The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-23
Ken0sha Base Ball Team Closes the
Season of 1902 With Defeat at
the Hands of Racine.
PREFER MEETS WITH ACCIDENT.
Veteran Player Who Was to Assist KenOsha
Breaks His Arm In the Preliminary
Practice.-Score Ten to Four.

The Kenosha base ball team closed
the season of 1902 Sunday when it lost
the final game to the Racine team bya
score of 10 to 4. The game was played
on the Racine diamond and was wit
messed by, crowd of 1900 people, "a
third of whom had gone up from Ke-
nosha to witness the sport. The Ke-
nosha team was entirely outclassed by
the Racine team and at no time during
the nine innings was the Kenosha team
factor in the game. The four errors
by the Racine players allowed the Ke-
nosha team to make the four runs
scored to their credit.
Killian, the big Rockford pitcher,
who was in the box for the Racine
team, allowed the Kenosha team but
three hits and Hug, who pitched for
Kenosha, was touched up for ten hits.
The Kenosha team was badly weak
ened when it went into the contest, for
just before the game began Fred
Pfeffer, the veteran National league
PLAYER, who had been signed to play
second base for the Kenosha team,
broke his arm. The accident was
peculiar one. Pfeffer had been playing
at second and the ball was Knocked to
him. He made beautiful stop of the
line drive and turned and made an
effort to throw the ball to the home
plate. AS the ball left the players
hand the bone in the right arm
snapped.
So severe was the fracture that the
bones protruded through the flesh ard
skin. Pfeffer said never a word, but,
carrying the wounded member, he
walked to the grand stand, where a
carriage was secured and he was taken
to the hospital for treatments9q It. is
probable that he will never be able ITO
play bali again as the fracture is con-
sidered very serious one.
With Pfeffer out of the game the
hopes of the Kenosha contingent went
g1immering and all bets were declared
off. With Prefer on second the Ke-
nosha team would have stood some
chance of winning but without him
there was absolutely no chance. The
game was well played Notwithstanding
the accident and the Kenosha team
played as we'll as could be expected
under the circumstances. The score
of the game follows: 5Eg
Racine ..............2 0 8 0 0-s0.
Kenosha.. 0 0 o.
Batteries-Killian and Herman for
Racine; Hug and Rhubesky for Kero-
sha. Hits-Of Killian, 8; off Hug, 10;
Errors 4; Kenosha, S.
The season just closed has been the
poorest in the history of the Kenosha
club and while the team has won more
games than it has lost there has been
| little glory for the management and
the players. In the early part of the
year the Kenosha team was the star
amateur team of the state, but the
| many assertions from the team left
Manager Alleman with ou1y few
of his star players when the season
closed.
| Plans for the next season are already
being made and it is possible that
| Manager A11eman will turn the man
agement of the team into other hands
for next year. A new park is also be-
ing proposed and efforts are being
made to secure some good ground on
the line of the electric railway.
Financially the season has been a
disappointment and while the receipts
of Sundays game may make it posi-
BILE for the management to split even
on the year no one will make any
money out of the team.