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Show BUTTE LOShS THE OPENING GAME Missoula, April 24. A lecord-breaking lecord-breaking baseball crowd saw the Mls-I Mls-I sotila Highlanders defeat the Butte JMountmcn yesterday afternoon at the season's opening game by a Bcore of 7 to 4. Mike Malony was the Butte choice for pitcher, but he was relieved by Druhot before the first inning was over Five runs were scored by Missoula in the first inning Druhot was fairly effoctivo. Zamlock pitched tho entire game for the locals, keeping the ten hits he allowed well scattered In all innings but the first and seventh, in each of which Butte tallied twice. Score. Butte. AB.R.BH.PO.A. E. Dockstadcr, If 5 1 2 1 0 0 McQuade. ss 5 1 1 3 0 1 Whaling, cf 3 1 1 1 1 I Conley. rf 5 1 3 3 0 1 Duddv, 3b 3 0 12 2 1 Brower, lb 3 0 1 5 2 0 Altermott, 2b 2 0 1 4 3 1 Kafora, c 4 0 0 4 1 0 Malony, p Q.O 0 0 0 0 Druhot, p - 4 0 0 1 3 0 Total 34 4 10 24 12 o Missoula. AB.R.BH.PO.A. E. Warrenj cf 5 1 4 1 0 0 Perrine, 2b 1 0 0 3 0 0 Blnnkenship, c 5 1 0 9 0 0 Bassey, If 3 1 1 5 1 0 Oriet, ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 Carman, lb 4 1 3 7 1 0 Chagnon, 2b 4 0 2 0 2 0 Tobin, rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 Zamlock, p 3 0 1 0 3 0 Totals 32 7 13 27 8 1 Score By Innings, Butte 200 0002004 Missoula 500 001 01 7 Summary. Stolen bases Altermott, Blanken- ship, Bassey, Tobin Sacrifice hits ' Perrine 3, Zamlock Sacrifice flies-Whaling flies-Whaling Runs batted In Chagnon 2 Duddy 2 Bassey 1. Carman 2, Warren 2, McQuade 1 Two-base hits Duddy, Dud-dy, McQuade, Altermott, Carman 2 Chagnon. Tobin. Three-base hit Tobin. To-bin. Double plays Bassoy to Perrine; Per-rine; Altermott to McQuade. Innings pitched Malony, one-third, Druhot, seven and two-thirds; Zamlock, nine. Runs off Malony, 3; off Druhot 1. Struck out By Druhot 2, by Zamlocl: 7 Bases on balls Off Druhot 2, off Zamlock i. Hit by pitched ball Or-iot, Or-iot, Brewer Wild pitch Zamlock Time of game 1:50. Umpire Frary. AND NOW SUPPOSE. Suppose you wore Manager Fred Clarke of the Pittsburg Pirates, who has announced that ho will manago the club from the bench this season without participating in any games. Suppose furthor that it is about September 1, and Pittsburg is at or near the top. where ono game may mean the winning or losing of the pennant: a hit is needed to win tho game and the opposing pitcher is one whom you have always found to be easy Now, if you have a strong hunch that you know are capable of going in thero and clouting out a victory, will you hesltato on account of a matter mat-ter of clothes7 If such a situation really should come before Clarke, and he decided to go to bat, the one turn at the plate will cost him about ?S00. Ho has bet dinneis, suits of clothes and bats to that amount on the proposition that he will not participate in a game this season. BASEBALL ABOLISHED FOR ONE YEAR Minneapolis. April 24. Tho athletic board of control of the University of Minnesota today abolished, for ono year, all Inter-collegiate baseball. This follows the action of tho eligibility eli-gibility committee of the faculty in , declaring practically all the baseball ' candidates ineligible because of alleged professionalism. LYNCH IS INVESTIGATING. New Ytirk, April 21. President Lynch of the National league is today making a thorough investigation of the fight between Umpire Rlgler and Manager Dahlen, which took place at the Polo grounds Saturday. Lynch has called on several people to testify as to the circumstances that led to the fighting with a view to ascertaining who struck the first blow. Rlgler alleges al-leges that Dahlen struck him .first, while Manager Dahlen, backed up by Piesldent Ebbetts, Is positive that the umpire was the aggressor. Mr. Ebbetts will submit a written version today of how he saw tho affair. President Pres-ident Lynch does not Intend to make a. hasty decision, but hopes to reach a finding tomorrow. