Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-30
Libby Defeats
Standpoint In
Exciting Game
Baseball Fans Given Thrill
When Battle Is Won
In Last Inning.
VISITORS BLANKED IN
LAST FOUR FRAMES

Libby ball fans were treated to-a
game Sunday that gave them all the
thrills that come from feeling of as
sured and expected defeat that was
turned into sudden and startling VIC
tory in the last few minutes Of the
game. The clever and hard fighting
team from Standpoint, Ida, was here
and for half game it looked very
much like an assured thing for the
visitors. But Libby frightened up after
the fifth inning, played much better
ball, and grabbed the victory in the
last half of the ninth inning with a
1913 score.
Standpoint started the fun by put
ting two runs across in the first IN
ming. Scovh, pitching for Libby,
walked the first man up, Beckstrom.
The next two up, Welco and Teggei-
bech, went out. Rohlf, the fourth man
UP, knocked out home run, scoring
Beckstrom Olson got safe hit to
first but was put out at second. Two
scores for Standpoint.
Libby was blanked in the first Inn
ing. Standpoint got the same treatment
in the first half of the second, with
Libby pulling nice double play, sec
ond to first. Libby evened the score
in her half of the second inning.
Christie got three bagger, Book
man walked to first, Nelson was
thrown out at first, Baker got nice
hit scoring Christie and Bockman,
Baker going to second base. Miller
went out on fly and Scovil made the
third man out. Score tied, 2 and q
In the third inning, Standpoint scored
again. Errors were chalked up against
Libby in this inning, but the locals
redeemed themselves by pulling.
neat double play, Kent stepped a
prounder, which he tossed to Waiter
WOLF covering second, catching the
runner. WOLF swapping the (ball TO
first to Christie in time to retNe the
batter. Score to 2, favor Standpoint
In Libby's half Of the third, the
score was again evened, when Walter
WOLF galloped across home plate,
Score 3-3.
In the fourth the visitors scored
once. while Libby BANKED. Score 4-d
for Standpoint.
In the fifth Libby players went hog
wildn and the local fans bade good
bye to any chance Of winning. Error
after error was marked against the
locals. The visitors had eight men at
bat in that inning and five scores
were marked to their favor making
the count 8 to for the visitors.
But things looked brighter agar
after Libby's fifth chance, when the
locals put four runners acros homf
nlate. Scovil was hit by a pitched
ball and walked to first, GooselaV
running for him. Walter WOLF go
safe on first. Kent also got SAT-
hit to first, WOLF going to second
Gooselaw was forced out at third. III
mer WOLF reached first safely on
fly. scoring Walter WOLF. Then LIB
hv's Babe Ruth-Christle-walked u
to the plate and landed one out Il
right field for circuit Of the bases
chalking up the second home run q, Q
the game, and scoring Kent ana VI
mer WOLF. Bockman went out on
fly and Nelson was thrown out q
first. Score to 7 favor visitors.
After the fifth inning, much bette
baseball was played. Standpoint didn.
score after the fifth inning. Scovl
seemed to swing into his stride an
struck out man after man. In tn
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