The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-09

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Great Fails won tho championship
" tho Montana sfate league bAsebmIl
clubs tor 1900 MT Butte Friday after.
noon when tho INIT game Of Tho w
WINS played on with HeIena, which
had won tho first series. Tho day
previous NJ tho stats capital tho Hsf.
0na team became desperate aud whom
" was losing the game " modified tIs
umpire, Middle Burke, because " fGIt
that no was giving " tho worst Of his
decision, Tho riot WAS started by
VlaRnevy, manager Of tho HeIonas,
who played In Billings Inst yeAy, who
struck tho umpire. " " said that
Vlannevy would 10 mom ~ homo In
tho ring Of pugs than playing tho mt.
tOpal games, and his actions ~ late
would lead ono 10 baliovo TINT this IN
correct, Respectable people ~ Hel.
en0, m nj least those who eInim 70.
sWefabilify, participated IN tho riot
and were ready 10 taW tho limbs from
the umpire who had 10 b0 protected
by the ohiof Ut police. When things
had qnieled down \ little tho umpire
gave the Hel9nas ono minute 10 70.
sumo playing and on their refusal 10
do No awarded tho game 70 Great Fails
y 10 o. This mHA0 tho games q ti0
and m had boon previously arranged
tho teams went 10 Butto 10 play tho
daatdtng game,
Friday was M disagreoablo " day IN
my ono ever saw, but tho Helenns
insisted on the game being played,
The field WINS 4 had On0 with pools Of
mud standing around ouch base, but
despite MI this tho game started with
two umptrGA " waS q wrAngI0 from
start W finish w HolenG oonld foresee
that they could not win tho game.
They continually wvangled over I'm.
pire MGD0nough'S rulings md on Sow
apai occasions came very near f%orfoit'
Ing the game. but resumed plnying
jnSt IN the nick Of time, Manpin, tho
great Miss0nvian paw jaw, who
pitched tor Hei0nA against Billings
Inst year, WIS strictly on Tho prod,
giving 10 mon bases on bnlls, going 10
pieces w the eighth inning, whom his
GatGhev becoming Disguised, threw
the ball over tho held fence and tho
umpire awarded the game 10 dront
Falls by u saOpe ~ y 10 o. Up 10 this
time tho SCORE stood Nv y tO7 IN favor
NJ Great Falls
Helena has given baseball u blaek
eye that " will not soon recover from
w tho stRta oapitHl city, II tho town
ean get nothing bettov than u gang OF
rOwdies w play tor W then tho game
deserves no patronage md II will prob.
ably be some time before tho town
can revive M interest IN tho game.
has always been considered u
place where 10 outside teams onn got
faiv dealing and tho mob affair Of last
week only goes further W show Tint
when they can not win by superior
playing, the players and tho crowds
attend will steal, " possible,
the games,
Great Falls has done hne work In
tbe last series on tho reorganization orr
I'm Glnb, while HelonA was rank from
Ihe beginning, or course, W In not 10
Da expected that tho people 0f tho state
nave heard the lasl VI tho ~sO-0nlloh
Vobbapy" Ut the peDnapt M tho Hol.
nm papers terlyiE mo good thing
ont okgiy city but Holena" "
Inc motto 0Eftha Helena paperh
Burke, thu umpire who WINS mObbod
u Helena, now comes ont with M MI.
lONnGemeDt that W, H. Philips, I
Wesid6lt ~ tho H0leDa club md other 1
Interested MOple, tried 10 bribe him !
o play Helena M tho favorite In tho {
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