The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-09-06
Labor Day
Celebration
Big Success
Large Crowds Enjoy Ball
Games and Many Other
Features.
BONNERS WINS FIRST
PRIZE, LIBBY SECOND


large crowds for every event and was
unanimously declared to have been q
great success. 1t was given on Saturday
Sunday and Monday under the auspices
of the Lumber and Timber Workers
Union, A. F. of L., of Libby.
The baseball tournament was par
ticipated in by six teams and aroused
the most interest Of any feature of the
program. The competing tean7s,> were
from Bonners Ferry, Half Moon, Gee
camps on the Yak and on Pipe creek
and two teams from Libby, the town
team and the Labor team. First prize,
SIS, was won by Bonners Ferry, second
prize, $50, by the Libby town team and
third prize, SIS, by Half Moon.
Three Good Games
Boomers Ferry and the Libby Union
team drew the first game Sunday
morning. 1t was close and interesting
At the end of the fifth inning the labor
boys were leading the fast Bonners
team by Ga score. Harris, who had
been chucking for Libby. was then re-
tired and Patt went on the mound. Both
teams drew blanks in the sixth and
seventh innings but in the eighth Bon
ners had streak of luck and scored
four runners. Patt was taken out and
Horner substituted Horner held Bon
ners scoreless in the remainder of the
eighth and shut out the visitors in the
ninth, but the score stood eight to six
for Boomers at the finish.
Libby got its first score in the sec
ond inning when hot drive to left
field by Gooselaw scored Cameron.
Also hit by Hendrickson scored Patt
who was running for Gooselaw Libby
scored again in the third when p.
Murphy got a 2-base hit and another
2-base hit by M Murphy scored D.
Murphy from third In the fifth inning
q long drive by Cameron into center
field scored WOLF Another hit by M.
Murphy moved Cameron to third and
another nice drive by Gooselaw scored
Cameron and M Murphy.
Score by innings:
Bonners Ferry m 0 0 3 0 0 0-8
Union Team .. ~ % 0 0-6
The second game was won by the fast
and strong Half Moon team playing
against the colored team from the Yak.
The colored boys were badly outclassed
and Half Moon took IA to 0 victory
from them.
Score by innings:
Half Moon ............ 0 S 3 0 0 3 0 2-14
Yak ....,.,-...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O. 0
Pipe Creek CCC boys and the Libby
town team drew the third game, which
proved another close and interesting
battle, Libby winning to 5. At the end
of the fifth inning the colored boys
had to lead. Libby scored one in
the fifth, evening the score. Libby
scored again in the eighth on long
drive by Henry to win the game, Pipe
creek being BANKED in the last four
innings.
Horner and Moberly were the battery
for Libby, Roberts replacing Horner in
the fourth inning. White and Daniels
worked for the Gees.
Score by innings:
Pipe Creek Gees 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 0 0-5
Libby Town Team 2 2 0 0 0-6
The fourth game, Sunday afternoon,
between Half Moon and the Libby town
team was the most spectacular one OF
the tournament. Libby was trailing Half
Moon at the end of the seventh inning
by a ST score Both teams were score
less in the eighth. Half Moon was also
BANKED in the ninth. When Libby came
to bat d, Murphy got to first and scored
later. Marshall singled. Deissner went
out on high infield fly, Kessels
singled. Miller walked, thus filling the
bases. Thompson then went to bat and
clouted a high one into centerfield that
was converted into a home run by
Half Moon error, thus chalking up four
more scores to the Libby count and
snatching victory by 10 to 7 score
from what seemed like almost certain
defeat
Good batting was also done by Row.
land in the fifth inning of this game
when a 3-base hit by him scored
Thompson. In the seventh inning Kes-
sells put long high drive into the
stock corral for home run. Cameron,
playing for Half Moon, clouted out a
home run in the fifth and Gooselaw,
also playing for the visitors, drove out
hit in the seventh that brought in a
score.
Brown and Moberly worked as bat
terry for Libby, Brown being replaced
on the mound by Mccarthy in the
eighth inning. Morton and Conn worked
for Half Moon.
Score by innings:
Half Moon . | o.
Libby Town Team 0 2 0 | 0 5-1C
The last game Of the series-between
Boomers Ferry and Libby town team
was tame affair, Boomers shutting out
the locals by a 90 score The locals
seemed tired and were apparently help
less before Powell's fast curves.
Mccarthy started on the mound fol-
Libby with Moberly on the receiving
end, but after the visitors had SCORED
six runs, Burpee was sent in to chuck
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