Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-27
WatertOVn Republican
WATERFOWL, WIS, July q, 1892.
Base Ball.


two games from the Oconomowoc team
last Saturday and Sunday. In their
normal condition the Oconomowocs
are composed of rather mediocre class
of ball tossers, but for these games the
team was supplemented by players
from Jefferson and Waukesha. The
first game, played at Oconomowoc, was
a veritable pitchers battle, our young
twirler, Joe Smith, being pitted against
Davis, who probably has not superior
among amateurs. Smith held his end
up in frst-class shape, and we think
had a shade the best OF the contest.
The S. & Q.'s were confident of victory
and had cinch on the game from the
start. They played good ball through
out, considering that the grounds were
strange and in rather poor condition,
and their hits, although few in number,
were made at opportune times. Chris
tens single and Johnson's two-bagger
in the second inning were we'll placed
and brought in three runs. Score:
8 9oS g @ NOV : ::::H ) Q eL5
Batteries-S. & Q.'s, Smith and Johnson;
Oconomowoc, Davis and Blatz. Basehits-
| S. & Q's, 5; Oconomowoc, 3. Errors--S; &
O.'s 6; Oconomowoc 4. TwO-basehits-JOh
son. ROessler. Struck out-By Smith, IL; by
Davis, H. Bases on balls-Smith' !; Davis l.
The game here Sunday was another
contest of pitchers. The Oconomowocs
imported battery from Waukesha for
the occasion, and their regular catcher
Blatz was stationed on second base.
This materially strengthened the team
over that of Saturday, but they never
theless sustained an ignominious defeat
in the shape of shut-out Wallschla-
ger for the visitors pitched fine game,
but his work was totally eclipsed by
that of Oestreicher, who was not found
for single safe hit until the seventh
inning. The home team scored three
runs in the first inning on an error by
Blatz, two more by Hansell, Diekotf' S
sacrifice, Longs basehit and two stolen
| bases. In the second J. Smith scored
on base on balls, Johnson's single and
| Illing's error. Oestreicher crossed the
plate with the last run of the game in
the eighth inning on his single, passed
ball, and successive sacrifices by Chris
ten and j. Smith. Up to the ninth in
ming the "Coonies" had not had a
chance to score and but four men had
reached first base. Right here, how
ever, an unpleasant incident was en-
acted. Hansell, the first man to bat,
cracked out safe hit and stole second
| base. He was advanced to third on
Lees sacrifice. He took a good lead
| off the base, and when Keel threw to
Diekoff to catch him mapping Hansell
| deliberately got in the way of the ball
and blocked it, the ball rolling out in
the field and the runner scoring. The
home team kicked on the play and the
umpire sustained them, declaring Han
sell out for Intentionally interfering
with a thrown ball, in accordance with
Sec s, Rule 4S, of the National Playing
I
This decision is frequently made in the
National league, and instances of it can
be found by reference to the tabulated
scores OF the New YOrk-St. Louis and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. games last Sat-
urday. Hansell, however, while not
denying that he willfully interfered,
claimed he had perfect right to do so,
thereby displaying his gross ignorance
of base ball law and also an inclination
for "dirty" ball playing. Being captain
of the Oconomowocs, be refused to
finish the game and ordered his men
off the field, but on sober second
thought he returned and the game was
played out. Except on the point of a
shut-out the decision could not posi-
bly, have affected the result Of the
game. as the Oconomowocs were very
| obviously not Sin it." Aside from this
unfortunate occurrence the game went
along smoothly and was one Of the
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