Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-20
BALL GAME
TO KENDALL
Men From the Gold Camps Prove Too
Much for the Lewistown Team
Fatal Seventh Inning.
BOTH PITCHERS IN GOOD FORM
lewistown Ahead Up to the Seventh
Inning, When Visitors Find Skibe
Notes OF the Game.

Once more the I.ewlStOwn ball loss
els have gone down in defeat before
the gold diggers from Gilt Edge and
Kendall. The visitors put up the best
article of ball all the way through
and in the fatal seventh they sent an
assortment of base hits into the field
that II was impossible TO handle and
really won the game in one inning.
Up TO this session the game vas a
corker, being a pitchers battle in the
strictest sense, with neither twirler
having any the best of the argument.
Batsmen on both teams were going
out in one, two, three order and both
infields were playing snappy ball.
Up to the seventh inning Skibe had
the Kendall boys at his mercy and
they could do absolutely nothing with
the scorchers that he was sending
over the plate. | the seventh, how
ever. things began to happen, for
there seemed TO be a batting festival
and almost every ball that was hit
was in safe territory. The score up
10 this time stood , to / in favor of
Lewistown and it was anybody's
game. Both teams were playing fine
ball and it was the best game of the
season until the first half of this inn
ing.
The game started with Kendall at
bat. Morgan, the first man up, struck
out. Sweeney made a nice hit and
Bulbs Billiard went out by way of
Bebb and Hendricks. Art Baker got
a hit, scoring Sweeney, and j.. War
ner famed. In L~ewistown's half
Stout came to bat first and hit TO Den.
mis- who retired him at first. Williams
proved a good waiter and drew a base
on balls, stole second and third and
scored on a passed ball. Brown end
ed the trouble by striking out. In the
second inning only three Kendallites
came to bat and they failed to see
the initial sack. The Lewistown boys
made themselves one run to the good
in their half. Ray Smith made three
futile attempts to connect with War.
ner's fioaters and Rogers, the next
man up. was passed 10 first. Hen
bricks struck on and Ted Smith sent
a nice hit to the left field. scoring Rog-
ers. Skibe had a good eye and went
to first on four balls and stole sec.
ond. but Stout seemed unable to keep
the ball away from his friend Den
mis- al short and the inning closed
with Lcwistown one run ahead.
No more scoring was done by eth
or team until Kendall came TO bat
in the seventh. The inning started
all right and looked just like the ones
that had preceded it. when Art Bak.
er sent an easy one 10 Skibe, who
retired him at first. ]. Warner, the
next man up, connected with a high
one and drove 1t to center field for
three bases. 1t was good for a home
run if his team mates had not become
too excited and interfered with the
play, causing the umpire to send the
unner back to third. By the rules
Warner should nave been out on &C
count of the interference of his team
mates. who ran ahead of him down
the base line, causing the throw to
get away from Stout. Ed. Baker hit
to center field, scoring Warner, and
Dennis sent a daisy cutter between
first and second, scoring Eddie. Cross
then stepped into the breach and as
tonished the fans, as well as himself
by landing on the ball for two bags,
bringing in Dennis. To show how
things were going eve b. Warner hit
the ball. but Rogers got in the way
of il and threw him out at first. Rog'
efs ended the agony by catching a
pop-up from Morgan's bat. This was
the inning that proved to be Lewis
towns downfall, although they tried
manfully 10 win until the last mar
was out.
The home boys could do nothing in
their half Of the seventh. seeming not
to have recovered from the effects OF
the fusillade just before. Only three
men faced the pitcher and they could
not get a ball out of the diamond
Kendall went it one better in the
eighth by t%allyIng Billiard and Lew
istown did their best 10 even things
up in their half by running in two
scores. but IL was a futile attempt,
as the Kendall boys came back strong
in the ninth with three scores and
cinched the game. The local team
made two in their session. but it only
made the score look a little better
and did not affect the result OF the
game. They might have done some
thing but for some stupid coaching
which caused Hendricks to try to
stretch a clean three Dagger into a