The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-12
WASECA THE VICTOR
COLORED AGGREGATION WRISTS
THE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM THE
LiTCHFIELD TEAM
TEN THOUSAND WITNESS GAME
Big Wilson Proves Complete Mys-
terry to Egans Men, While
"Chesty" Cox IL Touched
Up Lively.

Waseca and Litchfield battled for the
baseball championship Of the state at
Lexington yesterday and the former
came out victorious before the greatest
crowd that ever assembled at the park
About 10000 people filled the stands TO
overlooking, filled all the available space
between the stands and the players and
stretched themselves out on the field in a
ring that completely surrounded the out
neIderS. 1t was a great audience, COM
posed largely of out-of-town people who
had come in to cheer their respective
favorites on to victory, but including
goodly sprinkling of local lovers of the
game who had become interested in the
two teams through the newspaper re-
ports of their games throughout the
state
To be exact, 9,27O persons paid admis-
sion and witnessed the game OF this
number 1861 were seated in the grand
stand.
Both Waseca and LitchfeId have been
playing the game in the smaller towns
of the state all through the season. They
mad never met until yesterday and both
claimed the championship of the state.
Neither would consent to contest on
the home grounds of the other. Lexing,
ton was a satisfactory battle field to
both, and so 1t was was selected. The
game has been played and the Waseca
men are the victors. There can be no
question but that they are entitled 10
all the honor that the outcome Of the
game can bring them, for the defeat
that they administered to ILtchfield was
a decisive one
The star twirlers Of the two teams
wilson for Waseca, and Cox for Litch-
neId-were pitted against each other
While not great many hits were Sc
cured off either, Wilson simply walked
q rnyfN y }, 1fe-L-N
a scientific pitcher and also as hitter
He allowed but five hits and kept them
scattered, no two getting together in the
same inning. Williams, the local color
ed player, who covered first base for
Litchfeld, touched the big black fellow
up for a three-bagger, but it is doubtful
If the hit would have been more than a
clean single had not the ball been lost
in the crowd. Wilson was steady as
clockwork, and passed no one. There is
no question but that. with perfect play
behind him, he would have had a shut
out to his credit.
"CHESTY cox WAS WILD.
"Chesty" Cox was given miserable sup
port, and many of the errors made by
the Lltchfield men came at critical times
But he was entitled to lose. for the
champions stopped his benders eight
times for six singles, q tWo-bagger and
home run, the long hits by Holland
and Wilson. In addition, ''Chesty' was
wild, giving two passes and hitting two
men. Many of Cox's most mysterious
| balls are thrown with an illegal delivery,
and one that would not be tolerated on
a professional field. If he were compelled
to steady down and deliver his throws
m a legal manner he would undoubtedly
lose greater part of his effectiveness.
The Waseca team played the field far and
away ahead Of LitchfieId The team. as
/ whole, is faster by many rods and puts
up a snappy article of bali at all stages
Holland, in left field, and Hyde, at third,
put up a star game. Both are negroes,
or they undoubtedly would be In faster
company. Miner. at second, also played
the game from start to finish and
Foot did his stunt as backstop in a way
that would be hard to beat.
Ned" Egan Is by all odds the star
of the Litchfield aggregation. He put
up great game at third. He failed TO
connect safely with Wilson's shoots, but
he gave the fielders plenty of work ey-
cry time he came up. Larson, in center
field, marred an otherwise good game
with bad tumble that let In a run VII
Jams covered first in highly creditabIe
manner. and BearwaId put up a good
game behind the bat Hlne. who COW
cred the short field, had a very bad day
and more than half the errors made by
LitchffeId came his way. His bad plays
were responsible for at least three of
Wasecais runs.
Waseca began operations in the second
inning, where hit, two passes and two
errors Melted them two runs. Wilson's
four-sacker added one more in tae thiru.
Three singles, three errors. hit-by
pitcher and lot of clever base running
netted five in the fourth single a
two-bagger and a long fly to the out
field brought in their final tally in the
eighth.
Litchfield scored in but one inning, the
third, when Waseca punched two errors
with hit and sacrifice, and two runs
resulted.
Hyde performed the remarkable feat