Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-20
GAP TEAM LOST GAME
IN The NINTH INNING.

In THE NINTH INNING
Friday, the 18th! Think of a double
hoodoo like that. And then. the Gaps
mascot wanted to bet Mybody and
everybody in the smoking car 81 ON
any kind of proposition. Finally
one of the boys bet him - he diNln't
have 81. The mascot called him.
but after going through ALI lis
pockets could dig up only sl.a5-and
he lost by Il nickel. The mascot was
thereby turned into hOOdO0-naak-
ing three the Gapites had to contend
with. and it proved their downfall.
The run getting was started by Bills
in the first inning after Sturgeon and
Folsom were fielded ont. Bills struck
swift one that the third baseman
could not handle, and he stole second.
Conlan hit to short, who threw wild
to first. Conlan going to second and
Bills home. Dooley hit to right field.
bringing in Conlan. Bergen beat the
ball to first. and Dcoley came home
on wild throw from pitcher to
catcher Mckee struck Out-three
scores.
Hedgesville made one run in the
first. Wilder struck out, Shale got
life by hitting through Bills.
Phares hit to Sturgeon, who fiel.led
the ball splendidly, but Conlan was
not on the base when Sturgeon threw
to him. The pitcher threw wild to
first, advancing Phares to second,
Shale coming home by Long knocking
hot one through the pitcher. Ea-
man hit to pitcher-one run.
There was nothing doing in run
getting until the 7th. Hanson hit a
hot one to 3rd, who threw wild to
first, Crist making end. Sturgeon
, hit long one to right field and by
the time it was helded in Hanson was
home. At this point Phares went III
to pitch, Simkins taking Phares' po-
sition at short. Folsom out from
pitcher to first. Sturgeon had friske ed
around like colt in a green pasture
until he reached third. Bills, the
Levithian, came to bat. He made
two vicious swings at the sphere, but
failed to connect with Phares' de-
ceptive ones. 1t was do or die with
Bills, and he did the 10. The third
ball he struck at there was Il crash
like head-on collision Of two fast
freights. The ball went out in deep
center, but there was Hedeesville
player Johnny on the spot to receive
the same in a big nit, but Sturgeon
made home before the ball could be
thrown in. Conlan out on tly-two
runs.
Hedgesville made their score two in
the last half Of the eighth. Long hit
Il high fly to Mckee. which was too
much for the doughty gravel digger,
and he fell trying to holdit. EamOn
hit safe over third. Blessin hit safe
over first, bringing Long home. j..
SimkinS out to second. EamOn out
trying to steal third, and Blessin fell
IL victim to the same allurement.
After the eighth inning the score
stood to ? in favor Of the Gap. The
gravel diggers, however, added an
other score in their half of the ninth,
and when the Hedgesville hitters
came to bat in the last half of the
ninth the score stO ii & to- in favor
of the gravel diggers. 1t was one of
the incest games ever played in this
section OF Montana up to that point.
Very few errors had been made on
either side. At this point the Gaps
cOatless hOodOO, who had lost his
sl.05 on the train, had to be chased
Off the diamond. After that it did
not take long for the fireworks to be-
gin. IIedgesville did things to us
and did them plenty. Everybody
could hit the ball, and none of our
fellows could hold it, whether it came
down in their mitS, or up to them on
an easy bound. When the score stood
to Il in favor of the home team, the
game ended with only one out. Ii
Hedges had needed more they could
undoubtedly have gotten what they
wanted.
And the next day it showed.
Notes.
lIedgesvilIe was to have played Il
return game here Sunday, but the
clubs.
Bills was at his best.
Hanson never pitched II better game,