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Chicago R.H.E. Chicago C 6 0 Pittsburgh 5 9 0 Brown, Lavendar, Toncy and Archer, Ar-cher, Adams and Gibson. At Brooklyn R.H.E Boston 0 4 2 Brooklyn 7 7 2 Tyler, Donnelly and Kling, Gowdy; Kent and Phelps. Umpires Klem and Bush. At ClncInnaU i Jl. H.E. St. Louis 1 5 1 Cincinnati 4 8 2 Harmon and Bliss; Benton and McLean. Mc-Lean. Umpires Owens and Brennan. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION At New York R.H.E. Philadelphia..; t) 4 1 New York 3 5 1 Morgan and Thomas; Vaughn and Street. i k At Boston' R.H.E. Boston :t 2 7 4 Washington -,.'..' 6 8 4 Wood andiNunnmaker; Groom and Henrv. ' r At Cleveland R.H.E. Cleveland .,,7 " 4 8 4 Chicago .... .' 7 9 2 Mitchell and Easterly; Walsh and Block. NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE At Spokane R.H.E Vancouver . 7 9 2 Spokane .. 1 6 7 Mauser and Leonard; Strand and Ostdick. ! At Victoria R. H. E. Seattle .". 5 11 3 Victoria . . ;VS! f-i-i .' 6 7 1 James and Shea; Concannon and Meek. WESTERN LEAGUE At Des Moines Des Moines 3; Omaha 2. At Wichita Wichita S; Denver 3. At Sioux City Sioux City 4; iL Joseplr 7, At Lincoln Lincoln 0; Topeka 5. STANDING OF THE CLUB8 National League W. L. Pet Cincinnati 7 2 .778 New York 5 3 .625 Philadelphia 4 3 .571 Boston 4 5 .444 Pittsburgh 4 5 .444 St, Louis 4 G .400 Chicago 3 5 .375 Brooklyn 5 .375 American League W. L. PcL Boston 5 2 .711 Philadelphia,.'..' 4 3 .571 Chicago ..'....' 6 3 . .G67 Cleveland '. 5 4 .550 Washington 4 3 .571 Detroit ".; 4 C .400 St. Louis ' 4 G .400 New York 1 6 .143 American. Association W. L. Pet. Minneapolis .." 8 3 .727 Columbus -, 10 3 .769 Toledo G 6 .500 SL Paul -.-, .-..-.. .-7-' 5 .5S2 Loulsvillo ? 4 G .100 Milwaukeo ...,. 4 7 .3G1 Kansas City- - 4 7 .364 Indianapolis' ,...'.-.... 2 8 .200 - -Western League V. L. PcL St. Joseph 4 1 .800 Denver 3 1 750 Witchlta ...; 3 2 .600 Topeka 3 2 .600 Omaha 2 2 .500 Des Moines 3 2 " .400 Sioux City 1 3 .250 Lincoln 0 4 .000 s Northwestern League W. L. Pet Spokane 4 3 .571 I Tacoma '....4 3 .571 I Portland 4 3 .571 I Seattlo ,..r 4 4 .500 Victoria 3 4 .429 I Vancouver ............ 3 5 .375 I - -.-," Pacific Coast League ' I - . W- L. -Pet 'Oakland ...2.. .,...,.. J 5 4 .789 I Vernon '.fs..,;.l 7 .611 I Los Angeles'.' 9 9 .500 j San Francisco ; 7 10 .412 i Sacramento .. ' 7 11 -2S9 , Portland 4 12 .250 i HELD FIRST PRACTICE GAME ' Cleveland, 'April ""24. Tho Clove- , land team of ' tlie United' StateB i lcaguo held--its first practice game. yesterday. Nearly thirty players ro- ported to Manager Jack O'Connor, the old National and American league catcher, among them Catcher Howard Wakefield, Outfieldor Joe Delehanty, and First Baseman Jerry Freeman, former major league players. HAMMERING THE PIANO Now York, April 24. A crowd not unlike that which annually flocks to Madison Square Garden for the slx-dar slx-dar bicycle races, is today watching & somewhat different endurance test in tho ballroom of Tammany Hall where "Professor" Camlllo 'Baucia, late of Vinlce, Italy, is undertaking to perform the phenomenal feat of playing