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Bpffi Sporting Lifm. HP rif Tlie Inlt,al same with Butte did not lead us B&difcl to any dQmonstrationg of adolesoant delight. All Hr &' tlie ans vlewe( -ue same as an easy one, since Kl'isl J H ' Butte, it must be confessed, never presented so Hip ff ragged- an appearance. But Brother Meredith IjP j was discovered and all his legerdemain exposed WjMl i.t in the seventh inning, when the Miners operated if ' f 1 tlie willow with the accuracy and precision of a Hfei p hurley drill, and seven of them romped home-Ill home-Ill fj ward. It is but fair to state, though, that! the Htpniu Saints labored under the handicap of playing Hj&w' with eIght men' TozIer of tne slab nabit wa8 HJ f ij! on short during the greater part of the gamoj, Hjp f but he was about as much out of place as a Hi' i ' sherbet at an Irish wake, and his crimes of om- H j mission and commission form a chapter har- H i J i rowing and saddening to relate. One feature H 1 1 . that led to the defeat of the locals was a con- H,, spicuous absence of team work, a circumstance Hp m which has been observable In many of the re- H ; s?J! cent performances of the Saints. R ')) Another item which the management over- H1 p looks is a proper direction of the batting. In al- B l j j most every instance the men are told to do pre- H ' -l , cisely what the opposing team is expecting. Vi'fl. Why does Mr. Gimlin not sample a few up to H ) w J date Eastern league methods and keep the other m team mystiiied and on the guessing bench instead B of playing Into their hands? B The second exhibition was much less nerve- H shattering, although it must be said of the Butte tossers that tliey presented a very chopped up ap- B j pearance, and there was no particular distinction m ! i due anyone who vanquished them. The locals in ! lj both games were very sorely in need of the ser- 1 ' vices of a graceful young inflelder yclept Bruy- i Ml ,1 |
