The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-08-21
Racine Ball Players Defeat KenOsha
in the Second Game of the Series
on Sunday Afternoon.
RECORD BREAKING CROWD THERE
-Four Thousand People Witness the Contest
Between old Rivals and Racine has
Everything it's own way.

Let 'em down easy. There's no
time for Jokes and laughter in the cold
gray dawn of the morning after. Ke-
nosna put up all excellent bluff Tut he
Racine base bail players called it and
they walked home Sunday evening
with the deciding game Of what was
to have been a series of three base ball
games after one Of the hottest strng-
giles ever seen on the diamond in Ke-
nosha. The score Of the game was
10 2 and yet it mi ght have been worse.
The Kenosha team had an attack of
stage fright when they got out before
a crowd Of $500 people and the Racine
players, with a game that would have
met defeat under any other circum-
stances, gathered ia the game and
Closed up their score book and went
away with a smile on their faces.
The game was no credit to either
Kenosha or Raciue-it was simply
case Of one team playing poorer than
the other. The day was bright and
fair and in the history Of base ball in
Kenosha August IL will always be held
as a red letter day. The old park, even
though it is mile and half from the
city, was not big enough to hold the
crowd. Racine sports turned out in
manner never before known and ten
coach loads of bowling, shouting root
ers came down on the special train
and filled the b1eachers. Then came
the Kenosha crowd and it appeared
that every man, woman and child in
the city with the exception of the min
listers managed to get a day off in order
to fill the side lines and root for the
Kenosha team. Thirty-dve hundred
people paid admission to the grounds
and it is proba bic that half thousand
more crawled over the fence or came
in on the ever present complimentary
Besides this the railway was crowded
with people who, finding it impossible
to get into the gate, had to be satisfied
with watching the game from a dis
lance. The crowd should have GER
tain1y been inspiring enough to force
any aggregation Of men to play base
ball. When the game started the old
timers recalled the g1ories of the old
Regulars and it is probable that
there has never been such crowd at a
game ia this city since the old time
players laid down their bats.
The game of itself was unworthy of
the brilliant setting that had been laid
for it. There was no excuse for Keno
sha losing the game. The Racine
players played poor ball but the Keno
sha boys went them one better and at
the critical points in the contest the
boys seemed to lose their heads entire
1y. Hug was in the box for Kenosha
and pitched a strong game, allowing
the visitors but seven hits. Murphy,
the Racine pitcher, was even more
effective and let the Kenosha boys
down with FIVE hits.
AS soon as Umpire Percente called
the game the Racine team started the
trouble going. Laib singled to left
field and stole second after the Keno
sha baseman had every chance to catch
him. O'Rourke followed with a slow
grounder which was fumbled and he
managed to reach first base, Laib be-
ing caught at third. Before the other
two necessary men had been retired
series of short nits and errors gave
Racine their first run. The Racine
players added two more to the score in
the fourth on two base hits by Flavin
and Herman and a cracking single by
Guam.
Kenosha got into the game in the
fifth and had chance to tie the score.
With one out Hug got three base
hit and Burton followed with two
Dagger which scored Hug. Casey was
on deck and in evidence and he sent
the ball out for two bases, bringing
Burton home. The next two men at
bat failed to see the Importance of hits
and the side was retired leaving Casey
on base. This ended the game so far as
Kenosha was concerned and the home
team was never close to scoring again.
Racine, just to clinch the victory added
another run ia the ninth on a base on
balls and two base hit. The Keno.
sha players made an effort to win Id
The last half of the inning but Murphy
was invincible and the home PLAYERS
went out in one, two, three order.
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