Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-06
Miles City Defeated in Its First
Come by a Score of
l3 to 5.
MILESTOWN'S MONEYCoMESEASY
Splendid Showing for the Opening
Game===Big Turn Out Cheers Both
Sides-==A "Sad, But Not Glorious
Day." Says The JonrnaI.

"It was sad but not glorious day"
said the sporting editor of the Yellow
stone Journal in summing up the re.
suit OF last Sundays game between
the Miles City and Forsyth base ball
clubs. 1t was the first game of the
year for either team-in fact the first
time in several years that the two
towns have had contest on the dia-
mOnd, and as the Milesi ans have al
ways been more or less patronizing in
their comments on our attempts at
sport, they naturally feel little cha
grined over the outcome. Hence the
Journals wall. Of course there are
reasons given how it all came about
but as no two of the apologists can
agree, it seems to dwindle down to the
fact that the visitors out played the
home team from start to finish and
can do it again. The Journal says:
Zone by one Forsyth has been
throwing its lariat over the Miles City
ball players till they have accumulat-
| ed two thirds of a team leaving their
! places to be flied in Miles by the pill
grim and stranger so that the Capital
lists were able to present An unbroken
front of the tried and unterrified while
the home team was forced to rely on
raw and unproven material, the alb
sence of Tom Thompson and Catcher
Ainsworth being an irreparable loss. !"
The fact of the matter is that the
only man on the team who played with
Miles City last year is Tom Butler
and although he played good ball he
failed to score once, SO the spo'tin' ed
ltor will have to guess again. The
Forsyth team is as much an call
home' team as is Miles City's and
the blaming of their battery for the
failure to win is unfair to the substi-
tutes who really did excellent work.
The game was called at $3.50 with
Forsyth at the bat. Babcock led off
with a we'll directed two-baser between
third and short. A Butler connected
with the sphere with sufficient force to
bring "Bab" home and reach second
himself. Bowling struck out and Tay-
lor brought Butler home with a sacri-
flee. Sickler made short effort to
short and didn't reach first. Beeman
struck out, retiring the side.
Andrus stepped up for the "Rollers,"
but to the surprise of the visitors and
the utter dismay of the Milesians, re-
turned to the bench, after making stip-
| ulated attempts to connect with Tay-
lor's drops. Smith hit to II. Butler
and was thrown out at first. H. But
| Ter exercised little reciprocity by
handing one to Tom, but this was an
| incident where brotherly love ceased
to be a virtue, as his tour of the dia-
mond was curtailed at bag one. Raj
son hit not.
1t was now the visitors turn at the
bat. Carroll advanced to the plate
full OF determination, but his batting
Kraker received passage to first by
short hit, and was brought home after
| a steal to second, by Il, Butler, who
| inserted liner between third and
short, but didn't get home, Babcock
| striking out. and A. Butler hitting
| light to short.
Miles came in, but soon returned
| without a man reaching second; how
ever, Forsyth was treated with fully
as much courtesy in the third inning;
| in fact until the sixth, when A. Butler
| lost his bearings and pushed one over
Left Fielder Samlin's shoulders, bring
ing in kraker and Babcock and finally
arrived home by a short one by Dow
ling. Taylor, after fouling twice,
struck out, retiring the visitors.
Miles broke the ice in the sixth by
Mcdonald getting to first on four balls,
| stealing second and Saddler making
/, first on grounder between short and