The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
SEASON
NEAR AT HAND
CITY LEAGUES AND lNDEPEND-
EMIT GAMES ARE SCHEDULED.
ARE MANY GOOD TEAMS
Commercials and Sugar Factory
Teams Of City League Will Play
Sunday at Central Park and PARK
City and Country Club at Country
Club Park.

Club Park.
The summer baseball season in Bill
ings will open next Sunday afternoon
with two games, one at the Central
park grounds, under the auspices OF
the Billings Baseball league, which
furnished such excellent baseball last
year, and the other at Country Club
park, where. the Country club team
will play a team from Park City, aug
mented by players from Red Lodge
and Columbus.
Sugar Company VS.. Commercials.
The Sugar factory team and the
Commercials will cross bats at Cen
trail park, in an exhibition game, so
that the local fans may have an oppor-
tunity Of sizing up the two teams, pre-
vious to the beginning of the season,
which will start with a double header
one week from Sunday at Central
park, which has been engaged by the
local enthusiasts who are back of the
league for all official games this sea.
son.
1t will be a difficult matter to recog.
nize the two teams as being members
of the league last year, 81 many
changes have been made. Both teams
have been strengthened by securing
outside players and several men, who
have played professional baseball will
be in the lineups. Manager Wilson OF
the Commercials and Manager Logan
of the Sugar Factory team assert that
their teams will put up a class of base.
ball equal to that played in minor
leagues.
1t is not expected that a special
train will be run to Central park this
! Sunday, but arrangements have been
made for such a train with a fare OF
25 cents for the round trip. The
league is now stronger than ever. ].
Collins West has been chosen presi.
dent and under his leadership it Is an.
ticipated that the fans in Billings will
be furnished with some excellent base.
ball.
Country Club Park.
Andrew Thorine is captain and
manager Of the Country Club team,
which will play the Park City aggrega-
ton at Country Club park. With the
exception Of himself and his pitcher,
Brown, Manager Thorine has not
made public his lineup. The team has
no connection with the city league,
but is backed by austin North, who
intends to bring out Of town teams
here to play games at Country Club
park, which is owned by him. It is
said that Manager Thorine has a good
team. The Park City team is an un.
known quantity.
Schedule for the Season.
Secretary Linebarger Of the Billings
baseball league has prepared the
! schedule for the teams this season
The schedule begins May 3 and ends
September 20. The flrst three Sundays
double header games will be played
There are three teams in the league,
the Commercials, the Sugar Factory
and the Mitchells. Following is the
schedule:
May 8: Sugar Factory VS.. CONNER
tory; Commercials vs.. Mitchells.
May 10: Commercials vs.. Sugar Fac
tory; Commercials VS.. iMtchells.
May II: Mitchells vs.. Commercials
Mitchells VS.. Sugar Factory.
May "a: Commercials VS.. Sugar Fac
tory.
May 81: Sugar Factory VS.. Mitch
ellis. q
June z: Mitchells VS.. Commercials
June Ia: Commercials VS.. Sugar
Factory.
June 81: Sugar Factory VS.. Mitch
ellis.
June %: iMtchells VS.. Commercials
July S: Commercials VS.. Sugar Fac
tory.
July ~: Sugar Factory VS.. Mitch
ellis.
July 10: Mitchells VS.. Commercials
July 26: Commercials vs.. Sugar
Factory.
August 2: Sugar Factory VS.. Mitch
ellis.
August 9: Mitchells vs.. Commercial,
August 16: Commercials VS.. sugal
Factory.
August %: Sugar Factory VS.
lMitchells.
August 80: Mitchells VS.. CONNER
cials.
Sept. 8: Commercials VS.. suga,
Factory.
Sept. 10: Sugar Factory VS.. Mitch
ellis.