The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-18

Tongue river fat, didn't come up to see
nit done: the people wouldn't have done
a thing to him. When he heard of the
first game, it is said, he even wen,
home and licked one of his pet dogs,
and when the news Of the second
slaughter reached him-he licked the
other one.
The Billings second nine wanted the
pumpkin-rollers to stay over anothe,
day for a third game, but they said
they were no hogs and had had enough.
kid" Brown says he is going te
practice the team batting at pumpkins,
when that fruit is ripe in the fall.
Pumpkins, he declares, are just about
the right size for their class Of batters.
And he isn't far out Of the way. The
Miles teams that have come up here
always have been lamentably weak at
the bat. They should practice striking
at something that is a good deal larger
than a baseball.
The team work of the visitors in
the field would have been fairly good
if they had had a team.
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Scott, the Billings left fielder, is
growing in favor with the audiences
every day. He is a fine hitter. a
Splinter, good throwe1 and catcher.
and has all the elements of a ball
player.
Hines has caught six games and part
of a se> enth without a passed ball.
There are no better %backstops in the
country than "Hunky.'
Bose, the second baseman. is a
peach, while Freeman plays ball all
the time, wherever you put him. He
should be given the first bag and kept
there.
Taylor pitched a great game Satur-
day and would nave done better if be
had had proper support. He will
bother the best Of them, while Harker,
who is now a regular member of the
team, is the best pitcher in Montana
barring none
Manager Nix kept open house for the
two teams Sunday night, as we'll as the
visitors. and the ball boys mingled to-
gether and had a good time. The
pumpkin-rollers were joshed plenty,
however, but took it all in good part.
What else could they do?
In the two games. "HOme Rum
Butler hit the ball just once-for a
Horace frankly admits that he
is a has-been and that Billings baseball
is too fast for him.
Harrity did some fine stick work and
Doc Wells got his eye on the ball in
good shape in the second game.
Bat Sheehan picked up some nice
grouuders at short in both games, but
it is a wonder he can throw at all with
that lame wrist, which he should get
cured before playing again. Bat also
bad his batting eye with him in the
game.
1t vas a mistake to play Paddy |
Fleming on the bench Sunday; but.
his services were not
needed. He is as fast al all.round
ball player as there is in either team
and can play almost any position.
Practice in team work is what the
boys want now. They are
strong hitters and good individual
but they will have to use their
heads more when they get in a close
game.
Colonel Sam Gordon of the Yellow
stone Journal should guess once more
&c can't miss it any further than he
lid, and guesses are cheap.
We skinned 'em. all right, in spite
# the unfavorable decisions of two
1mpires. who clearly gave the visitors
The best Of it.
Six straight victories for the home
cam, and the boys have never been
But they must not be too
confident; they'll be up against it good
md hard when they tackle Butte and
Helena. The Billings boys need con.
'tant practice and il they'll take it,
md not get their heads swelled, they
ian be the champions of Montana.
You are all right, Colonel Gordon,
except as a baseball prophet. where
'ou oversize yourself about 100 per
'ent. The "alakli fiatters' are ball
and ask for nothing easier than
'our pumpkin-rollers, who are nice
Joys, that put up a fine appearance in
heir pretty new uniforms. But you