The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-10-29
BY CARL zAMLocH.

Judge John l.. Sloane, pioneer OF
the west, one OF the discoyerers oi
western Montana, has been a base
ball fan all his life. He Is the father
Of baseball In Missoula and was one
of the hackers OF the first team that
ever wore the proud insignia Mis-
soular on It's shirt fronts.
Those were the days Of the game
sports and Judge Sloane tells many
interesting stories OF the 'old days
on the diamond. The first league
club that ever represented Missoula
was organized in the early nineties.
Here is what Judge Sloane says
hbout III: ~ V'r~y,tf ~
I'm 1892 there was a league known
as the Montana State league. II was
composed or clubs from Butte. Ana
conda, Helena. Great Falls, Philips
burg and Missoula. Everything was
going along nicely until the different
clubs started to sneak In professional
players, for you know our league was
supposed TO be strictly amateur.
Butte hired a battery composed OF
two players who had been suspended
from the major league, and that
started things, for all the other teams.
with the exception OF Missoula, hired
and imported good players. The Mis-
soula bugs then got on their ear,
and imported the entire Tacoma club
from the Northwestern league. This
team had Just won the Northwestern
pennant, and was composed OF
fine players.
"Clark Grifith, now the manager
for the Washington Nationals, came
81. IL, a~A la
10 win the pennant
81 will never forget" said the Judge,
when we were playing Philipsburg,
and Griffth was getting hit hard by
them, so Hugh Campbell was sent In
TO relieve him, and in the three In
nings that he pitched he struck out
nine men In a row, the hrst three on
10 pitched balls, which Is record
that has not as yet been equaled.
Il saw some very funny things IL
baseball in the early days. McCluskey
was once manager Of the Great Falls
club and he had Joe Tinker playing
shortstop Che Is now playing the same
position for the Chicago Cubs) and
Joe Marshall was playing outfeld for
Helena. McCloskey liked the looks
of Marshall. and traded Tinker and
5000 for him The next year saw
Tinker In the big league, where he
has been ever since.
"Flannery, who Is now the chief OF
police In Helena, was the worst crab
that | ever saw on a ball field He
used TO play win Helena, and ! re-
member the time when the umpire
fined him IS for having too much to
say. but that didn't stop him, SO he
was finally elected from the game.
Flannery sat on the bench for a while,
and then all OF a sudden he ran into
the middle OF the field and stretched
himself fiat upon the ground and
would not get up and insisted on lay
ing there until he had to be carried
from the field.
I'VE had very important game to
be played here, and the visiting team
had fine player by the name OF
Lefty Marr, so I was appointed a.
the one to see that he didn't take part
, I'm that game. II took me until 4
-e,eleek in the morning to do II, and
when / left him he was ht for any
thing but ball game. We won that
game. and take much credit as their
star. Lefty Marr did not put In An
appearance that day"
Unlike other worlds series this
, series of 1912 brought before the pub
tic and into the limelight several dia-
mond stars, instead Of one. Last year
Il was Baker who, wftn his big stick.
won the championship for the Ath-
Ietics and he vas known as the hero
of the 1911 worlds series. But this
year it was different, no one man be-
ing responsible for victory. For the
lime being we will leave the pitchers