Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1899-09-07 | Page 3 | Billings Downs Pocatello

I BILLINGS DOWNS POCATELLO IdaTioans Defeated Easily By Score ofl5to6 Special to The Herald Pocatello Ida Sept 6Todays game with the Billings team was a fizzle from eVery point of view except that of the visitors who waked away with the long end of the gate receipts by a score of 15 to 6 and that too with the poorest kind of a battery McNeely was battedAgood and hard giving nine hits but eVen his easiness was not enough to overcome the brilliant error of the home feam in its field work Geafhardt pitched i magnificent game forthe Pocatellos and struck out eight men but lie was absolutely without P k c I I support ad r eve Berkley who all this season has but two errors against him was weak I was at the critical time when the railroaders went to pieces and with a score of S to 5 hi favor ot Billings V the latter won out in the eighth The field work of the visitors was as good as that of the home team was poor and on the other hand McNeely struck out only two men to Gear hardts eight Attendance 300 Following is the score by innings Billings 0 2213007 015 Pocatello 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 Batteries McNeely V and Marshall Gearhardt and Berkley V Umpires Case and Zearfoss The same teas will lineup again for tomorrow N V Consolidation Effected V V V I was reported yesterday that the Rio Grande Westerns had disbanded and that several their players would go over to the Short Lines Captain I Taylor said last night that Seare Hopkins V Hop-kins and Bennett would hereafter play with the Shdrt Lines I Ogden will play the Short Lines hereon here-on Saturday and at Ogden on Sunday I Sun-day