The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
Baseball in Montana

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Baseball in Montana
Though western Montana has been
without baseball this summer the
towns in the central part Of tho state
have been given an opportunity to see
fast exhibitions. Most OF the teams
are composed of former Northwestern
league players, and with the blow up
of the circuit, many more joined the
ranks OF the independents. Lewist own
has one Of the fastest teams in the
state with Bert Whaling. Telford, for
mer Tacoma star: Morgan, Jimmy
McQuaid, Vache and O'Donnell in the
lineup. Moore has a dandy team, with
a former major league hurler Rasmus-
sen. holding his opponents to three
and four hits a game. The Anodes of
Anaconda have what should be the
best nine in the state, but the team
was roundly trimmed on recent
eastern trip. in spite Of the fact that
Ed Kelly, Lodell, Sells, Lutrell, Ma
deau. Varian and other Northwestern
league stars are with it. The Black
Rocks We're good while they lasted,
though they lost four straight to the
Anodes. Sanderson and Ricketts,, for
mer university stars, both played with
the spelter team, as did Tucker. Carey
and Al Bonner. who jumped the Butte
team to pitch independent ball. Fort
Benton has team made up nearly
entirely of former Northwestern
ieaguers. with Emory Webb and
Dutch Altman as the battery. Big
Sandy has an invincible nine, with
Williford a southpaw who is unbeat-
able in the Independent ranks, but
who cracks in the first round when he
tries to pitch league ball, working in
sensational form. Havre has a team
which rivals the speedy mines turned
out from the Arctic town during the
last two years.
Some Games in Valley.
Hamilton and Stevensville have done
a little ball playing themselves this
year. having met in three game
series. Stevensville winning the first
two. Engstrom. the old reliable Of
the creamery town team, has been
working in good shape together with
his battery mate of former years,
Plummer
eIankenshlp and Butte.
Just before the Northwestern league
blew up, the old rumor connecting
Cliff Blankenship with the manage
ment of the Butte Northwestern
league team was revived. According
to the story passed around, Cliff was
due to succeed Cliff McCarl, the scrap
py young first ga ecker Of the Miners
who took over the reins when Joe Nc
Ginnity, he OF the "old SAL" laid them
down. There. may have been some
thing to the story at that. for Cliff
came to San Francisco just about a
week before the Northwestern balloon
burst. After the wire had carried the
news that the Dugdale circuit was
buried. Cliff announced that he in
tended to start a restaurant in Oak
land. Some doubt has been expressed
as to the intentions OF the Butte di.
rectors concerning hiring a new and
high salaried manager as the team
lost $4,000 during the curtailed sea-
son.
Hester Wins Another.
Scrappy "Hustling Herbert" Hester,
the peevish leader of the Electrics,
won a second pennant for Great Falls.
tie won the first one in the Union
in 1913. after biting the
head off every umpire in the league,
and he was just as scrappy as ever
his season, 1t is claimed. Hester had
big-league pitching staff, composed
IT Jimmy Clark, the budding lawyer;
Bert Hail. Roy Bliss and Pete Peter
son. all three Coast leaguers. Hester
pitched a couple of games himself and
got away In good shape. The Great |
Falls outfield looked good in action,
'ut must have put a thousand dollar |
lent In the bank-r0ll Of the directors |
very month. as it was composed of |
Jimmie Kelley. Bob Messenger and
Jimmy Shinn. any and each of whom !
'ould have played in almost any class
"A league in the country. Lawson
sanderson finished the season with |,
he Electrics, making three hits, onf
| homer, In his first game in a North
western league uniform. It might be
that in the same game,
illing Herb Hester's boots at the ini-
ial bag. the husky one booted thrice.
ZamIoeh Aii-around Man.
Carl Zamloch played seven positions
With the Spokane team in the North
western league during the past I'M
amented season. Carl commenced the
eason at first base. later being shift
d to the keystone cushion. Next he
'layed half a dozen games at short.
where he alternated in left and right