The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-26
ElG SOUTHPAW SECOND MAN OF
SQUAD 70 FEEL E.ANxEN.
SHIPS W.. X. AXE.
REGULARS BATTLE WELL
Game Between H~ighlanders and Van.
nigans characterized by Hard Hit.
ting and Work Of Pitchers-Game
Today.

Pitcher Helmecke, the six-foot
southpaW, felt the sharp edge of Man
ager ~Blankenship's pruning knife last
night. He is numbered with the
missing this morning, but the fault is
not his. When he first landed Hell
mecke showed all sorts Of stuff, but
his arm went bad and ever since the
first week he has been nursing a pain
ful shoulder. He looks like a good
pitcher, but with six good beavers on
his staff Blank couldn't afford to keep
the seventh in meal tickets when a
sore shoulder prevented him from get
ting any comeback. With a little
rest Helmecke's arm ought to. get we'll
and he may be a good pitcher for some
other club. He surely looked good
when he landed.
Smiled on by a summer sun Blank
took his men through a hard practice.
yesterday afternoon. The workout
was one of the hardest of the season
and was featured by the work of the
new hurler, Welsher; the playing Of
"Ty Cobb Schlossberg and the snap
pest OF the regulars, at bat and in
the field. The workout was in the
form of a nine-inning game between
the egularS and the YanniganS.
Becker was on the sick-list and Her
mann Schlossberg was sent in to AXE
his place in the. Yannigan lineup.
Hermann came through the game with
lots of glory. He clouted the balr
hard several times and drew a base
on balls on another occasion. He
handled a long fly that was slapped
oWard him. Both the batboys have
now had their fiery baptism. They
are on their way to the big leagues.
Welsher, the Tacoma pitcher, worked
yesterday and looked pretty good. He
is experienced and has a good head on
his shoulders. He has a side-arm
delivery, but hands the ball over with
lots of speed when he wants to, with
a puzzling change of pace for assist
ance.
Of the sextet of beavers Brooks and
Annis looked best yesterday. Annis
cut loose. with a lot of stuff and looked
like a world beater. He is a mighty
nifty pitcher. as Blank has declared
through the entire period of hostilities,
and he showed it yesterday. Brooks
worked on the mound like a veteran
and had them all guessing. He is a
worthy representative of Chico.
The regulars played championship
baseball through all of the nine-round
go. They fielded we'll, had lots OF
pepper and hammered the pill to all
corners of the lot. The Yannigan
pitchers were putting all they could
on the ball, but the Highlanders stung
it just the same. 1t vas a splendid
article of ball that the team put up.
Today the men will go through an
other game. Gleason n Kelley, the
Yannigan recruits, will be out in their
unies and the two teams will partici-
pate in a regular bout.
Tomorrow the varsity will take a
chance with the champions. The
university has the strongest team of
it's history this year and the game
won't be half as one-sided as it
sounds. Higgins, Denhert, Craig
head, Gault, Dowd and Cummins are
all new recruits who have strength
ened the team a lot. The varsity is
as fast as any amateur club in this
part of the state.
For this game Blank will charge an
admission fee of fifty cents. Ladies'
will be admitted free. The univer-
sity students are urged to turn out for
the game, for part of the gate re-
ceipts goes to the collegians.