The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-08-07

with Flandrean. August Is and II.
Excursion rates on G. 81 N. w. r y.
MADISON BOYS SURPRISED.
The Redwood Battery Was Something the
Boys Couldn't Understand.
When the manager of the Madison
base ball club hired Walker, the
Morton pitcher, away from the Red
wood Falls base ball club for the
series of two games to be played at
Madison, hoping thereby to. com
pletely cripple the Redwood man
agement so that the club would not
put in an appearance at that town,
he made the biggest mistake of his
life. For not only did the base ball
team appear at Madison on Wednes-
day afternoon of last week, after a
60 mile ride Oh. a disagreeable day,
but they Immediately went into the
base ball park, and literally wiped
| the earth with the Madison BOYS.
Things are not always what they
seem. This was made manifest to
+ the Madison boys when the first
innings Of the game we're played.
They commenced to realize that they
had got up against a hard PROPOSE
ton. That proposition was a first
class battery engaged direct for the
occasion from St Paul Messrs.
Cook and Clayton by name. Cook
was the pitcher. He is a south
paw, and when it is stated that the
Madison team found him for only
/ three singles and a double, a total
Of five bases, during the entire nine
Innings. the base ball enthusiast
will realize what kind of a pitcher
| the Redwood management, IL. ID.
Miller, had engaged And when
this story is continued with the
statement that Cook struck out 10
Madison men, while Chadderdon
struck out only#l2 the development
[sof the plot becomes a realism. And
behind the bat was Clayton, the
catcher. never missing a ball, and
continually coaxing his ssouth-paW
pitcher up to the finest work that
he was capable of performing.
Mr.: Chadderdon was either not
himself, or else the Redwood boys,
Ibis associates Of former days, had
I tumbled down to him in "a .destruc-
tive form. Before they got through
with him they touched him up for
!six hits, including a three Dagger
by Jones, a double by Cooper and
another by Bennett, making astotal
of ten bases, and at times giving the
diamond the appearance Of a merry
go-round Of an off shape The
crowd didn' = enjoy the spectacle,
|5either. TWAS mostly Madison "A
few Redwood people were among
Those present, while d aWson folks
came up to be registered among
ssand others were present. Daw-
Ison shouted and bet on Redwood
Falls.
And talking about betting Madi.
son is shy nearly 5000 by reason of
that game. Some Redwood people,
and some Dawson people, went up
to Madison with money They
commenced placing that money
while on the train Il continued
being placed up to the second inn
ling, when the Madison sports OBJ
Iseryed that Redwood Falls had a
batter ether Inconsistent with
| the. opinion entertained by the Mad
Iison people, while the support il
l6eld was sonnet thing that it would
not be strictly proper to buck
against. At the conclusion of the
game the bets we're paid over, the
Redwood contingent had 4ths d
Jnly cele bration, and the Madison
betting men had q few chips shy
Il was about five o'clock wher
/ the game was called Redwood
went to bat. Cooper famed Cool
went out at first, and Claytol
i tanned The Madison hermolnetei
went Up several degrees BY reason
the three first to bat going out