The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-09
ALL STARS WIN
AND LOSE . GAMES
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ing against the BOzemanites because
of their tired physical conditions due
ia long day End night automobile
drives at high speed, over muddy
roads and through binding rains.
Up to date the team proudly car
ries a percentage of TT, having won
z out Of 9 games played, and hav-
ing piled up a total Of sc runs to
their opponents %, a record that
still remains unbroken in Gallatin
county.
Starting out in the early morning
Of July 4, and travelling a distance
Of 90 miles over good, bad and in
different roads, the "All-Stars" de-
feated the Toston merchants at Tos-
ton to the tune of 7 to 8. the Boze-
man battery being Speed" Martin
and DAVIDSON. Martin held the Tos-
tonites down to 3 lone hits and
s..Ickout 7 men. BOZeman gathered
ia IL hits in this game, their batting
and general all-round playing being
the result Of their fresh road cOndi-
ton. Glyrn. the big Bozeman right
handed machine-gun-man, playing
first base in this game, was the hit
ting star, smashing out one home
T7'n, a three-bagger and a twO-bag.
ger. This was his third home run
hit of the season.
The First Defeat
Starting out after this game il tbs
mud and rain and reaching Butte at
a late hour, minus three of their
regular players, Toner, Benton and
Weyand, and with insufficient sleep,
the BOzeman team ran into their
first defeat Of the season on the big
Clark field in Butte when the Mead
erville team defeated them by a
margin OF one lone run, the score
being 4 to 3. The pitching of Glynn
was the bright particular feature Of
the entire game on both sides. He
struck out ~ of Meaderville's heavy
hitters and allowed them only 4 lone
some, we~lI-scattered hts.
From the roofing and applause
from grandstand and bleachers it APP
peared to the spectator hat Boze-
man, and not Meaderville, was the
home team. Whenever Glynn would
strike out a Meaderville batter, the
crowd would yell: "Oh! You BObcat.'
in the sixth and seventh inning,
when hc had retired the sides by six
successive strike-outs, and when the
score stood at a tie, 3 to 3, Glynr
got a great hand from the Fans.
The game remained a tie until the
last half Of the ninth, when Meader-
ville's second man in the lineup
Gerry, the best player on the team
singled and went to first. He wa
trapped off first through a nice
throw by Spencer, Boezman's catch.
er, and was forced to try for second
Firstbaseman Finley. in an attempt
to catch the runner at second, hi
him in the back with the ball which
was not recovered until Gerry haC
slid safely into third. He ther
scored the winning run on a sacri
flee fly to Cruickshank in deep cen
ter field.
How Helena Won
At 9 o'clock Sunday morning, tn
Bozeman nine mOtored to East Hei
ena, showing all the earmarks of
tired-out ball club. The manage
ment was forced to use extra catch
ers and pitchers in the lineup du
to an insufficient number of Outfield
ers.
Bozeman was tagging behind
the score all the way to the eight
inning when thev finally tied wit
a 9 to 9 score. In the fatal nintl
Bozeman got ahead with one rul
but Helena went them one better i
the last half, and scored 2, maxim
the total tally II to 10.
Shorty" Poor. pitching for Boz
man, went bad IN the first innin
and was replaced on the mound b
Martin, who had not sufficiently go
ten over his hard work of the Frida
before. The Bozeman boys had I
regrets to offer over the game, ar
the East Helenians were not heal
to crow or brag over their victor
Return games will be played Wi
both these teams in Bozeman in Il
near future.
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