Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-05-08

on the Belt grounds with an errnti
exhibition Of baseball in which Bel
won out with a score of 8 10 8 agains
the West Side of Great Falls.
The game was full Of thrills suffi
cient to send the old fan home wita
husky throat while the outcome o.
the game was kept veiIed until TIE
last half Of the ninth.
The day kept continually growing
cooler after Sunday morning sun.
shine and it was a question whether
the game might not have to be called
because Of rain.
The grounds were in excellent shape
yet some improvements are possible,
The bleachera look well painted green,
with the dugouts Of the came color
and large scoreboard erected by the
Black Diamond cafe and the New
Drug company. A gong in real met
rOpolitan style calls the periods Of
practice and sounds out the taIlies
which swell the hopes Of the home
team or sink them into miserable de-
lection.
The grounds win be good in q few
days when the rains have given them
a thorough soaking and they have set
tied 70 firmness and when the circle
Of trees surrounding them have burst
into leaf there win be no more attrae-
tive setting in the state Of Montana.
Right field is rather short but not
a ball went into the trees in Sundays
game while two flies into left field,
which would have gone for homersI
on the Great Falls grounds, were
caught.
The Belt Band. under the leader
ship Of Jude Huber, opened the sea-
son with the blare Of music much to
the delight Of the crowd. Fifteen men
were present and a number of others
win soon be added to the number, as
suring us Of music for the ceIebra-
tions Of the summer
The West Siders played just about
such game as Belt except that they
started out strong and finished err
ratically, while Belt was growing
stronger as the game advanced. The
visitors outfield was excellent and
robbed the BeItites of many scores.
Their infield was shaky and their
pitchers in early season form.
Belts infield showed lack Of prae-
tice together but gave promise Of be-
ng the possessor's Of considerable
lass when they have had more prac-
ice.
1t seems that Box Elder has been
he dividing line between the arctic
sone with its snow and ice. and the
emperate and that while other teams
n the league have been able to get
nto the field, the best things in the
raIlsy to play ball with were formed
4 snow by the red hands Of the small
'oy.
We presume that from now on the
weather. viii allow Of regular prac-
ice.
The jumps was Riley Of last years
anne and we Judge that he is c2aly in
re-season form. We learned some
hing new about umpires. We had
that they took no part in
he game except as arbiter of plays
ut when, in the eighth inning, Bross
'as running to third, his jumps caught
i'm and kept him from over running Ii
he bag. We learn something almost
very day
The feature plays Of the day were
atches by Dill and Baxter of the
Fest Side and Knight and Adamson
I Belt, all Of which cut off runs.
nights two-bagger in the sixth with
le bases full was greeted with joy /
nconfined. Errors or slow play ON
le part Of the Belt players were re-
'onsible for seven Of the eight runs
altered by the visitors while Belt
Irned four Of their nine runs.
I g. Pearson WAS the ofgfefalll