Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-30
FORSYTH VICTORIOUS
The Local Team Meet Billings on
the Home Diamond Resulting in
a Score Of I to 2.
INTERESTING, WELL PLAYED GAME

The Billings ball team came down
to our city last Sunday feeling proud
as peacocks and remarking that the
things they would do to the "sage
5rushers" would hot be many. They
were evidently of the opinion that they
were forced to play with a bunch of
rangers who had no conception of the
use Of base ball. But, sad to relate,
they were compelled to return home
fully realizing that they had been up
against an aggregation superior to
their own.
The game was as good as is gen.
orally put up by amateurs but had no
sensational features. A double play
Seing made by Billings, from Worth.
iDgton to Wilson each getting their
man at second and first respectively.
Although it was very hot a good
crowd turned out to witness the game,
arfd some of the Billings hackers left a
few pieces of their superfluous cash in
Forsyth but say they will get it back,
with interest, when the return game is
played as they intend having some
thing up their sleeve for the Forsyth
team at that time.
The game was called at $3.50 by
Umpire Smith, Billings batting.
Smalley stepped up to the plate, sent
out a grass cutter to Meyers, who
handled it in time to catch Smal1ey at
hrst. Wilson next came up, cut three
aerrible gashes in the atmoshere and
look back seat. Hisey next, who
sent a slow one out to shortstop but
could not travel fast enough to get
safely to first, making the third out
and retiring the side.
Yates batted first for the FORSYTH
boys and sent the ball out to the second
baseman who fielded it and delivered
1t to first causing the runner to go back
TO the bench. Sickier stepped up and
knocked fly to the third baseman
who reached up and pulled the ball
down causing Sickler to go way back.
kersten came up and sent hot one
out to second base, but the baseman
luggled with the ball so long that
hersten reached first safely. Horsky
next, who made three desperate at
seu1pts but failed to find the ball, max
ing the third out and retiring the side
leaving Kersten on third
In the second inning the playing was
fast on both sides, an error being
made by one of the Billings boys, who
let ball pass under him and out to
left field. Three men up and three
men out on each side.
The third inning Parks of Billings
started off with a two-base hit, reach
sd third on pass ball, but stole off too
lar from third base and was put out.
The next man up bunted to the pitcher
and was put out at first, the next
striking out.
Beeman started off for Forsyth by
striking out. Wager next making
safe hit, but getting caught at second.
Yates came up and made a hit, stole
second, reached third on a pass ball
and scored by Sickler lining one to the
second baseman, who fumbled it letting
him make first, Sickler stole second
and third, but was left there by Kers-
ten who batted a grounder to second
and failed to reach first making the
third out
The fouth inning was hotly contest
ed by both sides. Horsky making
costly error. Smalley of Billings lined
put base hit to right field but was
trying to make second on it by cutting
hrst, Horsky was trying to call the
nnmpire's attention to the tact and did
not see the right fielder throw the ball
30 him and consequently failed to stop
IT, the ball passed back into the crowd
and Smally reached second safely,
was advanced to third by Hisey max
3ng sacrifice hit. Wilson knocked \
Eop-up to the pitcher, Corcoran made
hit and advanced Smalley home, Civ
ing Billings their first score. Plat
came to the bat, struck out and retired
Abe side leaving Corcoran on first.
In the fifth two men were struck ont