Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-09-09
LABOR DAY is CELEBRATED
An Especially Attractive Program
Was Prepared-A First Glass
Game Of Base Ball.

lO.Iu p. ~, until the dance broke up
al 2 go a, m. the next day, there was
ne,'. a pause in the amusement
events.
The days pleasure opened with the
parade through the principal streets
of the city. Heading tine procession
was the Miners Union band, assist.
ed by some Lcwistown musicians.
Following came some representatives
from the Lcwistown Labor Union. the
Modern WoOdmen lodge, the Fratcrn-
al Order OF Eagles ana the Miners
Union Of Kendall and Gilt Edge.
After the parade was over a large
crowd gathered in Raiter's hall.
where an eloquent speech 10y Hon. W.
L, Cort, Of this city. was listened Ia.
II IA dinner time when the speech
making was concluded. hut very lit
tie time was allowed before the com
mCnccment OF the next event Of the
day, the base ball game.
Base Ball Game.
As usual. the old-timp rivals. Lew
istown and Gilt Edge-kondall were
lined up against each other and the
exhibition which they put up was un-
doubtedly the best ever q in Fer
gus county and one Of the best anna
teur games eve played in the state.
The grounds were rough else the
score would have been even smaller
than it was. The wind. which was
blowing across the field. at a stiff
rate, favored the pitchers and the
game early developed into a pitchers
battle. The appearance OF Harry
Buggs in the box for Lewistown in
spIrcd all of the boys To do their best
ami his magnificent pitching was
backed up in almost laultlcss style by
the iicllrrs behind him. His speed
was too much for the boys from the
nning camps anu five hits were all
they could garner from his twirling.
None of them were punched and 1t
was only through TWO errors. all that
LcwistOWn made. that the cOmbina-
ton aggregation managed 40 get their
two lonely runs. The infiold worked
like l]oagucrs with KID Foley on first.
IieSlur on third and Bcbb and Glib
hons occupying their respective posi-
tons al second aad shOrl. Licg. made
one error In The second. hut more
lhan atbuod Tor il in the succeeding
innings by some great stops auu
IarOWE. In the uUtilold FrcdoIicis.
McNUity and Smith each had one
chance and every chance was accept
.n HR tf F..aV UAH.t.-HLrLnA1 .R.AEL
At li" lat the Lcwistnwns were al
n tho mercy of "SkiBc" Widen
becker. who had spccu tp burn and
excellent control, 1t was only by
some iirst-Class base running. partiC-
ularly on the part OF Miles Gibbons.
who got TWO of the scores. that Lewis
town Il able To chalk mp their four
runs, The home boys played 4 fine
game but - unfortunate, Dennis
the star short stop, lost " urdinar-
lily easy ones on account OF the rough
grounds, Jimmie Carr also Let two
go through him which were costly.
Kid Fredcricks umpired the game.
which was entirely devoid Of any kick
ing and was played in the rapid time
Of one hour and thirty minutes.
Bucking Contest.
During the latter part of the ball
game the buCking cOhtCst was begun.
TOmmiv Mason, Frank Biglcn and
Frank johnson entered and all rode
some vicious mes. The judges had a
hard time deciding but finally decided
that Tommic should have the purse.
The Races.
Following the base ball game came
the races and they all proved most in
tcresting To the spectators. There
were several entries for the three
tundred yard dash. Daisy Dean was
Il general ~fayorite with the hctters,
hut the hackers Of the speedy bay
horse, Sailor. owned by Roy Patter-
son. covered a considerable amount of
the Daisy Dean money and made d
killing when the bay came in hall a
length ahead after a close race all the
way.
Raymond Magallon. riding a rather
~disreputable looking little donkey. got
first money in the 300 yard slow race.
The foot races were next pulled off
and proved among the o entertain
ing features OF the day. In the 100
yard dash Charley Fredericks crossed
the tape winner several feet ahead
Of W. j. Leary, who was second. Ben
~Dougherty. Bubsy Bullard. Miles Gilt
hons and nike Foley also competed
in this race.
In the - yard dash Al Bcbb was
easily first. with Miles Gibbons sec
0nd. jud M~agall0n, n. H. Poland, Jno.
Sweeney. Ben Dousherty and Harvey
Mckee were among the also rams"
in this ace
In the lat mems race w. w. Case.
j. IL. Walsh. Dick Jones and Pat Daily
entered. and it proved one of the most
exciting of the day. Walsh won in a
driving finish from Case. who was
right al his heels.
In the race for boys of 10 years and
under George Smith won first money
and Leonard Biglen second.
In the race for boys of II year and
under Baker vas first in a field of
eight
In the race for girls of ten years
and under there were seven entries
and the finish was one of the closest
Of the day. little Eva Williams, win
ming first place.
Tug Of War.
After the races came the tug OF
war. in which a team from Gilt Edge
was pitted against an eleven from the
outside. II was enc of the best tugs
OF war ever seen in the county. The
sides were pretty evenly matched in
weight and when the word to pull was
given both held without giving an
inch for almost three minutes. when
the husky miners showed themselves
the best stayers and commenced
slowly To- pull the visitors across the
line. II was accomplished only after
n most stubborn pull, as the outsid-
ers, which included Len Slater, "Bill''
MCLEAN. Pete Weydert and others of