Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-09-07

der until the sixth inning, when they
managed to make the circuit once.
They repeated this in the seventh,
their usually lucky inning, and add
ed one more in the eighth. In the
ninth they went to bat with no chance
to win the game and added two more
scores before the third man was put
out, by making three vicious swings
where the ball did not happen to be
at just that particular time. The tai
ly sheet showed that the Lewistown
boys had made it their fourth straight
victory over the gold diggers by the
score of II TO L..
The game was devoid of any sensa'
tional features except the heavy bat
ting of both teams and a catch OF a
hy ball back of second base by Curt
Dennis, of Kendall. 1t was n good
play and he was cheered by both
teams. The work Of Stout behind the
bat was gilt,edged and his throwing
To bases was perfect. Everyone hit
the ball and Bob Warner seemed to
have nothing the fellows could not
connect with. The game was n long
one and il was after l O'Clock before
the last man was put out. The line
up OF the teams was:
Lowistown-RogerS. s.. Harrington,
ID; BOggs. p; Bebb, 2b; Stout, q;
L.indley, SO. Skibe, RI; Callahan, CT;
Smith. II.
Kendall.Gilt Edge-Sweeney. 3b;
Murphy, c; b. Warner. p; A. Baker,
2b; Dennis, SIS: j. Warner. ID. Whip.
pie. RI; McEvony, Ii; Bullard. cf.
Umpire-Percy Billiard.
Score by innings:
LEwISTowS- $500 0 ? II
KENDALL al OOiI 2-l2
At . O'Clock in the afternoon the
other sports of the dag began and a
great amount of interest was display.
ed in the athletic events. As soon as
the drilling contest was concluded
Chas. Easel introduced II. Leonard De
Kalb. of Lewistown, who made a short
address on the principles involved in
the celebration OF Labor day. Mr.. Dc
| Kalb's talk was a brief one but he
held the attention of the audience
with ease. Notwithstanding the fact
that it waa very hard to make Them
hear him.
The summary of the athletic events
follows:
Single handed drilling contest. 10
minutes-Sol. Koko, Barnes-King, Won
with 10 1916 inches; Fred Hortop
Kendall mine. second. 10 rs inches,
Ed. Fassum, Horseshoe Bar ranch
bird. l0A inches.
Pie eating contest-Gust Anderson
and Lawrence Biglen tied for first
place.
Biscuit eating contest-GriOin Jack
son o
Catching creased pig-John Nelson
won.
800 yard race-Ray Patterson's Sal
lor, first; II. o. Wareham's Blackbird
second. Time q sec.
100 yard foot race-George c. Nc
Laughlin. first; Bubsie Billiard, sec
ond. Time. - sec.
Fat mems race, 50 yards-D. B. Fer
guson, first; Jos. Shumate, second.
Ladies' race, so yards-Miss Ond
Patterson. first: Mrs. Chas. Bell, sec
ond.
Race for children under s years
Gale Mccoy o
Sack raced. A. Stanton, first; j
c. Bullard. second.
Three legged 'race-Ernest ant
Bubsie Billiard. first; G.. c. McLaugh
lin and j. II. Dingley. second.
Boys under II years-Edmund John
son. first; John Morase. second.
Running high jump-G. c. McLaugh
lin, first; X. L. Herrick, second
Height. 5 feet.
Standing broad jump-G. C. Nc
Laughlin. first; ID. A. Stanton. second
Distance. 10 feet.
Hop. step and jump-D. A. Stanton
first; Bubsie Billiard. second. Dis
lance, 50 feet I inches.
In the evening a big dance wa
held in Cooks hall aud the floor wa.
crowded.