Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-21
bATTLEF0R
THE PENNANT
MoNTANA's SEASON OF LEAGUE
BASE BALL OPENS TO-
MORROW.
THE ANACONDA TEAM WILL
CROSS BATS WITH BUTTE.
Professionals Showed Well in Yester-
days Exhibition-League
Transportation.

Tomorrow the battle for the pennant
will begin in Butte and Helena. Ana
conda will be the visiting team in Butte
and Great Falls will visit the capital. 1t
is expected that the Serpents will put up
an exceptionally strong game, and that
at any rate the local boys will know that
they nave been n'aying ball when the
series of four games is completed. At q
late houl this afternoon Manager Powell
had not arranged his batting order, but
with some minor changes the Butte team
viii be made up as it was yesterday.
The uniforms arrived today and will
be worn tomorrow for the first time.
The directors held a short meeting to-
day at which it was decided to make no
disposition of the privileges until after
the Butte-Anaconda series of games had
been played. Then the privileges will be
let to the highest bidder.
Pritchard & Harrison of this city will
donate a handsome dress suit case, and
Keefe Bros. Of the PostOffice News Stand
will give six months subscription to the
st. Louis Sporting News to the first local
player who makes a home run in a
championship game.
The trouble that existed between the
Montana baseball league n the Great
Northern Railway company exists no
more n all is serene W them
HOW, says the f1eleHa INDEPENDENT. lie
Great Northern yesterday, through Mr..
Archibald Gray of Butte and Genera
Agent Button of Helena, after a confer
ence with w. H. Lucas, president of the
league, and w. E.. Phillips, one Of it's di-
r%ectors, settled the matter amicably.
President Lucas had received a letter
from General Passenger Agent Whitney
Of the Great Northern, announcing hat
he was willing to do all that he could to
make the league a success. 1t was at
the suggestion of Mr.. Whitney that the
conference was had in Helena yesterday
that resulted in an arrangement salts
factory to both the railroad company
and the league. h new rate was no
made public yesterday, but it was an
nounced that it was on the same basis as
made by the company to theatrical COM
panies, although still more liberal.
Between two and three thousand peo-
pie saw the Butte Reduction Works
baseball team go down to defeat before
the league players yesterday afternoon.
The local men were no matches for the
professional players, who won by a score
Of Is to l.. The general impression of the
work Of the league men in the try-out
game was that it was fair. st. Nrain
pitched the first six innings for the
league and Thielman finished the game.
st. Vrain was evidently a little short OF
practice, but with the excellent support
he held his opponents down to four base
hits. Thielman had poor control. but
showed fine head work. Fear, Bissel and
Merkle overlooked NJ chances in their re-
spective outtield positions and impressed
the spectators with their ability. A diff
cult right handed catch by Merkle was a
feature of the game. Bissel showed uI
particularly strong with the stick, as
did also Donahue.
Donahue's work at second base was
fauHtless. Following is the score by in
nings:
Butte 30 0 9 o 0 5 Ole
Red. Works 20 0 l 0 0 0 0 o.
Earned runs-Butte, 6. Two-base hits
-Schnabel, l: st. Viain, 1; Bissel, /;
Merkle, 1: Williams, 2. Three-base hits
-Donahue. Double plays-Donahue to
Hickey. Passed ~balls-sears. 8: Melon.
ough, l. Wild pitches-St. Vrain. /: Nc
Donough, 4 Hit by pitched ball-Schlls-
ter, Smalley, Struck out-By ST. Vraln
6: by Thielman, 3; by McDonough, s.
Left on bases-Butte, 6; Reduction
Works, Z. Time of game-2:25. Umpire
Cody. Attendance-2,O0O