The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-09-04
Spokane Team
Takes First In
Tournament
Libby Wins Second
Place in Labor Day
Baseball Fray.

CROWDS LIKE PROGRAM
SPONSORED BY UNION
The annual A. F. of L. baseball
tournament held asrpart of the La
Dor Day celebration ended Monday
afternoon with Simchuk Brothers
of Spokane the winner of first mon
ey by virtue of a hard-fought de-
cision over the Libby club
The tournament started Sunday
afternoon when the Spokane aggre-
cation drew Standpoint in the first
round play and beat the Idaho club
handily by score OF to |. In the
second game of Sundays festivi-
ties, Libby encountered Bonners
Ferry in what started out to be an
easy victory for the home<sboys but
ended in a slam bang affair which
was not decided until the last man
was out in the ninth inning. Brown
had things very much his way I'M
til Boomers half of the eighth inn
ing when they staged terrific rally
which netted them runs and Lee
Gehring had to be called from the
bull pen to quel the uprising. Lib
by, throughout the season notori-
Gus for its weak hitting, finally
found the range and gave Crouch a
thorough going over with Bowen
and Phillips hitting long home runs
and Rounds scoring two In the ninth
with a mighty triple.
In Mondays games Standpoint
started things OFT with giving Bon
ners ! Is 70 8 humping. In the sec
ond game Libby met the highly
touted Simchuk Brothers team from
Spokane and this turned out to be
the finest game Of the series and
one OF the best Of the whole season
for Libby fans. "A large crowd was
on hand to cheer the locals and
they played their best game of the
year, only to lose by S to 3 score.
This started out to be pitching
duel between Little and GehrinG.
Lbby's new pitcher. Going into
the seventh stanza, with the Spo-
kane team leading ? to |, and with
two out, Innes singled, stole second
and dashed home when Cobb hit q
double between center and left
field. Then Bergman, hard hitting
shortstop. smashed the ball UP
against the right field fence for a
home run. That ended the scoring
for them and although Libby man.
aged to get back two runs in their
half Of the same inning, they were
subdued when Forsyth came in to
pitch with the bases loaded and re-
tired the side by. the strike out
method.
However, it was any mans game
up to the last man out, for Libby
had men on second and third bases
when the last batter struck out in
the ninth inning. Had they scored
the game would have been tied
This tight playing added tension and
suspense to the contest.
Able Address
During the intermission between
the games Monday afternoon, Q
short but very able address was
given by Prof. Mike Mansfield Of
Missoula, member of the State Uni
versity faculty. Prof Mansfield
held the closest attention of his au-
dience with his pointed and timely
remarks. He cited as fine thing
the splendid cooperation typified BY
the presence Of baseball teams from
three states competing in friendly
rivalry. This was symbolic, he said
of larger and finer cooperation
that is found between all classes Of
men and women in America, con
dition that is not found in SO large
a degree any other place in the
woEld, he said
Mr.. Mansfield said he wished tx
impress on his hearers the though
that only here does the labor move
ment find complete freedom, anc
only here are the business man anc
the industrialist allowed to worl
out their own problems and Their
lives under "a banner Of freedom
He pointed out that no totalitariar
government permits any labor or
ganization whatsoever; that no to
talitarian government allows thu
.functioning Of business except I'm
der the strictest of controls
Prof. Mansfield paid high tribute
to the founders Of this nation TO
. the wisdom displayed in establish
ing it upon such solid foundations
foundations that preserve to the in
dividual life, liberty and the pur
suit Of happiness. He implored hi
hearers to stand steadfast in de
Tense of those liberties, in thes'
perilous days when SO many dead
-ly assaults are being made agains
the rights of free men.
Mondays Sports Program
Brady Brown and Hank Smitl
again won the log saving contest
repeating the performance Of las
year. Smith also took first in tn
log chopping, which he also wol
I last year. The complete results O
the sports contests are given below
Following the contests in tn
morning, two teams from the LIB,
fire department put on stiff waite
fight on Third street. 1t provided
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