Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-07-26
GRAND RAPIDS DEFEATED
Nekessa Doubles % Lscals II
Contest Sunday.

N0uteSt SU0O1y.
Over confidence coupled BY poor
playing 1T times lost the game t.
Grand Rapids Sunday. The fans
expected to see an admirable contest
and certainly they were not disap.
pointed during the first i've innings
OF play. With Nekoosa at bat In the
first inning, German allowed but four
men to face him, the first two striking
out, the visitors big first baseman get
ting single, followed BY . pop up BY
the second baseman which wss caught.
retiring the side. In their half
NekoOsa did a. we'll IL not better, but
three men came to bat. Strstt0n and
German were caught out on hies,
while Franks after batting out 4
single was caught out on second base.
Thus far hOnors were even. In the
first halt of the second inning the
men to bat went out in one, two,
three order, being entirely unable to
solve Gorman's curves. In their half
the locals through "a error on part Of
Nekoosa succeeded Ia getting = score,
Bremen bringing it in. Petxold
came near scoring but after making .
single he was left to die on third. In
the third inning both sides were
chalKed up with goose eggs, but three
men batting on each side. Nekoosa's
first score came in the fourth inning
when LeRoux after striking out,
(Petzold dropping the ball) circled the
bags for the first tally.
In our half Of the fourth, Franks
after being hit by pitched ball scored
and Siebert followed. To do their
best Nekoosa could not get . hit In
the fifth, although they did get one
man as far as first base. The locals
half Of the fifth opened up with Vim
cent at bat. After singing he WAS
TO second by z sacrifice from
Podawiltz. Stratton pounded wind,
then German came up and damned
the thing full on the lower edge of
the northeast corner and sent it into
deep left, scoring Vincent and credit
ing himself with q three bagger, the
only one of the game. Franks Was
out on fly and SO ended five innings
OF first class ball playing. score to !
in favor OF Grand Rapids.
At this juncture something seemed
to take the wind out OF the Grand
Rapids sails. In the sixth inning
three errors against the locals and
three scores for the visitors made
matters look little different, for now
that the score was tied Nek0osa
seemed determined to add a margin
in her favor if such q thing were
possible.
During our half of the same inning
the score remained unchanged, only
one man getting to first base. In the
seventh the first two men to bat for
the visitors went all the way around,
then Pelot struck out. LeRoux
through an error, also Tailed, erode
made tive base hit and Footit q
single, but Siebert, the locals little
second baseman made two fine catches
on liners, which left the above pame
hard hitters on third and second
respectively and the side was retired.
In the last half of the seventh
Lapham, the visitors short stop
the applause of the fans by Z
fine running catch between him and
third.
The eighth inning was both short
and sweet on both sides. Gorman's
arm was as good as ever and he retired
two of the three men who faced him,
the other being caught out on fly.
Franks, Siebert and Bremen knocked
fnfield balls directly between first and
second, all exactly in the same plxce,
and Footit, the second baseman
stopped them all and put them also
in exactly the same place, VIZ. in the
first baseman's init. LeRoux seemed
to be the main strength In the
Nekoosa scoring machine. for in the
ninth inning he made his fourth tally.
This was certainly good for only 1--WE
times at bat. The last half OF the
ninth needs no mention Petzold alone
being able to get to first where he was
still stationed when the game ended.
1t is not out Of place to mention right
here that Petzold, appearing but four
times at bat made three safe hits.
Below in the summary Of the game:
GRAND RAPIDS-4 NEKOOSA-e
Stratton 10 erode
German p Peiot
Franks So Lapham
Siebert 20 FOOtit
Brennan 30 Mundingel
Petzold G LeRoux
Bassett CT Weber
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