The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-16
WOOdtke's Work Was a Spectac
ular and Dazzling Feature of
the Conflict.
RED MEN WERE EASY WINNERS
Pawtucket BowIers Roll at Fall River-Il
Baseball Circles-General Sporting
Notes.

Wodtke was the only pebble on the
Casino Beach at Fall River last night,
when Capt Cotter entertained the Tigers.
There was never any question regarding
the outcome of the game owing to the
brilliant work of the Dutchman. Capt.
Whiting and his men were out for the
game, too, desiring to make clean record
of the weeks games, but fate decreed
different and the Tigers had to be content
with the short end of the argument.
Time and again Wodtke was applauded
to the echo for his brilliant exhibition of
bow the game should be played. 1t seemed
as II the little red rubber was glued to the
end of his shinny. He got over the floor
like the wind, juggling, passing and hit
ting for the cage with the greatest accu-
racy. Nothing could stop him. He car
ried the ball up and down and across the
surface to his hearts content ,lpassing the
Whiting brothers with the greatest ease
imaginable, and sent in shots that Lations
could not guage with any degree of sue
cess. Wodtke was evidently out with one
intention-that being to give demon
stration of the fine points of the game.
On two or three occasions he sent the
ball into the Pawtucket cage with Tigers
swarming on every side of him. Capt.
Cotter was even amazed at the work of his
crack rusher and well he might, for with
such playing on the part of the Dutchman
away from home the heavyweight Captain
could save the travelling expenses .of two
or three players.
Generally Wodtke quits after receiving a
few hard knocks, but last night the Tigers
could not get near enough to him. TO do
this trick. 1t seemed as if he as.giving
an exhibition in legerdemain instead of
polo. After the game was nailed down
Wodtke gave way to Connell, but the
damage occasioned was beyond repair.
A large crowd was present, the Tigers
always being big drawing card in Fall
River. Mindful of their decisive victory
over the New Bedfords, Tommy Cotter
wore a worried look as he gazed on the
Tigers tossing the ball around the rink in
the preliminary practice. When the teams
gathered about the cages there..was no in
dication that wodtkezhad made plans to
win the game alone.
With the first blast from the whistle
Russell made tracks for the spot with the
speed of the Empire State Express. He
passed the ball back to Wodtke, and in a
moment Cotter and his rushers were in the
Tigers camp. Lations was called upon to
make several stops in quick succession,
and it was evident that the Red Men were
bloodthirsty. The ball was cleared by
Capt. Whiting, and Cunningham took
crack at Curley, who kicked hot drive
higher than Gilroy's kite. The crowd
cheered, but Lations showed thet there
were other electric lights few minutes
later, when he met two drives and a SCOOP
from Russell at short range.
After several minutes of hot work
Wodtke secured the ball at centre and
started for the coveted goal. In a scrim-
mage with Capt. Whiting the ball rolled
to the side where Capt. Cotter took pos
session of it. Two or three long strides
and Cotter was at the danger line of the
Tigers goal. Will Whiting went out to
block the Heap Big Injun, and Cotter
turned the ball over to Russell, who
scoopcd IL by Lations and into the net
like flash. A few minutes later Cotter
scored beautiful side shot, and upon re-
suming play Wodtke tangled another up
in the netting behind Lations on a crack
a-jack drive.
After Bone uncovered the spot in the
next rush the Tigers took the ball to the
Indians reservation and had merry time
OF 1t. One OF the most exciting scrimmages
ever witnessed took place, and the ball
was sent into Curley several times in quick
succession. The ball bobbed up and down
in front OF Curley, rolled across the goal
sill and even went so far as to hit the in
side Of the wire netting, but 1t would not
stay in the netting. The greatest excite
ment prevailed and one conservative spec
tator remarked that the Pawtuckets would
not score at all after that exhibition of
hard luck and the persistency of the ball