Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-13
CYCLONES DID
SMALL DAMAGE
Blew Into a Few Whirlwinds Last
Sunday Afternoon and Were
Completely Annihilsted.
SCORE WAS SIXTEEN TO THREE
The Pitching Of Bosss Was Too
Much for the oId-Timers-Big
Crowd Sees Friendly Contest.

AS advertised. the "Whirlwinds'
and Cyclones" two base ball teams
made up of local players, played the
first exhibition game Of the season
in the grounds back Of the old school
building Sunday afternoon, and when
the debris had been cleared away
the cyclones resembled a gentle June
zephyr, more harmless than a play
full kitten, while the whirlwinds pos
sessed all of the symptoms OF a we'll
developed tornado.
The Cyclones, for the most part,
were composed of the old veterans.
men who have won hundreds of hard
fought victories on the diamond,
mighty wielders of the willow and
faster than the %proverbial chain light
ming on base and in the field. Their
opponents were presumed to be mere
weaklings, most of them not yet past
that %adolescent age when town ball
Is more their forte than presuming
TO compete with the old war horses
of the Johns, Gibbons, Bebb, Myers
calibre. In fact, while they were
given the complimentary name "Whirl-
Winds" the old stand-bys disdainfully
gave them the sobriquet of Spike
tail dudes" They went into the
game in fear and trembling and nat
urally figured upon a genuine trounc-
ing. Duffy, he of the mighty wing,
was in the box for the Cyclones and
that did not allay the fear of the
Whirlwinds.
But the best laid schemes of mice
and men gang aft a'gley" and when
the game was concluded and the score
stood 16 to 3 in favor of the young
sters the c~ountenances of the sup
posed-to-be Cyclones reflected that
famous query of a famous man,
Whereabouts am | at?" and they
have not yet recovered quite sufficient
ly to give a really PLAUSIBLE story of
how it happened"
The Cyclones went first to bat and
Boggs promptly struck out Carter,
Duffy and Gibbons. While they were
recovering from this shock the Whirl-
winds run in three scores. With con
fidence slightly shaken, but still very
strong, the mighty Cyclones came to
the bat in the second and this inning
it was Johns, Myers and Parrot who
swiped the ambient, each three times,
and walked away in a dazed sort OF
manner. The Whirlwinds put five
men across the plate in their half.
But a recital of the dreary details
would be extremely tiresome.
All there was to II was the twirl-
ing of Boggs, the witness of Duffy
and the good hitting Of the Whirl-
winds. Better pitching was, perhaps.
never seen in Lewistown than Boggs
did. His record was as nearly per-
feet as it could be. Twenty-Five struck
out, not a man hit or passed to first
is a record seldom duplicated. He
was as steady as a clock. used excel
lent judgment and had the necessary
speed. He struck out every man of
the opposing team and most of them
more than once. His fielders had
little to do, but when a Cyclone did
accidentally hit the ball it was
promptly taken care OF. Two wild
throws gave the Cyclones their three
runs, but such things r bound to
happen.
Duffy was in poor shape for the
game. 1t being his first game of the
season he lacked control and speed.
Thirteen hits were made from his de-
livery, two of them three baggers and
one double. The Whirlwinds stole
bases innumerable, while Gibbons for
the Cyclones cleverly negotiated sec
ond and third, the only bases pilfered
by his side. For the Cyclones. the
playing of Gibbons and Johns we're
features. Both handled their positions
in excellent shape and Gibbons got
one of the three safe hits made of Of
Boggs.
A large crowd witnessed the game,
which was friendly throughout and
served to get a line on the players
about town. There is no doubt that
by taking the pick of both mines a
good team can be secured to represent
Lewistown the coming season. An
other game between the two teams
will be played soon, when the oid war
horses are confident Of reversing the
score. Duffy and Carter will be in
town again next month. and as they
expect to practice up between now
and then, a good game may be looked
for at that time. They are both good
ball players. besides being clever, gen.
ial fellows. and when they come again
there will be something doing in a
base ball way.