The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-01-05
DEFEAT THE EDGARS.
KENOSHA INDOOR BALL TEAM WINS
A BRILLIANT VICTORY.
BY A SCORE OF NINE TO FOUR
Kenosha Boys Out Play Their Opponents
at Every Point and Won Easily
Mcclellan Pitches a Great
Game for Kenosha.

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Chicago, and the Lake Shore Cham
pions, of Kenosha, and the game re-
suited in a brilliant victory for the
home team.
Neither of the teams had been de-
feated so far this season, and from
beginning to end thel~contest was
bitterly waged, and..ssalthOugh the Chi.
cago boys were at no time serious
factor in the game, they made terrific
fight to hold their supremacy over the
Kenosha team, whichl they had won in
two decisive contestsilast season.
The indoor game was the chief
event of Monday, and great crowd
which tested the capacity of the hall
was in attendance The Edgars are
not materially changed from last year,
and the crowd recognized many of
them and applauded stheirI@gOOd work
with almost as much vim as they did
the work of thes.home players. The
game was one sided, and the Kenosha
boys played all around their opponents
both in the field and at the bat. Kugle,
the star Chicago twirler, who pitched
for the Edgars, was no match for
Mcclellan, and from the standpoint OF
pitching the ..KenOsha boy had every
thing his own way.
The home players during the early
part of the game took kindly to Kugle's
delivery, and knocked the ball all over
the hall, and in the first two innings
made scores enough to win.
The Chicago men with the exception
of W. Reetz seemed to be unable to see
the ball, and struck out in one, two,
three order, much to theIdelight of the
Kenosha rOoters. The Edgars, fresh
with the laurels of two victories at
Taylorville, ILL.,, expected to make
short work of the Kenosha boys, but
for five long innings they failed to get
a man past third base.
On the other hand the2Kenosha boys
started to win and at the end of the
third inningSthey had the game we'll in
hand.
In the first inningsEatOn started the
ball rolling with a pretty hit to right
and Mcclellan followed scoring him.
Johnny Harkin gotta pretty hit, which
scored Mcclellan, but "a pretty double
play on the part of the pitcher Kugle,
retired the side without further scoring.
In the second inning hits by FULLY
and Mcclellan and ia pretty sacrifice
by George Harkin added two more to
the score.
In the third inning SJohn, Harkins
started the crowd to cheering by knock
ing the ball to the gallery for four bases
and before the excitement had subsidized
Cooper made a scratch and scored on
a hit by Weier, making the game 8 to
0, in favor of Kenosha.
In the sixth innings the home boys
finished their scoring, by adding three
more runs on threel. hits assisted by
some bad errOrs'gOn the part of the
visitors and some daring base running
on the part of the Athletics. In this
inning the KenOsha boys failed to play
the game and Mcclellan allowed the
visitors four hits, ones stwO- base hit,
which gave them their first three runs.
In the eighth inning tthree errors on
the part of the Athletics allowed the
visitors one more ,.runrand made the
final score 9 to 4.
By defeating the Edgars the Kenosha
team have defeated what is considered
the hardest team and they are now
ready to defend the title of champion
of Illinois and Wisconsin against all
corners.
The line up of the teams was as
follows: