The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-05
BRUINS flaI BEFORE
! B0HtER'S FAST nine
Olutfield Largely Responsible
! for Pullman Runs
Scored.
PLAY AGAIN TODAY
Same Teams Will Try Con-
illusions This Afternoon
on Montana Field.
PLAY AGAIN TO-DAY

Tho inability of the Bruin outfield
TO handle balls hit past the infield was
the outstanding cause Of the defeat
bf the Montana team by the Washing
ton State college nine on Montana
field yesterday afternoon. AS long as
the visitors hit the ball to the in
'fiefiers. they were unable to score, but
when they drove the pill past the guar
dams of the inner circle, they generally
made two or three bases before the
ball was returned to the diamond.
Montana took an early lead in the bat
tile, but held 1t only FOR a few min
utes, and finally went down in in
GLORIOUS defeat. . to 4.
Wit Pitches Well.
( Herb Witt hurled a good game, and
:scofe indicates. as a fly-hit to the out
Ifield was good for a hit most OF the
time, the fielders being unable to gauge
the. drives. Captain Sanderson found
Nhe Pullman hurler easy. smashing ont
!three safe drives, two of which nearly
Nooh 1SvmSs VII Viz iSI'tIIS
Fort the. visitors Steenberg. Brown
and Passmore showed up well. Steen-
berg. n dead-right field hitter, slashed
out four singles and fieldcd well. Pass
more. the tall. pine who plays first
base for the farmers. made three hits.
one Of them Il. triple. V. Brown. the
third sacker. who was near Rruin"
mt one time last fall made Jerry Ms
SEN wish he had him in his lineup.
Brown scored three runs made a triple
and m, double, and ended Montana
rally in the third with a classy un-
field showed sensational ability in
climbing up Mount Sentinel and snag-
ging long flies. Three times he pulled
down seemingly safe drives up in the
gravel mound.
The Game.
Steenberg started the battle by
dropping a safety in right, and was
sacrificed to second. Boiler struck
out and Immediately afterwards Witt
caught Steen berg off second Root
got a single in the second, but died on
first.
3 : Montana scored three in the last hall
of the second inning. Sanderson hi,
one. a mile a minute through the box
and Reardon singled to left. Witt hi
to Brown, who held the ball a minute
and finally threw to first too late tt
catch anybody. While Passmore wa.
Juggling the throw, Sanderson made !;
dash for home and scored. Ken
singled to center and Root threw tn,
ball owe, Hunters head, two men scor
ing.
Farmers Pull Ahead.
The Pullman farmers took the thre,
back in the next inning, with two NOR,
for good measure. Hunter was SAT-
on Gossman's error, and advanced t.
third on Lewis single. Steenber;
dropped a single just inside the frs
base foul line, and Hunter and Levi.
scored. Woehner dropped V. Browns
fly, and again there We're runners or
second and third. BOILER whitfield, bn
Passmore lined out a hit, scoring two
when Kent dropped Roots fly. Small
ley and kulZer flew out, ending tn,
agony.
With two gone in the last half of thu
fourth; Jones cracked ont a single. an,
scored ;.wlten four Pullman player.
gathered around Sandefson's Texa
kasuer. and let, 1t fall safe.
ly.at.t
= -. M. Il. III "A. Another Added.
Washington State scored in the frs
half of the 5 fifth. when V. Brown
doubled and scored on Passmore':
single. Gossman led off with a hit IL
Montana's half and stole. but wa
caught between bases on Loranger'
grounder. ending an incipient rally.
The visitors added two more in tn