Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
Wausau Nicely Beaten.

Twin Cities started for Wausau Sunday
morning last it was generally expected
that the players, on their return home,
would get off the train when it stopped
at the crossing north of the depot and
take the back streets home like whipped
children. But they didn't have to do
it. Wausau wrote an advisory letter
telling the NJ. w. A. to comg up strong
and the score indicates that this advice
was accepted. The game was an excit-
ing and pretty one, admitted to be by
far the best seen in Wausau this season.
1t was gentlemanly contest, free from
disputes or wrangles, won on its merits,
largely due to the perfect work of
Umpire G. NJ. Nash, of this city. He
understood his business, was fair and
impartial, and players and audience at
once found it out. The boys sing many
praises for the courteous treatment
received. this time, at the hands of
Wausau's noted ballists.
Especial credit belongs 10 pitcher
Milton Miller for strong work iii the
box, safe hits off him being almost as
rare as diamonds Oh cigarette dude.
The left fielder for Wausau also came
in with some very neat catches. The
boys had no difficulty in winning the
game. Score by innings:
Wausau,......0 0 0 0 0 0 o. 8
Twin City......3 0 3 t l 0 *-1l
Batteries-For Wausau, Tuttle and
Temple; Twin City, Miller and Bateman
Struck out by Tuttle 8, Miller II. Time
AS. Umpire, Nash.
The next dates for the Twin City
Team are at Portage Saturday July 20
and Lacrosse July 21. Portage is
reported to have VERY strong combina-
ton, having won every game they
played this season-eight in number
all against good teams. Our boys
anticipate defeat in that city, but will
not allow walk-away by any means.
They will show you good record in
these two games.
The Wausau Daily Record said:
NOT so EASY FOR WAUSAU.
Although the frequent showers yester-
day tended somewhat to lessen the
attendance at the ball game, there were
a goOdly number present who had the
satisfaction of seeing a good game.
The game was played between Grand
Rapids and Wausau, the former winning
by the score of IL to 3. AS aOon as the
vic too o,,nornI lo fnIJ fo
practice it was plainly seen that they
knew how to play the game and were
going to make Wausau hustle to hold
them down, and the crowd in the grand
stand, whose sympathy was princi pally
with the visiting club, for the reason
that Wausau had taken three games
previous to this with teams that did
not even make it interesting for them,
were willing to wager ail kinds OF
money that Wausau would be defeated,
but they could find but few takers.
The battery work Of both teams was
good after the first two innings and
some fine work was done in the outfeld,
only two errors occurring in that position
and that one beng on the part of Grand
Rapids center fielder, who muffed
high flies. The Wausau boys had only
six errors to Grand Rapids seven, but
Wausau's were the more costly and
probably lost them the game. Manson
and Kretlow won rounds of applause
by their pretty field work; both making
catches of long hits on dead run,
the former pulling down two of the
same kind in succession. LaVigne,
who played left field for Grand Rapids,
also accepted every chance and made
some very good catches, having five
put outs credited to him in that position.
Another feature Of the game occurred
in the seventh inning, when two Of
Grand Rapids's players were caught on
second at the same time. They were
both run up and both put out, Gensman
coming in from right field Just in time
to assist i'll executing the play at first
base. The visiting club were all hard
hitters, and in the first inning they
landed on Tuttle pretty hard, but that
twirler did not lose his head and
succeeded in pitching good ball the
remainder of the game, and had he
been well supported in the inield the
game would have been a very close
one.