Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-10
EXCURSION
FROM TWO-DOT
Large Crowd Accepts the opportun
ity Offered Them to See the
County Seat Of Fergus County.
BALL GAME WON BY HOME TEAM
Visitors Go Down to Defeat in One
Sided Contest at the Ball Grounds
Sunday Afternoon.

The excursion from Two-Dot Sun.
day was a great ucces as far as
numbers went and from all appearan-
ces every one who came seemed TO
have a good time. The train left the
other end Of the line at Z o'clock in
the morning and reached here at 10
o'clock. The stop was made at the
Main street crossing and there were
two hundred excursionists on the
train. There were 125 on board when
the train pulled out of Harlowton and
stops were made at all the stations
along the road. 1t was an orderly
crowd and when the train pulled out
on the return journey at Z o'clock
in the evening the Two-Dotters were
still cheering for their town.
The base ball game in the afternoon
between Lewistown and TwoDot was
a farce from beginning to end, re-
sulting in a victory for the local team
by a score of Is to 3. The work of
the Two Dot pitcher, Yolberding, was
the only thing that saved the yisi-
tors from being defeated by twice the
score that was marked upon the
board. He kept the nits well scat
tered and used good head work, be-
sides fielding his position in great
style. He vas handicapped by his
catcher, who could not hold wen his
slow balls. Anything like speed would
have gone through him like water
through a sieve. The pitcher evident
ly knew this for he used his head and
threw slow benders, rather than have
the ball go to the back stop every
time.
The work of the Lewistown boys
vas very poor, being due in a great
measure to the fact that they did not
have to exert themselves to win.
Skibe pitched a good game but used
no speed, only steaming up when men
got on bases. He could have shut
them out with ease. The batting OF
the home team was weak in the ex.
IRENE, ten men striking out on the
slow ones that were served to them,
The game was a tiresome one through.
out and 1t lasted two and a half
hours, much time being taken up with
useless w~rangling over decisions OF
the umpire. The visitors acted like
graded school boys by threatening to
quit the field after a decision against
them by Umpire Hanke. The umpire
was right in his own mind and very
properly refused to change his decis
ion until asked to by Inc home team
in order that the game might go on
1t is hoped that the Lewistown boys
will never be guilty of such a baby
trick IS quitting the field on account
of the umpire's decisions. II Is al
ways better for a team to take its
medicine and play harder yet.
The game started with Lewistown
at bat and three runs were made the
first inning on hits made by Rogers
and Skibe and numerous errors donat
ed by the visitors. In fact it was a
procession around the bases as soon
as the Two-Dot boys got a chance
to throw the ball. In Two-Dot's half
Tice. the first man up, vas hit with
the ball, Baxter got to first on a bad
throw by Stout and both men scored
on Robertson's hit.
The second inning was actually
laughable, for the home team ran in
seven more ~tallies, the feature being
the stealing of home by Will Bebt
while the pitchers back was turned
Even then he might have been caught
had the catcher been awake, but he
was sound asleep and was almost
run oyer by the base runner. The Wis
itors could do nothing until the
eighth, when Cannon, by some mirac
ulous chance, managed to make the
circuit.
The Lewistown boys added one run
in the third, one in the fourth. and
three in the ninth and the game was
over. Skibe evidently got tired of the
foolishness and was anxious TO put
an end to ii for only three batters
faced him in the ninth, and they went
out in short order.
Probably the largest crowd of the
season watched the game and the
rooters from the other end of the
railroad were much in evidence. The
grand stand was full to overaowint
and the crowd along the side lines
was so large that 1t kept the guards
busy to keep it from encroaching OF
the diamond.
The score: