The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
O SUCH A HEADACHE
KENOSHA INDOOR TEAM DEFEATED
BY CHICAGO PLAYERS.
ONLY SHUT OUT OF THE YEAR
Chicago Boys Make Sport of the Kenosha
Players and Win in a Walk-Large
Crowd in Attendance-Last Game
Of the Season.

There is story told about two Jews
who once sat in a poker game. After
the game had proceeded for quite a
time there was a jack pot. One of the
Jews opened it, and the other one
raised him the limit. Hebrew No. /
stayed and drew three cards, while
Hebrew No. 2 (who had raised the pot)
stood pat After they had raised each
other back and forth NUM- Der Of times
Hebrew No. 2 called" Hebrew No. /.
Hebrew No. l laid down his hand and
said g have four aces; what have you
got?" Hebrew No. 2 replied, "Oh,
such a headache; such headache!"
This is in measure true of the two
teams who played indoor ball Saturday
night, as when the game wps finished
the Oaks, or the All Chicagos, had 8
talles, and the Kenosha Athletics had
-" Oh, such a headache; such head
ache!" This is especially true of the
Kenosha pitcher, as he had to put on
headache band before the game was
over.
The game was one sided from the
start, and it was plain to be seen that
the Kenosha Athletics were trotting
out of their class. McClellan's delivery
was batted harder than it ever had
been before in the history of the Keno
sha team. The Chicago boys bumped
the ball against the ceiling and against
the wall almost at will, but they failed
in their attempts to put it over the
netting. After they had obtained a
lead of several lengths, they eased up
in the stretch, but Kenosha did not
have strength enough left to make a
single run.
Mr.. Pitts had offered purse of $50
to the winning team, and the Chicago
boys came up here with the intention
OF taking that twenty five back with
them How we'll they succeeded, only
the audience who was in attendance, is
in a position to know. Mr.. Clark, the
catcher for Chicago, is certainly
nothing less than a phenom" and
their pitcher was rated by many to be
in about the same class as Mcclellan.
Their pitcher, however, was weak at
the bat, as Mcclellan had the salts
faction of tanning him out every time
he tried to hit the ball.
Mr.. Wilkes, in an interview after the
game, stated that there was no better
catcher in the business, no better sec
ond baseman, no better shOrtstops, no
better fielders, no better manager, no
bet but here he was interrupted with
shower of bricks and not allowed to
proceed.
The left short for Kenosha made the
play of his life during this game. A
ball was batted directly to him, which
be tried to catch. The ball struck him
on the arm and bounded forward, but
he was after it like flash, and got it
before it touched the floor. The other
features of the game, as far as the
Kenosha side was concerned, we're the
constant cries of " Help" and Police"
every time it was thought that the
Kenosha boys needed assistance.
One rooter had an electric bell which
he started going when Kenosha got
their first man on base. He however
soon put the bell in it's case, and put
the whole business away in his pocket,
and started matters up by shouting
"B ALL ball. This is a game of
ball. The Kenoshas think they are
playing ball. They are trying to hit
the ball, but the ball will not be hit. "
He was Immediately sent to the peni-
Tertiary. The little white marble"
fiend was also there, but some one
suggested that he ought to be hit in
the head with pop bottle, and he
swears that if he happens to meet GER
tain ladies on the street, he will cross
over to the other side.
The large audience was in a very
cheerful mood, with of course, few
exceptions, and these mostly had bets
on the game. When it was all over
they filed out of the hall, singing
I've had my moneys worth,
I've had my moneys worth,
Ipaid quarter to get it,
heard lot of noise and din,
And I've had my moneys worth.
The line up of the team is as follows,
and the score and other incidents of
the game will be found in the schedule
given below:
Kenosha. All Chicago
Mcclellan :. pitcher. :. 49,. Fricke
Hafk1n. catcher. ........... Clarke
Mckenzie. 1st base. .......... -. Roth
Cooper -. .........2d base....... .Graver
Cantwel -. -. Sd base. 49,. -. Barsaloux
Eaton. .......... right short. -. Steele
@ Harkin ......... left short 49, $50 Hoffman
Hermann -. -. right field. $50, Erickson
Weier ........... left $ Alexander