The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-14
WHITEHALL TEAM WON
Butte & Boston Banner Trailed
in the Dust.
PLAYED A RAGGED GAME
The Home Team Had Hardly a Man in
His Proper Position and Went
Down to Deserved
Defeat

| liz iusteT OF splendid victory over
their rivals, the Boston & Montana
team, on Saturday, was dimmed for
the Butte & Boston team yesterday by
suffering defeat at the hands of the
Whitehall team. The pumpkin eaters
came in from the country yesterday
morning with the strongest team they
could get together and with a vocifer-
Gus, II not numerous, contingent of fans
to encourage them. Victory meant
everything for them. AS the Butte &
Bostons had defeated the Boston G.
Montanas, the Whitehalls, by defeating
the Butte G. Bostons, would be in line
for the state championship. So it was
certainty that they would play the
game for all that was in them.
| On the other hand, the victory of Sat
urday seemed to have been too much
for the Buttes. 1t was either that or
else they suffered from a common fault
of winning ball teams-they despised
| their adversaries. They presented a
| patchedup team, which had no pitcher,
and from which four regular players
We're absent. 1t is not surprising there
| fore that they should suffer defeat, and
| so far as the effect to the outside world
is concerned, the victory of the country
| boys is just as glorious as though the
| Buttes had placed in the field their
strongest teams with every man in his
| position and playing championship
| ball.
If baseball is to reach the popularity
in Butte which is hoped for. the mana
gers of the local clubs must see that
| the people who put up their money to
go into the ball park shall see the regu-
| lar team play and not a number of SUBJ
stitutes. The people of Butte would be
very unreasonable to expect their team
| to win every game, but they have
| right to expect that the regular team
| be put in and then if they are fairly
beaten they will pull for the team just
the same. If the Buttes. through any
circumstances, are unable to present
| their complete team two games week,
then they should only play one game
week, and when they do play pre-
sent their full team and a first-class
game.
Neither st. Vrain nor Buckley APP
peared to twirl for the Buttes yester-
day. Buckley had been loaned to Man
haitian for the third day and st. Vrain
had not recovered from Saturdays
strain. So Morrison was transferred
from third base to the pitchers box
and did good work under the circum-
stances. He was, of course, hit freely.
and to win in such circumstances he
should have been backed by very sharp
fielding. But scarcely any member of
the team was in his regular position
and as a result the support accorded
MORRISON was very ragged in spots.
Catcher Zearfoss had split finger in
Saturdays game, so he played on the
first and Williams was transferred
from first to behind the bat. Neither
ID T,,l~ ~r,&
Lynch was on hand, and IS Third
Baseman Morrison had to pitch and
First Baseman Williams had to catch,
it left the Buttes without a single
regular infielder Merkle was brought
in from right field and put on second,
Perham was transferred from left to
third and young Lloyd was placed at
short. Sullivan was in his regular posi-
ton at center field. Cody played at
right and Mullins at left.
1t was a plucky game at that The
Whitehalls worked hard and put up
good game all the way through.
Patched as they We're, the Buttes put
up a strong battle and came closer to
winning than seemed possible. 1t took
until the second inning for the visitors
to get onto Morrison, and then they
batted him in all directions, ably as
sisted by slow and ragged fielding on
the part of the Buttes. The latter re-
covered from the slaughter, Morrison
steadied down and was almost irwin
chile for the next few innings. In the
seventh inning they opened hard on
him again, batting in three runs. At
the end of this inning the score stood
Whitehall 9, Butte 5.
The Buttes then made a splendid
rally. They had done little with
French except in the fourth inning, but
in the eighth they opened the ball
ND CHI nd oh
the 300 people present three men
crossed the plate, bringing the score
up to s to for Whitehall The White
halls had on their batting clothes still
and got two men on bases, but by
sharp fielding and heady work on Nor
rison's part they were left.
The ninth inning, tho critical stage
of the game. was reached with White
hall still one run in the lead. The
Buttes made a splendid rally. Sullivan
led off with a short hit into left. which
Martin should have captured, but
started for it too slow. Merkle by bat
ting an easy one to short, forced Sulli-
van at second. but was himself safe on
first. Then Cody proved the right man
up by smashing hard one into right
field, Markle making third and Cody
himself getting to second on the throw
to third. Lloyd smashed a safe one
into left field. which sent Merkle home,
Martin threw to third to catch Cody.
but the ball went 20 feet over the third
basemans head and Cody crossed the
plate with the run that put Butte in
the lead. Lloyd got around to third he
fore the ball was settled again. With
a man on third and only one out it
looked as though the Buttes would gain
a safe lead. But Mullins struck out
and ZearfosS hit a weak fly to short,
retiring the Buttes.
The Whitehalls We're at the bat for
the last time with the Buttes one run
in the lead. They went atitSas though
they meant business Flaherty hit TO
short right. French punched a hole
through the second baseman's ground
and then Myers hit hot one TO Morri-
son, who touched it with his fingers.
but could not stop it. There were three
men on bases with none out. one run
needed to tie and two to win. Cram
came to the bat with an air as though
he meant to end things right there
and he did. He lined the ball to far
center field. Sullivan made hard run,
touched the ball with his hands, while