The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
ANACONDA NEWS.
MINERS UNION PICNIC
Four Thousand Came From Butte
So to Take It In.
BALL GAME WAS CALLED
Players Lost the Ball and Concluded to
Quit-United Irishmen Defeated
United Rovers in Foot
ball Game.

More than 1000 people came down to
Anaconda yesterday with the Butte
Miners union and a nicer and more
well-behaved crowd was never seen on
the grounds. The people began to ar
rive on the morning trains and by 3
O'Clock Anaconda Lake park was
thronged.
All the sporting events were carried
out in quick order, and several Of the
rich prizes were won by Anaconda ath-
letes, to the delight of the local crowd,
which numbered more than 1900.
During the afternoon and evening the
large dancing hall was packed to the
doors and this made it nearly impossi-
BILE to dance. Several dancing contests
took place. In the afternoon the prize
waltz was won by Miss Leary and Mr..
Hughes. The waltz in the evening was
won by Miss Angus and Mr.. Copella of
Butte.
The Baseball Game.
The baseball game between the Good
Luck team of Butte and the Anaconda
club was the first event of the day.
1t proved to be the most interesting
in every particular. The large crowd
made it impossible for the players to
see the first and third bases, and this
made the officers duties in keeping the
people back unpleasant. There was
considerable kicking on the part of
the Anaconda players on the umpire,
Mr.. Mcdonald of Butte, but finally the
latter was accepted and his decisions
were fairly satisfactory.
The teams were very evenly match
ed, but the local team was better in
its all around playing, and its fielding
was the sharper.
The Good Luck team went to bat
five times and scored nine runs. The
local team batted four innings and
was at bat for the fifth time when the
ball was lost and the game was called
The lineup of the teams was as fol-
lows:
Anaconda-Dwyer, G.; Lynch, p.;
Kilcoyne, first base: Sullivan, second
base, Skelly. short stop; G. McHale,
third base: Dawson, left field: Cham
bers, center field; Pratt, right field.
Butte Good Luck-Ryan, c.; Griffin,
p.; Hannifan. first base: La Fontise,
second base; Dolan, short stop: Drink
water, third base: J. Hannifan, left
field; Sullivan, center field; Mack, right
field.
Score by innings:
Butte -. ..........4 0 3 0 %
Anaconda ...........2 -
Umpires-McDonald and Leonard.
,7r. q Tr+ The Football Game.
The football game, which was played
in the old Gaelic style. was a lively
match. 1t was witnessed by more than
$500 people. 1t was warmly contested
and at the end of more than one
hours play the United Irishmen were
declared the winners by a score of
to 0.
The football teams were as follows:
United Rovers-P. Flatley, captain;
N. sheehan, G. Downey, F. Crlly, NJ.
Sullivan, M. Lyons, p Downey, T.
Leary, T. Riley, u. Sullivan, J. Muir
ply, Jim Leary, John Sullivan, Frank
Breen, Jerry Lynch, Con Lynch, Pat
Sullivan, P. Connel, P. G. Sullivan,
Pat Leehan and J. F. Lynch.
United lrishmen-Ed Long, captain;
Jerry Quinlan, Mike Tierney. Con
mingham, M. Condor, John Keith, John !
Doran, James O'Donnell, John Powers, |
Pete Monaghan, Nick Long, John Hen
ry, Dan Houlahan, Jerry Scanlan, Pat |
Bolan, Mike Rock. Pat McGuin, Tom
Barry and J. Cronin.
The results of the field sports were
as follows: |
Throwing 16-pound hammer-First |
prize, So won by George Livingston
of Anaconda; second prize 100 cigars |
won by Tony Harris
Putting 50-pound shot-First prize, |
sl0, won by M. j. Lynch of Anaconda; |
second prize, two bottles of wine, won
by w. A. Allen.
Fat mems race, prize, $40, won by
Thomas Dagnan.
100-yard free for all race-F;rst prize,
$40. won by w. T. Atchison; second |
prize, S., won by S. F. Emmons of An
aconda.
Potato race. prize $40, won by
Charles Reynolds. --.-.
Three legged race, prize $40, won
by James Thompson and P. A. Gillis
100 yard race for members of the
Butte Miners union only-First prize
SO, won by James Roberts; second
prize, IS, won by Thomas Dagnan.
Standing jump-First prize, S., won
by M. J. Lynch of Anaconda: second
prize, shirt, won by Hugh Laird of
Sack race-First prize. S.. won by
Phil Green; second prize, 100 cigars,
won by Mike Connors.
Married ladies' race. prize rocking
chair, won by Mrs. Dora Mitchell
100 yard race for boys, prize suit of
clothes. won by Walter Gallagher of
Running high jump, prize SIS, won by
James Roberts.