The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-20
Belle City Players Take the First Of
the Series Of Games With Ke-
nOsha by ScOreOf 5 tO3
FORTUNE FAVORED THE VISITORS
Kenosha Players Made Whirlwind Finish
But Failed to Land the Men over the
Home Plate to Win.

By punching four hits in one inning
the Racine base ball team defeated the
Kenosha Interstate league team Sum
day afternoon by score of five TO
three ia one Of the hottest exhibitions
ever seen ia this section Of the state.
The home team went down to bitter
defeat but not with dishonor and had
the Kenosha players been favored by
fortune as were the visitors they would
have done the shouting and the Ra-
cineites would have crept home hiding
their sorrow.
The game called to the park crowd
of two thousand people who rooted
Loyalty for the success of the Kenosha
team but fate had decreed that the
game should go to Racine and all the
roofing in the world could not have
saved the contest for the home team.
1t was simply a case of science VS..
science and luck and the latter won.
The Kenosha team put up the best
game that they have played this sea-
son and the score shows that they
should have won the game.
McMannus, collarless base ball
Mayer from Chicago, was called in to
umpire the game and his decisions
were SO rank at times that the crowd
could scarcely be restrained from
going after him. His decisions con-
tributed largely to the Racine victory
and had the Kenosha players been
given a square deal al critical periods
in the game they might have overcome
the luck which seemed to dog the foot
steps of the Racine players. The Ra-
cine team never had such scare from
a team wearing Southport uniform
and the players were tickled to death
to get away with victory by the mar
rowest Of margins.
AT the start of the game it looked as
if it was hippodrome with the Racine
players as the runners and the base
ball diamond as track, but after the
fourth inning the Racine players were
outclassed, cut-batted and out.gener-
aled. Never after that time did they
succeed in getting man over the
rubber. Wolf, the new pitcher, with
the exception of the third inning, made
good. He allowed the Racine men to
bunch their hits in this inning and
this practically clinched the contest.
Outside of this inning he was practi-
cally invincible. He allowed but eight
hits during the game, gave no bases
on balls and struck out eight men. On
the other hand Disch, the much
Wanted pitcher of the Racine club,
gave three bases on balls, struck out
but four men and the Kenosha players
got just as many hits as their oppo-
nents.
Racine considered the game an easy
matter and started out with run in
the first inning that was simply gift
of fortune. With two men out Murphy
came to bat and tipped short hit to
right field just out of the reach of
Breen. 1t rolled over into the crowd
and disappeared and it is supposed that
it was picked up by one of the specta-
tors. Any way the balldid not appear
until Murphy's batting record had
been fattened up with home run.
Kenosha was shut out for the first
four innings. In the third the Racine
team earned four runs, their last scores
during the game. Hermann, the first
man up, sent out cracking single and
Disch followed with another. Duffy
was hit with the ball and took. walk
to first and O'Rourke scored the trio
on hit to center field. Old man Ollie
then delivered the goods and sent Duffy
home with a single. In the fourth
inning Ollie made one of the prettiest
plays ever seen on the field. 1t was a
double play unassisted. Ebert got a
good hit and was standing on first
when Casey hit hard liner out toward
Ole. Ole was back of the base and
managed to catch the liner and make
the base in time to nip Ebert.
In the fifth the Kenosha boys start
ed the ball rolling. Schoo1ey started
off with base on balls, and after the
next man went out Freitag sent a
cracking single to right field and
Cassibone followed with a two baser
cleaning the bases. Cassibone was
out at third on felder's choice and
Harvey flew out to right.
Kenosha scored again in the eighth
with two Dagger by Casey and hit
by Schooley. In the last part of the
game the Racine team once got three
men on bases, but Wolf was as steady
as a clock and retired the side without
allowing one of the men to cross the
rubber. In the ninth Kenosha tried tt
make a Garrison finish but the luck
inclined against her and the game
closed with two of the home players
on bases. The score Of the game fol
lows;