Early Softball: Fighting Indians, Peerless Hellcats
• Northeast Montana has had a rich history on the diamonds — both in baseball and softball.
• Originally, homesteading men played independent baseball — usually on Sundays when a week’s work was through. From 1900 to the 1950s, it was community versus community in acute competition. Some Montana teams even paid two or three pro prospects to play with them for the summer.
• Many
