The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-23
MILWAUKEE A SNAP.
CENTRALS MEET WITH A CRUSH
ING DEFEAT.
SCORE rs EIGHTEEN TO ONE.
Mcclellan Establishes Record by Str X
ing Out Nineteen Men-Kenosha
Team Plays Like Veterans
How It was Done.


was given the Milwaukee Centrals by
the Kenosha team last night. The Cen
trails are said to be the best team in
Milwaukee, but they were completely
outclassed by Capt. Harkin's team of
Kenosha players. In vain did they try
to brace up and stop the awful on
slaughts Of the Kenosha boys, but the
boys seemed to pay no more attention
to their frantic efforts than they did to
those made by the Racine team week
ago.
The game was walkover for the
Kenosha team and they proved them
selves to be first-c class pedestrians.
Only twice during the entire game did
the visitors make any connection with
the speedy balls of the Kenosha
pitcher, while the Kenosha boys
slapped out singles and two baggers in
way that made the hearts of the root
ers leap with joy. Mcclellan and
Cooper proved to be entirely too
strong for the beer city boys and nine
teen of them made themselves ridicu-
lous by tanning at the empty air,
while not a single man was retired on
three strikes by Cagwin, the pitcher
for the visitors. Every man in the
Kenosha team got hit and most of
them touched the Milwaukeean for two
baggers. The game was interesting
only on account of the magnificent
work of the home team and the work
of the boys proves that the Athletics is
the finest team Kenosha has ever had.
A fair crowd was present and the
ladies showed their loyalty for the Ke-
nosha boys by turning out in large
numbers. Umpire Bryan called the
game at p. m. The Milwaukee boys
won the toss and took the field, Keno
sha going to the bat. Eaton, the first
man up, rather darkened the hopes Of
the visitors by smashing the ball into
the gallery for two bases. He scored O.
few moments later on passed balls and
the next three men went out in order.
When the Milwaukee boys took the
bat the silence was intense, but Nc
Clellan soon settled all the trouble by
striking out the first two men while q
! third fouled out to Cooper. So it was
| for the first four innings, the Milwau-
kee boys going out in one, two, three
order, while the Kenosha boys pro-
ceeded to knock the ball all over the
field and gallery, and at the end of the
fourth inning had eight runs chalked
up on the board.
In the fifth Kenosha made three
more and the visitors became desper-
ate. Naughton, the first batter, struck
wildly at three swift balls and was out.
Reinertson Jared better and reached
first on a scratch hit. Luck favored him
and he reached third The next man
struck a high fly ball and was caught
out but the runner crossed the home
plate before the ball could be felded
| in. From this until the ninth inning
the Kenosha boys continued to score at
will and thehopes of the Milwaukeeans
fell with dull, sickening thud as the
scorer chalked up the zeros in their
column. In the ninth inning they took
a decided brace and held the home
team down. The first three men at
bat were retired in order. When the
visitors came to bat they had lost all
their ginger and seemed anxious to get
through with the agony. The first
man struck out, but the second man,
much to the surprise of everyone, lined
out a pretty hit, but was caught when
he attempted to steal second. The
next man flew out to CantWell, and the
game ended with the score of 1871 in
favor of the Kenosha team. The VIC
tory was popular one and the audi
ence showed their appreciation by Wig
orous applause. All the members Of
the team deserve great credit, and we
predict that they will give the Chicago
Edgars a warm reception on New
Years day.
The players of the two teams and
their positions was as follows:
Milwaukee. Kenosha.
James 1890 Catcher .-------- Cooper
Cagman- Pitcher $500 Mcclellan