Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-24
LEWISTOWN
BREAKS TIE
Home Team Captures the Deciding
Game After a Hard Struggle by
Fierce Batting.
IT WAS A RAGGED CONTEST
Both Teams Seemed OF and Heavy
Hitting and Frequent Errors Mark
ed a Long Contest.

The Lewistown boys once more de-
feated the team from Kendall and
Gilt Edge Sunday afternoon by a de-
cisive score and incidentally won the
right To claim the title of champions
of Fergus county. The games have
been close and well fought this sea-
son and up TO yesterday the two
teams were tied in the number Of
games won and the home team was
determined to win the deciding con-
test. 1t was a good game to watch
but not much of a game from any
view point except the grand stand.
The errors were of too frequent oc.
currence and the score reached too
magnificent a size. Both teams had
their hitting eyes with them and
slammed the ball hard and often, but
were prone to allow the horse hide
to elude their grasps at times. The
game was devoid of any spectacular
plays except the stop by Artie Baker
of Gilt Edge in the second inning,
when he speared a daisy cutter with
one hand, but could not ecove in
time to make a good throw to get his
man. "Bubsie" Billiard made two
good catches in center field and Muir
ply, a new man in the Lewistown
uniform, caught a good game and did
good work with the willow. Ray
Smith strengthened a weak batting
average by connecting with the
sphere for a two sacker, when there
were two men on bases and Will Bebb
for Lewistown and Harrington for
Gilt Edge, did stunts with the bat
that were worth looking at. John
Bebb almost used himself up by slam
ming out a home run over third base
in the eighth. The story of the game
is as follows:
Lewistown took the field, and Ar
tie Baker, the first man up, reached
first on an error by Rogers and was
brought in a moment later by Har-
rington, who picked out one to his
liking and drove the ball over center
for a home run Nader struck out,
Carr made a hit, but Billiard famed,
then Eddie Baker hit a fast one and
Carr was caught at the plate trying to
score. In Lewistown's half the first
two men up, Murphy and Foley, struck
out and Rogers was All easy out at
first. Gilt Edge added two more in
the second on hits by McEyony and
Warner and errors generously con-
tributed by the locals. Lewistown ev-
ened things up, however, in their ses-
sion by virtue of an error by Carr and
a two Dagger by Murphy; a hit by W.
Bebb, a free pass furnished to j. Bebb
another to Myers and a hit by Skibe
getting in four runs and tying the
score. The visitors were shut out
in the third and Lewistown got a bet
ter hold on the game by scoring Rog-
ers and ]. Bebb on hits by j. Bebb
and Myers and errors by A. Baker
and Nader.
In the fourth Murphy registered a
hit, Foley struck out, Rogers got a
single, scoring Murphy. Will Bebb
struck out and Skibe went out at first.
Gilt Edge scored one more in their
half on a two base hit by Harrington,
an error by Hendricks and a single
by Warner. Lewistown added three
more to the home team tally sheet
In the fifth On a one Dagger by ].
Bebb, a two bag drive by Hendricks,
base on balls by Myers and a two
base hit by Ray Smith. The gold dig
gers managed to force n nor over
the plate in the last half by two clean
hits by Nader and Carr. Lewistown
got four hits in the sixth and when
the score was put up the home team
vas two more to the good. The WIS.,
itors failed to register and Lewistown
added another in the first half of the
seventh.
II seemed as il the fire works would
go up in the seventh as usual when
Skibe hit two men and gave a base
on balls. Dennis was lucky and sin
gled, bringing in two men. The inn
ing ended, however, with only two
scores in favor of the miners. The
eighth contributed three scores to tn
home teams number and the batting
in this session was terrific, making
Warner glad 1t was the last of the
game. A single, two two baggers and
a home run were all that the home
team was able to do and the score
might have been larger had Harring.
ton not been lucky enough to get Ray
Smiths fast roller toward first. Gilt
Edge got two more in the ninth on a
three Dagger by Harrington and a
single by Ed. Baker, but Dennis and
Warner went out on pop ups to the
infield and McEvony struck out.
The game was a poor n from a
base ball standpoint, as the large
score will show, but it was a good
one to watch and the large crowd
present seemed to enjoy it. A game
between the two teams will take place
at Kendall Labor Day Tor a purse oil