Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-07-11

park. The parade was pronounced
good by those who got there in time to
see it. but most of the out-of-town Wis.,
itors missed this part of the show.
There was big crowd at the ball
game between Miles City and Forsyth.
While the weather was fine, the
grounds were in very bad condition
owing to the pools of water left by the
early morning storm. The water was
drained off as much as possible but
there was large patch of mud left
near the home plate that made playing
very difficult for the catcher and
caused d number of errors on both
sides that should not have occurred.
DR.. Bruning was chosen umpire in the
first game of the afternoon and the
home team went to bat shortly after
two O'Clock.
The Milesians, through errors of
Forsyth, scored three the first inning.
For the rest of the game they only
showed one score to Forsyth's .wo.
Score, Miles City four, Forsyth two.
Tommy Thompson, the home pitcher,
threw curves all around the visitors,
and kept the boys guessing through
out the game.
After this game, John Caywood,
master Of ceremonies, announced the
sham battle between the Indians. A
large band Of Cheyennes had been in
waiting for a half hour or so, all
mounted, armed and in full war re-
gala. At signal from Chief Cay
wood, one half of the party rode to one
side Of the field and prepared to re-
ceive their enemies. The spectators
were then given an exhibition lasting
about half an hour of an Indians
fighting methods. The attacking
party came on at full gallop, brand
ishing their arms, ki-yi-ing and circl-
ing past the defense in single file,
shooting at the turning point and re-
ceiving shots in return. Then adven-
turous bucks, anxious to make a name
for bravery, would ride out alone
haunting their adversaries and daring
one to come out. An equally brave
young warrior on the other side, de-
sirous of winning his spurs, would
answer the summons and call the
bluff. Some would dismount, make
an attack and retreat fighting. 1t
was all very pretty and quite exciting,
although one old timer who had seen
the real article in this same valley in
the old frontier days remarked:
'1hem fellers can't fight, they are
only kids. They ought to get some of
the old war horses up here if they
want to see sure enough fighting" AS
a matter of fact, the Indians were
mostly young bucks who came down
from the agency for lark, but their
efforts at entertainment were spectac-
ular enough to suit the tenderfoot, SO
no one need complain on that score.
The Forsyth boys. after their half
hour respite, crossed bats with the
Glendive team, but only five innings
were played and the game was de
clared off by the umpire, as there was
a misunderstanding in regard to the
number of innings to be played. AT
the time of quitting Glendiye was
ahead.
In the evening the Cheyennes gave
4 war dance on Park street before a
big crowd. The young bucks did not
display the same spirit of enthusiasm
that old timers expected but their ex.
hibition was thrilling enough to the
average spectator. Through the whin
of some committeeman the pony races
did not come off in Athletic Park as al
first intended but were transferred t,
the prairie between Fort keogh ant
Miles City, too far to go by foot ant
there were not enough rigs available
to take the crowd out. In consequence,
the most of the visitors were deprived
of the opportunity of seeing thes,
races.
The platform dance in the park i,
the evening was we'll patronized
1t was given under the aus
pices of the Miles City band and net
ted them quite a sum.