The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-24
THE ATHLETICS WIN.
DEFEAT THE WISCONSIN. GEN.
TRAILS BY A SCORE OF % TO4.
OPENED WITH A VICTORY.
Old Crowd of Rooters Hold Reunion
and Cheer The Kenosha Boys Good
Work.-McCle1lan Strikes out
Twenty-six Men.

Amid a blaze of victory and for nine
innings the Kenosha Athletics toyed
with the Wisconsin Centrals to the
great joy of crowd of over 200 rooters.
The final score of % to tells little of
the game. The Milwaukee team was
completely out classed by the Kenosha
boys at every point and it was only
through the courtesy of the home team
that single one of the visitors crossed
the rubber.
| The same old crowd were in atten-
dance. The noble gang Of rooters who
for years have occupied the bleachers
and helped pull out many a hard
taught game were there in force hold
| ing a reunion and telling the stories of
| former victories and defeats. The
gallery gods with their accompaniment
of horns and horse fddles hung over
the balconey rail and applauded the
old players as they came on the
diamond and even the county board
laid aside their considerations of bills
and bridges to see how the national
game was played on the gas lit diamond
The visitors came on the sos train
and brought with them small crowd
of rooters whose shouts we're entirely
drowned by the enthusiastic roofing OF
the Kenosha crowd.
Promptly at $3.50 umpire DeDeimar
gave the word and the season of 1898
was opened. The visitors won the toss
and took the field and the Kenosha boys
came to bat. They lost no time and
the terrible fusilade of hits which result
ed in the utter rout of the Wisconsin
Centrals began.
Mcclellan the first man up knocked
the ball into the gallery and Cooper
followed with a pretty single. Har-
kins and Weier also landed heavily on
the ball and at the close of the inning
the home team had four runs to their
credit. The Milwaukee boys came to
bat but the first three men went out on
strike outs in one two three order
Two hits and a number of rank errors
on the part of the visitors netted the
| Athletics four more in the second
while the Centrals failed to score. In
the third inning the Kenosha boys took
kindly to the delivery of Cagwin and
drove the ball all over the hall making
singles and two, baggers at will and at
end CT the terrific hitting seven runs
were added to the KenOsha column.
The Milwaukee boys were not in the
game. In the fifth and seventh the
Kenosha boys added two more runs,
making the score 10 to 0 in their favor
and the Centrals became desperate.
Mcdowell for the visitors got a
scratch hit and Cook followed with a
clean single to deep Right. This gave
them two men on base. The next two
men struck out and Mcdowell was
caught mapping at second but the
Kenosha boys allowed him to remain
on the base although the umpire had
called him out. The next man struck
out but the catcher dropped the ball
and the visitor crossed the plate for
score. In the eight and ninth the
Kenosha team continued to score and
brought the total up to %. In the
ninth without single hit the Milwau-
kee boys added to their score, max
| ing the final score % to 4.
The two teams could not be COM
pared. The Milwaukee players did
not know the game, their fielding was
ragged and their base running was
miserable. Cagwin. who occupied the
box for the Milwaukee boys, was no
match for Mcclellan and the boys
seemed to hit him whenever hit was
| desirable.
Mcclellan, on the other hand, made
a record by striking out rs men and
allowing his opponents two hits, one of
which was a scratch. The Kenosha
folded we'll and hit the ball at oppor-
tune times, but their work is not up to
championship form. Weier led the
batting list with five hits while Cooper
succeeded in getting three singles and
a double. Eaton also batted we'll,
securing three hits. The boys showed
up we'll in their base running for so
early in the season, but great deal of
practice is needed along this line before
they will be ready for the hard games.
The game was clearly played on both
sides and the umpires we're so fair that
no occasion for kick arose.
On the whole the first game of the
season promises a fine team and the
championship of Wisconsin and the
Lake Shore will undoubtedly remain in
Kenosha.
The following was the line up:
Milwaukee. Kenosha
Cagwin- $780,. pitcher NC Clellan
Nolan ----.-- catcher. j. Harkin
Callen- LIST mckenzie
Lawson, R------2d b----.---- Cooper
Laubenheimer- Sd 3D.. Cantwell
Jones' --------r s. Weier
Mcdowell. -..---l s-.-..G. Harkin
Gates, S----r f----,- Eaton
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