The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-06-04
GLASGOW AGAIN
DEFEATS MALTA
Up River Boys Taken Into Camp
BY Score of 6 to 5.
GAME WAS SPECTACULAR
Heavy Hitting of Glasgow Team Feat
ured. Benson Bests Hastings in
Pitchers Battle.
BY John Paul Dana

By John Paul Dana
Comparable with the famous deci-
sion of Hank O'Day when, at New
York, he called Fred Merkle out for
not touching second, costing the Gil
ants the pennant, was that of Umpire
Sibley at Malta Sunday last, when,
as a climax of a tremendously cxcit-
ing contest, he felt called upon to de-
clare the last Maltese out on strikes,
giving the game to Glasgow by 6-5
score.
After see saw game, in which
Malta got away with what seemed a
safe lead, then some hard smashing
tying it up time and again, the con-
test went into an. extra inning. Clean
hitting scored one for Glasgow in the
first half and the score was 6-5. 1t
was up to Malta to produce on in the
last half.
Wild Scene
They made tremendous try for it
and seemed almost certain of the ne
cessary score to again tie up the game.
The crowd was perfectly wild and the
scene was chaotic. Nobody had much
voice left but there were horns galore
and other instruments Of torture. Ben
son had regained form which he had
lost once and famed the first man.
Parks then tripled to deep right 1t
looked as if Bardill should have got
under it but it was hard drive. Then
it was that Malta went straight up
in the air.
Benson kept his head, and his breaks
and whitfield Fox, Blankenhorn, a
pinch hitter, was sent in to bat for
Hastings. The Glasgow slab artist
was working his jump nicely and
worked his man to perfection. while
Parks danced up and down around
third and Malta was trying to raise
the sky. Blank swung at one around
his neck and missed. Two balls fol-
lowed and then the batter offered at a
tantalizing slow one. 1t was two and
two. 1t looked as if the next one had
got the outer corner but Jumps raised
his left.
Benson There
Two strikes, three balls, two down,
man on third, the last half of the
tenth, one run needed to tie. That
was the condition when Benson hook
ed one over just above the knee and
the game was over.
1t looked mighty serious for Glas-
gov at the end of the first inning.
Benson did not seem to be able to get
them over, although he was effective
when he had command. He beancd
the first man up, an error on ali in
field hit put two on the bags. A pass
filled all corners. A hard single to
left brought in two and the third scor-
ed, and long fly to the same garden
brought in the third. Grace made 9
perfect peg to the plate on the first
play but Hurry dropped the ball wher
the runner, much heavier man, q!
most tore the glove from his hand ii
; the collision.
) For three innings Hastings hels
, Glasgow and it was not until tn.
fourth that they connected with hin
successfully. With one down, single
by Herstrom and Chouinard and ter
rife triple to deep center by McCo,
were productive of two runs. McCo,
: died on the third sack. Score, 8 to 2
2 Malta.
Game Tied Up
' There was nothing doing until tn
eighth, although in the interim ther
i, was some spectacular fielding, bot
teams pulling out of tight holes. Mo
void led off with a single to lef
! and the house was full when Herstror
n followed suit and Chouinard perche
0 safely on the initial cushion because o
E Aliens error. Hard single swat
by Bardill and Mccoy brought thre
over. For the first time during tn
I game Glasgow was in the lead. Scor
n 5 to 3, Glasgow.
Malta came right back, however, an
: with four very lucky singles, nearl
f all of the Texas league variet!
O brought over two. Score, up stick
! at 5.
v The winning run was scored in tn
J. tenth when Bardill and Mccoy triple
e in succession. Mccoy was left Q
e third, although there was nobod
j. down. The history of Malta's ha
n of this inning has been told abov