Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-08-01
Boys From the Country Take An tx.
citing Contest From the Lewis
town Ball Players.
LOCALS MADE COSTLY ERRORS
Wild Throw Gets Away From Morgan
and Three Runs ReSuIt--Dropped
Fly Starts Trouble.

IL tIle lellOW WHO was Trying 20 play
center field had not dropped an easy
fly. if Carlton had not made a costly
wild throw or if Morgan had blocked
the ball. if Eddie Baker hadn't made
about the only error he has been gull
ty fthis year, if Felix McGinn had
stayed out on the ranch and if a few
more things which did happen had not
happened, Lewistown would have won
a most interesting game of base ball
gary team, last Sunday. But as it
was the boys from the ranches walked
off the diamond with another scalp
under their belts by the exceedingly
close score of 6 to Z.
The Lewistown boys are still telling
how it happened, but as matter Of
fact some pretty rank errors. all in
one inning, We're responsible for the
defeat after the game was safely won.
from the visitors any of the glory of
the victory for they won by good clean
and heady playing on their part, albe
it, little rattle Drained work of
their opponents.
Take out the fatal fifth inning and
the game was as fine an exhibition os
anyone would wish to see. "Skibe, 2
the old Lewstown pitcher, was III
the box for the visitors but he was
somwhat discourteously treated by
his former playmates. With two outs
in the first inning. Stout surprised
himself and everyone present by ac-
cidentally lamming out two Dagger.
He subsequently scored on hit In
the second inning this unheard of per-
formance was repeated and together
with some safe singles by Butler,
Morgan, Carlton and Art Baker, put
three men across the pan. They made
two more in the next and thought that
was enough to win with. But they
were mistaken. They did not figure
on Felix McGinn, he of the crafty
hand and ever working head.
Captain Pratt decided that "Skibe''
was not fooling the Lewistowns
enough and put Felix in the box
There was nothing doing from that
moment to the finish 1t was one, two
three, number of them being strike
outs. The Lewistown atmosphere an
nihilators could not guage the bewil-
dering shoots of Felix after "Skibe's'
fast ones. and try as they might,
could not get run across the plate.
The visitors got one in the first by
a couple of clean singles. They rested
there until the aforementioned fifth
By means of a couple Of err )rs they
got two men on the sacks. \ fly was
then knocked out to Stout in center,
who gracefully dropued it after get
ting it securely in his hands That
made it three men on bases. Then
Carlton attempted to cut off a man at
first on an easy chance but the throw
was little wide of the mark and
Morgan missed it three men crossed
over. A moment later, reliable Artie
Baker made another wild throw and
another man went in. BY hard work
the visitors managed to. get two men
across the pan. just enough to walk
away with the coin.
Carlton pitched a magnificent game,
only one earned run being made from
his delivery. He had the Glengarys
guessing all of the time, and famed
out number of them. But it oil
came to naught owing to the errors
behind him. The official scorer not
being present, no tabulated score was
kept Ed Taylor was the umpire, and
barring one decision on first base,
there was no. kicking over his de
cisions.