Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-29
Feathered Tribe Go Down to Defeat
Before the EIks in Their First
Meeting on the Diamond.
RAILRoAoERs WERE DEFEATED
Power Mercantile Montana Hardware
Co.'S Team Proved Too Much
for the Visitors.

rain clouds rolled threateningly across
the sky, the thunder god growled omi.
nously and everything seemed to por.
tend a shower, SO, by mutual consent,
the game was called off at the end OF
the seventh.
The contest was between the boys
who work IN the railroad and an ag.
gregation from the ranks OF the Power
Mercantile Co. and Montana Hard.
ware Co. The game early developed
into a smuggling match, with the rail.
readers doing the heavy work. They
put four runs across the pan in the
first, chased in six more in the third
and up to that time made the comb.
nation team bear all sorts of resem,
blance TO n species of coinage no
longer in existence, but which was
formerly made with a face value Of
thirty cents.
But in the fifth inning the sellers
OF prunes, china, clothing, dry goods,
rakes. jack knives and round-headed
bolts, commenced to ge, in their work
with the stick. Ben Wiedeman start.
ed the doin's with a three-Dagger,
which Is a pretty punk sort of hit for
Ben, and then everyone stepped up
and handed the ball a swat. Before
the canonading hat ceased six OF the
counter jumpers had wended their
weary way around the sacks. The
railroaders were shut out in their half
of the sixth and the shelf experts re.
sumed their operations with the ash,
Wiedeman again starting the fulisade,
this time with a little old measly
double. Johnnie Arthur, who hadn't
made but four hits up to this inning,
laced out a four sacker and all the
rest of the boys appeared to be get
ting even on a long standing grudge
against the sphere. Seven runs result
ed. Then. as a sort of winder up, the
bundle wrappers made eight rum IN
the last inning. pulling their total ar
to the respectable number of 2S. The
railroaders had managed to negotiate
90 runs during all of this time.
This putting an end to this game
the contest Of the season was started
of. The Elks having won the toss-up
Captain Johnnie Bebb trotted them
to the field. Ben Wiedeman hung a
piece OF wire netting over his horns
and went behind the bat. Captain
Bebb himself. with his antlers tossed
high in the air. majestically strobe =;
the center Of the diamond. Dar
Symmes, who has been browsing O.
these ranges for several years. pu'
q gunny sack on his right paw an5
stationed himself in the vicinity o,
the first bag. DIR. Ralph Hedges, whose
form shows off well in a ball uniform
moseyed down to second. while Wal
ter Knight, who is as good a player
as he Is singer, ambled out to third
and Hugh Wagner, who plays ball
great deal better than lots Of larger
men, backed up at short. John Raw
Dick Hanke and Pete Weydert romp
ed around on the green Of the outer
pasture and made an ideal trio Of
fielders. The Eagles shook thail
feathers and proceeded TO fly around
the bases. Three neat singles inter
mingled with a few errors. enable1
them to circle the diamond thre'
times before their wings were temper
arily clipped. They then took a skip
mop, Jump and fly to their respective
positions with Eaglet Gibbons behin'
the willow, Schmack In the box. thu
old Eagle OF 'em all, Jeffie Johns. oI
first, George Gordon. who was ont
of the most active members OF thu
flock. on second. and the festive
young Eaglet. AL. Bebb, at short, VIII
Bebb, another Eagle who Duilt his mes
out here in the nockies some TIM
ago. scratching up the ground around
third and Arbuckle, Hortop and Bras
soaring around. in the outer field. Ed
Martin, who was counted upon a
their chief wing artist, was unable I
be present on account of official du
ties and that took a few feathers gu
of the pinions of the Eagle tribe.
BY virtue of a smashing triple b
Symmes and three good singles, tn
Elks tied the score In the first. III
game then went along pretty event
until the fifth. when the Eagles, gel
ting weary OF chasing around o
earth, took a trip into their nativ
element. and while they were sailin
around up in the etnerial blue the III
gallant Elks made a race track or tn
distance around the bases, havin
made the trip no less than twely
times before the Eagles once NOR
deigned to come down from thel
: lofty position and notice things eartf
: ly. This settled the game. but 10
good measure the Elks made seye
more runs in the sixth inning. Tn
final O was % to Is in favor OF tn
kIss.
The most salient feature OF tn
game. or rather of both games, wa
the batting of Ben Wiedeman. In tn
4 first game he went TO bat w time
A and made six hits, including a HON
4 run. two three b%aggers. two double
q and a single. In the second game h
4 was at bat five times and got a HON
run. a two dagger and three singlei
Eleven hits for a total of twenty-on
bases in one day is abou. the recor'
fIe also made ten of the 92 runs score
during the two games. Dan Symme
v ard Johnnie Arthur also did m goo
a smuggling. Symmes got six good clea
4 hits and eight run in the two game
Will Bebb made two of the longe:
hits ever made on the grounds. II
got home in both cases before job
n Raw got out TO the ball.
Notes Of the Games.
There were so hits made In the tw
games.
Johnnie Bebb pitched In some OF h
Outline form and had the birds fla
ping their wings in all directions
an effort to find his curves.
The Eagles were handicapped b
the absence Of Martin.
Jeffie Johns split his hand durin
the latter part OF the game, but tie
Il Nm md mnnt nlnnr Hn nla Ynd III