play-ing the piano for fifty hours. If successful suc-cessful the professor, who calls himself him-self the "champion of the world of piano resistance," will smash tho hitherto unbroken record of thirty hours continuous playing, made by "Professor" Sherman White of Richmond, Rich-mond, Ind and will also obtain a prize of $1,500 offered by the litallan Art and Music society of this city. The contest began at 8 o'clock last 1 night. i Professor Baucia's contest with tho piano Is held under uniquo rales. Ho must not stop playing during tho en-tiro en-tiro period, neither must he take any nourishment other than black coffee. cof-fee. In order to give himself a rest without stopping the professor varies I his achievement by playing occaslon- i ally with ono hand only. A staff of medical advisers Is in attendance. WILL BOX TONIGHT. San Francisco, April 24. Howard Morrow, tho Chicago middleweight, and Kid George of San Francisco will box ten rounds before the Oakland Wheelman's club tonight. Morrow, who Is a protege of Tommy Ryan, the former middleweight champion, is a novice, but is a favorite In the betting. bet-ting. FORAGE FOR THE FANS. Announcement of the organization of the California Stato league, consisting con-sisting of Siockton, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Gait and Modesto, Modes-to, has been made. Georgo G. Frazer of San Francisco Is president. The season opens May 5 and only Sunday games will be played. James Fitzhugh Maroney, a left-handed left-handed pitcher and a free agent, has been added to tho Cubs' list of twirl-ers twirl-ers Maroney trained with the Do-trolt Do-trolt Americans during tho spring and was formerly with the Philadelphia Nationals ' George Miltburn of New York City, who rnivprl In tho Oxford crow sevnral years ago, Is assisting Coach Rogers of Yale and will remain until the season sea-son is over. It is understood that tho coaches are far from satisfied with the showing of the men bo far. After winning three pennants in tho old Eastern league without a "southpaw" "south-paw" on his twirling staff, John Gan-zcl Gan-zcl has decided that he will requiro a "portBider" this year and has obtained ob-tained George Clark from the New York Americans John Duncan, a student- In tho Macomb high school, died yesterday after having been hit on the head by a discus thrown In athletic practice by a fellow freshman. Elmer Miller, an outfielder, who, It was announced, had been released by Cincinnati to the Fort Wayne, Central Cen-tral league, team, has been secured by the St Louis Nationals. ' Catcher Bert Whaling, obtalnod by the Cleveland Americans from Seattle, Seat-tle, has been returned to that team. Tho national baseball commission 1 has decided In favor of G. Zackert, who has been the subject of negotiations negotia-tions between tho St Louis Nationals Nation-als and Montreal, holding that tltlo I to his services continued in the St. Louis club until he Is released for-' for-' mally, and that St. Louis must settle . for his salary until that time. Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion, has accepted an offer of a match with Johnny Dundee In New York City, May 15, Kilbane to receive re-ceive $5,000, or 40 per cent of the gate receipts. Tho bout is to bo 10 rounds. Chinese baseball piayers, represent-1 represent-1 ing the college of Hawaii at Honolulu, will play the Unlersity of Chicago . team today. The Chinese players who 1 aro making a tour of the United States will visit the east before re. turning home. . . nn . |