Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-11
AN EXHIBITION
GAME Of BALL
PROSPECTIVE REMNANT WIN
NERS WILL SHOW THEM
SELVES SUNDAY.
GOOD MATERIAL HAS
BEEN SIGNED FOR TEAM.
Nearly All the Players are Here
Their Individual Ability
Helena's Team Complete.

Helena's Team Complete.
Local fandom will be given the Oppor-
tunity of passing Judgment on the ag-
gregation of pennant winners next Sun
day, when the Butte team, which is
practically complete, will play an exhi-
bition game against the best amateur
talent in the city, reinforced by the extra
league battery. The members of the
league team will play in the positions to
which they have been assigned for the
season, and the opportunity to see the
boys work out for the first time will UNI
doubtedly attract a large crowd. No ad-
mission will be charged.
The pennant winning team is prac-
tically complete. The outfielders ave
not yet been assigned, and some local
applicants, who are showing up in fine
form, may be given two places in the
outfield, and when this is done the all
star aggregation will be ready to knock
the cover off the ball. Ed Schnabel, a
star third baseman, who played with
Helena last year, was signed today. He
will leave Denver Sunday and will arrive
in Butte Tuesday. Schnabel is a fast
infielder. an accurate thrower and very
handy with the stick.
Bissell, the Denver fielder who arrived
In the city a few days ago, is showing
up ~splendidly. He will probably be the
youngest player on the team. The fans
have dubbed him Dummy" because he
looks wise and says nothing. But he
knows the game, hits like a tiend and
is a good all-around player.
Jimmy st. Vfain, who was with the
Butte d Boston team last year, is an old
1avorite in the Pacific coast league. He
Will pitch for Butte. ST. Vrain has a
world OF speed, good command of the
ball and is very fair with the stick. In
paseball ~parlance, he uses the South
paw'-left hand.
John Thielman, who will pitch for
suite. was recommended to the Butte
directors by the manager of the Minne-
apoils team. His work won the pennant
Tor the Sioux Falls team last wear. In
asnuch as he carries his private bat
win nm, and will use no other, the di-
iectors are OF the opinion nat he can
mt the ball occasionally. His batting
average last year was .317.
r: L. Proctor, a Kansas City pitcher,
VIII leave for Butte today and will ar.
rive here Sunday. Manager Wood Of
the Helena team caught for him last
year, and avs he is a strong cunning
pitcher, who understands all the tricks
in the business.
Manager Jim Powell will play first
base. The veteran is working ort in
good form, and those who were of the
opinion that he had forgotten what he
knew about the game in the years he
has been out of the business will be dis.
appointed. He is as clipper as any OF
the young ones and is rapidly getting
back into his old form.
Donahue, who played second base 70,
the Butte & Boston team last year, will
play the same position for the Butte
team. 1t is believed he will be the sta,
second baseman of the league.
Sears. the Rockford catcher, is here
He comes very highly recommended ant
i- coi7 tr b. ~~~- H.
bat.
Hickey, the Denver catcher has an ex'
cellent batting record.
The directors have not yet decided a!
to who will play short stop. There ar,
a number of local applicants who ar,
showing up well. The place may go t.
Harvey Lloyd, a brother of hard hitting
Tommy Lloyd, who is in fine form.
Flannery is in Helena. Manages
Powell received a message from him b!
telephone this morning. Flannery want.
to play left field for Butte, but his terms
We're too high for the salary limit an<
he was not signed.
J.. O.. Hodgens and Charles Lane of tn
finance committee were interviewin.
subscribers to the baseball fund yester
day and collected in nearly all the none,
that had been subscribed.
The Helena baseball team is now CON
plete, says the Helena Independent
MdldSoT AtTl Il. WOcu yesterday re
ceived word from w. A. Salisbury o
Stockton, Cal, that he would accep
Helena's terms and would leave at one
for this city. Salisbury Is the eleventh
man on the teaml, and no others, unles
possibly another outfielder, will b
signed. Salisbury is a pitcher wei
known in the California league. In
recent game w his team and Sa,
Francisco he shut San Francisco gu
without a rum.
w think Salisbury Is a star" sal
Ed I. Goodkind of the board of trustee
of the local association yesterday. III
comes to us with every recommendation
and the players say that he has a grea
record on the coast. With him we hay
three good pitchers. two of whom a
least can play OF the bases or in tn
field when not in the box, if found de
sirable.'
The Helena players spent yesterda
afternoon at practice n a few baseba'
cranks who witnessed their work said
was good. Pitcher, who will play wit
the Helenas. left Kansas City for Mon
tana yesterday.