to 6.
! The game opened auspiciously for the
Helenas. They made two runs in the
first OH al error by Rose and three hits
i'll succession. The side was retired by
neat double by Rose, who gathered
MoDonouRh's arounder, touched Ryan
and threw to first III time to catch the
batter. Billings drew blank in the
first, Casey got a hit hut was forced at
second a minute later. Scott had pre-
viously hit nn easy one to Burton and
Marshall famed. It looked like an
even thing.
But after the cheerful first, the
homers could do nothing much with
| McNeeley's benders. Though they got
total of fifteen hits they were scatter.
ed that not more than one run resulted
in any one inning. The second, third,
fifth and sixth innings were sad aud
gloomy occasions, the total result being
four goose eggs.
Billings broke the ice in the second,
getting one cake Of it, and they never
failed to take at least one when they
came up with the willow, sometimes
getting several more than one. In the
fifth they landed on the sphere for SO
many hits III a row that the Rrandstand
lost cou0t and runs came around in
bunohes. In the seventh they came
near repeating the performance, getting
three, one Of them a beautiful drive far
over center fence for four bases, pair
Of shoes. and several pieces of silver.
Zearfross was behind the willow which
connected with the ball in such violent
fashion. MoDonough and Scott lined
out triples during the afternoon. Bar.
ring the sensational home run by Zear.
fross. Flannery was the bright partiou-
lar star Of the day with the wagon
tongue, for out Of five times up he got
five hits, two Of them being doubles.
There were probably 500 spectators
in the grand stand,
Score by innings:
Helena ,..'' 2 OO ! 90 Il 8
Billings. .... 0 IL ! a 23 / *--l4
Earned Billings, Z; Helena. 2.
Two base hits Flannery az, P. Ryan
(2), Freeman (2), Goodyear. Three
base hits-McDonough, Scott. Home
run-Zearfross Stolen bases Billings,
4; Helena, 8. Double plays-Rose to
Zearfross. Marshall to Williams. Bases
on balls-Of Ryan, 4. Struck out-By
MoNeeley, s; Ryan, A. Passed balls
Freeman. 2. Errors Billings. 4 Hell.
ena, 5. Time of game-2;25 Um.
pires, Tucker and Mains.
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