The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31
BUTTE NEWS.
BUSINESS COLLEGE WON
Defeated the High School by a
Score of 8 to g.
ALL PLAYED GOOD BALL
An Absence of Wrangling Was One of
the Pleasant Features of the Game
1t Was Witnessed by
Large Crowd.

The Butte Business college won the
ball game yesterday with the High
school by score of to 6. 1t was the
best baseball game seen in Butte this
season and was witnessed by the
largest crowd drawn out thus far by any
of the games. That the play was good
and not marred by many errors is
shown by the small, close score, and the
crowd of 500 or 600 people thoroughly
enjoyed themselves, roofing for the
school toward which their individual
preferences ran. One Of the pleasantest
features of the game was the almost
total absence of wrangling over decis-
ions and the evident good will of the
players of the opposing mines toward
one another. With plenty of baseball
of the same character it would not be
difficult ITO revive interest in the ma
tional game in Butte.
1t was not especially a hard-hitting
game, nor was it a game between the
batteries, but a sort of a happy me-
dunn between the two, which adds
lot of interest to a game. The batteries
did excellent work, yet there were hits
and some good ones, but only
possible to bunch them, and this
doubtless did the business, for in
all the other innings the runs were pref
ty evenly divided. This occurred in the
fifth, when the Business College piled
up four runs, three of which were
earned and were made by a series of
timely hits. At all other times Dawson
succeeded in separating such hits as
were made off him pretty fairly. The
EuDOort 9rpOrdad both bnt by tba
field was better than the ordinary.
The makeup of the teams was as fol-
lows:
High School. Position. Bus. College.
sampson ........... G ....... ....Griffin
Dawson ........... p -. Hopkins Foley
Job $3.50. First base $3.50. Ford
Atkins ...... Second base. :. James
Corette ...Third base....... Purcell
Lynch ............. S.. ........... O'Brien
ninkle .....r... IL F. ......... Fflcher
lines ,............C. f.. ........ Wright
richards r.. F.. Hopkins Foley
]. Smalley, who officiated as umpire.
called the game at 2:SO The Business
College boys won the toss and went to
bat but were quickly retired by neat
~ matched goose egg. The High School
dld better and succeeded in getting
Richards over the plate. The second
inning was a shut out for both sides.
ne BUSINESS college again failed to
score in the first half of the third and
the High School repeated the operation
Of making one rum Hines crossing the
plate, and making the score to O. In
the fourth the tables were turned CO.
rette scoring for the Business College
and the High school being shut out
The fifth put decidedly different as
pect to affairs. Ford opened for the
Business College with a single, was
advanced to second by single by Fill
cher and O'Brien, the next man up,
whaled out two-bagger, which
brought in both Foley and Filcher.
O'Brien stole third and went home on
wild throw by Job. Foley hit for a
base, stole second, went to third on
hit by Wright and scored on PurcelTs
sacrifice
For the High School. Hinkle annexed
another run. Both sides were shut out
In the sixth. In the seventh Foley hit
for two bags and O'Brien followed for
two more. scoring Foley and getting
home on sacrifice by James. For the
High School, Atkins got his base on
balls, stole second, went to third on
sacrifice and got home on a short hit.
In the eighth each side scored one run,
and in the ninth the Business College
failed, while Dawson, for the High
School, pushed the score up by one run
more The boys tried hard, but could
not raise 1t any further, and the game
ended, to 6, in favor of the college.