The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-07-18
CRAY WAS
THE star
He Swiped the Persirnnon
Last Evening
IN THE BALL GAME
The Umpire Had the Crowd Buffaloed
The City Fellers Got a Dreadful
Thfashing.
. THE BALL GAME

The county officers did all kinds OF
things to the city officials at the ball
game last night, making the city dads
look like a poor imitation of thirty
cents, the score at the end of five
innings standing "a to 16 in favor of
the men who look after the affairs of
the county.
AS rule the victors put up fair
ly good article of ball, but the game
played by the city officials was some
thing awful. Some of them couldn't
tell the difference between a baseball
and road scraper. The county off,
GERS held advantages, however, in that
they had been practicing for the past
week with the men in the positions
they would fill in the game. Up to an
hour or SO before the game was call
ed no attempt at organization had
been made by the city dads and it
was thought the game was off, but at
the last minute they decided to play
Notwithstanding their being handi-
capped.
In the first inning the county start
ed in with rush, scoring II runs to
for the civ. In the next inning
they clinched the game, running in Z
more scores. r. L. Oliver and Jack
O'Neill did the battery work for the
winners and Smithers, Mulaney and
an outsider did the heavy work for
the losing side. The game was mark
ed by heavy hitting and the choice as
sortment of large juicy errors served
up by both sides. Judge Smith hand
led the indicator and filled the trying
position in a calm, judicial manner.
There was very little kicking, the
players evidently being afraid of be-
ing fined for contempt of court.
The playing of the fielders on both
sides was of sensational nature. F.
L. Gray, for the city being the bright
particular star. Whenever ball was
knocked in his direction he would flap
his hands like bird just learning to
fly, look appealingly at Billy Mulaney
in center field and yell, Its a COM
ing, come on, Bill; come on Bill"
After the ball would strike the ground
and carom off his shins he would
start to run it down, going about as
fast as a hired man to a hard days
work.
A. Macarthur played right field for
the city for one inning and then re-
tired to the rear. The strenuous life
was too much for him. He was the
center of attraction while he lasted,
his throws to first taking the eye of
the crowd.
When Billy Mulaney stepped in the
box, and the first two balls ne threw
were strikes a calm, peaceful smile
fitted over his face as he thought of
how his name would go down through
the coming years as the man who saw
ed the game. But when the heavy
batters from the county Offices nailed
the ball and sent it in all directions
he had another think coming. He
was alright while he lasted, but he
lasted quick.
Oliver threw good game, but with
drew in the last two innings to per-
NIT Jimmie Lang to show what the
clerk of courts Office could do Oliv-
er's motions in throwing a ball re-
minded one of the preliminary mo-
tions in hoochie coochie dance.
When it was all over and the last
man was out and the slaughter of the
innocents had ceased, explanations
were in order as to how it happened.
The city dads claim that it was be-
cause they had not had any practice
and that in a weeks time they
could make the county officers look
like lot of selling platers.
At any rate the crowd had lots of
amusement and barring Chinaman
who was hit in the eye with a ball,
the casualties were few.
It is now the general talk that
game will soon be arranged between
the BARRIERS and printers of the city.
The BARRIERS say they can do the typos
If they can get enough of the
tradesmen together for a game, and
the printers say let 'em come.
Circus sale at Merigold's.