Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-15
Baseball.


by the managers of the Oshkosh and
Watertown clubs for a championship
series of three games for 5000 a side
and the gate receipts, the following
agreement having been drawn up by
Manager Schott, of Watertown, and
Manager Hale, of Oshkosh:
We, the undersigned, hereby agree
to play series of three games of ball
for the sum of 5000 a side and the
cham pionship of the state. The first
game TO be played in Oshkosh on Sun
day, August 20; the second game at
Watertown, Sunday, August 27. If
necessary, the third game to be played
upon neutral grounds September 3.
Arthur Dunn, of Milwaukee, has been
agreed upon as umpire. 1t has also
been agreed upon that the winner of
said games take IS per cent of the gate
receipts; 25 per cent. to GO to the
loser. Thomas Ryan, of Oshkosh, has
been agreed upon as stakeholder.
Reinhold SchOtt has this day posted
800 with said Ryan for Watertown
and Henry Warren has posted 800
with said Ryan for Oshkosh. The
remaining 500 each is to be posted
with said Ryan on August Is. Below
is given the names Of players who are
to take part in said series with the
privilege Of each team making
change of one man:
Cshkosh-Morrissey Hanford, Joss,
Jennings, Blewett, Bruyette, Brimner,
Hale, Jess, Croll.
Watertown-Kleino Haney, Disch,
i Walthers, Schaetzke, Kronitz, KrebS,
Schultz, Reutz, Berndt.
The ball game Sunday afternoon
between the pOstoffice employees and
! the city officials was well attended
and netted about 1925 for the bene-
| fit of the New Richmond sufferers.
As to the result of the game we have
not been positively advised; the post
Office boys claim it was a tie g to 9
while the city hall fellows claim
they should have won-10 to 8.
We understand the exhibition was
replete with clicking" and "rag-
chewing" and we should judge that
the mlx-up was something terrible,
since no one came out OF it with suf-
ficient knowledge to tell the true
score. OF course, the umpire is
! blamed for it all and we suppose
Editor Moore will not again attempt
to fill SO thankless a position; it is
even worse than trying to run a
country paper. The respective pit
chers, Mayor CRUDE and Postmaster
GruetzE lacher, gave some wonderful
exhibitions of g@ing up into the air
and there We're plenty Of other stars
who exhibited an ability to do any
thing but play ball. The struggle
consumed only five innings, darkness
interfering with further playing.
The first of a series of three games
between GAINESVILLE and Watertown
was played at GAINESVILLE last Tuesday
and resulted in a victory for James
ville-4 to /. Both teams were on
their mettle and played good ball.
Haney and Kleinow for Watertown,
Adkins and McMaster for GAINESVILLE,
were the batteries. On Friday the
second game of the series was to have
been played at Fort Atkinson, but
rain interfered in the third inning and
caused a postponementun until next week
Wednesday.
Sunday last the Watertowns went
to Racine and easily defeated the team
of that city by a score OF II to 0.
The visitors played all around their
opponents, who made only two safe
hits and never got man to third base.
Root was in the box for Watertown
and did magnificent work, while Klei-
now and the balance of the team sup
ported him beautifully.
Jack Kleinow says that Freddie
Schaetzke did some phenomenal field
ing at Racine Sunday. He even caught
s'bee-liner' con the fly"
The Jeffersons were defeated Thurs
day by the Janesvilles by the score.of
s to4. E. Heimerl and Fischer were
the opposing pitchers.
Root, pitcher from Fond du Lac,
is now a member of the home team,
making the twirling department very
strong.
The Milwaukee Western league
team plays this afternoon with the
! locals at Washington park.