The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-23
LIVINGSTON
IS DEFEATED
COMMERCIALS BEAT GATE CITY
BOYS BY SCORE OF TO 3.
ON THEIR OWN GROUNDS
Home Team Fails to Score for First
Seven Innings and Then the Bal.
loon Went Up-stroupe su.tains
His Reputation.

His Reputation.
In one OF the most exciting battles
of the diamond pulled or in this end
OF the state this season, the CONNER
cials took the fast Livingston aggre-
cation into camp Sunday on the lat
ter's grounds by a score OF 4 to 8.
After being blanked for seven IN
nings in rapid succession, and when
the Livingstonites had ceased worry
ing over u possible defeat and were
ofering money that the Commercials
would not score at all, Manager Will
sons bunch took a brace at the stick
and pounded out four runs before the
balloon could be anchored, this little
row Of tallies proving sufficient to
win the game.
Manager Scram's bunch Of mixed
professionals and "semi's' chalked up
the initial run OF the contest in the
second inning and added two more in
the sixth, The history Of the Com
mercials' run-getting contained moth
ing but big glazing ovals for seven
innings, and the first two men up in
the eighth endeavoreo to make history
repeat itself by going out. But the
end Of this eventful inning was not
yet.
stroupe Drives Out Lire.
Johnston, feeling that his excellent
work in the box was not to win the
glame, clouted out q single; Miller ex-
ercised his patience and drew a
walk; Bray slammed a g~rass-clipper
to Morse at short which the latter
cleverly blocked but found too hot to
handle in time to catch the batter.
and Johnston and Miller went to. third
and second respectively.
With the bases loaded and two
gone, "Old War Horse Stroupe, the
prize pinch-hitter Of last years
Champs" took his hickory club in
hand and drove out a liner to the
right field fence, scoring Johnston
and Miller and sending Bray to third.
After stroupe had strolled down to
second, Wilson rolled one down the
third-base line and beat out the throw
to first, scoring Bray and sending
Stroupe to third, who scored a mo-
ment later on a wild pitch, Wilson 60
ing to third. worthy" in his eager
ness to lose the ball outside the lot,
fouled two and missed one, and the
chapter was closed; the home team
could not recover from the lombard
ment sufficiently to do any damage in
either the eighth or ninth, and the
visitors quit one to the good at the
end of the struggle.
Johnston's Support Good.
Johnston was on the rubber for the
Blues" and ably sustained his repu-
tation as a box artist Of ability. He
allowed seven hits which were, for
the most part, widely distributed, per-
mitted no n to walk, hit nobody and
had no wild pitches. He felded his
position perfectly and inaugurated.
the pyrotechnic display In the immor-
tai eighth inning with q beautiful sin
gle. His support, aside from a couple
Of hobbies In the second inning, was
perfect. Bray at third and Miller at
short in particular accepting many
extremely difficult chances.
One Mr.. West from the Shelter
City delivered the benders tor the
Windy City willow wielders, and com
manded a very high regard from the
opposing batsmen. He has a large
and varied collection OF twisters, lots
of steam. and a cool head, 1elded his
position in splendid style, and withal
is anything but "easy." He gave no
more hits than Johnston, but In a mo-
ment Of mental alteration hit four
men. walked one, and had one wild
pitch. The four dead balls, however,
cost nothing. but the walk and wild
pitch proved expensive, and in fact
fatal. Like Johnston he essayed to
win his " game by driving out a
clean single. Vests support was
good and many spectacular plays
were enacted behind him, Morse at
short and Hart at first being excep-
tionally strong men.
The Commercials returned yester-
day morning, and report a first class
time; they were most hospitaly enter
tanned and found their opponents q
most courteous and gentlemanly lot
of ball players. It is expected that q
return game at Billings viii be ar
ranged soon.
Tabulated Score.
The %tabulated score is as follows:
Commercials. ALB R H PoA ri
Miller, 'ss ..........2 1 1 l S OIL