The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-22
BILLINGS BALL TEAM WINS TWO
GAMES.
RED REQ LODGE IN The PLAY
Coal Camp Has Strongest Team That
<the Locals Have Been Against
{ This Season.
Mondays Daily Gazette.

19EH LOtClo VI OdSCUdll Ill DlllluSS udU
the opportunity during the past two
days of witnessing exhibitions in this
line Of sport that were never excelled
on I'M previous occasion in the city
On Saturday very few people, com
p%aratively, took advantage of the op.
portunity to see a good ball game,
and right here it will not be out of
place to remark, incidentally, that
Billings people are very slow in patron
Using games during week days. The
town is large enough and there are
enough lovers of the sport here to
make a good crowd at any and all
times, but the ardor Of the enthusiasts
Gems to be decidedly cool on every
dSzexcept Sunday.
The Red Lodge team came to Bill
ings Saturday afternoon as previous
ly announced. They came, they saw
but they failed to conquer and their
scalps are now dangling at the belts
Of the Billings braves against whom
the doughty sons of Carbon county
were as clay in the potter's hands.
Billings won both games and it wasn't
such hard work either, although the
visitors led in the score at certain
junctures in each game.
Saturdays game was called at 4:30
and Mullens was in tie box for the
visitors with Dryer in the same posi-
ton for the home team. 1t was not
a pitchers battle although both Dryer
and Mullens did very good work and
Dwyer fielded his position most ex-
cellently. Captain Bill Harker re-
manned on the bench during the game
but gave his lungs a little exercise
along the lines. 1t was nobody's game
up to the eighth inning at which time
the visitors were one score to the
good, but the Red Lodge boys went
up in the air and Billings ran five
men over the plate which virtually
cinched the game.
Sundays game was a hot one from
every standpoint. In fact, it is doubt
full if a better game was ever played
on the home grounds. Harker was in
the box for Billings and was as steady |
as grandfather's clock clear through
the game. Donnelly pitched for Red
Lodge and while he trows a swift
ball our boys found him freely after
the third inning. Each side made
run in the first inning, Donovan, the
doughty little short stop for Billings
knocking cut a home run on the first
ball that came to him.
Storey, who was behind the bat for
the visitors is an all round player
and did as fine work as any man ever
did in that position. ]. Fleming also
is a strong man for the Red Lodge
team in center field and that old tim
er in the business, Roger Fleming,
held down first base to a finish. "Kick-
er" Rose at second also made a num-
Der of good assists.
But the Carbonites were unable to
effectively hit Harker. He kept the
hits scattered, and when one of the
big fellows managed to connect with
the ball it was generally a pop up or
dropped into an %outfielders hands very
easily. Both Smalley and McHale
distinguished themselves in their re-
spective gardens. There was one had
throw from short to first which Kelly
missed, and O'Hanlon threw wild to
Dwyer in the seventh and these were
the only costly errors against the
home team. O'Hanlon, the new
catcher for Billings, proved himself
equal to the work and the
has signed him.
On next Saturday Billings will 20
to Red Lodge and play a series of two
games. Umpire Dan Dewey, who did
such exceptionally satisfactory work
in both games has consented to go
down and umpire both games. If the