The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-15
MONTANA BEATS IDAHO !
AFTER THINNING GAME
With Rally in Last Half of
Third Extra Round
Grizzlies Triumph.
OVERTAkEN IN NINTH
Muscovites Rally With Score
9 to 2 Against Them in
Session No. 9.
OVERTAKEN IN NINTH

Idaho team yesterday afternoon. when. |
with the score tied In the twelfth in
ming, one man out and a runner on
third. Gossman lifted long sacrifice
fly to center field. The battle was
repletc with long hits. errors and bone |
head plays. intermixed with some |
splendid playing in the pinches by
both teams. Montana took the lead
carly in the game by scoring seven
runs in the first two innings. Each
team added a pair Of markers during
the following rounds. and when the
first of the ninth dawned. the score
was 9 to in favor Of Montana.
Right here it might be said that the
University Of Idaho team Is undoubt.
eddy the best ninth shining team that
has ever played in Missoula. Last year
the Muscovitcs won three games from
the Bruins by last inning rallies. while
Friday they pounded out two runs in
the ninth and won the game. Yester-
day when they came up the first Of
the ninth, the Muscovites were seven
runs behind. Keane, the first man
up, hit safely. and then hits and err
rors began to rain. and before Hugh
Kent and his aides could subdue the
visitors they had tied the count. Both
teams had several chances to score
during the extra innings that followed,
but the Bruins were the first to take
advantage Of their opportunity. win
ming the game in the twelfth on a cou-
pie safeties and the before mentioned
sacrifice fly.
Sanderson Is Hero.
The star of the day was Mcpherson
Sanderson. who was elected captain
of the Bruin baseball team after the
game. Sanderson struck four terrific
drives up Mount Sentinel. Three Of
them would have been good for hon.
ers in any park in the country. but old
Sentinel severely hampered the husky
Scotsman's efforts, as every time the
ball lighted on the side of the noun
tain. 1t rolled down into the hands Of
the waiting fielder. and the madly
sprinting SANDY" was held at third
base. The other hit was good for two
bases. Loranger. whose boots helped
to lose the game Friday, fielded splen-
didly yesterday. accepting nine chances
without an error. With the exception
invinciblc. and deserved to win the
game. His work in the first half of
the twelfth, when with man on third.
he famed two of Idaho's heaviest bat
tiers. was remarkable exhibition of
pitching.
Gray ldaho's Star.
Gray starred for Idaho. driving out
five clean hits, and stealing four bases.
Blackmer, who relieved Kcane in the
box in the second inning. pitched a
worked in league style.
Idaho scored one in the first. Gray
singled. stole second and took third on
Evans sacrifice. Barger struck out.
but Larry Jones dropped the last strike
and while he was throwing Barger out
at first. the speedy lead-off man
scored.
Gossmah opened for Montana with
a long double, and stole third by grace
of his Jumps" Keane denied Loran-
gers ribs, and the second sacker i'm
mediately pilfcred second. Here
keanc settled down and famed Brown
and Sanderson. but Rcardon cut loose
with a singing SINGLE scoring two.
Ennnosc tor ho nnHnA n
the second. Jones singled and Kent
walked. Gossman singled, filling the
bases. Loranger hit to Nelson. who
threw home, forcing Jones. but AIM
quist dropped Barger's peg to first and
Sid" was safe. Brown hit a fly to
Bistlinc who dropped the ball, Kent
scoring. and then Captain Sanderson
cracked a two-bagger. clearing the
bases. Sandy advanced on Reardon's
out and scored on a wild pitch.
4Almquist opened the fifth with sin
gle. but the next man hit into
fast double play. Gossman to
1orangecr to Reardon. In the sixth
the Muscovitcs scored once. when Gray
singled, stole second, took third on a
passed ball. scored on an out.
Montana came back in the last half
of the sixth with two runs. Gossman
was safe on Nelson's error. and Brown
reached first on Gray's boot. San
dcrson hit the ball mile up Sentinel
and both runners scored.
Kent Pulls Out.
Two errors by GOssman put Kent
in a hole In the seventh. but the Mus
covites threw their chances away by
reckless base running. The visitors
threatened again In the eighth. Bist-
line singled. but was forced by Gray.
Brown dropped p. Evans fly and there
were two on. Bargcr hit to Sander
son. and Gray was caught at the plate.
Evans was run down between third
and home.
The Fatal Ninth.
The fireworks started in the ninth.
Keanc singled and Biackmer was safe
on Sandy's error. G. Evans singled,
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