The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-30
TROUBLE AND DEFEAT
KenOsha Golfers Meet Defeat and Dis
appointment at Skokie Links
on Saturday Afternoon.
THE TRAIN FAILED TO STOP
And Many of the Kenosha People Attend
tending the Match were Forced to
Stay where They Could.


Saturday will long be remem bered
by the members of the Kenosha county
club as day of sorrow and disappoint-
ment, of gloom and defeat.
The golf team of the club met the
second defeat of the year at the Sko-
kie club links but the defeat was not
half of the story of chagrin told by
the Kenosha golfers on Sunday. The
team with large number of the mem
bers of the club including many ladies
had gone to the Skokie links at Glen
coe TO witness the match and to attend
party given by the Skokie club in
the evening in honor of the Kenosha
PLAYERS. The first disappointment
came to the club men and women when
the Kenosha players finished twenty
six holes behind their opponents, but
this was not to be compared with the
second disappointment which came
later in the evening and which re-
suited in the Kenosha people seeking
LODGING, some in Chicago, some IN
friendly inns by the wayside, and
some probably in the barns owned by
the farmers along the way between
Glencoe and Kenosha. The trouble all
came over a disagreement about
train. When the Kenosha club went
to Glencoe it had been arranged with
the railway company to have the train
reaching this city at o:45 and the one
arriving at 10:40 stop at Glencoe TO
pick up the golfers. The first train
stopped but SO royal was the hospital
itY of the Skokie club that the Ken
o3ha 0eop1e decided to await a later
train, and while away the hours in
dancing and social pleasures. The
dance went on and al was merry.
Toward train time the cub deserted
the club house and went to the station
prepared 10 hurry home to rest after
the defeat of the day. Tie golfers
were tired and sore from their hard
contest with the Skokie players and
the dancers who had spent the evening
were ready to seek downy touches for
rest.
They walked up and down the plat
form waiting for the train and finally
it came, but it brought only chagrin to
the golfers. The train never stopped,
but Just went on sort of chuckling at
the joke that had been played on the
Kenosha contingent. For a minute
the golfers failed to grasp the situa-
ton, but it finally dawned upon them
that they were strangers in strange
land. Many of them were almost
financially embarrassed and had not
counted on spending night away
from their homes and fresides. Some
of them started to walk down the track
with their golf clubs over their shout
ders, while others returned to the club
house and bunked for the night on i'm
provised beds and lounges. Some
sought the electric railway and making
their way to Wau1zegan managed to
get home early in the morning on
freight train, while the remainder or
ganized ''roasting committee" and
proceeded to make the wilds about
Glencoe rcsound with curses not loud,
but deep. The railway company came
in for a lions share of the blame for
the trouble, DuI empty pOChCIOOoh@ u
fered no relief. Finally Moses arose
iii the midst of the golfers and took al
the ladies in the party to Chicago and
no sed them at the Sherman House
for the night. They got home early
Sunday morning. The men shifted
for themselves and after al sorts Of
privations managed to reach home in
time for dinner Sunday.
The golf match was anything but
success. Many of the Kenosha players
were not able to go down and the
ranks were filled up with others and on
this account the score was against the
locals. The members of the team
played a strong game and the victory
of the Sokie players was very hollow
one. Col. Aiken and Fred Petit
played the best games of the day and
simply toyed with the strong players
of the Skokie club.
The score of the match was as fol-
lows:
Skolxie KenOSha.