The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-16
EIks-Pythian BurIesque Base Ball
Game Makes Good Addition to
the Hospital Fund.
BIG CROWDS CHEER BURLESQUERS
Elks Finally win the Game by Score OF
IA to 4--Justice Werve deals out Justice
tn a way That Tickles the Crowd,

Be he Elk OF Knight, every man in
the city who had anything to do with
the burlesque base bali game on last
Saturday is proud of the grand success
Oh the venture, and by the actions OF
the burlesquers the hospital associa-
ton will have good addition TO the
fund to start the work of securing
an emergency hospital in the city.
The score of the game, the fines
they paid and the money they spent
are all minor matters, for it was all
for sweet charity and the final account
ing will show a balance of several
hundred dollars for the fund,
In all, the day will long be remem-
bered al one of Kenosha's gala days.
In the traditions Of the past there was
never such base ball game, and there
will probably be none like it in the
future. The crowd that turned out to
witness the game will never forget the
antics of he well known men who
donp d the burlesque suits and went
out for swe charity.
The earn val, for such it turned out
to be, open with the street parade
but the real fun for the afternoon did
not start until the crowd had reached
the base ball field, aud then it con-
tinued fast and furious until the
knights gave up the game at the close
of the seventh inning with score of
fourteen to four against them.
1t wasn't the game, nor the pitcher
or the catcher but the players. First
Of ali it should be men toned that one
of the big hits of the day was the
umpiring of Teddy Roosevelt" All
possible honors due to the distinguish
ed visitor were paid, and fron the time
he reviewed the players in front of the
grand stand until he fired the last
charge from his two settler bottles he
was one Of the prime movers in the
game.
But equal in glory as attractions,
we're Col. w. w. Strong in the suit Of
a Highland Scotchman, John Perkins
ia the suit of q farmer, Bob Truax
attired as maiden coy and fair, half
a dozen clowns, Billy Meredith as
king, Clarence Remer as negro and
Mart Rowe as black as the ace of
spades. Keck Wheeler tickled the
fancy of the public with his creation
as "Simple Simon and Mike Iserman
and Frank Adams did the ''Rube'' act
to perfection. Frank Chesley had to
be an Irishman and Snapper" Garri-
son wore the garb of Hebrew. z. G.
Simmons Jr., wore dress suit and was
painted up like Frenchman, while
Henry Timme the dignihed sheriff of
the county danced around the field in
the guise of clown. Alderman Rob
inson trotted around first base like an
Indian and E. E. Reynolds and John
Kehlor We'd with Hassel Lance in put
ting up clown display.
While the players in their burlesque
suits delighted the crowd by their
misplays on the diamond, there we're
other members of the Orders who were
kept busy and who incidentally gath
cred in few dollars for the fund. Out
in one corner of the grounds jail and
police court had been erected, and here
Matthias Werve attired in the ermine
of Judge, sat in awful majesty and
melted out measures of justice to the
just and unjust alike. Jules Bestior,
a well known Chicago Board of Trade
man, and Charles A. Tarbell acted as
policemen, and every man on the
grounds who could be taken to the
police court was forced to pay a fine
during the afternoon.
The causes for which the fines were
assessed were 50 numerous, and the
fines so large that the Clerk of the
collecting the money. In the grand
stand and on the hleachers there was a
terror of the police officers, and few
were allowed to escape.
After the game was over the victori-
Gus Elks paraded the streets and cele-
brated their victory with a band con-
cert at every corner. Later in the
evening the Roosevelt umpire was
brought out for the people to look at,
and mimicing the President he made
speeches wherever the opportunity
presented itself.
The game was a grand success,
even greater than had lbeen expected
by the members of the two lodges.
The exact amount Of money made can
not be given at this time, as there are
many tickets out that Shave not vet
been accounted for, but it is thought
that the total amount will reach five
hundred dollars or more.