The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-05-21
Whitefish Goes Down to
Defeat Before SOrnerS
Ball Team, Score
7 too
VERY INTERESTING GAME
Cold Day flakes Good Playing I'M
pOssible--ScOre Is Tied Twice
and Result Was in Doubt
Until the Last rlan
Was Retired in
Last Inning

Whitefish went down to defeat in the
ball game with Somers Sunday, to the
tune of to Z. The game was not of as
high class as the local team is capable of
putting up, but was none the less inter-
esting, for there were several ties during
the progress of the game, which kept the
finish very much in doubt.
Somers has very good team this year,
the battery, f. Torbgson and Taylor,
being especially good. Their team work
is also good, and shows the result of
practice which is lacking in the White
fish team. f. Torbgson, Dcvoe and
Thompson all did good batting for the
visitors.
The day was cold and rather windy,
and not at all favorable for fast ball play
ing. On a Letter dav the same two
teams would put up a much faster game.
Whitefish has good team, however, and
before the season is over will make a
good showing.
The local team made many errors, and
several very bad ones, and it was on this
account that the game was lost. They
-batted the visitors, and had all the
best of the argument, but unusual errors
at critical times proved very costly. There
were errors made by some Of the players
which were entirely foreign to their usual
form.
Manager Joe Hamill batted we'll, and
covered third base in first class style,
with possibly the exception of one play
Emard, on first, made one error, but
otherwise held down his position in good
shape. Van Slyke, on second, nailed
everything that came his way. He is in
good shape and can be depended upon to
give good account OF himself.
Donovan's batting was one of the fea-
lures of the game, and he never failed to
connect with the ball. Behind the bat
he made good, and seemed to get better
with every inning. Peterson, the short
stop. batted well, but made couple of
costly errors early in the game. Beaudin
held forth in center field and played his
usual game. Knapton, in right field,
played a very good game. He is ball
player, all right, and will undoubtedly
make good. Howell, in left field, did
not get warmed up for several innings,
but finished the game like whirlwind.
Hardy, the local pitcher, is one of the
new players, and is evidently not at his
best, although he has all the ar-marks
of ball player. He pulled out of some
pretty tight places during the game, and
it was not his fault that the game was
lost
Tommy Miller and Jim Shoaf, two of
the regular players, were unable to he
present at the game.
The band turned out and furnished
music for the occasion.
The score by innings:
R.H.E.
Somers ......3 OOOO O2 90 8 4
Whltefish. 20 0 OO3 2 1907 II 12
Two-base hits = Howell, Thompson,
Powers. Struck out-By Hardy, g.; by
Torbgson, IL. Hit by pitched ball-Pet-
erson, Powers, Donovan. Bases OIL balls
OFF Torbgson, 4. Passed balIs-Dono-
van, 2. Left on bases Whitefish, Is;
Soners. 6. Attendance, 25O. Umpire,
r. Shoaf.
Game by Innings
First inning, Somers-Thompson goes
to first on Peterson's error and steals
second. Torbgson hits for base and
Hoppy reaches first on error by short
stop and Thompson scores. Taylor sacri-
fees and Torbgson scores. Smith reaches
first on passed ball and Hoppy scores.
Smith thrown out at second and Powers
fans. Whitetish-Hamill fans, Emard
goes out at first and Van Slyke fans.
Second inning, Somers-Hutch puts one