The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-17

BALL, GAME AT UNION GROVE RE-
SUITS IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
BUT KENosHA WON THE GAME
Union Grove Team Fell Before the Keno
sha Twirlers by Score of 80 to-
Many Incidents of interest at the
e IA Woodmen's rPiepiesa + .f&t

The Order of Modern Woodmen held
a picnic at Union Grove, Thursday
afternoon, and. from H. reports the
picnic was the most exciting affair ever
held in this part Of the State. III The
confugions and accidents Of the day
Kenosha and Kenosha county people
played. an lmportantpart:. sT~s ig,.s.
.Fhe sKeHosha Athletics, who crossed
bats with the Union Grove team, were
the central attraction of tho picnic.
They. defeated the home team in an
uninteresting game, in which the
Union Grove. team gave splendid ex-
hibition of how the national game
should not be played. Ford, the new
pitcher for the Athletics, made his
first appearance in the box for the Ke-
nosha team and during the entire
game he made monkeys of the little
team from Union Grove. Not man
should have scored, but when the. Ke-
nosha team had such. a decided lead
they forgot the game and gaveup their
time to enjoying other exciting things
which were going on in other parts of
the picnic grounds. The first of a
series of accidents which made the day
an exceedingly interesting one-.was the
falling of an improvised grand stand.
1t was while Kenosha and Union
Grove base ball teams ywereqplaying a
game of ball that the grand stand,
twenty feet high and sixty feet long,
and containing 400 people, collapsed
with crash Men,~Women and chill
dren were piled in a-heap- among the
planks and deblis,1 and the yelling Of
the women and children attracted
hundreds of people to the scene. 1t was
feared that many we're killed or fatally
hurt. -f1.7 "@9s.A~ d # ~ = afa.
All who were buried or@wedged' be-
tween the titnbers we're extricated, and
it. was found. that no, one was killed
and no one fatally injured. vspAts least
twenty we're more 1or]ess hurt, among
them being: eE.@'.* i. o~2. e+'.@2s
Button, Mrs, y, Of, Union Grove,
foot injured. ...,.5, -.,..9 .r.. a,a a..
Commack, . Mrs Hattie, of Green
willie, I'll, injured internally. s.@ ~.
Cunningham, p! L.;;#of Burlington,
arm hurt. a-..'.' .-+.. ~ >5<.- - =.
Cox, Mrs, Stephen, of Dover, foot
and ankle injured. sW r
Matson,- Matthew. of Waterford,
riCht foot and Loo crnshnd
Olson, Tony, Of Racine. cut and
bruised. a.
Other injured were taken away be-
fore their. names could be ascer tanned
The grand stand was poorly built and
pronounced dangerous before the peo-
pie entered it, -. %r.Ge5sl t@55s5<
Later in the day another exciting
incident occurred when the crowd at
tempted to- lynch a pickpocEet. a.
The pickpocket who was, almost
lynched was Harry Reed, of Crawford
vile, I'll. His nose. was broken and bis
ribs kicked in. He attempted to pick
the pocket of Mrs. Sol Jackley, of
Brighton, this county, and was caught
in the act. = He struggled with the
woman to get away and then struck
her in the face, splitting. her liz, and
knocking her down. He ran into a
corn field and 5000 men chased and
surrounded the field. He was caught,
being overcome by heat. The husband
of the woman attacked him, as did
others, and would have killed him had
others not interfered. He was taken
before the woman and identified and
the crowd closed in, threatening to kill
him. A. p. sDutton and officers i'm
plored the people to be cool and let the
law take its course. The pickpocket
wac finally got away and taken to
Racine and locked in Jail. He says
that he is barber and that it was his
first attempt.
Other accidents were caused by a
hard storm which arose during the
afternoon and which drove the people
in all directions. Several people are
reported to have been struck by light
ming. # -t.f1 ~..'.-5l
A meeting of WoOdmen delegates Of
Racine and Kenosha counties was held
in the afternoon, and a consolidation
of the two counties made. Hereafter
the association win be known as the
Racine and Kenosha County Woodmen-
Picnic Association, and the next picnic.
will be held Jointly. The following
&c mono al
President-E. E. Mills, Burlington.
Vice President-W. L. Hackley, Ke-
nosha.
secretary-Dr. j. R. simms, Racine.
Treasurer. 81. Sherman, Bassetts
Station, Kenosha County.
The Rest Remadv for Elux.