Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-07-05


the Belt team Sunday to the tnue of
to 4. Belt made sure of their place
of cellar champions in fielding aver
age by making 10 errors which We be-
lieve is the record for the season.
Not content with the team which de-
feated Stockett Wednesday night in a
real game, someone imported a short
stop who annexed five of the errors
all by his lonesome. Twice he bstted
the ball in such a way that any other
man on the team could have made
first base but he runs with the speed
of doodle bug and could not make it
Vaskey, one of the best players on
the Belt team, with second highest
batting average, was on the bench un-
til the ninth inning. He is the fastest
fielder in center that we have seen in
the league.
The chief need of the old bunch of
players is practice in given positions
and no favoritism shown.
The lineup approved by the major
ity of the fans in town and making a
team whom they would be willing to
follow for the rest of the season is
as follows: Weir If, Vaskey CT, Dom
ovan rf, Fish or Zimmer 3b, thinner
or Johnson SIS, Culver 2b, Morrow or
Fluhr 1b, Demitt catcher, Morrow,
johnson and Thompson pitchers.
We do not need any more players
than this, but these players need
lot more practice. To see old baseball
players struck out on round house
outs that would not have fooled one of
the Slavtown sluggers was proof
enough that batting practice has
been conspicuous by its absence. In
the fatal sixth Weir misjudged fly
ball which emphasized the same
point. In the third Fluhr let a ground
er roll through between his feet un-
touched which might have been caused
by the same thing.
The team which has changed play
ers oftenest is at the foot of the
league. This might be an object les
son for Belt.
The game by innings went about
like this: West Side up. Bross went
out, Berger to Fluhr. Martin cracked
out Texas Lacquer but got caught
stealing second. Judge flew out to
short
Belt up. Zimmer was given a base
on balls but got caught between bases
when given the highball to steal.
Fluhr grounded out to second base
and Berger struck out.
Second Rutherford flew out
to Berger. Baxter went out, Culver
to Fluhr. Phelan whitfield.
Belt up. Weir singled. Morrow
singled. Weir came home from sec
ond on wild pitch. Donovan got a
pass. Culver was called out on three
balls. Thompson popped out to Bo-
land Morrow came home on passed
ball. Demitt went out, Boland to
Martin. runs.
Third inning-Pogreba flew out to
Thompson. Restelli was passed Bo-
land got to first on Thompson's poor
fielding of his bunt. Bross singled,
filling the bases. Fluhr allowed
Martins grounder to get away and
Restelli and Boland same home. Judge
grounded to Berger who threw him
out. runs
Belt up. Zimmer out, short stop to
first. Fluhr famed. Berger got life
on an error by Pogreba but got caught
between first and second.
Fourth inning-Rutherford got life
on Berxer's tumble. Baxter got killed
Mt first. Phelan reached first on
what should have been fielders
choice but Berger fumbled again and
Rutherford came home PoGreba flew
out TO left field Restelli whitfield
Belt up. Weir zingied- Morrow
sacrificed. Donovan went out pitcher
TO first. Culver struck out.
Fifth inning -Boiand out on
grounder 10 first Bross famed