Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-27


wishes tn compliment Westby on her
band Their stylish appearance ard ex.
! cellent music was appreciated nv ALL
With the addition Ot live or six of their
| members, who are absent attending
school, they have an organization OF
great future promise, and one that will
reii-"t great credit on our prosperous
neighbors.
VIRoQUA WINS THEE BALL GAMES.
A match ball gay4e was pnlled off
each day of the IA for a purse of $i25.
| the Viroqua team being pitted against
the Tomsh Indians, the p 81 w. Acorns
and the La Fargo Monarchs. and bring
ing down the big end of the purse each
time Large and interested crowds
watched every contest ca Wednesday
they met the Tomah Indians and dis
posed OF them / Ia the third in
| ming the visitori 9nt up in the air,
allowing the / 3 to score o tallies-
The home teantA. 20, did not put up the
gilt-edged artil5 ball that they did in
the two snbse at games The score
by innings ws5
,yiroqqs Q : Q . o x-1e
Tomah 1 S D 0 3 4 0 / O.
The game s ) umpired oy Dir. Chase
and called s O0o'clock
The seco game Of the fair was play.
ed on Thu = ~ and was called shortly
after 70 uo-1ck Viroqua's opponent
was the In Crosse Acorn team. a good
stih nine composed of p 66 Ws cigar
makers, the same aggregation that de-
feated the home boys during Carnival
week with the exception of two or three
players. The Viroqua team got goose
eggs in the first third, sixth, seventh and
eighth innings. and scored me in the
| second, fourth and fifth The cigar
| makers We're unable TO score up to the
eighth and it looked bad for them, but
by desperate work they managed to get
in ran after two men were put out
thus preventing q whitewash. The
game was not an exciting one for our
bog had good lead at the start and
kept it to the finish Many good plays
were made on both sides Briggs and
B)rgerson did the battery work for
Viroqua, while Nanebo and Riley held
like positions FOR La Crosse Following
| ie the score by innings
Viroqua 0 o ! 1 0 0 x3
In Crosse o 0 0 0 0 0 0-1
Struck out by Briggs g. by Nanebo 4
Davidsons home run was the main
feature of the game
Edw Culver did the umpiring and
gave general satisfaction
The third and last game was called at
IL o'clock Friday, and was between vi
roqua and La Fargo. These two teams
had previously played three games dur
ing the ball season. and the La Fargo
boys won two of them, both on their
own grounds. A great crowd of people
witnessed the game and excitement ran
high from start to finish, Viroqua had
I, .he best bunch of rooters ever assembled
at the fair grounds and they were de-
termined 10 have La FARCE defeated IL
hooting and yelling would do 1t. Both
mines lined mp with determination viti-
BILE on every face. The visitors went TO
| bat first, and by some clever stick work
| got man over home plate Vitoqua
| got what the little boy shot at IL their
| first tine up in the second La large
/ failed 10 score, but got man TO third
Minshall, with the help Of the rooters
who had La Fargo up in the air for a
| few minutes, stole run, thus tieing the
! score and setting the fans wild. Some
elegant work was done on both sides for
| the next four innings and neither side
could cross the home plate. Hard work
secured another run for La Fargo, and
Viroqua Immediately followed, making
tie once more Here some desperate
work took place and when the dust
cleared away and the crowd stopped
yelling 1t was found that the nine little
Norwegian Americans were on top with
one tally to the good.
Barring their errors Fargo certain
Iy would have won the game.
Smith and Borgerson was the battery
for Viroqua, and Gathers and Calhoun
for La Fargo.
Viroqua o / o o o Q Ks
LaFarge II 0 0 o 0 0 0 o.
Two double plays are credited to Viro.
qua, and one for La Fargo.
Chas. Chase umpired good game
THE FINANCES.
Receipts Of the fair were heavier than
in any previous year, or about $500
above last season, IT Is not known de
hnitely what the expenses will amount
to, but they are thought to Just about
equal receipts, leaving the state money,
which will presumably be not less than
&l 300, to he applied on the society in
debtedness which is about f3. 500, The
total receipts are shown in the following
| figures
/ Gate receipts Wednesday I 1888 20
Thursday l, 500, S5
Friday. ...... S24 30
2,758. 40
Sold at stores ... 296 80
Season and stock tickets 90 90
3,124.35
Grand stand .........,." BIS 80
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