The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-17
IRBY RATIFIED WHEN NOVEL
PLAY IS MADE BY MISSOULA
Ball Bounds Out of 0riet's
Hands, but Is Caught by
Another Player.
Bv ". d. Brdfz
Special Correspondent of The Tribune.

GREAT FALLS, Mont Aug W.
George Bittrolff, the iron mnn whom
George Reed brought with him from the
Southern league. today duplicated Nor
san's great pitching of tho day before
and twirled Great Falls to victory in the
second game OF the crucial series With
Salt Lake.
Bittroff allowed but four hits during
the nine innings and kept them scattered.
so that but for walks and costly blunders
Salt Lake would have been shut out
Leo Dressan. Blanlenship's southpaw.
fell a victim to a terrific cloutlns which
necessitated his retirement in tnvor OF
GeSrss Hme Fs ians s h boast ,ha pnne bn ONE
southpnw has been able TO gain victory
over them this season. the lucky one
heing kllboYrn who WAS f%n f4rmerly r. Sae wssh
san" when he stepped onto the mound.
They had the right hunch. for after
se5ns Sy with inning iSaT Sad
Two singles. two triples. a home run
and few other things thrown In gave
Blankenshlp could warm up another
pitcher 10 relieve the southpaw.
Too Big Lead
Against the grand pitching of Bittrolff
GNeerun lead was TOO great a handlcap
20 overcome The southerner walled
but Salt Lake simply could not hit him
successfully With men on bases.
Salt Lakes first run came in the third
when Pendieton drew a pass went TO
second on a passed ball and scored on
Spencer's questionable hit between
pitcher and first.
who got walk, He took second on IL
passed oall and scored on clean single
BY Depcrcauy
Toner opened Great FaIls's coutnG bee
In SnrOn1
over Spcncer's head. Foster then hit
nne about 200 feet farther over Spencer's
stole second, Shannon also singled
Drcssan hit Clothier and Shannon was
retired on Bittrolffs nelders choice.
"sorehead'' Murphy next cracked one
for three sacks, and Salt Lake fans know
how the little fellow can cracls them.
Hummel succeeded Dressan at this
point. The Salt Lake boy started Out
Cordtz scoring Murphy. Toner struck
out: retiring the side:
Hummel, considering the handicap
against him, pitched gilt edged ball from
This on. he allowed but four scattered
liits during the SIX and two thirds innings
in which he ofliciated.
Great Fallss other two runs came in
the third and seventh. In the third Hum
mel walked Foster the first man up The
Great Falls FIRST baseman. stole second
and. scored on Clothicr's single. Abbott
cropped .Orr's throw after Orr had made
a sensational stop Of Prout's grounder In
DcvereauX territory.
In the seventh Prout went to third on
HueIsmans single and ronped home on a
sacrifice fy by Toner. Without the
handcap. OF q five-run lead against him
and with any kind Of hitting behind him. 1
IIupmel looked good enough TO defeat
Great Falls today. Blankenship will give
him two days rest If possible and be-
loves that he will win the first game he
pitches against Reeds men.
schimpff Pitches Today.
still undecided as to whether II will he
Carbon or Uildebrandt. The latter is not
in his nest form. due to ovcrwork Dres-
san will not oe used against Great Falls
again II Blankenship can possibly avoid
putting him In.
The directors OF the Great Falls club
and business men are busily engaged in
selling tickets at 81 each for Friday
afternoons heneft. and II is estimated
that about 2n00 tickets will be sold,
played as twilight game. to enable all
OF the business men to attend, Today s
game was started at 30 o'clock as an |
experiment, but II worked out badly and
Manager Reed announces that all future |
games. with the exception OF fridays |
henefii. will be called al the regular hour, |
3;36 O'Clock.
Umpire Tomsn managed to escape
Without lemon shower today; Grca
Falls fans were in a better frame OF
they were on hand with tin horns. cow
bells. mesaphones and other noise -maltirg |
cortrivances. Manager Reed must also |
have received tip from President
Lucas, for he had several uniformed Off |
GERS on the ground today and they were
kept busy holding the noisy fans outside |
OF the field of play.
The official score: