The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-02-01

Racine Men Had Counted on an Easy
Victory but, as Usual, They Had Failed
to Reckon on the Host Which They We're
to Encounter.
Chow are the mighty fallen. From
the forgotten, forsaken streets of the
Belle City today there comes no sound
but that of weeping and wailing and
crashing of teeth. The newspaper
offices are draped in the sombre weeds
of mourning and the city Offices are
closed. The flags hang at half mast
and the mourners go about the streets
weeping over the fall of their cherish
ed dreams. The cause of it all was the
fact that the city officials of Kenosha
defeated the city officials of Racine
last night in a bowling match by
score of 1905 to 985.
Fighting an unequal fight for many
years Racineshas attempted to keep
pace with victorious Kenosha, but she
has always been trailing at the car of
the victor. Defeat had followed defeat
until the ignon1iny of it all had grown
so great that the soul of the puny city
revo1ted and it was demanded that the
officials of the city must do something
to bring the little village, on the out
skirts of Kenosha, to the front again.
A bowling match was suggested and
the officials ofDRacine gladly accepted
this as last chance. And casting all
their hope in the throw of ball they
came to Central park last night only
L
defeated. It would be useless for us
under the circumstances to make an
effort to offer consolation. 1t is simply
the same old record continued. Racine
was too slow, too inactive. If there is
anything that Racine should shine at
it is bowling, but even in this, Kenosha
can give them cards and spades and
walk off with the 1aure1s of the victor.
But of the game. It is hardly posi-
BILE that such an exhibition ever took
place in the state. Everyone was there
to spur the victors on to victory and
to dry the tears of the vanquished.
Mayors Higgins and German led
their cohorts out to the alleys, and the
fun was at once fast and furious. The
ped on account of the fact that he was
out of practice, but his other noble
bow1ers had arranged for this fact and
it was only necessary that the Keno
sha mayor give tone to the contest by
his presence.
The car which bore the Kenosha
men to the scene of the contest was a
49, e.
the Racineites took every advantage of
the fact and spent half an hour in prac-
tice, becoming acquainted with the
alley. On the way to the contest the
Kenosha gang made the night hideous
for the little country homes along the
way, for at every 1unge of the car it
was deemed necessary to give the Ke-
nosha yell, which went something like
this:
Boom-a-1aca, Boom-a-1aca, Boom!
Boom! Ba!
We are the people of Ke-no-sha
Fiz-bang z-bang-Ke-no-sha
We are the people, Rah! Rah! Rah!
As they neared the park the Racine
team sent back the cry of defiance:
Razz1e dazzle! Razz1e dazzle!
Here they come
Eat 'em up! Eat 'em up!
They're on the bum!
There was no loss of time after the
men arrived, and the great game on
which the future of the two cities
relied was off. For hours they bow1ed
and to give the record of the pood1es
and the foozz1es, the downfall of noble
intentions would be simply to call up
unha11owed memories of the past.
O'Brien was little under weight,
and he was slightly handicapped on
this account. Curtis had been worry
ing over the affairs of the financial
committee, but he forgot long enough
to hold his opponent down to reason
able score. Moth played a beautiful
game and the Racine contingent could
not see how SO much power could be
stored away in the light frame of
city engineer. Pirsch and Caster
proved the stars of the evening, and to
them, more than anyone else, is due
the success of the Kenosha team.
Clerk Jacobs and Alderman Head stood
along the side lines and added to the
contest words of wisdom which helped
quite little in the undoing of the
Racine officials. And amidst it all
could be heard the roofing of the play
ers answering defiance with defiance
and crying for the assistance of the
powers that be to aid their cause.
OAt last the game was over and the
pandemonium broke loose. The Ra-
cineites were overcome with gloom and
with sorrow they went over the score
again and again, seeking for some
error which might yet turn the tide of
victory to them, but none was found
and they were forced to drown their
sorrows in the flowing bowl.
Thirsting for revenge Mayor Higgins
imp1ored the Kenosha victors to give
them another trial and the offer was